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Sep 21, 2024
After watching the first season of Seo Kouji's Megami no Café Terrace and enjoying it (mostly), there were a few things that I wanted to see improved in the second season. For the most part, the second season was indeed a progression on the first season, and the anime remains a solidly upper-tier harem show featuring a likable MC and a good mix of women seeking his affection. However, some areas were improved more notably than others.

1. Humor -> The first season often felt quite stiff and a bit cliché when it came to the comedic aspects. On the contrast, the second season improves considerably ...
May 1, 2024
I went into this show with very little expectation, expecting another typical harem rom-com where it seems there's very little reason for any of the female leads to fall for the male lead and (obviously) lacks maturity (RaG comes to mind). To my pleasant surprise, this was not the case, despite some (predictable) instances of fan service and the clichéd beginning to the story involving Hayato's deceased grandmother and the café she left behind which provides the setting. Very much in the vein of The Quintessential Quintuplets with a competitive edge, but with a nice dash of slice-of-life minus the high school tropes that have ...
Mar 18, 2024
Preliminary (10/12 eps)
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The first season of Shin no Nakama offered a promising fantasy slice-of-life tale centered around a refreshingly forward and mature relationship between the main pairing of Red and Rit. Unfortunately, the second season veers off this course substantially and instead opts for an ill-advised attempt to increase the stakes, seemingly betraying the "slow life" theme of the story.

The introduction of Van (the new "hero") and his – to put it lightly – annoying fairy counterpart in Lavender makes the show nigh unbearable at times. The kid is simply a lost cause to his very core and his repetitive religious fanaticism is horrible to watch. Lavender's ...


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