This anime will keep you engaged with it's comedy, fanservice and obviously, the strong bound that the girls share.
I was quite pleased when the second season came out and watched every episode in the day of its release. I found the first season OK, so I didn't want to have high expectations for the 2nd season.
Well, let's get started with the ratings
Story 6/10
I have to give a low score in this category because since we are talking about a second season we have to take into account the previous seasons, and in fact, Kiniro Mosaic has a more complex storyline than Hello! Kiniro Mosaic because we have the growth of the relationship between Shino and Alice and Alice's arrival to Japan and her fitting in with this new culture and by result, with Japanese people. The second season is basically Shino and Alice's bound getting stronger along with their other friends and other than that there's nothing new into it from season one to two.
Anyway, even tho the story didn't had any progress there's a continuous line that does not go down but also doesn't go up. There is always something new in every episode and it does not fail to contrast two different cultures and countries, being that the main goal since this anime started.
Altogether I think this category deserves a 6 out of 10 because although Kiniro has a captivating story, there is no progress and leaves a bit to be desired.
Art 7/10
Kiniro has a good art, nothing innovating or unusual since the first season, except perhaps the change of area beyond the typical school which I was already getting tired of.
There is a greater diversity of places in this second season, which undoubtedly is a plus in my opinion.
The characters are well designed according to their personalities and stereotypes, like we already known from the first season.
The environment in which the characters are part of is light and colorful as in every slice of life involving school, and like already said above, I liked the change of space that occurs throughout the anime.
I evaluate 7 of 10 in this category because although having a nice art that appeals the observer I can’t simply give more to something that isn’t innovating facing other Slice of life anime of this type.
Sound 7/10
Well then, regarding the sound, I can say it was good.
The opening and ending are enjoyable to listen to, I even heard them a few times but I ended up passing them forward since they weren’t that catchy (no opening beats yuri yuri, sorry).
Despite this, I can say that both the OP and the ED are suitable for the anime and captures perfectly the purpose, that it, the strong bond between the characters.
The voice actors were properly chosen for the characters even though Alice’s voice still annoyed me a little. I can only applaud to Karen’s voice actor that did an exceptional job with her accent even tho she is Japanese, each time I heard her voice I could not help but smile or even a laugh, it just fits that character really well.
Regarding the sound I give 7 out of 10, because although the characters mostly have a voice actor suitable for them, the music we hear throughout the anime did not have any connective role, the only times I noticed some kind of sound was when showing images to summarize a day they spend together, for example. There was nothing great that would capture the senses of the viewer but it was not that bad either.
Characters 7/10
Oh wow, the characters… this is going to be complicated since they are so unique!
Let’s start for the bad part… Shino and Alice were the main-main characters in season one, but in Hello Kiniro Mosaic I couldn’t be much happier that they let the other characters prove themselves out. I was really happy for that since I love Karen and Ayaya so much!
In my opinion there’s nothing intriguing in Alice and Shinobu. As I said before, Alice’s voice and personality are irritating and Shino and the other tennis girl are really scary, they take their love for blonde hair to a new level… I couldn’t find that funny at all. SCARY. Shinobu and Alice are the typical cute-looking airheads, I can’t even ship them.
In other hand, I couldn’t help finding Aya and Youko so cute together, who doesn’t like the tsun girl trying to voice her feelings correctly cute? And Youko is the typical boyish girl that has a soft heart for her little twin brothers that are a good add to this season.
Karen was my favorite indeed! Who didn’t like Karen? She is upbeat and fun to hang around with, I would love a Karin in my life, even tho she is rich and spoiled she still is humble and a good friend, for me, the best character in the whole anime.
I really like Karen-chan messing around with Kuzehashi sensei, another character that I wanted to hear more about, her reactions are really cute and show how an adult can be dorky and insecure like high schoolers.
The characters in general were good. Some of them are very good and some a bit boring so I'll stick with a 7 out of 10 because I like Karen, Ayaya and the new teacher a lot.
Enjoyment 7/10
Since I watched one episode per week I didn’t had time to get tired of it or even miss the anime.
I watched every Sunday each episode in its release thinking of my favorite characters, since I wanted to laugh a bit and there’s nothing better to do in a Sunday, so why not watch a single episode of Kiniro?
It’s enjoyable if you watch it from time to time, but it would be boring if it was watched in a row. That’s why I will give it 7 out of 10.
Overall 7/10
Overall, I liked this season much better than the last one because my favorite characters were more active and it’s much better in terms of FANSERVICE and also COMEDY.
For the ones that are thinking of watching, first watch the first season and if you already did then proceed with this one cause you won’t regret it, but remember to not to watch this all in once, since it can may get a bit boring since it lacks of action. My advice is to watch one episode per day or even vary a bit on anime with other genres.
Hope my review is helpful, thanks for reading.
