To start with, much like the first season of this series, the art style is the first thing to notice. It is the same as the first season so there isn’t much new there. However the animation felt a little different the further I got into the series. Overall it provides a charm that helps one really get into the feel of the show as a whole.
The story this time around is more focused on Yuta’s interactions with a childhood friend, Satone Shichimiya, who helped fuel Yuta’s Chunibyo in middle school. Not only that but this interaction seems to put Rikka on edge more often than not. As the quest to reawaken the Dark Flame Dragon that rests inside Yuta, The relationship between Rikka and him does grow. So my only real gripe with this would be the inclusion of Satone seemed a little unnecessary at first. Her appearance was static at best and I felt that she was placed in the story to fill a hole that wasn’t currently there. However as the story progressed, and she kept popping up where our friends happen to be and she becomes a vital member of the cast. I won’t give anything away but there are some pretty important developments involving not only her, but Toka (Rikka’s older sister) as well that aren’t explored at much length and could have been. Ultimately it didn’t hinder me from loving this show.
The music is as well put together as the first season. I absolutely loved the moments where there was so much emotion and just as a big moment happened, I would tense up, and the music would have a beautiful crescendo, and the moment would be made complete. Without the music, I don’t know how I might have reacted to some situations, and I know for sure that I wouldn’t have reacted in such an expressed manner, rather it would be more of a roller coaster rather than huge moments and big music. The openings and closing songs are good, but nothing to special. I found that the inclusion of the similar first screen of the opener, but with a different song was a bit of a let down. To me, the first seasons opening song fit so well with that scene and while the rest of the opening is drastically different, a better song could have been chosen. The ending credits, seemed to have a similar issue, it just couldn’t capture the magic it had before.
After seeing the first season, I was hooked. As I said in my review of that particular season, it took be back to a time where I dressed up and had magic of my own. But now I have grown up a bit and alas I have lost that power in a sense, but this show makes me want to go back. It teaches us that our past is something that shouldn’t be forgotten necessarily, and moreover we should understand that the people we are now are going to be different than who we were back then. This is a show about coming to grips with the fact that everyone grows up and everyone has a past, weather we learn from it or not is what makes us who we are today. I love this show and everything about it. I love the way it makes me feel and I love the way it makes my head spin after I think about it awhile. With an ending that is both ambiguous enough to make you want to continue the journey with the Far East Magical-Napping Society Summer Thereof, it provides enough closer to know that whatever they go through together, they are going to be okay.
