As always, I went with the anime before hitting the manga, so this review might be in conjunction with S1: I felt some actual character development and progress. Even though it was cliched as f**k:
It was annoying seeing such a dense anime character. Makes me want to smash my head against the wall. The only prop to season 1 or the manga from around chapter 40 to 60 was the actual plot progression, character development and the manga being animated by Shaft. Afterwards, is however a different story. Someone over here summed it rather well, but I will put it in my own words. The mangaka decided to do a well known technique, he decided to go around in circles and just drag his story out.
Story: 4/10
Was at least a 6 in the first 60 chapters or so, but the rating dropped rather fast. The story is merely about some guy called Raku trying to find the "promised girl." The main flaw was that characters kept coming out of nowhere.
Art: 7/10
I do like the art, but at times it gets really annoying. I mean how many faces do you have to draw to make it look like someone is blushing.
Characters: 1/10. This was the major problem. It is like building a house, but you have no idea how to build it. Nisekoi's story was building, but in that process characters were like those rooms that no one needs.
Raku is the main character. Found him alright in 3 episodes(anime), but afterwards he started to get extremely annoying. Chitoge is "false love". We all know how this is going to end right? Onodera was the MC's first love. Ruri would be connected with Onodera, I find her annoying, but she seems better than the actual main cast. Shuu is rather annoying as well, but still better than Raku. The rest are just added elements or lets just say extra rooms to the house, which Raku owns. Marika and the White tiger were probably my favs.
Enjoyment: 4/10
It was pretty good, but it dropped fast. First half was a 7 and the second was 4.
Overall: 5/10
Crap...Not worth it. 227 chapters of utter nonsense. So damned predictable. It deserves a 5 because S1 was animated and created rather well.
