Story: 7
One thing you will notice at the very beginning of the first episode is that after the 2 minute recap this continues immediately after where season 1 left off. They even titled these episodes as 26-37 which I really appreciated. Anyway the first episode started off fantastic. They knew actually how to start of this season by showing off the beast titan, the survey corps destroying titans and even killing someone off. This hype however dies down right after the first episode. The next couple episodes focus on the side characters and give some information of the titans and the wall. This is probably the seasons's biggest problem and it also happens after episode 7 where they focus on the characters instead of the titans and all of the unanswered questions. That's not to say these episodes are bad, it's just not what I wanted and considering the first season's characters were pretty meh, it's not something I wanted to see much of. But when we do get details on the titans and see the story progress it's awesome. One thing season 2 did do better than the previous season was it's pacing. The second half of season 1's pacing was not as good as the first half and felt slow at times. For the most part these pacing issues are fixed, again for the most part. This season's story was better but hopefully now that we know more about the characters season 3 will focus more on providing information on it's mysterious story.
Art: 10
Just like season 1, Attack on Titan continues to look breath taking and one of the most impressive looking animes out there. The action scenes are fantastic and when there's not any action going on you can enjoy the beautiful backgrounds and see just how much work and detail they put into everything. Thank god there's no CG in this. No problems here.
Sound: Again, just like with its animation this season continues to provide a great and memorable soundtrack. The background music can range from peaceful to downright epic battle music. This is definitely something I look forward to listening to again and again. My only complaint is that the OP isn't as good as season 1's famous first OP. But then again that's not easy to accomplish.
Characters: 6.5
Season 1's characters were by far it's biggest problem. Eren is just average, Mikasa is okay, Armin is just there. That pretty much sums up the characters: "They're just there." There's nothing special or memorable about them. Sasha ("Potato Girl") was the only one that stood out, but then again that was only one scene. Season 2 fixes some of these problems. The side characters that were mostly forgotten in the first season are actually relevant and important now. I actually remember some of their names now. Still characters like Eren and Armin are still meh. You don't even see Levi in action which was one of the better characters before. Season 2 does show development on forgotten and useless characters and gives us a backstory on them as well. My problem is that this should have been done in season 1, not 26 episodes in.
Enjoyment: 8
For the most part I enjoyed season 1 of AOT and did end up enjoying this season a bit more. If you liked season 1 you'll really enjoy this, if you thought season 1 was average then you might think this is just okay. But the point is it's Attack on Titan, and this season is just better in almost every way.
Overall: 8
Attack on Titan Season 2 is an improvement over it's predecessor and hopefully season 3 will follow this trend and be even better. This season continued to include the same quality of animation and music, had an overall good story with some problems and improvements on the characters. This was overall very good.
