This is called the sequel to the first season of Maken-Ki, but I really don't think that's the right way to think about it. Rather, it seems to be a completely new work inspired by the same original work. Most of the cast of characters, the setting, and the general atmosphere for most of it is the same. However, it drops the plot threads from the first season completely, instead now focusing on smaller episode long adventures rather than anything that ties into an overarching story or any character or relationship development arcs. The episodes also focus on a different character each episode, with the main character from the first season barely in a lot of them. That alone is just enough to make it the standard filler that a lot of anime have, but what makes it feel like a completely different work is that it also drops a lot of the characters from the first season as well as the relationship development from characters that weren't dropped in such a way that it leads to major inconsistencies with the first season. Hence, its best to view it as a completely different work. Now as for the value of the work, ultimately despite how different it was I would have to say the quality was about the same. It was small episodic stories where the quality varied tremendously with a lot of hits and misses. Some were good, some were okay, some were just bad. The stronger episodes were generally those focusing on those that were important in the firsts season and the weaker episodes were generally those focusing on what felt like not as important characters. It also felt like it was getting repetitive at times. Though the last episode was completely different from the rest of the series and focusing on basically a completely new set of characters and I think the highlight of the series, so all of that isn't always true either. The focus very much was on being amusing and funny, similar to what it seems they were trying to do with the OVAs, but it felt subdued compared to them, and hence not as good. Ultimately, I'd say overall it was as good as the first season, just decent.
The animation, framing, and art were still great, even better than the first season though not as much as the OVAs. The OP and ED were still good. The soundtrack was decent but not particularly memorable. The specials were better.
