Each catgirl gets one comic gag assigned in the beginning of the season, and then writers exploit it repeatedly in almost every episode. Including bringing character up just for a few seconds to show yet another version of the same joke they made in ep1.
While each episode has an interesting idea — Cinnamon exploring her breeding desires or Cacao looking for new owners, every single one of them fails both to develop said characters or move the story. In fact it doesn't move even an inch forward.
There's no progression in any way. That's why you can't compare Nekopara to any decent slice-of-life where the overall story still moves: be it school year, visible career changes or something else.
If this show were an isekai, it would be "In Another World with My Smartphone". Just appalling in how big of a failure this is.
