The positive parts of this new season can best be seen in the animation. The biggest issue season one had was how spotty the animation quality happened to be scene to scene. The 3D CGI of the second season feels more smoothed out and consistent, never leaving you with hideous looking shots like the first season had from time to time. My next positive might come as a surprise but the 9 episode runtime felt perfect for the story. The pacing was never halted and nothing this season felt like filler in the way that some of the Hidaka episodes in the first season felt. It's hard to make a show feel natural with fewer episodes then a normal seasonal show, but High Score Girl 2 did it perfectly.
A lot of the issues I find with this show however come down to the simple fact that this season doesn't make an effort to change the dynamics of or characters. The vast majority of romance anime fall into this trap of showing our characters just dip a toe into the world of being a relationship and sadly this second season of High Score Girl spends all of the runtime just teasing you with the possibility of our main characters becoming a couple. When you reach the end and finally get the conclusion to the two season arcs for our characters all you're left with is...oh? I guess that's it. For most younger audiences i'm sure this isn't an issue, but for anyone who's older or have seen more romance anime it just feels like a waste of time and if you're a romance show that fails at being a compelling romance what do you have left? Maybe I'm just cynical though.
High score girl isn't bad. It's worth watching and if you can, you should binge the show because I think that's the best way to watch it. This show won't stay on your mind for more then a month though. It's just a simple, easy, average little anime, but sometimes those are all you really need.
