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Date a live season 2 is the sequal of the hit harem, mecha, romance, sci-fi anime, it continues directly after the event of the first season, and doesn't waste any time it immediately jumps into its lackluster first arc, and ends of with a banger of a second arc. It only has two arcs, and only ten episodes unlike its predecessor and it's next season who both have 12 episodes. Certain characters get sidelined like Yoshino, the Yami twins after their arc, Origami, Mana and Kurumi barely gets any screen time, in favor of the Diva and the DEM sideplot , which honestly feels convulated and unecessary like at least give us some explanations to why you're doing all this shit, then at the end we get another form of Tohka that is a completely different spirit, and Shido saves the day with dates and kisses. Honestly tho that first arc sucks, its barely detailed, and it only last to episode 3 or 4 don't remember at the top of my head. I legitimately don't give a crap about the Yamai twins I don't hate them but I don't like them, and I would be pretty happy if their arc was actually good, but it wasn't so I think they hold this season 2 back. The second arc was kind of a banger tho, The Diva is a really interesting spirit, the fact that she's lesbian, forces Shido to crossdress just so he can interact with her and that she can control people, it felt like something new, it wasn't just see spirit, date spirit, seal spirit, while she does have a pretty standard backstory, for some reason it just works, and it makes me care more about her than the Yamai twins. This second season is definetely worse than season 1, it's only salvaged by its second arc, if it weren't for it I would have given it a 5/10.
Pros:
-Great artstyle and animation
-Great second arc
-More Tokha, even tho after all that I still feel the same about her like I did in the first season, still think they could have emphasised her a little bit more.
Cons:
-The characters that you care about are sidelined except for Tokha
-The first arc was not well executed and very lackluster
-Ed wasn't good
-Introduction of a convulated villain sideplot, like I know it's a sideplot, and that it's only ten episodes but can I get some info on Westcott and Ellen, I have no idea what their trying to achieve, and if their good villains or not.
Overall Date A Live season 2 is a inferior product to its predecessor, with it's lackluster first arc, and convulated villain sideplot, the show got carried by its second arc for christs sake, I don't care about the Yamai twins, better characters like Origami, Yoshino, Kurumi are sidelined in favor of new characters that aren't all that looking at you Yamai twins, diva is fine I guess. I would be lying tho if I said I didn't enjoy this show, now would I recommend it to people, not really only watch this if you're a Date A live fan or enthusiast, otherwise don't bother with this and the third season. I give Date A Live Season 2 a 6/10 for my overall anime score.
