The Story is, just as in the first season, very varied. One episode can be really powerful and expertly written, others could be a 14-year-old's fan fiction. Two points stand out the most to me:
1. Pacing: The pacing is quite simply all over the place. Some episodes progress the story at the speed of light, others feel like filler. Even inside a single episode, there are crazy jumps. This does not make for a pleasurable viewing experience.
2. Tone: It's fine to goof off in scenes that aren't meant to be serious and aren't attached to the main plot. But interjecting comic relief and goofiness in otherwise serious and emotional scenes breaks any investment you could have in the story. The best example for this is (spoiler) the newest episode (20) where several background characters die in a fight, while some tragic backstory like wives or kids waiting for them at home get shown. Literal seconds after this one of the dead characters comically turns his head to one of the main characters who then proceeds to run away like a character from an old Disney cartoon. Another big offender is fan service. In the same episode after a semi-interesting side character dies, one of the female characters gets absolutely needlessly undressed by being whipped by a female villain. Things like this happen constantly and are nothing but cheap fanservice for horny teens. I'm fine with having some fan service in shows, but please do it in parts where it doesn't distract from the plot.
Art: 7
Just like the story the animation and art quality varies drastically. Some scenes look stunning with beautiful animation, characters, and scenery. In others, the animation is reduced to still frames with virtual camera movement or in other scenes literally 2 frames per second animations. The art also occasionally looks like it's drawn in MS Paint and I'm not talking about freeze frames taken out of context but full scenes. Corners have most definitely been cut in the art and animation department.
Sound: 7
Some of the fight sounds are pretty punchy and sound great but they are overused and lack variation. The show generally lacks detail in its sound design.
The music isn't bad but not outstanding either. There are also once again not a lot of different tracks which sometimes leads to tracks being used that don't fit the scene.
Character: 7
Some characters are multidimensional and interesting, others are extreme stereotypes and serve only one purpose. Designs are pretty good for the most part.
Enjoyment: 7
When I began watching the first season and especially after watching the first episode I was very hyped for this series. Over the following rest of season 1 and season 2 up to this point I've been getting more and more disappointed as the initial proposition for the show shown in episode 1 drifts further and further from reality.
Overall: 7
Fire Force season 2 can be worth it to watch if you want to see some good fight scenes and don't really care about the rest too much.
Edit: If you're watching the show in German: The subs are often very badly translated and read like someone pasted them in google translate. Go for the English sub if you can.
