Honestly, decent and enjoyable. It's not as good as the first few episodes of S1, but whereas S1 started strong and ended boring, the reverse is true here. S2's first 3-4 episodes are kind of yawners, but then towards the end they crank it up. Here's a quick run down.
Characters: 7/10
There's really just 3 great character in this anime. Nagumo, Yue, and Kaori. Yue is decent as Nagumo's main love interest. She doesn't say much, but her bluntness and simple words says a lot about who she is. Kaori surprised me the most. She was annoying S1 and she starts off annoying this season too, but she probably had the most drastic character development. I grew to like her quite well. And of course the MC Nagumo is great. That said, I've always been fond of MC's who aren't wusses and stupid idiots, so it's always refreshing to see an MC stick to his guns (pun intended). The rest of the cast are forgettable (well maybe not Yaegashi, Kaori's best friend- she is okay). Most annoying character is definitely their sensei Aiko. All she does is cry, complain, and then cry again. Really useless. But I guess since she has the label of "sensei", they have to keep her alive even though she has been completely irrelevant to the story.
Action: 7/10
There are some really cool action scenes, but the reason I don't give it a higher score is that a lot of magic and things that go on aren't really explain. Lot's of explosions and summons...if you can just ignore the logics and enjoy action scenes, then yeah you'll like it.
VA: 8/10
Mostly good, but I felt some of the girl's voices were too high.
Animation: 7/10
Some parts were really good, but for the majority you can tell it's kind of lacking. It's cool though- it's not terrible by any means. What really saves the show is the character designs. Some of the coolest outfits I've seen in a long time.
Music: 9/10
Really love the music. For sure adding a bunch to my play list.
Story: 8/10
And we get to what I think is the strongest part about this anime. No spoilers of course, but the second half of this season, a lot of things unwind and the plot begins to make more sense. There are betrayals and plot twists and everything. It's actually pretty well written. Not a mastery, but damn I found it enjoyable. It's such a shame the season starts off slow. The over all concept is still isekai, but I love how they only encompass that theme as the over all plot is much MUCH bigger.
Should you watch this show? If you like season 1, yes. If you like isekai's, yes. If you like harem animes, mmmmaybe (it's not really a harem tbh). But I can see why some are turn off by this type of show. Eh, give it a shot if you're on the fence I say. I think you'll be somewhat surprised like me.
