To LOVE-Ru Darkness 2nd

The dispassionate, transforming assassin Golden Darkness returns to peer deeper into the mysteries surrounding her new life, while a sinister Nemesis manipulates her younger sister Mea from the shadows. Along with their newly discovered mother, Tearju, this previously estranged family quickly becomes the center of everyone's attention. On the other hand, Princess Momo's Harem Plan stands on shaky ground amidst Rito's inability to confess to his longtime crush Haruna, who has grown feelings of her own.

But things aren't as peaceful as they seem; an evil force looms amidst the innocuous commotion, threatening to eclipse the love, happiness, and friendship of Rito and his harem. Only the light of love can hope to banish the shadow.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Deviluke, Momo Belia Main

Toyosaki, Aki Japanese

Konjiki no Yami Main

Fukuen, Misato Japanese

Yuuki, Rito Main

Watanabe, Akeno Japanese

Kurosaki, Mea Main

Iguchi, Yuka Japanese

Deviluke, Lala Satalin Supporting

Tomatsu, Haruka Japanese

Kotegawa, Yui Supporting

Nazuka, Kaori Japanese

Yuuki, Mikan Supporting

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Deviluke, Nana Astar Supporting

Itou, Kanae Japanese

Sairenji, Haruna Supporting

Yahagi, Sayuri Japanese

Nemesis Supporting

Hidaka, Rina Japanese

Nakayama, Nobuhiro Producer

Chino, Takatoshi Producer

Adachi, Satoshi Producer

Sanjouba, Kazumasa Producer

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Jan 16, 2022

Startled-Normie

Recommended

Haiku review:

Not magical girl
Harem fun but serious
Degeneracy

Prose review for those to whom art doesn’t matter:

They’re back and lewder than ever. “To LOVE-Ru Darkness 2” might, by the third episode, be called “Lick x Sis,” as in sister-sister action we learn that the only difference between the folds in the tails of our pink-haired space princesses and their other nether regions is the color. Swap the blacks and grays for skintones and we’re in full-on hentai territory here.

... I wondered if “To LOVE-Ru Darkness” would take this tendency as far as it could go. It turns out, there was more unprobed territory, so to speak.

The first couple of episodes re-establish the strange world and that this is not our world in that there the girls are, for lack of a better term, psychotic nymphomaniacs who may turn on the other person or not. This may serve as a strong warning for viewers who employ the three-episode rule. It’s a commonplace for people to say this show isn’t for everyone, but they’ll know whether it’s for them in the first minute of the first episode. This series pulls no punches, though in keeping with the solemn code governing anime, the protagonist is an idiot.

We are reunited with our old friends from the earlier series. They’re unchanged, though Lala is more thicc than I remember (though, in my defense, it’s been almost a whole day since I saw the original Darkness series). Stylistically, there were a few more (disappointing; they’re always disappointing) misplaced rays of foggy light as censor strips, though only a few; they’re better, I suppose, than the stupid stickers licensees use, but if they don’t want full nakedness then they ought to reframe their cuts to begin with, no? And this series there’s a new way of travel, in the form of spring-shaped tornado things that precede one of the various magical girls’ arrivals. It seems a little late in the game to introduce this stuff, but that’s not something unheard of in second-season, lower-budget anime. And they did seem to spend their money where it’s most effective, if you catch my drift.

The writing seems much the same (in the dub; who knows what Sentai changed from the original Japanese – it’s not as if the issue has never arisen before), though there was one notable difference, at the end of episode 3. One of our girls is sneaking into the bed of the protagonist in the middle of the night, only to find another of our girls is already there. Did she go berserk and call him a pervert? She did not. She went berserk and called him “you filthy weeb.” I don’t know if this is progress, but it is certainly different – as is the idea that a weeb would ever be in bed with a willing girl.

Strangely, MAL lists the series as having 12 episodes, but the one I watched has 14. This leads me to think that there’s a version out there minus two whole episodes worth of material aimed at, um, sophisticates. (The version I saw, a dub, included the occasional explanatory comment, as when a pun that would only be understood by Japanese viewers was part of the dialogue, so perhaps the longer version is unofficial, more’s the pity. The final two episodes, though, were heavily censored subs – meaning an almost completely white screen much of the time.)

The series finally got around to a festival episode. It was not explained where they got yukatas that accommodate tails, but they weren’t wearing those or any other garments for a lot of it.

Celine – who is supposed to be a plant! -- latches onto any available nipple in search of milk. There’s never a shortage of candidates. And there is a cabbage-chopping scene – don’t worry, established anime cabbage rules were followed – in which the protagonist and his little sister are inadvertently put nearly into imouto/onii-chan territory. That’s not the only time. Anime, wonderful as it is, can get weird. Oh, and there’s more hot tentacle action, too.

The long-sought Master Nemesis appears – they didn’t even have to use master bait! – and our protagonist has her tiddies out and has face planted into her coochie before a minute has passed. Good job, though I’m beginning to think he slips and falls on purpose, like some grocery store liability lawsuit grifter. Best line of the series is not from Nemesis: “It’s become clear to me that the laws of physics mean nothing to you,” said to a coochie-gagged protagonist following a tumble down the stairs. (And I never dreamt I would ever write the phrase “coochie-gagged protagonist. I’d be a great title for a novel, don’t you think?) Close second, same character to protagonist: “I love all things perverted. And I love how depraved you can be, too.”

Nemesis, who it turns out likes to get herself some tail, can make her boobies get big and small at will, but I think it may have just been the animators demonstrating that unlike other animators they can draw more than just the one size. While we’re at it, the panty wrinkles have by episode 5 become downright explicit – remove the lace edges and change the color and they aren’t there at all. And who the hell makes that sort of electric cat’s paw toy? And who would call it “adorable”? (Well, before its use, anyway.)

The music is typical; the OP and ED are both apparently products of the computer program that randomly generates anime theme song lines (and a busy machine it is!), and they’re still longer than they need to be.

But yes, Nemesis’s appearance means that there is a plot. What could it possibly be? How can it turn out? Will our beloved characters be destroyed? Will the protagonist have what it takes or succumb to performance anxiety when he must enter the breach?

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jun 5, 2021

Jsar0

Mixed Feelings

Let me start off by saying: I LIKED TO LOVE RU. Ok so, this is not gonna be a legit review of this series, I just felt like i needed to say some things about this series.

After watching 70+ episodes of this series I can say that I just got tired of it. And I have 2 reasons as to why.

First, The main character. i just can't take him seriously, you would think after so many episodes he would get used to seeing all of the girls' naked bodies, but no. Also he doesn't realize that 90% of the girls want his D. Like, Lala ... has straight up told him that she likes him, but he just doesn't make any progress with her because he's not sure about his feelings or some BS, like dude just go for the P. And I know this series is targeted for a younger audience but still, I think they could have managed it much better imo.

And secondly, The anime just got wayyyy too repetitive. Like it was funny at the start, but every episode is almost the exact same, Rito falling headfirst into a girl's panties. That's it.

But the good thing about this series is, The first season of darkness actually has a decent plot and also great "plot" so that's that I guess.

Anyway, I dont wanna be salty about some echii anime on the internet, so I'll just leave it at that

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Apr 21, 2021

geovannyboss

Not Recommended

The audience disappointed me once again. It seems ridiculous to me, especially not to like the first two seasons and to like the darkness. I respect everyone's opinion, you may not like the previous ones but these 2 seasons are definitely not better than them. I also understand that the main characters have changed due to special circumstances, it wouldn't be a problem if it handle done well, but the series unfortunately couldn't do that.

I have nothing against fanservice (i have watched many ecchi shows with enjoy) but the fanservice in To Love Ru-Darkness seems way pointless for me. Unlike the prequel seasons, they're made ... just to be made and they're not funny.

The anime tried to be To Love Ru, but really failed. I don't mind that the story shifted to diffrent charcters, but I do mind that it shifted to the wrong characters. It's called "Darkness", so I expected to find out more about Golden Darkness, and I did, the problem is that side characters just became main charcters. Momo and Nana are not part of the main character Lineup. The relation between Rito, Lala and haruna became irrelevant, which is pretty bad, considering that they were the main reasoning for the story. For some reason the also thought it would be a great idea to make Rito love Momo more than Lala and Haruna, eventhough they really aren't that close as they illustrate it.

I think it would have been better if the series had only focused on the side characters instead of the main and side characters making this unfimiliar and weird story lineup. This just isn't a good series anymore and since xebec have broken up their won't be an attempt to fix this mess. On the other hand it is sad to see the series fade out likethis. I really do hope someone will buy the licens to the anime and completly reboot it, by fixing the mess these two dark seasons have made.

If you decide to watch Darkness s1 & s2, you will see that it is actually a standard ecchi anime made to entertain the audience with the whole season of Rito falling randomly on another girl's pantsu. And also it's funny how the series pretends to have a good story.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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