Megami no Café Terrace 2nd Season

It has been months since Hayato Kasukabe decided to save his late grandmother's cafe, Familia Café Terrace, from permanently closing its doors. He and the five "goddesses" who serve as the cafe's mascots—Ouka Makuzawa, Akane Hououji, Riho Tsukishima, Shiragiku Ono, and Ami Tsuruga—persevere through all the hardships of maintaining a business to stay afloat for as long as possible.

Rougher times await them when a new competitor cafe, Family, appears with the sole intent of bringing Familia down. To come out on top of this business competition, Hayato must use his wits, fortify his trust in the girls, and figure out how to entice customers to continue supporting Familia.

To further complicate matters, the girls slowly begin to develop feelings for Hayato, causing tensions within the group. As this can potentially pose an even greater threat to Familia's survival, the five goddesses need to find a way to compromise and unite at all costs.

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Hououji, Akane Main

Seto, Asami Japanese

Makuzawa, Ouka Main

Aoki, Ruriko Japanese

Tsukishima, Riho Main

Yamane, Aya Japanese

Ono, Shiragiku Main

Waki, Azumi Japanese

Tsuruga, Ami Main

Suzushiro, Sayumi Japanese

Kasukabe, Hayato Main

Mizunaka, Masaaki Japanese

Confectionery Seller Supporting

Takeuchi, Emiko Japanese

Makuzawa, Kikka Supporting

Uesaka, Sumire Japanese

Kasukabe, Sachiko Supporting

Ikura, Kazue Japanese

Takasaki, Mao Supporting

Takahashi, Rie Japanese

Kuwabara, Satoshi Director

Motoyama, Satoshi Sound Director

Kawanishi, Taiji Episode Director

Oochi, Keiichirou Script, Series Composition

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Oct 12, 2024

patkarunungan

Recommended

I wasn't expecting much from this anime, but it did surprise me. It's a lot better than the first season.


§ Overview

It continues with the degenerate moments and fanservice of the first season. A competitor moves in and tries to copy Familia and name their cafe Family including having 5 gorgeous girls as their waitresses. Good thing Shiragiku found a way to make better meals that made them win over them. Eventually, these other waitresses became friends with our Familia girls. So there are now more girls pining for Hayato. Of course, Hayato meets some of these girls' grandmothers, and there's a shocking move at ... the end of the season.


§ Notes

In the first season, you can't help but feel that this is a rip-off of the Quintessential Quintuplets. You were looking for fun, but it doesn't give you that. The episodes don't exactly flow so well.

But in the second season, we get to know them better. From absolute strangers, as if by fate, they were actually related to Hayato's grandmother.

Thus, they have better character development here.

With the addition of 5 more girls in the harem, the fanservice got even more ridiculous. This part is a mixed one. If you're a gooner, this is a great anime. But if not, it will leave you cold. YMMV.

I like that for a change, they were able to move to different places because season 1 makes it feel that the people involved are confined in the cafe.


§ Conclusion

I enjoyed this better than season 1. It had more substance than the Quintessential Quintuplets, but it was not as enjoyable.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Aug 17, 2024

Hittobox

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (7/12 eps)

What was genuinely a promising show, centered around the heartfelt premise of reviving the main character's late grandmother's dreams by restoring her beloved café, offered an uplifting experience. How these random five women are all connected to that legacy was interesting and seeing the struggle from everyone to make it work with one another and for the café had a good foundation for the show's premise. It felt like we were getting another great Quintessential Quintuplets type of show but with a more grown up cast trying to run a café instead of a focus on tutoring and school.

Then this second season happened. All those ... great things have been mostly forgotten and replaced with five women's lust surrounded by a complete lack of purpose beyond getting lucky. Every episode is now pure ecchi from one female to another per episode. This season even doubled the women to 10 to make it pure chaos. It feels like a hacksaw going back and forth between lewd and a snippet of a promising story within each episode.

There's a chance the show circles back to what made it have potential to begin with, but with the café mostly running smoothly, it seems like the show lost its purpose and resorted to cheap sex appeal to keep it going. Bummer as I loved season 1.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Sep 25, 2024

BlackCrowGrows

Not Recommended

So, I walked into Season 2 of "Cafe Terrace and Its Goddesses" with high hopes, fully expecting the same blend of romantic hijinks and slice-of-life charm that caught my attention in the first season. I mean, who doesn’t enjoy a decent dose of harem drama sprinkled with cutesy moments? The first season was a fun ride, albeit one that felt a tad like a ripoff of "The Quintessential Quintuplets." But hey, who am I to judge? I happily devoured that idea until I noticed something awful creeping in like a soggy bun in an otherwise tasty sandwich.

This season was about as enjoyable as a room ... full of unfinished homework. The story stumbled around like a panda on roller skates, and the character writing? Let's just say it had all the depth of a kiddie pool. What happened to the hooks and genuine heart? It felt like many of the dialogues were slapped together for convenience—evidence of this was glaring in that cringe-worthy scene with Ami's grandma. Seriously, was that heartfelt, or did someone accidentally edit in a random soap opera script? I half-expected a dramatic soundtrack to start playing. (I think it actually got played too lmao)

Now, let’s talk about the harem aspect. Initially, it was engaging enough and seemed to suggest a lighthearted competition. But then the plot decided to binge-watch itself and dished us ‘glimpses of the future,’ effectively giving us a hint that there is indeed a winner. Just when I thought it couldn’t get any wilder, the author chucked in another five ladies into the mix—like adding extra toppings to an already overloaded pizza. I can only describe it as plain absurdity; I’m still questioning how that was a necessary plot to be added. I mean, keeping track of names was hard enough!

And while I know how wild harem shows can get, from the looks of the first season, I never expected it to get as wild as "High School DxD." Although that might be an overstatement but you do get my point. If the first season was trying to pay homage to "The Quintessential Quintuplets," this season felt more like a parody, complete with clumsy attempts at humor that seemed to miss the mark more often than not.

Picture this: you stroll into the café like it’s a battle royale, but suddenly the main character turns into superman without his invulnerability, getting kissed and "abused" relentlessly by all these so-called goddesses. Honestly, it felt less like playful flirting and more like a one-man comedy skit of 'What Can Go Wrong?' Gotta love the abundance of boundaries shattered, right?

What was supposed to be lighthearted escapades turned into a what-is-happening-to-my-eyes spectacle that left me more uncomfortable than amused. It's like watching someone put way too much hot sauce on their taco—at first, you're intrigued, but then you're just hoping they don't spontaneously combust.

In the end, the second season of "Cafe Terrace and Its Goddesses" was a major downer. All the magic and charisma evaporated faster than my will to review it! Instead of the delightful narrative I expected, what I got was more chaos than character engagement, leaving me scrabbling for something amusing—anything—to salvage my faith in the show. So, unless you have a penchant for hot sauce dancing and cozy kitchen shenanigans gone rogue, I’d suggest giving this season a raincheck.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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