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Not as consistently good as the first season, but the highs are definitely a lot higher and ends on pretty much the perfect note. Many romance shows tend to go down the path of dumb misunderstandings and melodrama, while this one manages to mostly avoid all that while delivering on probably the most satisfying conclusions I've seen in a romance series in a while.

There are a couple episodes in this season that kind of feel filler-ish, but each one does at least manage to slip in a reminder of how much Ichikawa has grown and developed since the start. I also found myself actually ... laughing a lot more at the comedy in this season. I did notice some QUALITY moments too where it felt like the characters were pretty off model, but I can forgive it since it looks great during the moments where it matters most. I also appreciated that some of the side characters got a lot more screentime, especially Ichikawa's sister.

Great show. Gave me diabetes. Might actually check out the manga since apparently there isn't close to enough content for a 3rd season anytime soon.

Starts off with an interesting premise, but ultimately doesn't really go anywhere with it. In fact, a large chunk of the show has nothing to do with any real romance at all, which is bizarre for something labelled as a romcom. Also bizarre that this is labeled a romcom when the majority of it is more of a drama. Not just drama, but kind of annoying melodrama in fact.

The best thing I can say about this show is that it looks nice and has good music. Unfortunately aesthetics and production values can only take you so far. After the halfway point, I was already ... pretty much done with it. It's a character driven show with relatively weak characters and not particularly interesting dialog. I guess some of the stuff with Komari was mildly relatable? Whenever I watch an anime that has an arc focused on club activities, I really have to wonder if Japanese students really care this much about this crap. Do they really take club activities this seriously to warrant so much drama?

I don't get it. This is another one of those shows that makes me wonder if I'm getting too old for anime. Am I wrong? Are the zoomers praising this wrong? Am I annoyed that this turned out to be a completely different type of show than I expected? Am I being stupid for trying to wrap my head around some seasonal slop that just happens to have good animation? Who knows. All I know is that my eyes started to glaze over watching the last episode of this and I probably should have dropped this around episode 7.

It's not bad, just mediocre.

Very cute romcom that actually accurately portrays middle schoolers as the awkward, horny little creatures they are. Don't think I've seen an anime that's supposed to be wholesome be brave enough to talk about boners as much as this one did.

Basically feels like a gender-swapped version of Kimi ni Todoke, only without the dumb forced shoujo drama that series ends up relying on occasionally. The romance aspect obviously is the focus, but a major theme of the show is clearly about Ichikawa's insecurities and low self esteem and slowly growing out of it and opening up more to other people. Very relatable as someone ... who has suffered from similar issues. Also helps that I'm a manlet like the MC too. It's time for more short king propaganda.

There's nothing inherently wrong with this show as a comfy CGDCT show. It's basically just more of season 1, which I remember enjoying a lot more than I was enjoying this. As for why, I can't really say. Maybe it's because I need something more engaging to keep myself interested with anime these days. Maybe it's because this season is actually just less interesting and truly is a step down in quality. Maybe it's because I'm now a 30-year-old man watching high school girls go to tourist sites and talk about how tasty the food is and Jesus fucking Christ I get it they love ... camping, you don't need to say it every episode.

All I know is that I watched almost half of the season, put it on hold for a while, came back and couldn't care less. I watched season 1, I guess I just didn't realize that's all the Yuru Camp I really needed to see.