So let me start off by saying that I really enjoyed the first season of Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai and came to this season with roughly the same expectations. I'm sad to say it but this second season was a real disappointment. For those that have already watched the first season already and are continuing to the second, I won't tell you not to watch it, just remember to keep your expectations low.
Story (5/10)
Well the story was never really a main point for the series anyways. The goal of the club was to make friends yet it's obvious that they aren't even trying to
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accomplish that. What usually happens in every episode is they'll "try out things that popular people would do" as practice for real life situations. While I was never really interested in the story, I'm glad that this season still retains its bits of comedy which really sold the first season for me. One of the annoying points of the story was the fact everyone in the club refused to acknowledge each other as friends. Kodaka repeatedly brings up the fact he "has no friends" throughout the series. Seriously? After all you've been through in the club, you don't consider them your friends?
Art (8/10)
Nothing to complain about from me here. The art is still of the same quality as last season.
Sound (8/10)
So I really liked the opening and ending songs enough that I listened to them most of the time and wouldn't skip them, which is what I usually do when I watch anime. Not sure why I liked them so much, but they're really catchy and upbeat. It feels like they compliment with the feelings the show brings out.
Characters (5/10)
This is where a lot of my problems lie so I'll start off with the positive points first. The three new characters introduced didn't get much time in the series but I thought they were all likeable. Kate plays the part of Maria's overly protective and siscon older sister. Aoi is Sena's class rival who always comes 2nd to her in exams and she is extremely jealous of Sena but Sena never notices her. Hinata is the kindhearted and popular class president who Yozura despises for being the epitome of a popular person. Yukimura is still Yukimura, as devoted and likeable as ever. As usual Maria and Kobato fight with each other like little kids which can get kind of annoying at times, but towards the end of the series you can see that they really like each other.
There were quite a few negative points to the characters as well. Rika constantly making passes at Kodaka and getting rejected gets pretty overdone and bland as the series goes on. Sena and Yozura's fighting continues throughout the entire season and every time they fight one of them ends up almost crying. I can kind of tell that Sena doesn't really hate Yozura all that much but Yozura seems like she's driven out of pure malice. Kodaka continues to blatantly ignore anyone in the club that tries to ask him out because he doesn't want things to get awkward in the club. While I can sympathize for him, I feel he should just flat out tell them his feelings cause ignoring all of them isn't gonna work forever (as you'll see). Overall its obvious that there was hardly any character development and they act the almost the same way to each other as they did in season one.
Enjoyment (5/10)
So I had a hard time enjoying this season for reasons given above. It feels like in every episode the characters just repeat the same arguments and actions over and over again. While there were bits of comedy mixed in that added some enjoyment to the show it couldn't make up for how annoying the story and character interactions were. If I hadn't watched the first season of Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai then I certainly wouldn't have had it in me to finish this season since it was so painful to watch.
Overall (6/10)
So I'm not happy about it but I'd have to give this season a 6. The story picked up straight from season one but it just wasn't able to give me the same level of enjoyment that I experienced from its first season. The character interactions got to be really annoying to the point I want to scream at them to just shut up and get along with each other. While the Art and Sound were of the same quality as the last season, the Story and Characters just fell flat and left me seriously disappointed. If you've already watched the first season I feel you should know what you're getting into and buckle up because its gonna be a bumpy ride.
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Jul 25, 2013
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So let me start off by saying that I really enjoyed the first season of Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai and came to this season with roughly the same expectations. I'm sad to say it but this second season was a real disappointment. For those that have already watched the first season already and are continuing to the second, I won't tell you not to watch it, just remember to keep your expectations low.
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