Karakai džózu no Takagi-san - Série 2

The second season is more or less in the spirit of the first, except, I guess, with the difference that the innocent competitions and games have become much more about how the main female protagonist is trying to hook up with the main male protagonist. It is much more about that supposed romantic element, which doesn’t work that well because of Nishikata's wooden nature, and sometimes it is not even that funny. The other supporting characters are given less and less screen time, and the main focus is on Takagi, who seems to literally want to put Nishikata in the situation where he is forced to choose between making a move towards a relationship with Takagi, or just losing another bet. Nishikata is therefore simply pushed into dealing with the same dilemma over and over again - if he does this, it is going to be embarrassing, however, if he does not, he is going to lose again... So, with the way Nishikata is, it all ends up the same way in most cases, and even when he is finally pushed so hard that you could talk about some kind of development, you still feel like that development is just once again a tiny step. So my question is - does someone like Nishikata deserve someone like Takagi? I for one do not think so. However, Takagi is of a different opinion, and so everything just repeats itself again, and most of the time it is just going around in circles, and it gets boring and pretty exhausting... Plus, that is why I was not so entertained, and the second season is not going to get more than 6/10 from me. (26.09.2019)

I confess that I put this on Netflix and didn't notice that it's not the first season, but actually the second. That's why I was quite surprised that this relatively uninteresting show got such high ratings. But about halfway through, I finally noticed "S2" and it was clear. I disliked Nishikata, and Takagi as well. It was the same thing over and over again; how Takagi seems to be trying to embarrass Nishikata, but at the same time, he's pretty brutal in trying to pick him up, but he defends himself quite successfully with his bluntness. Normally I watch a 12-part anime in about a week; this took me a few months and I had to force myself to watch it. But I don't like unfinished series; so it's finally over, I can breathe a sigh of relief and quickly forget about it. The first season is supposedly better, but unfortunately I won't be trying it. (26.04.2020)