When July came around I realized that I had been doing this gig for 6 months now and wanted to celebrate by reviewing one of the first animes I had review. I originally was going to do Dog Days season 2 but then I found out the third season of The World God Only Knows was getting set to air so I figured why not review that instead and save Dog Days for a later date. I also decided to use my original writing format I used in that review for this review as well because I saw this as the best version to write the review. So the second season of The World God Only Knows follows the same story as the first season. Keima has to find the girl with the loose soul inside her, make her fall in love with him, and then remove the soul from her body thus saving her. While the story is the same I found myself more interested in the second season than I did the first season which is odd because I liked the girls from the first season more than the girls from the second season.
So what made this season stand out from the first season. Well I came to two conclusions why that is for me personally. First off the problem the girls were facing. The problems of the girls this time around are a lot more realistic and relatable than the girls from the first season because these are in fact problems people in real life deal with. Haqua’s problem of feeling the pressure of being the top student and living up to the expectations of everyone is understandable. In life, we sometimes put pressure on ourselves to be better and live up to the expectations of others when really we shouldn’t care what others think of us and do what we believe makes us happy and gives us a sense of fulfillment. Chihiro’s problem of not knowing what she wants to do with her life because she has no special talent is another good problem people face in the world. When I was in college some of the people I came across had no idea what they wanted to study or become until their junior year. Jun’s problem of wanting to become the ideal teacher but forcing her beliefs down on others is very realistic. I mean just look at the internet today, anyone who has a different opinion from the majority gets blasted for having a different opinion (it’s crazy). The one problem that I found hard to be realistic was Kusonoki’s problem of abandoning cute things in pursuit of power. This one was hard to find realistic. Fun fact, when I was in elementary school I took a few karate classes and my instructor told us that in his spare time he did flower arranging which I found quite shocking. He said that when he was a kid his mother owned a flower shop and he would help out around the shop to earn extra money and he just found it relaxing. So this is why Kusonoki’s problem was hard to find realistic for me.
The second reason why I found this season better was the emotion. In the first season nobody was able to knock Keima off his game no matter what they said or did to him but here two girls were able to bring Keima to a boiling point. Hell, Chihiro bought Keima to his boiling point twice and one of those times she forced Keima to shut himself in his room for days. It was nice to see that behind Keima’s cool exterior is a human being who’s not playing games to run away from reality but rather he’s just doing this because this is who he is and it was nice to see him show some amount of care from the past girls he conquered. It showed us that Keima was slowly developing as a character. If I had to name one complaint I had with this season was that they skipped the aftermath of Haqua’s arc where we actually get to meet her partner and discover that you don’t have to use love in order to get the loose soul out of the body, you just have to fill the gap within their heart. Why they skipped over something so crucial and important in the story makes no sense to me but to be fair the manga never really did anything with this information either so you really didn’t miss anything too important to the story. This blog was also the introduction to Chibi Isis. After creating Isis, I knew that somewhere down the road I would introduce a child/mascot version of her who would be like a little sister to me and would serve as the conscience of the group and become her own character as time went on. So the final score for this review was a 7.5/10 and yes I still hold true to that score. It’s as good as the first season and slightly better than the first season in my opinion.