Review of Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S

"Ame Ame Ame" Kanna Kamui. Kobayashi's Dragon Maid returns Kyoto Animation back to scene of seasonals ever since Tsurune aired in October 2018, and what they have presented exceed my expectations from the first season, which was an incredible showing already. This show gets backlash from the fact that the new addition Ilulu has quite large body proportions, but instead this show presents how it can turn an idea of that proportion into something instead meant to help out the comedy of the show in a effortless way. If there is one thing that Kyoto Animation is known for, it's their ability to make everything lookvisually stunning. Comparing to the animation quality of the original season of Kobayashi, everything looks much more cleaner and vibrant to help make the characters fit in perfectly to the backgrounds. It gets helped when the action scenes can have such good levels of quality to them that they feel like a top action studio is creating the works as it effortlessly makes the action stunning.

There isn't too much of a story in this anime, for it being an Slice of Life Comedy about dragon's living in Japan, but what it lays in is a story that interlocks the characters backstories and thoughts from the past in the dragon world to Japan and how they would react logically to the changes. It wouldn't work as much without the level of comedy that occurs between the characters, even though most of them are continuing running jokes from season one, which still have the same effect as how they did in past.

If there is one thing that carries the show compared to everything, it would be the vast characters in the show interacting with each other with ease and realism to it while making most moments having some comedy factor to them. The characters from season 1 have continued to be there while having small character developments throughout the season, especially seen through the likes of Elma and Tohru. Ilulu was the perfect way to spice up the story of Kobayashi, and seeing the character development from Ilulu throughout the story surprised me in how effortless it occured.

If there is one thing that Kobayashi strives on that not many people care to notice about, it is the amazing OST and sound effects that the show has. The opening and ending theme are amazing, especially the opening being sung by Fhana again elevating the already great OP from the visuals to the next level with the mix of rap and pop style singing. The voicework fits the characters both in Japanese and English and the sound effects that occur from them, though absurd, helping make the show feel more alive and exaggerated, which helps with the mood of the crazy nature of the show.

This show is funny, and I have a liking to nearly every single character in the show. It brings the Kyoto Animation charm which I have loved throughout my time watching anime to the next level flawlessly, which all it does is make me slime throughout watching it, and even cry when I saw the opening for the first time. This is a solid 10 in my markings.