Review of Motto To LOVE Ru
STORY - 8 ART - 8 SOUND - 8 CHARACTER - 9 ENJOYMENT - 8 Motto To LOVE-Ru is a show that brings in the goodness of fanservice at your doorstep just like the first season, except it's even better! With new characters and perspective on previous ones, there is a guarantee for enjoyment to blossom at each episode. Previously on To LOVE-Ru. Episodes came in like a filler trainwreck and the cargoes that toppled out were too heavy to really be enjoyable to carry. I mean, the contents inside were too similar, so there really was no point in carrying them anyways! That's my quite peculiar analogy on what Ifelt during the first season, but it gets the point across. And now, the curtains unveiled in this season and oh boy was that a welcomed surprise. How and why was it better? First thing would be the structure of the episodes. Rather than dragging the length out with one episodic story, they decided to put in three mini stories in each episode. The new structure helped in giving the diversity which was lacking in the first season. It paved way to much-needed focus on the cast of girls, particularly with the beloved golden assasin and the disciplinary tsundere. What comes out of that was progression on the romance life of many girls, along with the development of their personality showcasing the sides they never truly shown before. The culmination of each girl's differing personalities added up into many fun and silly situations that made them so likable and made me laugh. Though all that said, this season still came with issues. Some comedy were not funny and even though it's an ecchi, the dragged on fanservice may get excessive at times. But while there was a bit of boredom here and there mostly due to lesser-than-previous-season repetition, their entertaining pureness overweighed most of these issues. Main boy Rito went through so much ever since he became unlucky that I got to hand it to him for dealing with everything. Keep up the good work!
And with that out of the way, we do a hop and a skip to the visuals of the anime! At first glance, the difference was definitely there if we compare it to To LOVE-Ru. Just like how Lala can transform her clothes with the help of Peke, the anime also did a transformation in its art style. The biggest difference was that the brightness of the colors were whitewashed so some slight color were lost there. It took a bit of time to get used but in the end, I really liked how it looked. In a way it's an upgrade, especially when the lines still felt refined and the animation was quite normal and consistent. There was a couple of noticeable ones where the art was amplified, especially in the more significant scenes that appeared throughout the show. As for the character designs, no change in there and they all looked youthfully cute (except the principal). Ecchi scenes were still as exaggerated as ever with more gloss to define the curves, so nothing really new there. When the characters goes through all sorts of havoc, they came in with a bunch of expressions and of course the white-eyed one that's really common in comedic anime was no exception. From happiness to clumsiness, whatever face they decided to put on, it placed a smile on my face. Especially with that Celine. Her non-stop smiles were too contagious. Most scenes were blasted with loudness and energy radiating out of the girls. Definitely can't see Rito taking a break with that going on in his life. Cheerful soundtracks complemented with the tone and the character's voice acting were done well, capturing the charmingness of each character.
Motto To LOVE-Ru is simply a step up to the previous season. It's an improvement on pretty much all aspect, and that's a good thing because better enjoyment comes out of better quality. If To LOVE-Ru is an enjoyment that reaches the Moon, then this one had enough fun comedy, romance, and personality to reach Mars. This journey of harem and ecchi is awaiting you!