Review of Noragami Aragoto

Hey folks, this will be a review for Noragami Aragoto. This second season did better than the first. The story picks up after the events of the first. Yato and Bishamon are now the main focus of the first part of the story. The old hatred sparks up and events arise that cause these two to fight one another. We get to learn about all the events surrounding them and its a decent arc for lore purposes. It also has some plot holes. The gods(or at least Yato) are capable of teleportation which typically only gets used to quickly skip unimportant events, and never usedto solve issues. Gods also feel everything that their divine instruments feel, yet somehow mysteries arise around Bishamon that shouldn't be a secret to her. Maybe I am wrong or misunderstand but it feels like the gods powers are used as a convenience and never as actual power to aid them when needed.

After the Bishamon arc we get a quicker pace story, Hiyori granting Yato one of his wishes. Yato getting into trouble with Nora and the ending. I don't want to spoil it but the story this season was pretty well done. I enjoyed the ending episodes immensely.

Art and sound about the same as the first season.

The characters have gotten a little more easy to listen to. Hiyori is still like Yato's more annoying Kagome. This time she had little in the way of screen time, other than a driver for certain actions. Yukine also calmed down a bit, though he did have some childish outbursts but nothing so annoying you would feel like strangling him like the first season. Yato again has some funny and great moments then gets serious and has a few really good moments towards the end. This season did a lot to tone down the annoying, but it did nothing to increase knowledge.

I enjoyed this season more than the first, however it still felt like it could have been better. The constant annoying characters, the lack of dialogue, the constant misunderstanding and miscommunication makes it feel like force drama. The comedy was decent but not explored. The story isn't really existent, its more of the life of a god of calamity. This could have been better by simply picking a direction or even working more on the characters, simple things that even some low quality harems can do. Even after all the negatives the anime itself is still fun, and enjoyable and I'm glad I've seen it. I recommend it still, but don't go into it thinking its going to be the perfect show some make it out to be.

TLDR: Pretty good again. Ending was great, characters a little less obnoxious, worth watching. Would recommend.