[THIS REVIEW WILL FOCUS PURELY ON THE SECOND SEASON. GENERAL CRITIQUES OF THE OVERALL PLOT CAN BE FOUND IN MY REVIEW FOR THE FIRST SEASON] I'm glad that White Album 2nd Season came out because I believed that the first season could have delivered more than it did. The most important thing about White Album: 2nd Season is that it brought much-needed context (the whole Menou Matsuyama, Yuki Morikawa and Touya Fujii connection) that brought clarification to several plot holes. It even managed to tie in Fujii's father, making the latter a more important character than was originally established. Although Eiji Ogata's painting fiasco brought aboutsome questions, I did feel as if it was a nice reflective point that brought a different level in the anime. All of these things, aside from several unravellings (with regard to relationships) that occurred, were significant in the sense that they capitalized on the mature themes of this particular anime. While I didn't come out of this anime fully convinced, it did manage to exceed my expectations (hence the higher rating for this season).

Props to several songs, Koi iro Sora, Powder Snow, and Shishido Rumi's Secret Chaos.