The Squid Girl 2 · review
I'm just left feeling empty now. I'm kind of bummed that we may never get more of squid girl. So the second season i can't really say if it's an improvement over the first season. Second season seems to have more shorts stories. While the first season seemed longer. But we do get a lot more creative idea's in this. I don't like that the Three Stooges or Scientist got even more screen time. I genuinely dislike them and feel they only hamper the shows quality. I still like Cindy. She can be fun by herself. I also don't like the shy girls dad that makesweird robotic helmets of Squid Girl. First time i found it to be kind of fun but they kept bringing him and his heads back and it got old and annoying real quick.
I kind of wish we got to see Squid Girl going to school with the group of friends she made. I honestly like this part a lot. Her friends are actually nice and don't feel annoyingly hype, pushy or just mean. The group of friends ( Including SG) are a fun group. I'd also love to see SG become the schools mascot within the first couple days.
I do kind of wish we got more of SG's background. I'd love to see SG's mom. I'd imagine she'd be the smartest of the family.
I do think seeing SG grow up more would be interesting. I'd love to see how SG looks when she has the body of whatever age Eiko and Chizuru is. Also wish the story had SG get another Birthday this season.
I do like that they made Chizuru a lot more fun and appealing to have on screen. In the first season she could be kind of annoying with how everyone treats her and how she acted. But in this she is more humanized.
I like the relationship between Eiko and SG. Honestly is nice. Their bickering about each other but how they actually do care for one another. They have some underlining tones of Yuri in this between the two of them. Some is obvious and others you'd have to pay more attention to find. But i'd love that to be the case. They do seem like a good pair.
More of a side note. But i'd love if both Eiko and SG were someplace by alone and SG for what ever reason found the infamous Japanese Tentacle porn even just for a brief gag. Have Eiko then have to explain it. I'd imagine SG would either be horrified , Interested in what's happening or completely obvious to why Eiko is freaking out.
Overall i liked the second season a lot. They expanded on characters and made them a lot more fun to have on screen and we also got more Eiko and SG.