Review of Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S
Ladies and gentlemen...Kyoani is BACK! After rebuilding from the worst domestic terror attack in post WW2 Japanese history, they have returned to make it moe time once again! Dragon Maid S2 starts out right where season 1 left off. While this season does go more into the politics of Tohru's home world, this is still not a plot focused anime. This is about wholesome cuteness, silly humor, and also oppai. LOTS of oppai. This season only introduced 1 new dragon girl and sadly she's in my opinion the weakest member of the cast. It's not that she's a bad character. Her backstory is actually pretty decentand she builds upon the chaos vs. order conflict from the first season. However, she adds by far the least to the series' humor and this is primarily a comedy anime. Her character design is also pretty lame. She has these massive tits, but isn't proportioned in a satisfying way like THICC Lucoa. Instead she looks like an Eiken character escaped that trash fire, became a scalie, and invaded Dragon Maid.
While the addition of Ilulu wasn't flawless, we did get the satisfying addition of Shouta's father as an evil wizard who runs the shitty, exploitative corporation that Kobayashi works for. This guy was hilarious and every one of his scenes was amusing. I really want to see more of him in season 3.
The humor was overall a little weaker than season 1, thus my rating of a 7 instead of 8. However, this season still had some amazing jokes and is very worth watching. Hell, this show may have been the first anime ever to actually make me laugh at a pun! I won't spoil it for those who haven't watched yet, but Lucoa badly misunderstands Father's Day and its really funny. There was never an episode where I got bored or felt like I wasted my time. When all 12 episodes are thoroughly enjoyable, you know it's still a quality show!
Outside of the comedy, this season had some pretty strong character development. I still think that Tohru and Kobayashi are one of the best lesbian couples in anime. Sure, they'll never be as iconic as Haruka and Michiru from Sailor Moon S, but this is an ecchi series written by a mangaka who is openly a complete degenerate. You wouldn't expect quality romance at all or for this series to be so sweet, but somehow it is. I think a lot of that has to be credited to Kyoani and the late Yasuhiro Takemoto, who directed season 1 and part of season 2 before tragically losing his life in the 2019 arson attack.
The animation is spectacular. This series took a little while to come out, but it was worth it! The fight scenes look better than at least 95% of series to come out this year. Not bad for an ecchi/moe series! The soundtrack is also very strong and the OP is an absolute BANGER. I never skipped the OP a single time. It should be a federal crime to skip this OP!
Overall, I have to highly recommend S2 of Dragon Maid. Kyoani has overcome tragedy and adversity to somehow maintain the same level of high quality that made them so beloved in the first place. Definitely watch this series unless you're allergic to comedy or thicc dragon girls!