Review of Mr. Osomatsu 2

Season 2 strikes a different chord than season 1. While the first season had a nice atmosphere and hilarious gags sprinkled throughout, it also knew how to retain itself and pull back for serious moments. Season 2 definitely does not disappoint in this regard, but it doesn't hit in quite the same way. My biggest gripe with this season is with the first third or so. Those episodes had the worst gags - and I mean the WORST - that I have seen in the show so far. I understand that part of the humor of the sextuplets is that they're NEETs and virgins, but Ireally felt like some of the sex/scat/etc. jokes were just going too far. And this is coming from someone who can really appreciate a drag show or otherwise scandalous humor. It just was starting to become really obnoxious and frame some of the characters in such a negative way that I felt like they were becoming sexual predators. The episode with Todomatsu and Osomatsu on the double date comes to mind. Osomatsu was absolutely horrid and while I know that that was the point, it started to feel more "actually creepy" than "socially awkward."

Despite this, this season also had some of the BEST episodes so far, which really gave me whiplash. Iyami really shined in the last half of the season and the season finale was miles better than season one's, which I was honestly pretty disappointed with. So overall, I think that the show ranks a 7 for me. Still really funny and some great characters (Totoko and Chibita also had some good episodes and gags with the other side chars) but season 2 was just so disgusting and bizarre with its back and forth in a way that the first season was a little more careful with.

I really do hope that the maturity is retained and that I actually get to see some more growth from the characters. It does feel kind of annoying when they "learn a lesson" in an episode and then never actually continue with the morals past the one gag.