Review of Dropkick on My Devil!! Dash
The Smart Aleck Dev- LA means Jashin-chan Dropkick has another season...guess enough people brought the first season Blu Rays... Jashin-chan Dropkick' brings us the meta-comedy hijinks of Yurine and Jashin once again BUT with two new characters to get into the mix. Well let's start off with the two new characters well technically three, anyways first up is Pino who is ANOTHER angel tasked to kill Poporon and Pekola for being traitors to Heaven and God....one guess as to what happens to her, you know considering what happens to ALL angels in this anime. Anyways Pino becomes the custodian of Yurine's apartment and tries to killPersephone in order to get back into Heaven's good graces. The other new characters comes in the form of a jiangshi Kyon Kyon voiced by Nanami Yamashita who wants to become human along with her panda sister Ran-Ran who lives in her pocket clothing (you heard what LA said).
Jashin-chan Dropkick' "status quo" from this season to say the least is a little bit of an improvement and AT LEAST LA will say that LA was a bit harsh on the first season mainly with keeping the status quo and this second season does too to a certain extent, mainly Yurine will ALWAYS have the upper hand towards Jashin-chan but in terms of cast interaction and bringing in the new characters and giving them ample screentime is something this season and by extent Jashin-chan Dropkick as a whole does very well.
The comedy IS still the same as the first season however, the same meta-joking, character literally jabbing comedy as it always is, yes the running gags are on the nose and the same as the first season as well as the fact that due to Jashin-chan Dropkick's meta nature tries to pull the wool over us sometimes by giving us red herring circumstances...but again...the one constant in all this is...Yurine will always have the upper hand towards Jashin...ALWAYS, well at least the new characters does change things up a bit, mainly the dynamic of Pekola as one she has more people to interact with namely Pino and Kyon Kyon with the rest of the cast.
Jashin and Yurine's relationship does get touched on a bit namely with Jashin getting really cozy with living with Yurine and Yurine in turn likes Jashin's antics (to the degree of her not wasting money and food) as Jashin in a way brought the rest of the cast to surround Yurine and likes how lively it is in turn, so this dynamic is touched upon which was "nice".
Which in turn LA will note the amount of blood and "gore" was reduced this season which was something LA noticed, let's say Yurine's "punishments" got a bit more creative......a bit.
The production value is pretty much the same as the first season, NOMAD once again animated it and the first season cast is back. NOMAD's aesthetics towards this season hasn't changed and is at the very most consistent, with the slightly exaggerated reactions and chibi moments for comedy and as for the voice cast, LA will give props to Aina Suzuki as Jashin this season as her psychotic jerkass cadence has been reduced to a jerkass cadence this season. Like the firsts season it's what you'd expect from this kind of meta-jokey slapstick comedy anime in terms of voice cast.
The Smart Ale- Jashin-chan Dropkick' has some "slight" improvements from the first season but plot and comedy-wise is the pretty much the same as the first season. So if your just clamoring for more Jashin-chan Dropkick, then Jashin-chan Dropkick' dropkicked it's way into the Spring 2020 with a......meh....it's alright...almost harmless really.
"Same verse, same as the first"