Review of Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S

The first season of Kobayashi-san was a very entertaining and at times wholesome anime to watch, I wasn’t expecting the more serious parts as I was looking to have a fun time as a way of escapism from my busy everyday office life, and yet those were the parts that I liked and remember the most. So my most anticipated aspect of this second season was the mini character development arcs with its bitter-sweet moments just to have a good chuckle right after that. Surprisingly enough this season had more and longer moments like that but the results are a little mixed. Right in the firstepisode, we are introduced to the new character and seemingly new antagonist of this season Ilulu. She is a chaos dragon that literally only wants to burn the world (although she has her reasons), and at first, I thought she will be a prominent character that will pivot the plot of the entire season but I was far from wrong, as she instantly becomes one of the supporting characters. I don’t dislike that decision though, as she isn’t particularly charismatic or as entertaining as the other dragons, at least to me.

In this season we get to see more of Tooru’s backstory and how it intertwined with the supporting dragons. I can’t say that it is handled badly, because it is not, but it was a little off to go between that kind of narrative to a silly joke, it didn’t transition that smoothly. So most of the season feels a little inconsistent in that regard.

That’s not to say that this season was bad, there is a lot to like and love about this season, and also probably it will work for any other person. For instance, they are genuinely funny moments and I think the last episode might be my favorite of the two seasons. Also, it still has terrific animation that shows off the studio’s skills for the fight scenes, it has without exaggerating a movie quality to it that makes you want that other anime focused in battles like Shingeki no Kyojin (just to give an example) had this kind of quality to it,

Kobayashi-san’s season two doesn’t reach the heights of comedy and good balance between jokes and drama as the first one but it still manages to be a wholesome ride that will keep you engaged for most of its runtime, hopefully, the next season will increase its threshold.