Take My Brother Away 2

More shenanigans with the slothful older brother and proactive little sister... Ani ni Tsukeru Kusuri wa Nai! 2 brings us the same antics from the first season but with at least a bit more development. From the start, Wan Sui gets a bit more development or screentime but with the gist of him trying to be an ordinary guy when he's rich, you know that old trope, but add in his younger brother Wan Xing who's keeping track of him and is exactly what you'd think of the stuck up rich kid, yet because of Wan Sui's interactions with Shi Fen and Kai Xin he slowly butsurely becomes like Wan Sui. Wan Sui also gets into a unrequited love to Shi Mao (something that was only teased and Wan Sui didn't care at the start of his introduction!, s he kinda became the mask that Shi Fen misunderstood). So for the most part Wan Sui gets the screentime he needed though he has the old cliche of the rich guy wanting to be normal, how he got chummy with Kai Xin and Shi Fen and the situation with his family was enough to at least flesh him out a bit. The other "major arc" comes in where Class Rep MIGHT have a crush on Shi Fen and because this is Shi Fen...it comes out as expected but funny nonetheless and the Class Rep herself was an interesting addition to the cast and has a bit more screentime compared to Wan Xing by a mile. Other than those arcs, it's the same old, but punchy funny scenarios that Shi Fen and Shi Mao gets into their daily lives, whether it be a scorching hot day, why Shi Fen and Kai Xin are idiots (no really), why Shi Fen is hated by girls and even back on track to the ever unrequited love of Shi Mao's crush to Kai Xin being ignored or even misunderstood to the extreme due to Shi Fen or by fate. The animation done once again by Tencent Penguin Pictures was the same as the first season, with the crazy wacky facial expressions (some incorporating a blend of CGI quite well), the punchy action thanks to Shi Mao's strength and shows it off quite well and though the character designs are ok, you can recognize who's who very distinctly even in same uniforms. All in all, decent yet punchy funny animation from Tencent Penguin Pictures. The voice cast is back with the addition of Class Rep and Wan Xing who were uncredited (?) and they all had good chemistry with the rest of the cast. Sora Amamiya was the same as ever but LA felt like due to Shi Mao's somewhat reduced screentime she didn't gets to go FULL ham but she still had her moments what with Shi Mao's preset demeanor, other than Sora Amamiya, Yuuichi Nakamura and Kensho Ono were still great as well with their craziness exuding from their cadences with Natsuki Hanae as Wan Sui following suit. Nonetheless great cast. If you want more of the punchy, quick witted comedy of Ani ni Tsukeru Kusuri wa Nai!, then the second season is more of the same, maybe even more if you wanted more screentime from the main cast and heck even some of the newer additions blended nicely into the crazy cast of characters and for a sequel to Ani ni Tsukeru Kusuri wa Nai! itself, though the comedy is practically the same, having some of the main cast go through arcs as it were and develop them even a little was a nice step up and flesh out the characters and make the plot outcome though sometimes predictable, the buildup and quick witted nature makes it worth it to watch it. Want more quick sibling-based comedy in a good earnest way, then Ani ni Tsukeru Kusuri wa Nai! 2 will deliver...