Ascendance of a Bookworm Season 2

Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen 2nd Season (2020) What a season, for me the first season and its OVA were very good but not so amazing. I found Maine hard to like at the beginning and the story was a bit slow in my opinion. But here we have a superb second season that blew my expectation away. For a continuation they really pulled out the stops which shows the author did a great job with their content to allow such an adaptation. This season has twists and turns, the evil and good of noble society and some realstory progression that is satisfying. You get so much out of this it was superb. The art is much the same as the first season and its OVA set due to being so close. I would say in some ways it is much more refined in its finer details. The OP is good but I prefered the first seasons. The ED is better and flows nicely. The general world is superb but I would have liked more depth in the magical sounds. Characters ie Maine develops heavily and she gets some tough characters to deal with and the consequences are legitimate. You get some really great storytelling with this one. Seeing Maine take on retainers proved a first real push and then the second ones were handled great. In the end, we have a great cast of characters. Overall, I would absolutely ask people to watch this. Be warned like me you may have some crying moments, especially in the last episode. In the end, we get a and so the story continues style frame but I am unsure if that is a season 3 or read the rest. I would go by the ratings thus far in the hope this will continue through animation.

The continuation of Ascendance of a Bookworm felt like a straight line that barely shifts up and down. It felt like an additional to the first season, which of course is totally obvious as this is the second season with the differences being the fact that this season had more society-class discrimination. There's nothing so great about this season yet the story still captivates my heart despite being gone for about nearly half a year. The only bad thing about Ascendance of a Bookworm is the fact that its main protagonist, Myne is kid. And as I hate kids due to their voice and howthey act, I often find Myne and other kids retarded at times as I watched the show. However, despite all this Ascendance of a Bookworm is probably one of the anime where I accept the fact that kids are just kids and I shouldn't judge them strictly. This is because the story of Ascendance of a Bookworm is so magnificent, it carries about 1/2 of what the show lacks. Another fun season. I am hoping for more. Should one watch the second season of Ascendance of a Bookworm? I'd say yes 100%.

Let me ruin the show for you: Every time Myne opens her mouth, consider that she is actually a well-read 20+ isekaiee. Do you expect the bookworm who has gotten access to a library to actually read the books within and learn about the world she is living in? She does not. The titular bookworm _does not read_. This is my biggest gripe with the show: Myne is portrayed as a huge book nerd, she is shown reading books, but she never gains any kind of knowledge about anything. The show betrays the premise and never even attempts to course-correct. Do you expect a 20+ woman to notact like a 5 year old? She does not know manners. In fact she remains oblivious to basic etiquette by choice. She does no critical thinking. She doesn't try to improve herself in any way. What was she reading for her past 20+ years? Reddit posts? Anime reviews? DUNE? Oh wait, that one has intricate politics, so she surely didn't read that. Do you expect the _actual_ children to act like children? The 3 child sidekicks are running businesses, reading/writing, doing calculus, and think everything through rationally. You could add 20 to all their ages and nothing would change except them being more believable. Do you expect a cozy story about making books? Ignoring the fact that being a bookworm and making books are two completely unrelated things, mass-producing books is fairly easy once you have the knowledge. The author probably figured this out too, so the plot bends over backwards to present as many challenges towards Myne as possible early on, then solve all of them, then, since the end goal is in our grasp, veer off to random directions with no intentionality to drag it out as far as possible I guess. The story is not about reading books; Neither about making books. It's about Myne doing random stuff that can be vaguely connected to books and reading. I was legitimately furious with this anime by the end. It's mundane, boring, cliché, dialog-heavy, railroaded, and Myne's infantilism is infuriating. She has zero character development. The plot points are more like random events. The world revolves around Myne and time might as well be frozen for everyone else. Worldbuilding is also nonexistent. If you are satisfied with watching an idiotic 5 year old girl do random "cute" things in a fantasy setting, or you yourself are 5 years old, this anime is for you. Otherwise go watch anything else, or do what Myne will never: Read a book and learn something from it.