IJIRANAIDE, NAGATORO-SAN 2ND ATTACK

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ANIME ComedyIjiranaide, Nagatoro-san
MANGA ComedyIjiranaide, Nagatoro-san
ONA ComedyIjiranaide, Nagatoro-san 2nd Attack Mini Anime

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  jollyradtime

  95/100
  Season 2 benefits off of the legwork of Season 1, and it pays off brilliantly.

  __This Series is one of my all-time favorites and I implore everybody who gave up on season 1 to give season 2 a real shot. __

  Some background on my history with this series: When I first tried to watch season 1 I was immediately turned off by the fanservice. It isn't anything particularly revealing or lewd, it just seemed like the show was going to center around lewd gestures and jokes with a bit of skin shown as well. Which in and of itself isn't a problem, it just isn't really for me. I dropped it after the handwashing scene. I just couldn't. But a friend of mine encouraged me to read the manga so I did and I am so happy that I did because this series is one of the most wholesome series I have ever read. I find myself smiling constantly while reading the manga. This series has a very undeserving bad reputation. For some people, Nagatoro bullies too hard early and they can't get past that, which is understandable, she is quite annoying in the beginning and Hiyakasudere characters aren't for everybody. For some people like me, it was the early nonstop fanservice. I am here to tell you that both of those things gradually calm down, although I would be lying if I said they ever fully go away - they don't. But they do decrease in severity and frequency.

  
  
  __Plot:__ This season takes a very welcome turn. Not that season 1 was bad, but there was very little plot and the characters didn't really become super likable until the last third of the season. In this season you start to see a plot start to form a little more than just the episodic adventures of two dorks. We still get that, but with the <span class='markdown_spoiler'><span>Judo arc being introduced, we start to see a goal for our leads</span></span> and a plot starts to form. There is no _Attack on Titan_ style crazy plot twists or depth, it is very simple and straightforward, but that is all it really needs to be at this point. It is entertaining. __9/10.__ 
  
  __Animation:__ Slight downgrade from Season 1, which considering the genre, was a very visually appealing season. This season you can feel a slight decrease in quality but the series is still very visually appealing and the animation is done well for what it is. The animation quality does get better as the season goes on.__ 8/10__.
  
  __OP:__ I am a huge fan. I love when you can tell that the musicians are genuinely having _fun_ while playing. There isn't a single instrument in this song that doesn't rock your socks off. The opening sequence is very fun, cute, and actually hilarious. I lost it at the glasses pushing up part, I am not smart enough to find a better way to phrase that so that is what you are all getting. __10/10.__
  
  __Characters:__ Most of this will be spoiler tagged because there is a lot to say. But know that I give it a __10/10__, the characters that were barely even likable throughout the majority of season 1 all step up. We got some wonderful character and relationship development this season. <span class='markdown_spoiler'><span>We are already seeing the massive changes in Senpai (I don't think they have revealed his name at this point so neither will I) from the sushi scene where he actually goes for the abomination that Nagatoro put together, simultaneously being adventurous (not at all like how he used to be) AND bailing out Nagatoro when she was getting teased for creating that "sushi violation". Absolute Chad move. What is interesting and subtle, is that we are seeing Nagatoro battle with herself a little bit more. She still teases him but she backtracks a bit now. Watching her balance her teasing with encouragement when she knew that Senpai was trying to invite her to the zoo was a real treat that didn't seem as apparent to me when I first read it in the manga. Very well done and it shows how she is growing, pushing herself to be better and even though her character development at this point is much more subtle, it is present and it is adorable to witness. Gamo is best girl as always, helping to guide these two dorks towards what they really want (each other) as the perfect wingwoman. We get to meet Anetoro. Need I say more? The characters make this show what it is. Their actions, reactions, personality, and development all feel so natural and unforced. It is so refreshing to see. __Easy 10/10 and I would go higher if I could.__</span></span> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  
  __In Conclusion:__ This season benefits off of the legwork that the first season did. It makes me appreciate the first season even more, because it had to establish this status quo within the series so that the second season could capitalize on it. In my opinion, __Season 2 of _Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro_ should stand alongside the romcom greats like _Kaguya-Sama.___

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  Ionliosite2

  70/100
  Improved from its already solid predecessor

  Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san at this point needs no introduction, not because of its popularity but because this is the entry of its second season we’re in rn. It is one of those romcoms that are about a girl teasing a boy, however this one started a little bit more extremely than normal, the first episode is downright bullying, Nagatoro came and made cry Naoto right away in there, and you can understand why people had a lot of disgust with this series, because honestly it comes across as a little distasteful, but once you go past that point you realize that this isn’t about bullying, and thank God for that because this series wouldn’t cover that topic with a modicum of sensitivity. However, that is what leads to us to the development of this season.

  You see, the antics of the first season come back completely in here, but it never returns to the point from the start since across the first season you could see how, despite still teasing him quite hard, Nagatoro changed a little to be a little less obnoxious. However, the most important part of this season isn’t how Nagatoro changed, the important part is how Naoto/Senpai’s reactions changed. He started as a very timid and reserved guy who just accepted Nagatoro’s teasing, not trying much to go against her, and you can see here how not only he starts to answer to what she says, but also tease her back a little.

  As you can see, Naoto is easily the character that can be talked about the most, going from his transition of never answering back to standing up a little on his own and gaining more confidence as the show goes on, while you would never expect this guy would try to make any advancement in his relationship with Nagatoro if you only go by the first season. You can always see his nervous tic of adjusting his glasses, and while you may say that this is seen when talking about characters with glasses in general, but not only do they usually adjust their glasses to get an opaque look on the glass while boasting confidence, Naoto is quite the opposite to that description, and in fact the only times where he adjust his glasses in that specific way is in his imagination which is obviously to mock on this type of things. You can see that tic stays with him even after he starts using contact lenses as he is used to that and that kind of thing isn’t something that will disappear easily, but him taking off his normal glasses to start wearing those contact lenses serves as one of the points of biggest change to him. His personality is still not something that changed easily, it took a long time for him to build up confidence as some people pushed for him, and he still has some ways to go by the end of the season, but he tries his best to not go back to his old self. I think the part that shows his biggest change, not only in the previous season but across this one as well, is where he finally decided to invite Nagatoro to a date by his own will, and he’s kind of a masochist for accepting Nagatoro that way, but you can see that he is happy in the way she teases him now, which is far cry from their first meeting. He is honestly the strongest part of the series thanks to his gradual growth and I have to thank that, even if he started quite weak, he isn’t the thousandth Kirito-look-alike sadboy MC.

  Nagatoro obviously stays mostly the same, but she is more honest with her feelings as well. At this point, it is not only full on teasing Naoto, as she’s also showing some signs of vulnerability. Her way to make others pay attention to her is very childish, you know that whole “if I bother him, he will surely notice I love him!” kind of mentality, it is surprising that it works at all, but it is some of the concessions you have to make while watching this, specially since this guy seems to take it in a good way, where most people would take it as something very very annoying and obnoxious. And I’m not going to lie, Nagatoro is quite an obnoxious girl, that’s her whole gimmick, she was near unwatchable the first time but she gets more… lovely as time goes on.

  As for other characters, they mostly stay the same, like you can describe Gamo, Yoshi and Sakura with basically the same line “a gyaru girl who is friend with Nagatoro and also sometimes teases senpai”… yeah, not the most well thought out characters, like sure, Gamou is the one with most other qualities, like you can see that she also trains judo alongside Nagaotoro, but Yoshi barely talks and Sakura is just like a slut or something. President Sana stays basically the same, she is very hardheaded, a nudist and is more tits than personality. The new characters include Orihara, who is a rival to Nagatoro and the main reason why she left judo before, she doesn’t actually do much but she kind of inspires Nagatoro to become better, as well as Hana, the president’s cousin, she has more personality than her cousin and has similar quirks to her, while also seeking to help Naoto in his relationship with Nagatoro and is worried for him, since she knows her from before as she also likes doing art.

  The series looks basically the same from the previous season, and it stays pretty consistent across the series, it doesn’t have amazing animation or directing, but it never looks ugly and/or cheap like a CloverWorks show. The opening is better than last season’s OP and the ending is fun to watch and hear, with a name like “my sadistic adolescence” as the song’s name what else can you expect? I also find endearing that they made a song to play in the scene where Naoto’s invites Nagatoro to the aquarium, as that is one of the most important moments in the story so far.

  Nagatoro-san doesn’t do anything particularly new, Takagi-san’s manga was going around like 5 years before Nagatoro-san’s manga started publication and it has about the same premise, only that Nagatoro-san doubled down on it. The series does have a direction that advances without going too slow and that tries to build the relationship between Nagatoro and Naoto, making it quite a fun and enjoyable series as long as you can stomach the first couple of episodes of the first season, and I’m sure you will like it more if you can actually get to like Nagatoro.

  Thank you for reading.

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