Audience reviews
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BurntOrangutan
Im writing this review as a warning. Not because I absolutely hated watching this, rather I know this is some of the most carcinogenic, prefrontal cortex damaging media you could consume.
This is the McDonalds of anime.
Besides Ex-Arm, this is probably the worst anime I have ever seen.
The first season was absolutely horrendous but this season took all the issues seen in season 1 and managed to do it worse.
The story: super predictable and uninspired. The pacing was horrendously slow for most of it and was extremely fast in moments it should’ve slowed down. The MC is overpowered as hell for no reason and has amassed a harem, typical stuff. The art is super mediocre and the character designs look like the typical insert isekai characters. The powers, the universe, and the character per…
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The continuation of the journey to Hell.
Story: 5
Yes, it's an ecchi harem isekai, but even the story thinks in some scenes that they are just too much. From some point, the plot doesn't even care about the consequences and makes everything too simple.
Characters: 4
Even the new characters are basically the same as in the first season, but the main one is worse. He got a personality change from a simple and dumb character to an annoying and disgusting one. He had some mental breakdowns out of the blue.
Art: 5
The art is too simple and plain for its time. It's clear that J.C. Staff picked up the season because it was paid for before, and someone had to do it.
Animation: 4
Good old nothing from the previous season.
Music: 6
It's a step backward after the first season.
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How mediocre can an isekai become? Here's a clear example…
A work that, for me, perfectly represents several of the problems that make many older anime fans turn their noses up at the isekai genre nowadays. The isekai genre has produced very interesting stories over the years, with complex worlds, well-developed characters, and truly engaging conflicts. However, it has also become fertile ground for extremely simplistic productions, full of clichés and lacking narrative ambition. Unfortunately, this work fits exactly into this second category.
The initial premise could even yield something interesting: the protagonist, Touya Mochizuki, dies in an accident and is reincarnated in a fantasy world by a god who decides to compensate him by giving him some advantages. Among these advantages is…
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The return to "In Another World With My Smartphone" for its second season brought a noticeably diminished experience, a step down from the initial charm. My score reflects this shift: a 6 out of 10, a descent from the first season's 7.
The narrative felt adrift. What once hinted at a larger purpose now meandered, a series of loosely connected events that lacked a compelling drive. Plot threads appeared and vanished without leaving a lasting impact.
The supporting characters, once a lively ensemble, seemed to have plateaued. Their development stagnated, and their interactions often felt perfunctory, lacking the spark of their earlier appearances.
Visually, the animation was adequate but lacked any real flair. It served the story without truly enhancing the fantastical setting with memorab…
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I am glad that season 2 finally happened but my wait was somewhat wasted. The animation clearly has been downgraded compared to the first season and the the show suffers a lot because of it. There was so cool world building and expanding the story but at time seem to go way too fast. The characters are 50/50 too some got better and some got worse, easily the one that took the biggest hit was the king's family now their a bunch of idiots. But season crosses the finish line and barley but does. I hope if a third season happens that things get better but won't hold my breathe.
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This second season of the anime was better than first, the pace which didn't linger into long scene which they shorten which was done well as summaries. It pretty accurate to the manga. If your into generic animes trop this one is pleasant watch. There's still more to the series . Doesnt shove cringy scenes it all well mannered. The animation seemed to improved as well from the second season.
Unfortunately it doesn't go in depth with each character but almost every character got similar time so it was good. He doesn't seem the typical character that doesn't realize his partners feeling so that good .
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12 episodes...it Couldn't end soon enough.
As a whole, this anime has some really good ideas, fascinating plot ideas to tie together a truly interesting storyline... yet, what we get, is an anime devoted not to the telling of a story about the world, and the main characters' struggles with dealing with the challenges set before him...we have, instead of that, an anime devoted to making a character so dimwittedly stupid, and lacking any social and romantic proclivity, become what can only be called a collected of young women to make his brides.
This anime has the bare bones of a story with telling, however, at every given opportunity to develop any sense of depth, the writers have decided that they would rather spend their time devising contrived and stupid ways, for this moron of a mai…
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First season was a lukewarm anime with a mannequin protagonist, bereft of any goals or desires, being swept up with the flow left and right. It had "ehe~"s, "ah~"s and "touya-san~"s that each woman had to moan separately, low quality battle scenes, shallow characters, low-effort service scenes, nauseating glorification of the protagonist and a storyline that makes the protagonist so powerful the only thing that stops him from resolving problems instantly is his wishy-washy attitude and imagined problems.
But it still had that isekai charm where new, exotic environments were introduced, and worldbuilding was progressing somewhat.
Second season has none of the good things the first one had, but in exchange it doubles down on dumb, inconsequential plot points. Romance was dumb in first seaso…
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The story of this anime is great, the protagonist began her journey well in the other world. I believe that if I were an anime character, I would like to live a story like this and see in another world starting a new life with new people.
The animation style matches the story, the music, the clothes, the color of the characters, hair style, everything matches the animation.
My opinion is that this anime, its content, the reaction that the characters make is very stupid, so some may find it exaggerated, but I think it's incredible, you know, I think there's no problem for some, there may even be more, in my opinion, it's incredible, so I don't mind I bother you a lot Isekai wa smartphone is a very good anime and has to be respected, of course some may criticize my opinion but I don't care…
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I liked this season and I think it's even better than the first season.
I like this anime because I get a laugh out of some of the situations that happen to the protagonist, but it's a very simple anime, and it's worth remembering that in Season 1 the animation was much better.
I'm not asking for ultra marvelous animation, because the anime, as I've already said, is very simple, so a BASIC animation would be enough, but the guys managed to make a pretty bad animation until EP 6, but at least from then on it improved a lot.
In general, the anime is still as fun and simple as it's always been, it's just the animation that failed until halfway through the anime.
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What can I say that hasn't been said about Smartphone Season 2. Is it pure harem isekai trash ? Yes, utterly. Is the MC completely bland and solely exists so the watcher can imprint on them for there own escape ? Yes, utterly. Is there a plot or engaging storyline ? Nope. Are the characters other than the MC at all interesting nope not really they just exist to fill a stereotype from loli to shy knight to lewd fairy.
Did I expect it this to get S2 nope, could I have spend my time watching anything else from the Spring 2023 season, yes. Will I watch a season 3 if we get one ? Yes absolutely ! Why cause not everything needs to be an AoT, Fullmetal etc. sometimes its nice to just watch some trash and switch your brain off.
Read at the sourceCyberXane
I'd say it was another alright season. This season was just a continuation of him just showing how much rizz he has with his futures wives. For real though it got so bad to the point his future wives were getting him more future wives to join up in his group without any of his consent. It's both a blessing yet a curse because the majority of this season seemed like it was to make the girls happy or getting new girls. Though my favorite parts had to be the story with the Phrases, I think that's how it's spelt, the collecting and growth of Babylon, and the times he went a little dark.
But yes as stated it's just mainly him building the relationships with his future wives or rather that's what stuck the most. You can see all the work he puts into it, and can see how exhausting it can be hav…
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Never would I have thought that this Isekai would ever get a sequel, When I found out about this anime getting a 2nd season I was kind of hyped due to the fact that a somewhat old Isekai is getting a sequel years later after the prequel ended airing. I wasn't really expecting much from this show because it is just another generic Isekai and to be honest it was a good thing I didn't expect much because this show really didn't do that good.
"Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni. 2" compared to its prequel, It really wasn't anything different than what the first season presented us. There are a ton of other new Isekai's that are worth watching over this sequel, To the people who may be fans of the first season, they might like this show but generally this show really isn't worth wasting your time…
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Just as with the first season, I enjoyed this quite a bit. Yes, this is a harem isekai, which we see over and over, but I think this brings something different to the table.
This one, plus another from this season - an Aristocrat's Other Worldly Adventures -put a different look and how this is done. They're both lighthearted and fun and put a core to work towards, all while maintaining a general sense of community and way of life.
Toya is not one that goes and does heroic deeds endearing times that draw the ladies in. None of these ladies are leering or chasing after him and they aren't fighting with each other. Normally you see and insane amount of jealousy (and abuse of the poor MC because they can't control their emotions) with this kind of thing. It could get ugly in a very big way,…
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Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni. 2 - A Mediocre Continuation of an Overused Formula
Rating: 6/10
Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni. 2 is the second season of an isekai anime that follows the adventures of a protagonist transported to a fantasy world with his smartphone. While the first season presented an entertaining if predictable concept, the second season fails to capitalize on its potential, resulting in a mediocre continuation of an overused formula.
The story picks up where the first season left off, with the protagonist Touya and his companions embarking on new adventures and facing various challenges in the fantasy realm. The premise of utilizing a smartphone as a tool in a different world initially held promise, offering a unique twist on the isekai genre. However, the second se…
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The first thing I want to say is Thank you to everyone who has worked hard to make this anime a second season.
To be honest, I've been hoping for a second season for this anime, but there was no news at all, so when there was a second season, I was very happy.
The quality is better than the first season, the colors look brighter and the art style is still the same as before, and it doesn't look strange when watching this second season.
As for the review, I might be flat on this anime, because as we know, there have been a lot of Isekai-themed anime,So when I see the storyline, it's just normal, nothing special in my opinion.
What I see is only adding characters to be made into brides and some politics to be resolved, everything goes smoothly because they are all Over Power,I watched thi…
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I’ll be the first to admit that this show isn’t a masterpiece or anything close to it. But it makes up for that by generally just being fun and wholesome. This show doesn’t take itself very seriously. Which is a good thing, since, at its core, it’s just a generic isekai. This means that instead of some grand battle, you’ll just have Touya use Slip to defeat (and humiliate) his opponents and get back to more important matters, such as growing his harem. Speaking of his harem, their interactions throughout the show generate quite a few comedic situations. I rarely laugh when watching any sort of media, but this show got a few laughs out of me. The main plotline is advanced slightly, but it’s still of secondary importance. Did I forget to mention that this show also has mechs?
If you want t…
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I was pleasantly surprised about 2 season of Smartphone. Almost all things that are "good" in trash isekai genre were pumped up to 11. Mc collecting pokemons(girls) like crazy, solving political crises in 1-2 days, farming map, building cities and more.
You don't even have time to think about previous crazy shit we saw, almost in an instant there will be more and double.
And that's what I expect from this king of genre. While previous season was lackluster and borring on interesting events, here we have rollercoaster of stuff that will hold untill end of season.
Yes, this is still typical isekai you all love or hate with all of it's cliche, extreamly easy life for Mc etc. But it's sheer quantity and progression of stuff that's good here.
This one deserve 7\10 in my opinion.
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The second season follows the same dynamics as the previous one. There aren't many changes in the series; it's more of the same.
At first, it seemed like the animation had improved compared to the first season. However, as the episodes progressed, the quality returned to what it was before.
Regarding the soundtrack of this season, it doesn't contribute much either. Both the opening and ending are quite generic, and the music used in moments of tension, happiness, or action doesn't stand out.
In conclusion, if you've already seen the first season, then you already know what to expect. I can argue that it's more of the same, but I would still recommend it as it remains at least entertaining.
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I gave S2 a watch because S1 was my guilty pleasure, as a trash anime it was enjoyable, but it was by no means a good anime, if we're all honest about it, this whole series is pretty bad.
S2 however is worse than S1, I made an initial mistake by thinking Smartphone Isekai was trying to be a parody / satire of sorts, but with this series it became obvious that it was simply collecting all the genre tropes and throwing them at the wall in a half-assed way, it doesn't commit to anything, everything is just a checkbox.
In S1 you did have a decent mix of action and adventure to keep things interesting, in S2 however this has been stripped down quite a lot, as the two main focuses are collecting the different parts of Babylon, which is incredibly repetitive, and if you were expecting some gran…
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