Audience reviews
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Nisha_mbd
why am i watchin. i hated it in the firs season so why i keep watching it... ig im dumb
characters lack brain and everyone is so crazy abt that mc. hes not even that good you know. there are realy nice female characters but they are wasted.
ik, its a harem kind of anime but he should be lil more moral i think. but to be fair, he keeps his promise of trying to save everyone.
u may like it if not experienced in anime enough to tell how bad and wothless it is, or its just your type and not mine. i really dislike that anime but lets not forget abt personal preferences.
i hope it wont be a waste of time for you and youll enjoy it, but id never watch it. gimme back my time ;-;
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Date A Live was an awesome experience.
The music in this series is excellent! Each character has their own sinister track that fits them perfectly. The story is an incredibly cool twist of fate that manages to hinge on the humor of dating. The relationship bonds that develope are strong and standing. The character art is also very impressive and the action that ensues during battles is packed. This series will have you rolling in laughter with each episode. The only thing I have a problem with are a couple of aweful charcaters that were injected... If it weren't for the brat sister archetype and increadibly awkward hyper-sexualized puppet child, this anime could have come very close to squeezing an impossible 10/10 from me. All in all, the fanservice, story, art, and music are rock solid.…
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Never has a change in the animation studio been this apparent to me. That was essentially my first thought as I tried up to sum up my feelings about Date A Live. The main reason why I started watching this anime was because someone I know has it in her favorites list and I thought to myself 'eh. Why not.'... So I watched the first season and was pleasantly surprised. Harem anime have been some of my least favorite in the past, so I expected this one to be fairly similar... but honestly, the first season of this anime was really, really good. Mainly because it managed to escape quite a chunk of the normal things that harem anime go through, while still putting a spin on the things that it did do like almost every other harem out there. One scene that's still stuck with me is the Onsen episo…
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Rarely do I say the second season was as good or even better than the first. Pleasantly surprised... Lets just hope the finishing movie I'm about to watch next follows suit...
The story is obviously how it continues from the first season (which I must say is also very good), when you read the plot in your head, understandably you might think "what a shit story line", but it only really starts to makes sense once you watch it, and although it is slightly ridiculous, you have to remember... This is a fucking anime.
Overall I did enjoy the story although there is room for improvement to which I could drone on for hours about little niggly bits I wont bother, its fucking half 12 at night, I have work tomorrow and I'm knackered
The art work I cant really fault, but it would nicer if it was a…
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I watched the first season and absolutely loved it. I was a little against the mecha genre, but this anime has a really good balance between mecha, school, and harem. With this second season, I enjoyed the advancement in the plot and relationships. Although the plot is nice, some of the major plot points came out of nowhere and still confuse me (introduction of characters, the cause of major plot points like the ending). I really enjoyed the music in the anime especially in the final scenes of the last episode. Overall, if you enjoyed the first season, then the second season is the same. I hope for some OVA or hint at a next season, because the last episode just drops a plot point and ends it right there.
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This anime is one of the best (if not the best) i have watched so far that has gotten me so easily intrigued in the story. I have never seen anything quite like it and I've tried to look in a lot of places since i like this anime so much and can't wait for the new movie that is coming out.
WARNING may contain spoilers:
Although this season has had quite a lot less dates if any it still managed to add in some new spirits and have romantic scenes. In this season The main character Shido has gained powers from some of the spirits he has sealed the powers from making it so that a season 3 could have a lot more action in it and get even more interesting than this one!
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Note: This review assumes you have seen the first season and might include spoilers for that season.
Date A Live II continues the exploits of Shidou to seal off the spirits with a kiss. This time around the stakes are even higher and the conquests more difficult.
There is a huge problem with Date A Live II and that is they changed the formula of the show. It used to be a decent comedy with really good action sequences and now it's more of a show with decent action sequences with overused comedy. On top of that the "Date" part of the show is gone. Do you remember when Shidou took the girls in S1 out on dates? Doesn't happen in S2.
To be fair one of the reasons there are not really dates it the difficulty in the conquests themselves this time around are more akin to the difficulty the en…
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Expecting Date A Live II to improve was probably too much. It’s obvious from the pictures that something here is going to go wrong. We already have enough goofy characters. We don’t need more. We want to see more of Tohka, Yoshino, Tokisaki and Reinne – all entertaining personalities that tend to light up any scene they’re in. Tokisaki wasn’t really defeated in the previous season, so there’s clearly more to do with her. Why add more?
The additions are not that bad, but they’re bad in a very predictable way. It starts with the twins. The problem they introduce is different enough, but just look at them. The character design is sexy, but it’s more sexy than pretty. The previous Spirits’ design tried to tell us more about their character than to make them sexually appealing. Tokisaki is the…
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The comedy and the fan service has just increased with this season
Date A Live II follow volumes 5-7 of the light novels. The first half of the show deals with these competitive Yamai Sisters, Kaguya and Yuzuru, who were the same spirit until one day the two were split up into two. Now they compete with each other to prove that they are the real Yamai. They have had 99 matches (25-25-49) and there last competition is to see who can seduce Shido and he would be the deciding factor. The second half of the show is Shido trying to save a spirit called "Diva", Miku Izayoi, but the problem is that she is bias against males because she use to be a pop star who got caught up in a false scandal after refusing to sleep with a TV producer. She later lost her voice due to psychogenic aphonia and made…
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Ok, where do I start with this massive disappointment. I'll start off with saying that I loved the first Date-A-Live anime and I do not consider myself the biggest fan of this series and I have not read the light novels but this sequel was so disappointing. If this sequel follows the light novel exactly then good job but this sequel pales so much in comparison to the first one because nothing new happens! Date-A-Live II feels like an exact copy and paste of what happened in the last anime but with new spirits. Yes I know it is a sequel or second season to be more exact, but shouldn't sequels and especially second seasons be exploring the mysteries that the previous left behind? I'm going to stop ranting and get into the review.
Story: 3
The story is exactly the same, but only with the int…
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This was actually a very disappointing series, especially after all the buildup from the first season. First thing that struck me was the change in art, which, for me, was very unwelcoming. The opening soundtrack was, undeniably very good (as expected from SWEET arms), and the closing wasn't bad either.
The second season was meant to be the general plot development season, however, the studio was too disorganized and couldn't notice that it was beyond their budget. They had to kill the story off right when the main plot twist was meant to happen and they spent too little time developing and concentrating on the different characters, I read the light novel, and most of the details were left out.
I heard that the studio is going to make a movie to finish it off, so if you ask me, just sav…
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This is my first review, so please don't hurt me. Also, this is my second time writing this due to the face >.(then an arrow pointing to the left) causing everything after it to be erased after submitting. Apologies on rushing.
This anime needs justice, and it needs it now.
Story (8):
Alright, so many parts were rushed due to the anime being only 10 episodes. The first 2 or so episodes were, in my opinion, crap. After that, the anime really got its sh*t together. First off, consider all the genres this anime has. Don't expect it to
have extremely good plot like other anime that don't focus on the genres this does. Now that we got that out of the way, onto my actual thoughts.
Sometimes, I would stop and think "is that it?". I myself have never read the light novel or read the manga. Th…
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Updated: 13, July 2016
Once again, the momentum of an ambitious premiere is carried straight into a brick wall. Although I reserved my expectations heading into this sequel, I certainly anticipated more than ten episodes of a disgrace. Date A Live II strayed away from the merits which put its prequel on the map, such as the charms of the vivacious heroines or remarkable humor tied to a spectrum of dating simulation choices. It was only yesterday that an udon shop launched an eventful assault on the core group (en route to a local hot spring). It was only yesterday that Shidou matched wits and fists against true adversity, juggling a batch of pressing demands with everything on the line. It was only yesterday that players were ripe with presence and not confined to restrictions of a disma…
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The sequel to anime series Date A Live aired this spring known as Date A Live II and bought with funny moments, tragic moments and more spirits for Shido's harem while keeping the other cast members in it but are seen less than in the previous season.
Story - 8
The story of Date A Live II focuses more on Shido defending himself and the spirits against the DEM rather than his attempts to 'capture/save' the sprits which does have a more dramatic and interesting story to the series but in the end it felt like to me it drifted away from Shido attempting to seal the spirits but don't get me wrong that is still in there and is something to look forward to but it isn't as heavily focused on in this series but kind of felt rushed to me as the season was only 10 episodes.
Sound - 9
The opening to…
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My avatar says it at all who is my favourite girl in Date A Live franchise. But neither way, let's talk about the latest season of Date A Live, Date A Live II.
So Date A Live II just follows the story from the first season. This sequel adapts the Light Novel's Volume 5-7 that only lasted for 10 episodes so the story is pretty rushed. And also, the first episode itself was a filler so basically, if you hate Tohka, just skip it to the second episode.
Keitarou Motonaga still directs this season. Notably known for directing Legend of the Galactic Heroes, School Days and more, he did a good job for directing this series although there are some failures and sorts.
I'm not kidding if I'll say the quality of the animation in this season was terrible. Sure, the fanservice scenes was kinda good b…
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This is hard for me because I am a fan of the Date A Live light novel series. It really is hard. Date A Live II was the planned second season of Date A Live and it covers Light Novel volumes 5, 6, and 7. It was only 10 episodes long which in itself was already disappointing before the series even started. The story for Date A Live is silly. Even in the first season there isn't much, but it's much better than what we saw here in this second one.
Date A Live II starts the season with filler which was a disaster since there were only 10 episodes and the episode itself is dreadful. It then proceeds to stumble all over itself for the next few episodes and never really gets going. The 5th volume was done fairly well, but it was just boring. 6 was terrible, and 7 was good.
Overall I can't sa…
Read at the sourceLeikoHaran
There comes a time while watching anime where you get this kind of 'itch' that can only be scratched by a very specific genre of show, for some people this itch could be an over-the-top action show like Black Lagoon. for others it could be a good mind-fuck show like Serial Experiments Lain or Evangelion. But for me and my easily-satisfied outlook on anime, this 'itch' is most commonly a dumb harem show with beautiful girls and a dash of action! So when I found out that one of my favourite harem was getting a sequel? Well that was all gravy for me!
Story - 7/10:
I've got to be honest, the story really isn't the strongest part of this show; which is pretty standard for the genre its from. It continues from shortly after where the first season left off, Shido is still the Spirit Pimp, Tohka…
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Harems, a category of anime that involves one person of a specific gender, being surrounded by three or more members of the opposite gender, in hopes that they become the lover of the one person. While Harems aren't the most favorite out of all of the genres of anime, it doesn't always mean that there aren't some really good ones out there. Date A Live II, an anime in which I can safely say, is one of those few.
Story (7.89/10): For those of you who haven't seen the first season, Date A Live is an anime series that revolves around our main protagonist Shidou, our sixteen year old main protagonist, who has the ability to seal these otherworldly beings called spirits, who just so happen to all look like attractive/adorable human females from this world. The main idea of the series, is that…
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A series based on dating. Date a Live wastes no time adapting this concept by having Shido Itsuka date various girls/spirits, earn their feelings, and kiss them to seal the deal. As a harem show, you’d expect all the girls drooling over him. While that’s partially right, it also adds additional elements because those so-called girls aren’t actually normal as part of society. Instead, they are spirits, born with supernatural powers who are viewed as a threat to their world. Date a Live II continues directly after the events for season 1. It continues to mush around its formulation of dating and turns it into some gimmicky show – dating becoming the solution to save the world.
Based off the light novels written by Koishi Tachibana, one noticeable attribute to this adaption is the shortened…
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Still new at reviews but here I go. Date A Live 2, continues the story about Shido, who is a boy who has the ability to seal spirits, thus preventing them from doing large-scale damage, through dating them and eventually kissing them. In this second season, the story is slow to start, but it introduces the Twins spirits and the Diva spirit, along with an inverse version of an earlier spirit (no spoilers here lol).
I enjoyed Date A Live because of the unusualness of the plot. I mean, I haven't heard of a show where a person dates someone, and then kisses them to seal their powers before, so of course it had my interest. Season 2 has been a disappointment for the first few episodes, but finally it has gotten back to what it was known for, which is spirits fighting, mecha suit girls fightin…
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