Audience reviews
10 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
OneFaintingRobin
Alright, second season done. Time for a little pit-stop review, before I move onto the OVA. Generally speaking, more or less everything I said in my S1 review still stands; I still love the slightly stuff tone, although it was a little less present here. The storylines are a little bigger, pushing the stakes up a little, or at least dragging some even bigger emotions out of them, and that's generally worked very well. Like the first season, it's the character writing that makes the story really work; Reiko Yoshida continues to do a fantastic job at dragging the emotions out of these relationships, resolving a few in very satisfying ways and starting some new ones just as effectively. My personal highlight is the midpoint of the season, which is, in its own way, something of an ending, and…
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Another season of an older anime series! But does it hold up? I'll assume you've seen the first season for the purposes of this review.
Story: Maria Watches Over Us: Printemps takes place directly after the first season. You could just about watch this right after the first season and not really notice a difference. Where we leave off is basically right before the final few days of Yumi's first year at Lilian Girls' Academy. We know this because all of the girls in their final year, are now set to graduate. This, of course, include the existing Roses - Sei, Youko and Eriko. Episodes take on multiple different feels, but generally have a nice flow to them. The first episode feels like a nice intro in that many of the girls go to Sachiko's house for New Year's Day, but the following episode…
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The second season of MariMite might as well have been the second half of the first season. Which is not to say anything bad about this season, but story-wise, it is mostly a continuation of the main premise behind the first season; which is to say, it finishes out the story of the beginning of Yumi and Sachiko's budding relationship as "soeurs".
The cons that I listed in my review of the first season remain the same for the second season: the animation isn't amazing and sometimes uses shortcuts (though none of that detracts from the story), and the story itself is character-driven with no action to speak of (save for a brief glimpse of an expensive sports car being poorly mistreated by its driver).
So, on to the good stuff:
As always, the main plot of the series focuses on the relations…
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I feel this season is better than the season 1, but without the drama/whatnot all of the stuff happening in this season wouldn't be as nice, so I get it.
In this season, we get more character development, and as the audience, we also get to learn more about the characters that were left in the previous season, which is really cool, especially with the Roses/3rd-year students in the council. And since they are in their last year/semester in this season in particular, if you are the type to easily cry, you are most likely to cry a lot when they are talking about graduation, let alone when they are at the graduation ceremony.
And since there is no superpowers and stuff like that, I feel as that the studio/or the mangaka (Was this originally a manga or a novel?) tried their very best to have…
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Well after my complete lack of excitement for the first season I somehow find myself watching this, the second season. While on the surface this show might not look like much, I did find myself drawn back wanting more. So here it is, more of the same.
Story: The story has nothing new from the first season and it just keeps what was going on. If i didn't know that there were only 13 eps in either season I would've found myself believing it to be a 26 ep season instead just because it doesn't skip anything or jump ahead or anything like that. It continues to follow the girls of Lilian through their various activities and such. Several conflicts arise during this season and it also includes the graduation of the roses as new material.
Art: The same. There was never anything catchy or stando…
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It is a shame the decision was made to split the first 26 episodes of Maria-sama ga Miteru into two separate installments, because it is in the second season that Marimite really finds its stride.
Although the second season is a bit late to be making the realization, it must be said that it was not until this arc that I properly realized Marimite for what it is, or rather, what it wasn't; This is not a yuri anime. The story here is one of intense and lasting friendships, although it draws upon an old idea in Japanese culture; class S relationships and psuedo-romantic interludes between adolescent women are ideas that have had traction for awhile, and it is this rather than a direct lesbian theme that MariMite is shooting for.
The characters of Marimite are well-developed and likeable, b…
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As great as the first season of MariMite was, I thought the second season was even better, and that said a lot, considering how I called the first season of the show the best anime I had watched in 2008. The drama quotent of the second season was, as Emeril Lagasse is fond of saying, kicked up a few notches: from the graduation of the Roses; the relevation of Shimako and her relationship with Noriko; the introduction of Toko who rubbed me the wrong way from jump street to the heart tugging emotional struggles of Yumi who feared Sachiko was growing distant from her. All, this was an extremely delightful follow-up to what's become a wonderful franchise. Already I can't wait for the upcoming third season!
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This is the sequel of Maria-sama ga Miteru, about the all-girl-school Lillian academy and its students.
Story
It continues straight of from where the first season ended, with pretty much separate episodes about the different girls. This time even more of the girls get their back stories explained, and there is quite a bit drama in this as well. Every episode was good and the last three specially. The last episode is perhaps one of the best final episodes I’ve ever seen. The show really played on some of my heartstrings all the way, and it was really well made.
Art
Looked a little better than season one, but still wasn’t super. Character designs were good, and the characters looked cute. The design for Yumi is just great. Still I felt something lacked.
Sound
OP and ED are th…
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After watching the first season of Maria-sama ga miteru I wanted to know more about the characters of the series. Thus I was relieved after having finished the second series and found that it met my expectations. The series continued at the same time to have the same easy-going pace and subtle feeling to it which I enjoyed from the first season, thou in one way it went a little more on the serious side storywise. This might not be enjoyed by all viewers who has seen the first season but I don\'t think it ruined the experience for me. Great continuation and great viewing value!
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All in all, I think this one exceeded my expectations. I was hoping that this season would be just as good as the first one, but it ended up to be much better.
The storylines are much more interesting - for the first season I thought that the topics still had room for improvement, although I was already impressed. I liked the fact that more screen time was devoted to the third years. Back in the first season, they weren\'t given their share of the lime light, except maybe for Sei. Eriko even got an episode that was devoted to her life. Sadly though, we have to say goodbye to the grande soeurs. There were new characters that were added, like Noriko and Touko. I\'m not so sure if I\'m happy with Touko being there.
Shimako was also given a lot of chances to grace the scenes. There were many…
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