Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love 2000%

This season was better. 1000%.

However, it still wasn't the cleanest it could've been. For example, this is a music, shoujo, romance, whatever-you-wanna-call-it anime right? Then, why the hell is there a character in here that was under a magical curse as a cat? That threw me way off in the first season, and it didn't get better here. On top of that, harems leave a lot of room for error because you never have enough time to properly develop the relationships between the characters well enough before trying to shove them into a romance. Plus, harems always end up being fanservice because the main ... character never sticks to a person. That way, you can ship them with anyone you want. That gets annoying after a while, though I've managed to overlook it for the most part. So, that was still a bit clunky.

That being said, I think this anime is melting my brain because I'm enjoying it a lot more than I probably should be. It's kind of addicting, these characters and this anime. The way the characters are written, they kind of draw you in and hold you there until you can't escape. So, at the very least, this anime does have very entertaining characters. In fact, I'd even say that the character development we got from them this season was really nice, especially since it wasn't overshadowed by other things like in the first season. Now that everyone's base relationships have been established due to the first season, this season was able to dig in a bit more into every character's past, which was nice.

The overall story was a lot more cohesive as well. Other than the transfiguration cat situation, the anime stuck to a genre and did it pretty well. Everything (almost) in the season contributed to the overall goal of STARISH trying to win the Uta Pri Award. There were no conflicting plotlines happening, and I appreciated that a lot.

Here's the thing: if you don't like corny harems that have way too much emotion, then do not watch this. It'll bug the hell out of you. However, if you wanna have a good time and just let your brain wander, this is a great anime for you. For all of its faults, this anime is really fun, and the story can even tug on your heart a bit at times. I gave this anime a bit of shit in the first season, but I'm kind of hooked now. I'm definitely gonna keep up with it, that's for sure. I may even have a few new characters on my hands.

A fair upgrade from the disastrous prequel, I'd say. If you're here then that means you don't necessarily have expectations for this series to turn splendid & honestly are just here for the boys (like me) because if you didn't get the gist of it yet, this 100% caters to the boys, idol life & rabid fans who take these things at face value & I'm writing this in consideration that you have already seen the first season. Why would you come here otherwise?

Second season & with it, more boys & more adventure towards idol stardom but with less messy & inconsistent plotline. That's literally ... it. There's nothing special about the plotline except for the fact that this season gave each of the Starish boys a redemption arc & further glimpse of their characters, which is literally the meat of season two. The seniors who were assigned to Starish were, what I found to be, a nice addition to the cast. I mean, more boys, right? Also, Haruka has more of a purpose now, but is still intolerable.

As for the artstyle, high, high standards, but decent. Everything looks colorful & dreamy which is, at some times, rather excessive or unnecessary, or both. Haruka is still soup-eyes chan.

I don't have much to say on music really. You either like it or hate it, it's idol music & how much you like or hate it is on you, though from a personal perspective it's good, it can really. Therefore I can't make a comparison between first & second season's tracks.

Season two was definitely a better experience than the first one & if you like the boys but don't know if you should watch it because it might be worse, then I'd suggest it for all I care. All in all, reviews vary & UtaPri definitely isn't for everyone.

It's even more awkward, ridiculous and hilarious in all the wrong moments than the first season.
I have a problem - should I give it a 1 because it's a goddamn awful series, or 10 because it's amazingly entertaining?! It surely is an outstanding anime, but not in a good way.
The art is better than in the first season and the characters have more interactions with both Haruka and themselves, they don't exist as background to the main romance anymore.
The story made at least a bit of sense this time, actually. The main plot, at least. No shapeshifting cats this time around.
The music is bad ... and the choreography is even worse, but put it together and you'll have the time of your life, honestly. I cried of laughter during the last couple of episodes.
It's an anime for you if you're a tween girl or if you like making fun of stupid animes.