Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen 2nd Season (2024)

Marinate1016

Recommended

If you’re watching this, you surely know the gist of the story and enjoy it, so I will save you the details of Bookworm’s plot.

Bookworm II picks up right where the first season left off and does everything the first season did even better. We’ve got a wider range of characters who bring a diverse set of personalities and backgrounds to the stories as well as the continued development of Main as a priestess.

Whereas the first season revolves around Main’s relationship with her family and local friends, the second season mainly focuses on Main’s relationship with the church and her retainers. I enjoyed ...

aljaz

Recommended

Preliminary (5/12 eps)

It is a nice anime, but after reading LN, I cant shake a feeling that story events are not so much events on their own, but only summary of what happened in LN. Anime feels a bit hollow in comparison, there is also some missing material, that I cant decide if it is because of censorship or just too fast story progression to properly develop some of supporting story characters.

I recommend reading LN, it is a way better experience with way less story holes. It is a good read. It is a nice anime to watch, but it just doesnt compare to the source material.

gaussian_

Recommended

Ascendance of a Bookworm has a special place in my heart since it is a story that I never knew I wanted. A certified bookworm myself, I've always loved fantasy, but seeing a great fantasy story combined with the deep love of books that this series brings to the fore is absolutely magical.

Now, to the business of the review. If you loved the first season of Bookworm, you will love this season as well. First, the world-building in this series continues to be on point. The medieval period is a popular stomping ground for fantasy, but this series does a much ...

robert788

Recommended

Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen 2nd Season (2020)

What a season, for me the first season and its OVA were very good but not so amazing. I found Maine hard to like at the beginning and the story was a bit slow in my opinion. But here we have a superb second season that blew my expectation away.

For a continuation they really pulled out the stops which shows the author did a great job with their content to allow such an adaptation. This season has twists and turns, the evil and good of noble society and some real ...

Agent_Redacted

Recommended

The continuation of Ascendance of a Bookworm felt like a straight line that barely shifts up and down. It felt like an additional to the first season, which of course is totally obvious as this is the second season with the differences being the fact that this season had more society-class discrimination. There's nothing so great about this season yet the story still captivates my heart despite being gone for about nearly half a year.

The only bad thing about Ascendance of a Bookworm is the fact that its main protagonist, Myne is kid. And as I hate kids due to their voice and how ...

Ellenwitch

Recommended

Preliminary (4/12 eps)

I can certainly say so far. That season two of bookworm is really holding it's own. The arc that it's covering is really good, and it'll be great to see how further it goes, and here is why!

The story follows the first season from where we left off, and really gives us a good look into Myne's new role, and the hardships she'll face. Sure she's had hardships before, but it feels like there is even more pressure now. It'll be interesting to see how she handles it.

The cast returns as normal, though some are less seen at the moment than others, but that's ...

thundercracer

Recommended

Preliminary (5/12 eps)

Ah, Ascendance of a Bookworm, the series I was most looking forward to this season. And I know I'm not the only one.

Isekai has become a VERY popular genre. We all know this. Some of them are great! Some of them... not so much. But, Ascendance of a Bookworm is a show I highly recommend to anyone even slightly intrigued by the concept of being sent to another world. Having finished the first season, I can say that with confidence. Especially since that quality has continued on with season 2.

In a show without a lot of action and combat, the characters and the ...

Oracle9

Recommended

Preliminary (12/12 eps)

As it stands right now, I really like it. The art style is nice and has a soothing pastel feel. The story is intriguing, though it feels a bit rushed. As it is, I will pick up the LN. What about the music? I Listen to it well I edit and write, as I love it.

The characters and plot are the strong suits, but what I love most is Main. That's not to say the others aren't good characters by any means though. I've often thought about Main's morality, to be honest.

Altogether, I love it so far, can't wait to pick up the LN.

ThatAnimeSnobRE

Not Recommended

RPWPA

Recommended

With the end of the current season, I didn't think I would find myself actually sad to see an anime ending. Most of the shows either had a horrible conclusion or a satisfying one but I never wanted to see more of them and was content with just reading how it ended. Now, I'm really sad to see an anime as good as this one ending specially as this may be the last time I ever hear about the characters' lives with no season 3 announcement at the time this review was written.

Honzuki no Gekokujou is, in my opinion, the best isekai anime out ...

TrapLover64

Recommended

Preliminary (5/12 eps)

I really love this series. I started to watch this season since it’s further along in the story then the manga. If you enjoy this series, I highly recommend giving the manga a shot. Since it doesn’t have to cut scenes short and isn’t on a restricted budget. Haven’t read the light novel, so I can’t say anything on that.

Update: the animation has improved. Episode 6 doesn’t feel suffocating to watch. Since characters didn’t stay in a still environment for long periods of time. There is some real great animation at parts (facial expressions). Making them over exaggerated. Which makes you think “wow. I ...

selby1122

Recommended

I loved the world-building of this show so much. I wouldn't mind a timeskip, but the pacing was fantastic. Every new episode is a new opportunity to see the characters' grow at their own tempo, organically through the story. The world of "Honzuki no Gekokujou..." itself is a fascinating one to discover and explore slowly and gradually, with each subsequent episode.

Although the animation budget clearly wasn't very high for this production, the quality shows where it's important. The magic system is solid, and isn't just a bunch of explosions but rather complex, focused enchantments and spells to make miraculous things happen. That is exactly ...

RyanSpring

Not Recommended

This review is for both season 1 and season 2, which as of the time of this writing is the entirety of the series. A third season has been announced, but it's not a thing yet.

As a whole, I wanted to like this series more than I actually did. It has modern visuals, an original story, respectable world-building and character development and a few wholesome moments that'll make you feel warm and all that good stuff. However, there are two major, major issues with this series that each colossally detract from my ability to enjoy it and there is just no way around either of ...

qdmoefte

Not Recommended

Funny

This is bullcrap. The girl, Main, is just ridiculously obsessed with shoujo manga books, and DIY stuffs from youtube.
*If you are expecting a REALISTIC MATURE AND SMART FEMALE CHARACTER WHO GENUINELY LOVES BOOKS, you are in the wrong place.

Temple got scripture about so-called GODs and their soap opera.
So-called booklover adapted it into a shoujo manga (she claimed it a picture book)
I guess, she wasn't satisfied with her share of shoujo mangas of her past life.
In a goddam Magical isekai, she is making a Shoujo manga to groundlessly build her book lover character.

HER INVENTOR cosplayer character? bullcrap.
Make paper?? NOOB.. Get a magically ...

Damuzen

Recommended

And we are back with Mayne! The first season was a great discovery, and this second season remains in its lineage and goes even further

Story: 8/10
The second season makes a fairly radical change from the first, because now the story focuses on the Church and Mayne's new position as a blue robe
We thus discover the mode of operation of the Church, as well as the whole system of caste and nobility (where the first season revolved more around trading, merchants and peasants)
The story is cut out in the form of challenges and obstacles that Mayne continues to encounter. After having finally obtained what she wanted ...

Kulimasz

Not Recommended

Let me ruin the show for you: Every time Myne opens her mouth, consider that she is actually a well-read 20+ isekaiee.

Do you expect the bookworm who has gotten access to a library to actually read the books within and learn about the world she is living in?
She does not. The titular bookworm _does not read_. This is my biggest gripe with the show: Myne is portrayed as a huge book nerd, she is shown reading books, but she never gains any kind of knowledge about anything. The show betrays the premise and never even attempts to course-correct.

Do you expect a 20+ woman to not ...

KANLen09

Recommended

Isekai Bookworm is back for Part 2, the continuation of the 2nd half of the remaining 12 episodes, and I'd have to say that while the content for the 2nd half was another solid effort, it was kinda downplayed after the strong foundations of the 1st half. Don't get me wrong, it is a good watch, but as a whole when it's compared to the source material, it lacks finesse and proper story progression.

The story with Part 2 (the Apprentice Shrine Maiden arc) continues our blue-haired childish girl's dreams of wanting to read and make books, now descending onto the Church, whose noble state is ...

Nilsou

Mixed Feelings

Ascendance of a Bookworm is now a well-known anime with a relative unanimity around its quality. I review the S1+S2 here. (english is not my primary language)

I have been quite disappointed by these two seasons...

The anime is the story of a 20-year-old librarian who is reincarnated in a 5-year-old girl body after her death, in a new fantasy/medieval world. All the anime spin around the fact that this new world has not yet invented the printing and so books are rare and expensive.

The anime have a lot of problems in its writing and I will discuss about them, but before, let's talk about the ...

Senpaika

Mixed Feelings

You could say "Oh! Finally a sequel. Yay!", but you will be pretty disappointed.

Creators continue to speed the main storyline as fast as they can. The 12th episode is absolute garbage. Even I would make up better ending episode then them.

Now without further ado let's rate it.

Character design 4/10:
All characters seem like they are dead. As a viewer, you can't feel with them. It
is like watching a fish. And on top of that, some don't have any development. If
you want good characters then this is not for you.
...

Once_a_potato

Recommended

Preliminary (9/12 eps)

With the 2nd Season 3/4 of the way now feels like the right time to see how it stacks up to its predecessor.

If I liked the first season will I like this?

Yes that is most likely the case. The 2nd season builds on the 1st with a whole new area of the city, the cathedral and with it adds new characters, new dinamics and new challenges for our loveable bookworm Maine. As far as the visual style , music and the tone it still feels the same, it´s still Bookworm but hey Bookworm is a wholesome package that i really enjoy so i ain´t ...