Date a Live II continues where season one left off, Origami has been suspended for two months, the spatial quakes still occur, and spirits are still roaming around. For those new to Date a Live, the series focuses on Shido Itsuka, a young man who must date these spirits in order to get rid of them for good.

Date a Live II is the 2014 sequel to the 2013 shounen comedy anime Date a Live, it is produced by AIC PLUS+, and licensed by Funimation. It is currently available on DVD and Blu-Ray in English.

Tohka in her armor.

While I found the plot of Date a Live to be a tad silly, it should be stressed that this is a romantic comedy anime, so naturally there’s going to be some silliness involved. The main antagonist of the series are dimensional “spirits” who have powers that are usually triggered through emotion and cause powerful spatial quakes, and the only way for main character Shido to seal their powers is through going out on dates with them and make them fall in love with him. This usually ends up leading to comedic results.

Shido protecting a spirit.

THE GOOD: The visual art for Date a Live II is extremely impressive, it looks smoothly animated and crisp. If you can look past the silliness of the plot, the series has some solid action scenes, and for the most part the plot isn’t all that ridiculous. It’s at least good enough to keep you invested into the end of the season’s run.

Spirits using their armor and abilities.

THE BAD: Some of the comedy comes off as a tad awkward with the art style being used. Ten episodes for this season, and twelve for the last is a fairly short episode count when you consider the source material has fourteen volumes.

The comedy is sometimes awkward and a little off putting due to the art.

OVERALL THOUGHTS: Date a Live II is a shounen anime with a strange, but intriguing, great art, and some good action scenes. There’s comedy, but sometimes it feels a little awkward when the usual anime comedy tropes get mixed in with the show’s art. It’s another short episode count series, but it’s good enough to keep those interested invested in it. Otaku Dome gives Date a Live II an 75 out of 100.