Hiiro no Kakera S2 01 – Impressions

Continuing with today’s earlier showing of traditional Japanese fantasy, we have the continuing tale of the Tamayori Princess and her bishounen collection. The series reintroduces the familiar cast without a hitch; we our treated again to a very well-performed opening song for the anime. Disappointingly, most of the remainder of the episode is a recap of last season using previous animation.  It’s a bit expected from Studio Deen; I’ve seen far worse cases in which an anime feels like their viewer forgets the story from week-to-week, so I’m glad we can move on after this. The story picks up where it left off incompletely; we’re treated to the next upcoming problem for the Tamayori Princess with rumors of spiriting away cropping up again within the village. Ending song is decent; the end of the episode fan service segments with bishounen of the week are still hilarious in their own right. It’s nice to see the cast again; I’ll be enjoying it week-to-week with the few other returning shows from last season and the other sequel series to come.