Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2nd Season (2025)

SirTifide

Not Recommended

Have you ever hated something so much you went out of the way to hate it? If this sentence makes you judge me, you're probably right in doing so.

After all, if I really hate it that much, then I should just go watch something else. And I probably should. Regardless, it's gotten to the point that I derive some sort of twisted happiness from watching and hating this show. It's pitiful, to be honest.

But enough about my failure to act rationally.

Why do I have such a hate boner for this anime? Why do I go out of my way to hate it?

I hate it for ...

jdam5798

Recommended

D4rkwulf

Not Recommended

Spoiler Free:
I've been struggling with an opening sentence, because before I was gonna hate, i'd like to tell a bit about asterisk in general. But what is asterisks?
It has no story or anything interesting to write an opening about. This is one of those few anime that might be well liked by newbie anime watchers since they haven't seen many good or even mediocre anime that are out there.
After all it has decent art and the music is great. You can't deny this. Sadly these are the only 2 good points of the anime are completely wasted on asterisk.

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Story: 1

So we continue where the anime ...

Whoahoho

Not Recommended

So the 2nd sequel has ended, so anybody for season 3??????????? I'm gonna get down to business:

Storywise, basically since it's a sequel it very much connected to the 1st season. But in this season everything is chucked into this so called "Phoenix Festa". In fact everything about the story is all about the "Phoenix Festa." There were no romantic or character development at all, so in my opinion there isn't much to expect at all for this sequel, the same thing with the Art, we never get to see Julis in her underwear anymore, nor do we see any of Claudia skimpy bikinis, so both ...

Juarez

Recommended

This second season pick off where the first left. I'll say this one better, for some reasons.

- Story-wise, more background stories to enlighten us. More serious tone than the first I think, which is good
- Action/Battle, Still as good as the first or even better. More strategies involved and we could see how the MC struggle more to overcome his limit when face stronger enemies.
- More characters and team development, it's true that they're still helplessly fighting over MC (this is harem, ecchi show right? nothing is wrong with that ), but we could see they're growing as team and trust each other more.

Overall, ...

CodeBlazeFate

Not Recommended

"Too little, too late" is a painful phrase.

After 12 episodes of broken nonsense, this show somehow got a second season that attempted the impossible: being a competent sequel to The Asterisk War. By some miracle, it succeeded. Not to say that this show is even remotely good now, but this second season somehow turned being awful into an accomplishment. I'm not sure whether to be impressed or depressed.

Part of why this second season managed to improve upon the first one is that it actually makes an attempt to have dynamic characters, giving every character something to do, posing an actual threat for the main character, ...

Syliph

Recommended

This is one of the spring anime that makes me hype since last season

Story(8/10):
This is the continuation from the season 1 where they were participating in the tournament. The plot switch from high school theme to solely battle in the tournament with some minor seasoning. After the tournament ends, there were some episodes left. The story then moves into the next arc which brings a lot of cliffhanger. Which made me rate 8 instead of 9. So much new character, new plot which makes me like "wait.. who is she?","Ehh...",etc.
Definitely, I would like to watch the next sequel

Art(8/10):
The art is really good. Especially when ...

Krystal269

Recommended

DEBT437

Recommended

With the ending of the 2nd season finishing as I write this, I think it's fair to say that Asterisk is pretty good within its genre. Not life changing or anything, but within the battle harem type genre, it's probably among the best I can think of at the moment. But first, make sure you watch the (inferior, I may add)first season... now then, let's begin.

STORY: 6/10

If you watched the first season and are still watching it now, you get the whole idea of what's going on. Pretty much more of the same, with the Phoenix Festa continuing and the MC continuing to overcome the ...

PyraXadon

Mixed Feelings

Amongst the plethora of generic fantasy harem anime, there are usually a few gems that make the genre truly shine and not just some place where someone can attach themselves to their favorite large chested female harem stereotype that gets found by the overpowered male MC who aside from his best friend is the only damn guy in the series. Asterisk...is not one of those.

Story: With the series being made into a split-cour series, Asterisk season 2 directly follows our overpowered MC, Amagiri Ayato and his harem of similarly powerful but not as strong female characters who can all be described in 5 words ...

Pegeras

Recommended

mkzxwing

Not Recommended

*Possible spoilers ahead*

Well, yet another time i wasted my time due to my bad habit of refusing to let things go. I had a bit of hope for this title, and i gave it a honest shot, but boy, did it fail to deliver. Let's start our analysis then shall we? First of all, why do most of us like watching anime, as well as watching movies? Well, a big part of it, is pretty much the same reason we like reading books - the story. Well, honestly it is rather mediocre. However mediocre isn't necessarily bad, unless you choose to deliver it like Asterisk ...

Digital-Destiny5

Recommended

Jersie

Not Recommended

Hello everyone, since you're reading this you wanna hear my opinion and my review on this, so let's just get right into it,

The Story,

(I'm not gonna talk about the story, you can read it in the description you potato)

The story of Asterisk War is not anything new, and it really doesn't bring anything new into the genre of "tournament anime"

The Art,

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BanjoTheBear

Not Recommended

(This review has been adapted from my blog/reddit thread. Spoilers ahead!)

Screams echoed and metal churned above my head.

I started to panic. We were buckled in, so we couldn’t move. The ride had stopped. The doors to let us out wouldn’t open. And when the lights came on, scary props of all kinds stared back at us. Their creepy eyes and wicked smiles practically laughed at our impending demise.

“They need to get us out of here!” My voice croaked.

Someone, somewhere, listened to my frantic cry. For at that moment, the doors opened and our seatbelts unfastened. I rushed into the hallway, breathing in more so than ...

Anime_wuv

Not Recommended

IgnatiusTheFirst

Not Recommended

(Contain Minor Spoiler)

This review also for Asterisk S1 and S2

Lets talk about story : This is part of i hate so far in this anime, Its start really good, classic harem generic story, start with classic beginning (Enter someone room, she is naked, they end up duel, the male lead lose, suddenly someone attack you, she consider u as "Lover") Really classic u know. Move next Julis want to win some money to help orphanage so she is cling with male lead name Ayato. Vice versa she is together, win tournament, YEA, then this is downfall of the story, Where is scene she is giving ...

PvMDream

Recommended

*review may contain minor spoilers*

Action-harem based anime, and I do not see where all the hate is coming from.
This review will be my review of season 1 and 2 combined.

Story 6/10
Young boy joins a school.. from here on out, all the girls will love him and he happens to be quite strong. trying to win the phoenix festa so they can have 1 wish fulfilled.

Art 8/10
I really liked the art on this one, it was nice, stayed consistent and some really nice special effects here and there.
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ElSensei

Mixed Feelings

So, the second cour of Asterisk is over and its time to reflect on what transpired. I liked the first cour, and had high hopes for the second. However, I am really disappointed in how the paced the second season.

Overall Score: 6/10

Story: 6 - The pacing was really off here. I know the! phoenix festa was a big deal and all, but counting from when it started last season I think it lasted for 13 episodes! If the plot revolved solely around this one tournament, this would not be so bad. But there are other main plot treads that get left by the wayside ...

The_Anonymous28

Recommended

Although the series is just a continuation to the first season, Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2/The Asterisk War 2 is still the best action, sci-fi, fantasy and harem anime to date.

The review rundown:

Story: As mentioned, the series story is a continuation to the events of the first season where Ayato's seal is now revealed to the public where it sends him and his partner, Julis, into trouble of winning the Festa since there is more powerful opponents to stand its way. It was intended to stop it from comparing it with Chivalry of a Failed Knight in terms of setting.

Characters: Same main characters ...