Season two is all about world-building, new characters, and battles. If you are watching Dog Days Dash hoping for edgy drama or conflict, you will be disappointed. People following the show initially thought that they would be introducing a big bad character mid-season due to the character's portrait being shadowed in the opening, but that character turned out to not be so bad after all. There is no real conflict, and the only drama in the season is one episode featuring Eclair questioning her and Shinku's relationship and whether she should confess or not. When there aren't battle episodes, the series is filled with self-contained episodes that have a small conflict and is usually resolved quickly. People who just want wacky hi-jinx and battles are really in for a treat with season two. In the Dog Days fandom, there seems to be two types of people: those who liked season one because it had over-arcing conflict (Shinku not knowing if he can get back to Earth, as well as the giant monster at the end), and those who feel that the first season was slightly ruined by the forced drama of the tacked-on monster and just wanted to have wacky Flonyard hi-jinx. The season is filled with random adventures and lots of magic as well as new characters and mahou shounen/shoujo super moves. The battles are just like last season with countries receiving points for knockouts and clothes-ripping hits, but this time with three countries instead of two, and three heroes instead of one. Shinku fights for the Biscotti Republic, Nanami fights for Galette as their new hero, and then Becky is abducted by the new country of squirrel people called "Pastillage" to be their hero. Right off the bat the first arc is all one giant battle. Shinku gets summoned back to Flonyard but this time thinks it's a great idea to take his friend Becky along, and Nanami gets summoned by Galette and taken to Flonyard. Season two starts off where season one left off. It's a fantastic franchise and the lack of a legal season one stream is very disappointing and is only hurting the revenue and chances for future seasons. Make sure to let Crunchyroll know how bad you want season one streaming, and let Aniplex, Funimation, or whoever know you want it in a domestic boxset. Please, if you want to get into the franchise and don't want to download fansubs or import the blurays (they do come with English subtitles), don't just get impatient and skip season one. I feel as if many reviewers are going to watch season two thinking that it is a fresh new anime series and are going to be confused by who these characters are and what is going on. As of this writing, there is no legal way to watch season one streaming, as Crunchyroll is only streaming season two. Season one is called "Dog Days" and season two is "Dog You may think this is obvious, but because of the weird naming scheme of the show and it's current streaming conditions in the west, it can really be confusing to newcomers. If you are just going to be getting into Dog Days for the first time, please make sure to watch season one first. I have already written a review for season one that you should read if you are new to Dog Days. This review is going to be based from the point of view of someone who has already seen season one.
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