Date A Live II All Episode

Type: TV

Episodes: 10

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 12, 2014, to Jun 14, 2014

Premiered: Spring 2014

Broadcast: Saturdays at 01:35 (JST)

Producers: Kadokawa Shoten, AT-X, Nippon Columbia

Licensors: Funimation

Studios: Production IMS

Source: Light novel

Genres: Comedy, Harem, Mecha, Romance, School, Sci-Fi

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Plot: Spirits are otherworldly entities with immense power, capable of creating spatial quakes whenever they appear. One way of dealing with them is through brute force and killing them... or making them fall in love and sealing their powers.

Having sealed three Spirits, Shidou Itsuka continues his mission with Ratatoskr in locating more spirits and dating them, to ensure the world's safety from further destruction. However, this time around, their problems will not be limited to Spirits as a more imposing threat seems to have noticed their activities.

User Review: Still new at reviews but here I go. Date A Live 2, continues the story about Shido, who is a boy who has the ability to seal spirits, thus preventing them from doing large-scale damage, through dating them and eventually kissing them. In this second season, the story is slow to start, but it introduces the Twins spirits and the Diva spirit, along with an inverse version of an earlier spirit (no spoilers here lol).

I enjoyed Date A Live because of the unusualness of the plot. I mean, I haven't heard of a show where a person dates someone and then kisses them to seal their powers before, so of course, it had my interest. Season 2 has been a disappointment for the first few episodes, but finally, it has gotten back to what it was known for, which is spirits fighting, mecha suit girls fighting, dates occurring, and other things of the sort. The art style of the show is nice because it keeps things light-hearted and not too deep, although there are a few sad moments in the show, but those few moments, are kept short and are many of the times, resolved.

Sound-wise, the music is great. It's not a 10/10 masterpiece by any standards, but it's fitting and just sounds great, especially the opening theme. The characters are easy to remember special in their own way. Between the twin spirits, the Diva, Shido, the other spirits, etc. they are all memorable and in my opinion, likable. Personally, I like Kurumi because of her craziness and time control ability, but they each have their own little niche that they fill in character development.

As I said before, the story is unique in its own respects, and I've enjoyed it, even though this season was much slower at starting than the previous one. Since the show has picked up the pace and has shown more action, I've enjoyed it more and more, although when comparing this to the light novel, the anime is flying through the story, much faster than the LN ever did. To some, this is an issue, while for others, it helps to cut the small details and get the main story. I'm split on this but the LN is a good read.

All in all, if you liked Date A Live, then you will like this but just hang in there if you think that it is slow. This season was largely about introducing new characters and revealing new things about older characters. If you haven't watched DAL and think that this show is weird, bad, confusing, etc. then give DAL a shot first.