Kyokou Suiri Season 2

During a blizzard, Masayuki Muroi's old high school friend pushes him off a mountain to certain death. However, Masayuki survives the fall and escapes to safety thanks to Yuki-Onna, the spirit of a beautiful young woman who is said to lead men to their demise—but all she asks in return is money.

Eleven years later, Masayuki has lived a successful life, having gotten married and amassing a great fortune. But when his company collapses and his wife cheats on him, Masayuki retreats to the city where Yuki-Onna once saved him, and he reconnects with her by offering her money and tasty meals. While Masayuki recovers from his misfortunes, another one knocks on his door: his ex-wife is found beaten to death, and now only Yuki-Onna—who cannot reveal herself—can corroborate his alibi.

With no one to turn to, Yuki-Onna enlists the help of the spirits' God of Wisdom, Kotoko Iwanaga. Revered by the various spirits that wander the earth, Kotoko uses her extraordinary wits and cunning to solve all quarrels they may have. In her duty to protect spirits and humans from colliding, Kotoko drags along her immortal boyfriend, Kurou Sakuragawa, and promises to prove Masayuki's innocence without exposing Yuki-Onna's existence.

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Iwanaga, Kotoko Main

Kitou, Akari Japanese

Sakuragawa, Kurou Main

Miyano, Mamoru Japanese

Yuki-Onna ing

Yuuki, Aoi Japanese

Sakuragawa, Rikka ing

Saco, Mayumi Japanese

Muroi, Masayuki ing

Furukawa, Makoto Japanese

Jujoji, Ryoutarou ing

Eguchi, Takuya Japanese

Fujinuma, Kouya ing

Terasoma, Masaki Japanese

Tohira, Zenta ing

Kikuchi, Yasuhiro Japanese

Otonashi, Susumu ing

Uchida, Naoya Japanese

Otonashi, Kaoruko ing

Hasegawa, Nodoka Japanese

Maruyama, Hajime Producer

Ishiguro, Tatsuya Producer

Ozawa, Fumihiro Producer

Kurosu, Nobuhiko Producer

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Mar 26, 2023

Zant-sama

Recommended

If specters, demons, ghosts, yokai, and any other manner of supernatural beings exist and are able to interact with humans; how would they interact with and affect human society? I think this is the question that Kyokou Suiri is getting at. The series does not attempt to answer this question in a grandiose kind of way with supernatural creatures attempting world domination. Instead it looks at it from a much less intense but nonetheless dramatic angle— covering such themes as supernatural romance, revenge, and murder.

Story:

While the first season focused a lot of time on the Steel Lady Nanase arc which many people did not ... enjoy, the second season follows several short individual stories, each taking up only a few episodes. This keeps the story feeling fresh with a new mystery to look forward to after each arc. In her typical fashion, Kotoko Iwanaga leads the viewer and indeed the other characters to believe one thing is happening while subtly dropping hints for when she makes the grand reveal of the truth at the end of the arc. This leads each arc to a close with a satisfying conclusion. Kyokou Suiri’s primary means of conveying the story is through conversation and flash backs of "what-if" scenarios. If you easily get bored of listening to characters talking in one room for an entire episode (albeit with a few of the aforementioned "what-if" scenarios thrown in) then this anime is not for you. That being said, if you enjoyed season one, then you will like season two.

Art & Sound:

I have no complaints nor anything to applaud regarding the art and sound. The opening is nice to listen to and fits the series well. The voice actors did a good job which is important in a series with so much talking. The art style and animation have no obvious flaws. It’s overall decent with nothing special or concerning to note.

Characters:

Our protagonist, Kotoko Iwanaga, is someone who takes her status as the goddess of wisdom seriously and will help the supernatural beings with their problems. However, she feels little obligation towards human society and mostly does what she wants regarding their affairs. She is smart with good reasoning skills. In addition, she can be very funny, especially when teasing her boyfriend, Kurou Sakuragawa.

Kurou mostly just follows Kotoko and goes along with her schemes. His unique abilities are an important part in many of Kotoko’s plans and they help her get to the truth of the mystery. His cousin, Rikka Sakuragawa, is also important to the story but spends most of her time running away from Kotoko and doing things behind the scenes.

Neither of these two really experience any character development through this season, but it doesn’t really take away from the series since it has a story driven by events, not the feelings of our protagonists.

Enjoyment:

I found Kyokou Suiri Season 2 to be a pleasant watch and better than the first season. Viewers that like mystery and supernatural elements will certainly find this series to be something worth their time but should be aware of the lack of a large, complex overarching storyline and the reliance on dialogue as a means of storytelling. One thing that makes this series enjoyable is the story does not get so complicated or contrived that it becomes hard to follow.

Overall:

Kyokou Suiri is an anime that only some people will be able to enjoy. If you do not fall into this grouping, then it is unlikely that you will enjoy this series. That being said, the second season does improve upon the series conventions established by season one and this makes it more enjoyable overall.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Mar 26, 2023

TacoQZ

Mixed Feelings

(It's a step up at least)
Well... after a somewhat short wait for season 2, here I am once again watching a series that I will most likely completely forget everything about within 2 months of watching.

Is Kyokou Suiri bad? No, by no means is this a bad series. However, there isn't... anything special about it. The story had potential but is executed poorly, the voice acting is okay, and the characters are semi-decent. One of the few things I do like is the animation. Although considering I tend to only watch stuff from the early 2000s, I guess that's to be expected.

I will say however, ... S2 is definitely a step in the right direction and definitely held my attention for most of the episodes. S1 was a "too much speaking" type deal. It moved extremely slowly in my opinion and the last few episodes, with all the build-up they had, felt extremely boring, and the main fight(s) against the big-booba, no-face, lady felt somewhat "dry." Although there are still cases of this in S2, there is an increase in quality/attempt to move away from this. This shows concept is quite interesting, however, its execution could have been/could be a little better. It still feels like the show hasn't embraced a certain "genre" and is still teetering on the line between five. One minute they're talking about something really dark and the next they're cracking a joke. On top of that, the story feels a little confined still. There are few "stakes" and the number of characters is still too few to make the story feel like it has a "presence" in the world they live in at the moment. There isn't anything BIG... something that I'm gonna be like "ok...ok, I like that," there isn't anything Special, which causes the series as a whole to be very forgettable.

Now that it's leaning more/fully toward an investigator/detective type of anime, I guess a slower plot and lots of talking is to be expected, and maybe it's on me for expecting anything different.

Considering that the same man who made Blast of Tempest made this, I guess I might have had "high expectations" for this series as a whole, however, it still feels to me like another mediocre entry into this season's roster of shows. After coming back to watch S2 to see if it was more "my taste," it wasn't. Once again this series is by no means bad, it's just really slow for my taste.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jun 22, 2023

closypie

Not Recommended

Preliminary (8/12 eps)

Way too much talking it pains me to watch this series. First season was ok because there was a bit of a story line but the second season has no real storyline or link between most episodes, it’s really just mini stories/mysteries which for this kind of series I don’t really like. This series really relies on the whole you didn’t know that I know that you know type of resolution and it gets really boring and repetitive.

Seriously, there was barely a breath between characters talking let alone the characters rambling on for a whole episode.

I would not recommend the second season of ... this series.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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