Kemono Friends 2

Story: 6
Art: 9
Sound: 8
Character: 8
Enjoyment: 7
Overall: 7

Summary:
[ + ] More than just good in almost everything, except...
[ - ] lacks of satisfying story.
... I am trying to be objective here. Even though the overall score is rated 7, I only rated the story 6 because I am not satisfied with the ending. However, I still valued how they done with the artworks, sounds & musics, and characters which means my only lack of satisfaction is only with the story.

At first, I thought the story has little to no relation to the 1st Kemono Friends. Especially with the replacement of human chara from Kaban-chan to Kyururu-chan.
However, it turns out that is not the case. The story is still connected to the first Kemono Friends once you reach episode 5. Of course, this gets me pumped into finishing watching the story to clear my curiosity and (hoping) to get satisfaction.
Unfortunately, that is not the case. Unlike the 1st Kemono Friends which I found satisfying. This 2nd season is not that satisfying unfortunately.

Okay, now I'll explain why I am not satisfy with the story. It has holes much more than the 1st Kemono Friends. While in episode 5 it "officially" told us that it is connected to the 1st Komono Friends, it left a huge hole of what happened between 1st and 2nd season. There is no telling what happened between them and what happened to the characters. It is almost like Serval had undergone memory wipe or something terrible happened to her that made her lost her memory or at least made her memory fragmented. Until episode 12, there is no explanation to this. How come? This way, some, if not many parts of the story were kept in the dark. It's just too bad.

Now, I'll make a quick explanations about the other parts of the anime. Artwork is nice and cute. It's excellent for this kind of anime. Somewhat childish design but it's bright and colorful. The sounds is decent and the musics has the same touch as the 1st Kemono Friends. Characters is the interesting part as they kept some important charas but also introduced a lot of new charas (or Friends). Enjoyment is very good, until you get into the end of episode 9, which started to falter but I still rated the overall enjoyment as good anyway.

In the end, it is hard to recommend this anime to anyone. Unlike the 1st Kemono Friends which have many plot hole sealed, Kemono Friends 2 simply have to many plot holes and unexplained parts of the story. It is a very good work of anime that lacks a good and clear story.

Season 1 may have looked a bit rougher around the edges, the story and overall enjoyment was way higher than with Season 2.

What they could have done is pick up right after Season 1, show a new story and let us continue to follow Kabal and her team.
I don't mind the updated artstyle but honestly, I rather have the older style with a better story then what happend there.

It isn't straight up BAD but it is not a very good follow up to what was a very interesting, entertaining and even informational Anime.

Once more, just to make sure everyone got it, I do NOT ... hate it but it could have been better, much better.

Compared to the first season, this animation not only deviates from the concept of the original work, but even humiliates it.

Compared to the integrity, bravery and indomitable spirit of the protagonist in the first season, the protagonist in the second season appears selfish, cowardly, bullies the good and fears the evil, He is simply a spoiled brat.

The main plot of this animation is unclear, but it uses a lot of space to describe some confusing stories, full of scenes of animal abuse. These scenes are portrayed as disgusting and funny jokes. It is hard to imagine the extent of the production team's hatred for animals.

What ... is most unbearable is the production team’s disrespect for this work. If they don’t even respect the fruits of their own labor, then what is the point of this animation?