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Season 1 was sweet, but Season 2 showed me that there's such a thing as too sweet. I came into this anime wanting something more on the lighthearted side and in that regard I came away satisfied. But in the end it felt... flat? The art, music, voice acting and the rest are good but not great. Everything was cheerful, bright, sparkly- which is to be expected in a show about fairies I guess? But as a result I feel like contrast was missing. I'm a sucker for dark-haired, brooding male characters but I feel like Shall Fen Shall had more potential for depth. The ... same goes for the other characters.

Even in the darker moments I rarely felt there were real stakes. It's okay for a show to have the constant vibe of "everything will be fine in the end" but it makes for a much more exciting story to reach that ending via a twisted path rather than a plain, straight road. It's much more interesting to think "Everything will be fine in the end, but at what cost". In short it just felt like things kept happening and getting resolved a little too easily.

Even the pacing of the romance felt odd at times. There was never any real doubt or vulnerability from the two characters. I was completely drawn in every time Shall did anything expressive, and I really hoped it would build up to something more substantial in the end but it didn't.

In conclusion, it was a fun 2 day watch, but that's about it. I'd still recommend it to someone who's looking for something fluffy and low-stakes.