It's a fun and enjoyable enough story arc, but nothing that stands out from the crowd if we're honest. Needless to say, it's up to Keima to resolve this conflict, steal a kiss from Kasuga and fill the emptiness in her heart that has been claimed by a Loose Soul. As per series one, this also means getting to know a character that exists entirely within the rather tired world of female anime character conventions - an outwardly tough as nails girl known as Kusunoki Kasuga who is trying desperately to hide her love of cute, girly things. From here it's very much a case of normal service being resumed, as an encounter with a pair of bullies leading to Keima meeting the next target in his quest to capture so-called "Loose Souls". Thus, as season two of The World God Only Knows begins, it kicks things off with a recap which amounts to a shrug and a fourth wall breaking comment effectively informing you that "you really should have been watching the first series anyway". Admittedly this wasn't a huge surprise given the popularity of both the manga from which it is derived and early enthusiasm for the anime itself, but it still allowed us to view the series without concern for a vague, unsatisfying ending to the show. While some anime series have to endure a constant "will it/won't it" debate regarding the commissioning of additional seasons, The World God Only Knows managed to endure a relatively painless process where a second series was confirmed before the first had barely started.
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