Finally got around to starting season 2. The first chapter suffered from a lot of similar issues that I feel like chapter 12 of season 1 suffered, mainly being the pacing and the transition between scenes. It often felt like scenes would end abruptly and suddenly jump to a new scene without explanation. It was only just annoying most of the time, but a few times, it felt genuinely hard to follow exactly what happened between scenes. I feel like adding a black frame between scenes would do a lot to fix that issue. I think chapter 2 was better when it came to this, at least it stopped being as noticeably jarring. It is a shame though, that these issues seem to be most prevalent in 2 of the most important parts.
In terms of the events that played out, I really enjoyed most of them. The tournament was fun, though it kinda felt like the MC had an unfair advantage. It felt like Hailey and Helena genuinely outplayed him, but his absurd healing allowed him to walk off pretty much everything, though after he got shafted in points already, I won't complain too bad. This chapter very much felt like a return to form, since we mainly got to see the girls that we already had a strong relationship with.
I've always been an advocate for Centoria, so it's nice to see that Candy and Torr started to actively include her, though I am pretty annoyed that we got blue-balled there. Speaking of, all the sex scenes were pretty great, animation-wise. The only one that felt off, was Tamara's because it felt like it was sudden for something that it felt like we had been building up to for a while. Scene was hot though, so can't complain too much.
It was interesting to learn more about Athena. I'm wondering if this could lead to some sort of redemption for her. That last choice was hard because I didn't necessarily have a problem with the curse after Athena explained her reasoning, but it was unfair what they did to Lumi. I was actually ready to puck the flee option before I noticed that Lumi isn't with us after the fact. It's also a travesty, what happened to Mercury. Despite what happened to her, I really hope that by some miracle, she's able to survive. Overall, I think the narrative was better for chapter 2, but the sex scenes in chapter 1 were better. Overall, it was a solid start to the new season and I'm looking forward to the next chapter.