Despite all the hate it rightfully received I really enjoyed the first season of In Another World with My Smartphone. The English dub of the first season brought selfawareness to the characters injecting some muchneeded humor into an otherwise insipid storyline. This season that spark of life from the English voice actors is sorely absent. Everyone goes through the motions counting the days until their paycheck arrives. Season 2 is purely an abysmal descent into the depths of mediocrity doubling down on its repulsive misogyny and complete lack of creativity of its predecessor. The episodes are a disgraceful showcase of women reduced to objects. To start we should get the animation out of the wayor should I say the absence of it? Instead of breathing life into the action they serve up mindnumbing still shots that make a snails pace look like a Formula 1 race. Who needs fluidity when you can have a slideshow of stagnant scenery? And the art? Its a mishmash of confusion and chaos. Character designs morph into distorted monstrosities mocking the very notion of artistic coherence. Youll be playing a game of guessthecharacter as they transform into unrecognizable blobs before your eyes. But hold on we cant overlook the animes defining traitthe abominable offmodel faces. When our forgettable protagonist Touya and his harem dare to look sideways or tilt their heads brace yourself for a roller coaster of contorted faces. Their faces twist and warp into grotesque abominations as if the animators collectively were overworked to exhaustion. Its as if they took a lesson on character design taught by deranged Dadaists. One example of their inept compositing is when the characters use their invisibility power. Instead of employing subtle visual cues to convey their appearance the compositing team opted for a shockingly horrific eyesore. The resulting effect is a jarring combination of poor color grading sloppy filters and clashing layers. The characters appear as if they were hastily copypasted onto the scene with no regard for proper lighting or integration. Now lets take a minute to summarize the storyequal parts mindnumbingly dull and painfully predictable. In this pitiful season we witness Touyas shameless pursuit of multiple engagements and his harem of indistinguishable girls expands. The show stumbles through a series of contrived scenarios presenting forgettable female characters solely to satisfy our protagonists romantic interests. Along the journey we bare witness to coerced relationships absurdly imbalanced power dynamics and the relentless sexualization of women all woven together in a quilt of tastelessness. The only time he rejects a girl is when a child flirts with himher father offers her hand in marriage but Touya respectfully says Wait until I AM eighteen. This season fails to rise above the cesspool of misogyny established by its predecessor. It revels in reducing women to objects of desire forsaking originality and engaging storytelling. The abomination continues with episodes that range from cringeworthy to appalling. We witness the main characters frolicking in a hot spring girls nonconsensually kissing Touya and unnecessary fanservice while dismissing any semblance of storytelling or character development. The plot introduces female slaves miraculously transforming them into employees for our esteemed hero. What a good guy And lets not forget the fascination with Yaoithemed books because nothing says respect for women like reducing them to objects of fetishization. And what about the humor? Prepare yourself for a tidal wave of juvenile jokes and stale innuendos the sort that could only make middle schoolers laugh. The writers misguided attempts at humor only amplify the shows overall pitiful quality and reinforce its grim treatment of women. Political intrigue in Smartphone or so its meant to be dissolves into a mishmash of forced engagements and the protagonists relentless pursuit of romantic conquests. The shows obsession with accumulating wives and establishing kingdoms reaches nauseating heights reaffirming its status as a prime example of the harem genre at its most repugnant. The plot if it can even be called that lingers in a wasteland of predictability and wornout tropes. The dialogue is contrived lacking any depth or meaningful exchanges. Instead were subjected to a parade of vapid interactions and vacuous relationships centered solely on gratifying the selfinsert protagonists ego. In Another World With My Smartphones second season is a seething pile of excrement. Its abhorrent misogyny creative bankruptcy and absence of character development make for a hilariously awful twelve episodes. Protect yourself from this animated accident and seek out series that treat women with a modicum of respect subvert stereotypes and offer engaging stories worth your time.