The original series starred Atsuko Maeda as a transfer student who arrives at the all-girls school Majisuka Gakuen, which is full of yankees, and she becomes involved in the power struggle among the various factions. The new series will have additional groups vying for the top spot within the school, as well as more movement by the rival school Yabakune Joshi Koukou.

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• Aug 4, 2011 12 of 12 episodes seen

  blackstar_aria
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  • Overall  5
  • Story  4
  • Acting/Cast  4
  • Music  6
  • Rewatch Value  5

  In short: Don't waste your time unless you are a fan of AKB48 and all of their many incarnations. If you liked the first one or thought it was fun, the first 3 episodes will be a good place to stop. Let me tell you why:
  
  I really liked the 1st season, so to me this is an epic case of the 2nd season not being as good. To me the story didn't really focus. the 1st season focused on Maeda and the story was built upon her, but for the second season seemed to focus on some weird story between Nezumi, Center and Shibuya.
  
  I really enjoyed the hardcore yankee attitude in the 1st season. I also really like the inter school competition. This season all the characters were played to seem weak, in fighting and in acting. I did like that they brought back the original Rappapa gang, but they had Minami (yuko's character) appear way too many times. They also seemed to have wayyyyy to much girl love like "are they about to kiss?!" ran through my head a few times.
  
  I didn't like the excessive violence in this season, I know Yankees are beating people to a pulp but they aren't killing anyone. However on a conflicting note, the gang fights are better in this season. The ending made no sense at all, I understand what the writers were trying to do with it, but the "from bad to good" concept only really works when there is some major event that evokes change. For some of the characters there was no catalyst. In short: Don't waste your time unless you are a fan of AKB48 and all of their many incarnations.
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• Jul 21, 2011 12 of 12 episodes seen

  Robinhoodrob
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  • Overall  7
  • Story  6
  • Acting/Cast  6
  • Music  8
  • Rewatch Value  5

  Relatively the same as the first season but the story doesnt focus on Maeda anymore. I know those who have watched both seasons prefer the first, and I agree with them for the most part. If viewed as a yankee movie, the second season definitely had better fight scenes than the first. The acting is also refurbished a little, still not great, but a little better than the first. The theme song is also done by akb48, to which they have their own choreography to it. All in all, its an ok sequel to the first, (although Nachu wasnt in 8% of the episodes, no offense to Nachu fans, her voice was really annoying in the first one). I do have to say that Otabe(played by yokoyama yui, the new president of rappappa), oshima yuki and yuka(played by oshima yuko(haha)) and Geikikara/Amakuchi(played by Matsui Rena) were complete bada**es in this. read more

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