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Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko! 2nd Stage

彩香ちゃんは弘子先輩に恋してる 2nd Stage ‧ Drama ‧ 2025
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Mademoiselle Noir
8 people found this review helpful
Jul 31, 2025
6 of 6 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.5
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 7.5

Resisting and Asking

I found diving into Hiroko's "perfect complex" and its effects on her relationship with Ayaka to be a compelling path to go for this second season. It led to some interesting conversations and needed confrontations on the needs/desires of both Hiroko and Ayaka.

However, it did not have to take SO long to be resolved!

Side Note: That running scene at the end had to be one of my favorites I've seen in Queer media! It took the trope and went delightfully over the top with it! LMAO!
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Sand
5 people found this review helpful
Aug 21, 2025
6 of 6 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 5.0
Story 4.5
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 2.0

Just Why ???

How can I express my opinion without being too harsh... I loved season 1, but for me, season 2 was really unnecessary.

Fortunately, the characters of Hiroko and Ayaka remain endearing and funny, and the sixth episode saves the day a little. However, there are a lot of misunderstandings that, in my opinion, don't add much to the story. If the characters were teenagers, it might have been acceptable, but here they are adult women with real responsibilities... and some of their reactions seem hard to understand.

In short, if you liked season 1, I think you can skip season 2.

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AmberSoph
0 people found this review helpful
Mar 24, 2026
6 of 6 episodes seen
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Overall 7.0
Story 4.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 2.0

meh

I really looked forward to watching this as I really enjoyed the first reason. I loved the adult lesbian workplace romance, comdey and main character casting.

season 2 let me down a little to be honest. I still rated it a 7 overall due to ep 6 kinda saving the day, and my love for the main characters however this season could have been done so much better…

-Spoilers-

Hiroko’s inability to communicate and lack of understanding for wha Ayaka wanted (despite her constantly saying it) became frustrating and unrealistic at times for an intelligent adult relationship.

Hiroko sleeping at another girls place naked, platonic or not, is also quite problematic and was never really addressed with Ayaka🙃

luckily Ep 6 felt sincere and brought things together, but it took too long imo to get to this point. Anddddd if I’m talking in terms of satisfaction, a lot of build up for verryyyy short kiss scenes.

maybe I’m too spoilt with Thai GL 🙈

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Mo Aze
0 people found this review helpful
Dec 10, 2025
6 of 6 episodes seen
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Overall 8.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 8.5
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Season 2 makes this drama perfect

Contrary to other comments, i liked season 2 more than season 1. In the first season we see the two leads mostly at work where hiroko has this over the top 'senpai' personality. Here, they arent at work anymore and she seems much softer and showing her true emotions. She kind of feels like a different person if you compare season 1 ep 1 and the least ep of season 2 :D
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noodulz
0 people found this review helpful
Dec 8, 2025
6 of 6 episodes seen
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Overall 8.0
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 7.5

Arguably much better than S1

Loved how they handle what's next and how to communicate better even if it was just as exaggerated as S1. Loved the conclusive ep. Very surprised (although I shouldn't be) that Bambi Naka makes a guest appearance given her history with AyaBambi. Nice to see her here. And lastly need more bonus eps or maybe even a spin off on Risa and Kyoko's story and dynamic like baddddd they were so cute!
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Plumchi
0 people found this review helpful
Aug 24, 2025
6 of 6 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 6.0
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At first, I was like "They didn't grow at all". They still didn't comunicate, leading to very uncomfy scene. It felt like sexual harassment...
What I liked in the 1st season did annoyed me in this season. 0 evolution, 0 communication/

But Ayaka grow about it and learn a little bit how to comunicate about it. The last two episode were really better, and made me love it more.

Yet, I still prefere the first season.
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