This is what I watched Kobayashi-san Chi no Maidragon S for:
Kobayashi-san Chi no Maidragon S, sequel to 2017’s Kobayashi-san Chi no Maidragon, is an important series for Kyoto Animation: the first broadcast since the arson attack that killed 35 employees in 2019, including first season’s director Takemoto Yasuhiro. The studio can be proud that even after this horrfying event they could still maintain the high quality of animation that it became know for. Watching it with the knowledge that some of the people who had worked on this or would’ve worked on this had instead died in a senseless attack made for a somewhat bittersweet experience.
What made Kobayashi-san Chi no Maidragon S difficult for me as well were the first two episodes, which introduced new dragon Ilulu. At the end of the first episode Ilulu gave Kobayashi a magical penis, which was one of the more annoying storylines from the original manga and not much better here. Therefore I stopped watching this when it was being broadcast after the second episode and only binged it a few days ago.
Once that was settled though this was once again more Maidragon goodness. With the cast now fully established, most of the episodes focused on the interactions between the various dragons, Kobayshi and their other human friends. Ilulu for example got a part time job at a candy store where she worked with the 16 year old grandson of the store owner and their interactions were both funny and sweet. We also got more insight in the history between Tohru and Elma, who turned out to have been friends in the other world, as well as the reasons why Tohru turned up in Tokyo in the first place. Most of the best episodes revolve around Kanna though, who is still as adorable as she was in the first series.