Sugar Apple Fairy Tale Part 2

Despite having accomplished a lifelong dream of hers, Ann Halford faces further challenges ahead. Bridget Paige, the daughter of the Paige Workshop's owner, still possesses the wing of Shall Fen Shall, Ann's former fairy companion. In determination to save Shall from the obsessive Bridget, Ann decides to the Paige Workshop, hoping at the same time to perhaps reunite with her close friend.

Having been appointed head of the workshop, Ann becomes entrusted with rebuilding it to its former glory. She quickly discovers that the Paige Workshop has a unique focus on tradition and individuality, and recognizes that she will need to learn about her team and completely revamp the workshop in order to succeed. Motivated by her strong desire to rescue Shall and her obligations as a sugar artisan, Ann wholeheartedly dedicates herself to her new position.

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Shall Fen Shall Main

Mizunaka, Masaaki Japanese

Halford, Ann Main

Nukui, Yuka Japanese

Mythrill Rid Pod ing

Takahashi, Rie Japanese

Hingley, Alph ing

Terashima, Takuma Japanese

Benjamin ing

Suzuki, Minori Japanese

Rafal Fen Rafal ing

Saitou, Souma Japanese

Powell, Keith ing

Uemura, Yuuto Japanese

Salim ing

Ban, Taito Japanese

Noah ing

Iwami, Manaka Japanese

Mercury, Hugh ing

Maeno, Tomoaki Japanese

Matsui, Yuuko Producer

Ogura, Rie Producer

Takahashi, Kanako Producer

Matsukura, Yuuji Producer

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Sep 22, 2023

Marinate1016

Recommended

Sugar Apple Season 2, which is really just the second cour of a split cour, is a massive improvement in almost every aspect. The story, characterisation, drama and stakes are much more pronounced and impactful in this cour. It’s a must watch for any shoujo or romance fan.

I personally really liked the first cour, but I can’t deny there were some aspects of the show that felt underbaked. Namely the pacing and overarching narrative which I found lacking at times. Both are much better in this cour. You still have Anne reaching out to and making connections with characters which has always been the ... crux of the story, but we’ve gone away from pure slice of life stuff and entered an actual arc with a tangible villain.

Yea, we had Jonas in the first cour, but he was basically a rapey loser. The antagonist in this one brings a true sense of danger and intimidation, as well as revealing very interesting lore about the world. Anne and Challe’s relationship is truly put to the test and their bond grows much stronger in this one. If cour 1s theme was about Anne’s journey to become a silver sugar master, the theme of cour 2 is Anne and Challe growing to understand one another.

In addition to the overall improved story, I think Challe’s character growth is the big selling point here. In the first cour, he came off as kind of a generic shoujo style male tsundere who the FMC likes because he’s hot. I’ve come to realise that’s a disservice to him. He’s much more than that and has fears and hopes just like anyone else. In order to secure his future, he has to confront his past in this cour and it was cry satisfying to watch.

The gradual build up to the reveal of the villain kept me engaged and once he got on screen and started putting his fiendish plan in motion I was locked in. There’s actually some pretty dark things in this cour compared to the first one and I believe it added a degree of gravity to the story that was missing before. Even before the final arc, there’s deaths, sadness and characters having to overcome loss. There’s blood and some really uncomfortable scenes. This just feels like a much more mature story compared to before.

As I started to touch on earlier, the pacing is much better this time around. There’s no episodes that really drag on. It feels like everything is really leading into something which in a show with only 12 episodes is crucial. If anything, by the end of the show I just wanted more and will be hopefully starting the books soon.

The action, while not frequent, is very good in this cour. There’s a couple battles between Challe and the main antagonist that reminded me this show is by JC staff. With all the slice of life fluff at times it’s easy to forget, but this team is very capable and came through when it mattered. The art continues to look gorgeous and five of a proper fantastical vibe. And the OST is solid as well.

If I were to make any criticism of the show it’s that Anne’s naïveté at times can be annoying. Particularly as it relates to her willingness to forgive almost anyone. (Think Naruto and Old school shonen protag style.) It’s consistent with the type of person she’s been established as, but sometimes I couldn’t help shaking my head at her decisions.

That aside, I have virtually no complaints with Sugar Apple Fairy Tale season 2. I loved the first season and think this is an improvement in every way. A budding romance, good character development, action, stakes and a very fun time. I will miss this show.

Sugar Apple Fairy Tale Season 2 gets 10 Sugar Statues, out of 10.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Sep 22, 2023

KANLen09

Mixed Feelings

Part 2 of the continuous fairy tale of sugar confections that the apples now don't inspire that much, and with intense drama, does it hold up as well or better as Part 1 should? Maybe, but my feelings are largely unchanged as per Part 1, except with some aspects that Part 2 did better than its Winter 2023 premiere counterpart.

To remind ourselves again, Sugar Apple Fairy Tale targets the Shoujo demographic, so whatever romance elements it had between the main leads of Anne Halford and her warrior fairy of Challe fenn Challe still remains the same as Part 1 does. Only that in Part 2 ... here, both the romance and story aspects are taken to the next level, involving lives and reputations at stake as Anne has become the Silver Sugar Master and is set to, and leaving off from the obnoxious Bridget Paige obtaining Challe for her own satisfaction, but treats him the same since he is a fairy serving humans regardless. On top of that, Anne's position as the Paige Workshop's new artisan head in the preparation of the Holy Beginnings Festival right after the Royal Candy Fair, is in jeopardy since there were not many women artisans, and she serves as the sole inspiration that would help to inspire many other girls to take up the sugar artisan job while still maintaining her best.

But in the process of progression, comes a villain that will change the trajectory of both Anne and Challe's journey: the Red Fairy, first bought by Bridget under the alias Gladus, though his real fairy name is Lafalle, which should surprise no one that he is d to Challe in the same manner of whence they came from. Gladus/Lafalle is the embodient of the villain who still believes that only one race is superficial, since the fairies had always been under the rule of humans under the contract of trading one side of their wing as loyalty regardless of how they're treated, and he wants the fairies to reign supreme and reclaim their glory. The irony is, how Lafalle operates his MO, it's no different from the "humans treating fairies as slaves" premise, and he's just your stereotypical villain who wants his satisfaction be met in a world where much of both the human and fairy population have already moved on to life as per usual and given to the circumstances as it always has been. And indeed, Sugar Apple Fairy Tale had no short amount of drama, from the jealousy and abrasiveness of Anne's childhood friend Jonas Anders in Part 1 to Part 2 with Lafalle who's a serious threat to the Silver Sugar Master and her loyal warrior fairy to be the proclaimed Fairy King.

Otherwise, everything is as the same as it should be of Part 1: the same drama beats that's just as ever affluent, J.C.Staff's still beautiful production values, and the new OST...which while it's good, I still prefer Part 1 overall.

I can see that novelist Miri Mikawa has good intentions on wanting to make her work be known through the anime, but as I've mentioned in my review for Part 1, it took more than a decade (13 years to be exact) for the anime to come out. And by that time, it would have aged poorly against the test of time to redeem whatever the Shoujo market for AniManga has left in its wake. It's a decent showing when combined overall, though I would not want to dabble with future seasons down the road if the show has some, because it feels cumbersome to sit through all of the unhinged drama that this has and will continue to offer.

My sincere compliments for Sugar Apple Fairy Tale's 2nd try, but the skeptical in me still feels that this potential has already been lost to time.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Apr 26, 2024

Symphoniesroses

Not Recommended

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This story is so misogynistic, I had to follow it from the first part which wasn't any better. Anne needs to get her fairy boo back, so she follows him after Bridget gets ownership of him. Bridget is snobby and a complete AH to Anne and everyone. Then the antagonist comes in because Bridget needs to make more conflict. The antagonist kidnaps Anne and Challe and they fight a bit and it ends with him falling off a wall to resolve the problem. Yes, people like Bridget exist, but why the hell does every girl that crosses path with Anne need to have conflict ... with her? None of that bs about how background character #15 being nice to her. First Kathy then Bridget, but oh here comes the fairy King to be the big bad, but he's defeated when his secret lair is found.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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