This is followed by another tale which looks to shake things up a bit, by introducing a girl named Chihiro who breaks all of the rules in Keima's dating sim-derived book by being utterly, utterly ordinary. Elsie and Haqua's interactions also serve to give us more insight into the show's world and core concept, allowing us to learn a little more about Demons and the tools at their disposal, Loose Souls and so on - a fleshing out of the story that goes at least a little way to adding some more depth to proceedings. This particular scenario freshens up the series and its story on two fronts - firstly, by pushing Keima into the background somewhat, which in turn allows Elsie to take the spotlight to a greater degree. The first of these introduces another Demon to the show's roster in the form of Haqua, a former classmate of Elsie with a glowing reputation but a slightly less stellar reality to her soul capturing exploits in the real world thus far. Thankfully, the series does mix things up a little more for next pair of story arcs.
It's a fun and enjoyable enough story arc, but nothing that stands out from the crowd if we're honest. Needless to say, it's up to Keima to resolve this conflict, steal a kiss from Kasuga and fill the emptiness in her heart that has been claimed by a Loose Soul. As per series one, this also means getting to know a character that exists entirely within the rather tired world of female anime character conventions - an outwardly tough as nails girl known as Kusunoki Kasuga who is trying desperately to hide her love of cute, girly things. From here it's very much a case of normal service being resumed, as an encounter with a pair of bullies leading to Keima meeting the next target in his quest to capture so-called "Loose Souls". Thus, as season two of The World God Only Knows begins, it kicks things off with a recap which amounts to a shrug and a fourth wall breaking comment effectively informing you that "you really should have been watching the first series anyway". Admittedly this wasn't a huge surprise given the popularity of both the manga from which it is derived and early enthusiasm for the anime itself, but it still allowed us to view the series without concern for a vague, unsatisfying ending to the show. While some anime series have to endure a constant "will it/won't it" debate regarding the commissioning of additional seasons, The World God Only Knows managed to endure a relatively painless process where a second series was confirmed before the first had barely started.
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