carlo santos of anime news network gave the first volume of "season ii" a c rating and the second volume a b− rating. when he gave volume 1 a c, he stated that "you could do a lot worse". he felt that "season ii" has all the things that made the series good, but the attempt to reboot the series for the new semester caused it to lack intense feeling, reintroducing all the characters and going against weak enemies once again. for the second volume, santos was more pleased with the introduction of a major villain and the fanservice artwork in the lighter story, but lamented the lack of any visually threatening monster.