Canvas 2

Synopsis:

Hiroki Kamikura has recently landed a job as an art teacher in training at Nadesico Academy. Although he is a renowned artist from his previous works he has now put down the paintbrush and refuses to paint anymore for reasons unknown everyone, even to his cousin who resides with him, Elis Housen. Even though Elis is a student in Hiroki's class he must learn to delicately balance his training position as an art teacher along with his home life with Elis but his professional and private life begin to intermix when one evening while grocery shopping, Elis becomes comatose after seeing the color red from a stoplight. Hiroki wants to help her overcome her fear of the color red as it could hinder her artistic future but then also learns that a childhood friend that confessed her love to him, Kiri Kikyou, has become the physical education teacher at the academy also. Juggling his private, social, and professional life has now become more difficult as they all begin to blend together into one life changing experience.


Reviewer: Endosanity
Number of episodes watched: 24


Review:

Simply put, Canvas 2 is a romance, and there really is nothing extra to add to it. The series quickly introduces you to the relationship between Hiroki and Elis as she has strong feeling towards him since he has always taken care of her and even taught her how to draw but Hiroki is on the thick-headed side and only looks at what's on the surface not reading between the lines. With this the show will string you along for a while making you wonder if Elis will ever get through to him but at that point the show does throw you a curveball by bringing in a childhood friend Kiri whose previous feelings for Hiroki are still present. As you may think this would cause some greater conflict... it really doesn't making Hiroki's dense personality the real troublemaker.

Canvas 2 does have a good amount of character depth but the downside is that once you discover something in the past or what skeletons lurk in someones closet it comes across as a very poor excuse to try and explain anything. As a romance, this is a great series even though it suffers from trying to tie up loose ends and realization of inner emotions all within the last episode but it still presents the viewer with a great ending after the credits have rolled. So if you're hoping for some great love conflict full of heavy drama, this isn't it... it's more of a show that has you watching each character deal with their own inner emotions with a little help from close friends.

Canvas 2 presents you with some decent animation and a somewhat interesting plot, I do recommend watching it at least once... but it's the type of show where after watching it, you'll forget about it.

Canvas 2 (opening)

Canvas 2 (opening remix)

Recommendation: |Average|