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Shakugan no Shana - S2:E1 Time for Restart
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At first look, Shana seems like your typical shounen anime. A goody-goody lead, a fantastical plot and an obvious romance in the wings. The first episode does little to alleviate this. With Shana appearing out of nowhere to save our helpless hero then almost as quickly turning out to be a brat with a big sword. However the second episode takes a much better path and that is really where this anime begins to show that it isn’t just average. […more]

In this episode, not only does the relationship between Shana and Yuuji, and
Shana is forced to confront her true feelings for him. Hirai even has a fierce
shouting match with Shana, declaring her love for Yuuji, while Shana screams
that she can’t, and that Yuuji is hers! It also looks like Ike like Hirai ;D.
Yuuji is really becomes a worthwhile lead character now, he has finally overcome the patheticness that he started out with, and is rapidly developing into a worthwhile person [more..]

At Willu’s request, a Shakugan no Shana Character list.

Classmates, Family, Flamehaze.

Nietono no shana — Shana — The “heroine” of SnS, a flamehaze, her Guze no Ou is Alastor, one of the most powerful, and well known Guze no Ou. Is obscenely cute in everything she does, loves meron pan, and is a genius in every way. Lacks some common knowledge (mostly things involving emotions) and has an underlying love for Yuuji[…]

Here is a small breakdown of the terms in shana for you:
Flamehaze — Protectors of the balance of time, usually done by making torches and hunting Guze not Tomogara
Guze no Ou — Kings of the world of Guze, they guide flamehaze in protecting the balance (Marco and Alastor are both Guze no Ou)
Guze no tomogara […]

First Up, I will just say (once again) that i am absolutely loving this
series, the characters are terrific, the plot is decent and the enemies are
pretty interesting.. The highlights of this episode were two parts.

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In this episode, the relationship between Yuji and Shana developes further. The two have a conflict, and then realise that they need each other; they are stronger together.[…]

Wow, that was a pretty enjoyable episode actually~~ ^^;;
There was tones of fanservice, but I suppose since I’ve come to appreciate the
characters, it wasn’t as repulsive as it was when shows like Otome attempt it
-_-

Read on for Screencaps and other thoughts

Yuji and Shana hard at work training.