Anime News Network’s review of Farming Life in Another World 2 is basically saying one thing: if you came back for low-stress village life, cute character chaos, and zero headache comfort viewing, Season 2 gives you exactly that. Maybe too exactly.
The second season runs for 12 episodes and continues following Hiraku, who is still managing his growing village in another world. The formula remains familiar: farming, building, mayor duties, and a whole lot of laid-back fantasy nonsense happening around him.
This time, the anime throws in even more random side adventures. The review points to tournaments, tunnel exploration, flying castles, and archfiends who somehow become cute cats and little girls. So yes, the show is still very much operating on “don’t think too hard, just vibe” energy.
And to be fair, ANN notes that the cozy side still works. The girls are cute, the tone is gentle, and there are still jokes that land. The reviewer specifically enjoyed a gag involving the sword woman in the floating castle, while also shouting out Zabu the spider’s tiny awkward wave as a continuing highlight. Honestly, that kind of small recurring gag is exactly the sort of thing cozy anime fans latch onto.
But the big criticism is that Season 2 does not really move the story forward.
Season 1 may not have been deep, but it at least had a clear progression. Hiraku arrived with almost nothing, built a village, became its mayor, and ended the season with Lu giving birth to his son, Alfred. For a soft isekai slice-of-life show, that was a pretty meaningful endpoint.
According to the review, Season 2 barely follows up on that. Hiraku is technically a father now, but the anime spends more time on his mayoral activities than on his relationship with Alfred. The baby is present, but mostly treated like a background detail instead of a major shift in Hiraku’s life.
The example that stands out is Alfred’s first words. It should be a big family moment for Hiraku and Lu. Instead, the scene turns into a quick gag where Alfred says “Anne” first, then Zabu, before other villagers try to get him to say their names. Cute? Sure. But ANN argues the moment could have carried more emotional weight if the anime actually sat with Hiraku as a new dad.
The review also criticises how Lu is handled. After being important enough in Season 1 to give birth to Alfred, she apparently blends into the larger group this season. The reviewer feels she loses distinction and becomes hard to separate from the rest of Hiraku’s orbit.
Another missed opportunity comes from a medicine subplot involving a sick baby belonging to another character. ANN’s point is that the same idea could have worked better if Alfred was the one affected, because it would keep the story’s emotional focus closer to Hiraku’s own family.
Analysis / why this matters for Malaysia and SEA readers: cozy isekai is easy comfort food, especially when you just want something chill after work, class, or ranked games. But this review is useful because it separates “relaxing” from “empty.” If you liked Season 1 purely for the slow-life vibes, Season 2 sounds like it still delivers. If you wanted Hiraku becoming a dad to actually change the story, this may feel like wasted potential.
So the takeaway is simple: Farming Life in Another World 2 seems to be more of the same, but with even less ambition. That is not automatically a deal-breaker. Sometimes you really do just want anime kopi ais: sweet, easy, no stress. But when a show sets up a family milestone and then barely uses it, viewers hoping for character growth may walk away feeling short-changed.