NEW GAME!: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of NEW GAME! Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Of All the Embarrassing Things to Be Caught Doing...
Jul 11, 2017
It's been a year since Aoba joined Eagle Jump, so she's looking forward to being a senpai this year ... Umiko makes a proposal for Shizuku.
This Is Just Turning into Cos-purr-lay!
Jul 18, 2017
The character design competition gets announced at their flower viewing. Just like Ko’s designs for “Fairies’ Stories” was chosen right after she had joined the company after gradu
Ooh, I'm So Embarrassed!
Jul 25, 2017
Aoba’s dream of becoming a character designer comes true, though she has to touch up on the designs with Ko, and has to get everything finalized by Ko. Aoba sees that her designs t
How Dense... Can You Be?
Aug 1, 2017
"Moon Ranger" started off as a girls' anime series, but because of its high quality, it was highly regarded by adults and was made into theatrical releases as well as live shows. A
Hey! Don't Touch Me There!
Aug 8, 2017
Hifumi is now the character team leader and uses all of her courage to ask Aoba and Yun about their progress on their 3D models. Both Aoba and Yun are used to Kou being the leader,
Wow... It's So Amazing..
Aug 15, 2017
Things are going well for Aoba and her job as the character designer, as her desk piles up with a ton of prints that need to be checked or redone. Seeing the giant pile of papers o
I'm Sensing a Very Intense Gaze
Aug 22, 2017
Aoba is asked by Umiko to sit in on an interview for a new programmer. Aoba asks Umiko if it's really okay for her to sit in on this interview, since she knows nothing about progra
I'm Telling You, I Want a Maid Café
Aug 29, 2017
As Aoba, Hajime, and Yun struggle with picking out a restaurant for the new hires' welcoming party, Shizuku has them practice being maids in a maid café for no real purpose. Once a
At Least Put a Shirt on!
Sep 5, 2017
While accompanying Yun and her siblings to a hero show, Hajime comes across one of her high school friends, Akki, but is too ashamed to tell her that she works in video games. Hear
It's Gonna Really Break the Immersion
Sep 12, 2017
Tsubame is tasked with programming a 'red light green light' style mini-game designed to Hajime's specifications. However, every time Tsubame thinks her job is done, other staff me
What's Hidden in Your Heart
Sep 19, 2017
Running into Ko and Momiji at the cafeteria, Nene learns from Momiji that Tsubame is going against her parents' wishes and will have to take over her family's inn if she fails to g
Make Sure You Buy It
Sep 26, 2017
At a promotional event for Peco, Ko tells Rin that she is going to France for a few years to develop a game at another company and build upon her experience, while Momiji hears fro