Destiny Star Girlfriend 2 Steam Charts & Stats

Its more Destiny Star Moege Maho Shoujo goodness you will need it

Destiny Star Girlfriend 2 is more of the same as one - it's an interesting single-route visual novel with some comedic elements. Whether or not you like this entry will almost entirely be based on whether you like the heroine - Maja - and I found her to be interesting and cute. Maja is a bit airheaded and a bit of a donkan, but is very cute. The comedy in DSG 2 is a bit more varied than it was in the original DSG. There are 10 average or so H-scenes per the scene viewer, including one particularly hot [spoiler] 3p scene. [/spoiler] Music is again fairly standard and it is almost entirely shared with the previous title. I'd recommend this title to those that like short comedic single route VNs. It's not amazing, but it's rather enjoyable.

Destiny Star Girlfriend 1 was already one of my biggest pleasant surprise reads when it was released in English in 2023. How do you improve upon that in the numbered sequel? Replace a heroine I only kind of liked with one who is MUCH more my type and now one of my new favorites. Despite Destiny Star Girlfriend 2 being a numbered sequel, it's more or less Maja's route, as the very beginning of the story serves as the branching point for each entry. While this is still very much a light-hearted magical girl story, the worldbuilding is light, so most concepts can be explained in a scene or two, which this visual novel does, only half-assuming you read the original. Also, while the MC Seiji still gets the "red rope" gimmick preventing him from being more than a few meters away from Maja, the context is much different. The dialogue and relationships are MUCH different compared to Yuuri and Maja's personalities, which are basically night and day. Speaking of which, as mentioned above, as a fan of super weird but wholesome girls, Maja is... VERY MUCH my thing. She's a goofy airhead with a unique set of values, including having the mind of a "warrior", and speaking very directly and such. It feels like every few minutes I was at least smiling if not cracking up at some of the weird stuff she says. Thankfully, she's also easily the nicest girl among the main heroines, making her much more pleasant than previous heroine Yuuri. While I kind of liked Yuuri due to her extreme arrogance being amusing, it can be grating at times when you're always around her. On the other hand, I was VERY happy to be around Maja basically 100% of the time. If she wasn't making me laugh with her goofy values, she had a comfy vibe due to her secondary "doting older sister" personality. Maja even had an interesting past that was only briefly talked about that I wish was elaborated more on, adding to her potential depth. The magical girl elements were fun but ultimately still secondary to the lighthearted comedy-heavy slice-of-life moege style this visual novel was going for. However, it's still enjoyable for what it is. The animations are obviously very "budget," but they work for what they are, and battles are thankfully not too long—a trait shared with sister company Minatosoft's Majikoi. Compared to DSG1, where Seiji only occasionally took direct part in battles, in this one he and Maja work much more closely and train/fight together, which made me appreciate their relationship and battles even more. That said, the magical girl elements led to some fun twists and fights toward the end. Not super deep but enough to make me kind of sad that this VN has this cool world about the Stars (aka the magical girls) and Demons yet lacks more worldbuilding due to its moege nature. This seems like a world that would thrive in a one-season anime. As much as I LOVE Maja and she's a significant reason why this VN is a 9/10 for me, there are a few minor flaws preventing me from loving this game even more. While the comedy is still pretty good, there are a few new comedic quirks—mostly how Fujiko became a "girlfailure" at making flawed magical items for Seiji and Hughes sucking at "intelligence" outside of demon fight planning. Petra is a newly added side character and... she's sadly a good example of why I don't like "gremlin" characters. She's not terrible, and I like her role a bit later on, but her introduction did NOT leave a good impression with her kind of obnoxious troll teasing mixed with being incredibly hyper. While DSG1 had many "eroge" moments of accidental nudity and weird fanservice—usually presented as goofy jokes to heighten sexual tension between two characters who were clearly annoyed at each other—in DSG2, the H scene moments toward the beginning felt a bit too weird considering their relationship at that time. It did course-correct itself over halfway through the game, but it felt awkwardly done for me at the beginning, especially since those scenes were necessary to eventually lead to an admittedly pretty great romantic conclusion. In the end, I had a lot of fun with Destiny Star Girlfriend 2. If Maja's weirdness isn't for you, you may not enjoy this game too much... but I loved it due to Maja's hilarious quirkiness, wholesome relationship dynamics, and what I consider better buildup of magical girl fights and plot compared to the original.

Maja is the best, but it feels like it loses steam towards the end, when the couple is already stablished. It's still good, but despite a great first half, it leaves a weaker impression than the first game.

Steam version is the censored version. At time of posting there doesn't seem to be a patch for it either. The main problem with this is that CG's that aren't even lewd are missing, oftentimes replaced by straight up black screens.

Like the first game you can't go wrong here for a decent ecchi rom-com, with solid jokes and a warm atmosphere. The art and presentation continues to seemingly be working within a limited budget, but is successful within those limitations. It differentiates itself from the first game well, replacing the Magical-Girl-As-Corporate-Ladder-Job comedy with Maja's fish-out-of-water jokes as a good natured foreign magical girl.

To be honest I didn't have much expectations going in because Maja wasn't really fleshed out that much in the first game but I was pleasantly surprised. She is developed well here and while not as insane and unhinged as Yuuri her girlfriend mode is rather adorable. She also comes with a nice bonus.......find out yourself what that is. :D Heck, even Sabnock, the main big bad was portrayed in an interesting way. (actually it was hilarious and super amusing to me) Besides, there are all those fun classic moments the first game is known for. The story in this one also felt like it had a better paced and more gradual build up this time around, even the final battle rocked. Grab the free patch of course, you can't really go wrong with this alternate route sequel. Would Bang For Educational Purposes Again/10

Destiny Star Girlfriend 2 was a sequel I was super excited for, and I am glad that it brought the same charm as the first game. Although the main heroine Maja of this story does not have as strong a character as Kamiizumi from the first game she still has her own distinct personality that made this sequel just as great a read as the first one. The story itself is just as short but they pack enough small moments in that really make the characters shine. The art style and music selection is still nice and colorful. Just like the first game I wholly recommend reading the second here.