It become a little more fleshed out toward the end but then it just felt rushed and melodramatic. So the actual Shugo Chara doki doki started off with an interesting concept but then turned very episodic. Also, with all this extra crap, they added a recap before ever new episode which tells you everything that happened in the last episode. Therefore, you now only have an 11 minute episode because you have to account for the new horoscope thing where you choose an egg and the ending. These two new things ended up taking half the episode. These segments could have been cute but they just ended up being lame. Are you serious? Then came Shugo Chara Puchi Puchi which were small segments involving the guardian characters. The little skits that the cosplayers did annoyed me too like the nail art and dance lessons. I don't watch anime to watch real people dressed up as anime characters. I don't understand their purpose and they just annoyed me. First of the new changes that were added were the cosplayers. However, my hopes crashed after the very beginning. However, I still enjoyed it and I was happy to continue of to Shugo Chara Party. Story: So the ending of Shugo Chara Doki disappointed me a little. Overall The did not enjoy this anime, and I don't really recommend it. I actually thought about going to watch Starry Sky when he was on the screen. Hikaru: His personality.What personality? He is just so bland. I mean, it's practically like they just took Amu's transformation and put Rikka in it instead. Also, her character transformation reminded me WAY too much about Amu and Dia's transformation. I have never noticed a time where she was really that mean. I mean, maybe if she were a bit more mellow I could have grown to like her, but she isn't. The others were average/halfway decent, but the problem I had are the two new characters: Rikka: To be honest, she was flat out annoying.
Characters Ok, the only ones I found likeable in this season were Utau, Kukai, Ikuto (even though he was there for like 1 episode, he was still one of the best characters in the season in my opinion), and Amu. The other sound was eh, I felt like it could do better. You should show the characters, not these people shoved in costumes. Plus, I don't like the fact that they have living people dancing to these themes for an anime. They were very high-pitched and annoying. The art style was refreshing, and it did a good job of animating the characters.
And with that, what exactly do you have? Animation I still find the animation highly likeable. And still, I believe that it didn't have enough time to actually do the episode. So that basically gave about 10 minutes for an episode to actually happen. Literally, nothing that had to do with the plot or to move the story along. It was just an 11 minute sequence of the characters doing nothing.
Literally, it had NOTHING to do with anything. HOWEVER, the main problem with Shugo Chara Party that I had was this: The first 11 or so minutes. They are still about defeating X Eggs and finding your true self. Story Ok, so the story wasn't that different from the others. However, Shugo Chara Party!! is honestly terrible. It had a pretty good story, likeable characters, and nice animation.