Rei (Gackt) and Momomi (Fumi Nakaido) have saved Saitama and people are happier there now, but there is still trouble in other prefectures that are looked down upon by larger communities and Rei feels that it is his duty to try to save them too, while Momomi must try to convince the railway authorities that a rail line connecting all of Saitama would be a worthy project. Once on his way, though, Rei encounters more difficulties than he thought, from trying to aid another revolutionary, Kai Kikyo (Anne Watanabe), to learning that the evil Governor Kashoji (Ainosuke Kataoka) is planning to turn all of Japan (and then the world) into imitations of Osaka! And there's only a little time left before his evil plan comes to fruition....
This is the sequel to the very funny "Fly Me to the Saitama," which introduced Rei and Momomi, and it's just as funny as the first film, although I suspect that there are a lot of sly comments on contemporary Japanese culture that I just didn't get. For example, at one point two facing armies try to intimidate each other by unrolling large posters of film stars from specific regions of Japan - I had no idea who those actors were, but a more knowledgeable audience would get it and the scene was still very funny to me despite my ignorance. This is one of those films where if you don't question the logic too much, you will have a great time. I think one can see this without having seen the first film, but once you do you'll probably look for the earlier one anyway because the characters are just so adorable. And I'll never think of Jumping Jacks the same way again!
