Yeah, same here. Stage 1 had the strongest heavy-hitters, Suisei, Towa, Moona, Watame etc, but Stage 2 definitely struck the heart more with stories like AZKi's, Kanata's, Iroha's and of course Shion's.
The only thing was that Stage 2 had worse camera work for some reason. Bae's and Lui's were...