Review of The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2
Although I was really looking forward to the season, it was very disappointing. As the title describes, it's about the bride, who only played a miserable supporting role this season. It's also not much about magic but about sorcery. From the first part to the last it was all about a budding sorceress named Philomela who just complained until the last part of the season, it was hardly bearable so I skipped most of the scenes with her. She was mostly annoying and infuriating, which led to me not liking the entire second season at all. Elias and Chise only play pathetic supporting roles, there waseven less of Elias than Chise. I would have preferred to continue lingering in the magic. Cartaphilus was also hardly shown. Explanations about Chise's arm and curse were not discussed further, and the audience was also left in the dark about her new abilities, which I found very unfortunate.