Review of The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2

The first part of the second season of The Ancient Magus's Bride seems to mainly be a lot of setup for the second part of the second season. Regardless of this, the anime is still very fun to watch with lots of developments. The story continues where it left of previously at either the first season or the OVA, both are fine. That means that Chise starts going to school where of course a lot of new characters are introduced and lots of things happen. Most of the story feels like setup and none of the major plot points conclude but there are some minorplot points that are resolved within this first part. The tone is a bit different since the setting is now a school and there are way more characters involved however it retains its mysterious vibe. Overall the story is interesting and will probably get even better in the second season.

Along with Chise, Elias and some characters from the first season, a lot of other characters; mainly teachers and students, are introduced. Since there's more characters there's less time for each individual character however the characters don't feel one dimensional and are better written than in most anime.

The voice acting was good. The animation and music were both great. The music especially was used really well to bring about a mysterious atmosphere and to make it so you can get quite immersed in the anime.

Overall this season is most likely worth watching and definitely worth trying if you liked the first season. The animation and music are still great and even though the tone and setting changed a bit, the story itself is still very interesting.