Review of The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2

At the start, I was really confused and concerned about how it deviated from the manga in one regard then completing skimming over things or entirely removing them. For the first third of the season, I was worried we’d get something that made so many bad changes like with Promised Neverland, Tokyo Ghoul or Rosario + Vampire. Thankfully it’s nowhere near as bad as those changes. It’s also not like Fullmetal Alchemist’s first version of its anime adaptation or Soul Eater that went a different direction to be more of its own thing but I really feel the series would have benefited by including allthe small details of things with characters and their interactions with each other or themes and the type of world they’re in. The tiny pieces would honestly add up in the long run. Even though it definitely went a different direction compared to season 1, I really don’t believe it’s anywhere near as drastic as some people have said nor is it really less compared to the first season. I still love it as much as I did before. Could it have been better by having the stuff from the manga included? Absolutely. Does it deserve all the nitpicking? I don’t believe so. And despite this being called the second season, there's a part 2 of that's been conformed but it’s also coming out this October. So fortunately I won’t need to wait nearly as long as we did for when the first season ended back in 2018. I give this season a 9/10 but that could change to be a full 10/10 like the first season, depending on what happens with the next part since I’m going to count that as much a part of this season as I count this season itself as part of the overall series.

EDIT: My opinion didn't make this go from a 9/10 to a 10/10 when I saw the second half of this season to the anime but not for any bad reason, in particular. Go and see that review to understand more, if you would.