Review of The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2

I liked season 1 quite a bit. Also, I am totally fine with the new setting. My problem is that the new season bores me. It doesn't grasp my attention. The progressing is very slow and there is too much idle chatter. Overall, it feels like a filler season rather than a proper one. The art is good, the cinematic/director's choices could be better. Perhaps they should look at Mushoku Tensei, much more captivating. There is a lots of background added for the other characters, but it perhaps takes away too much focus. Take the green hair guy, we dive into his background and there isbasically a whole episode on it. Apart from inter-personal dynamics, I wonder if most of it couldn't have simply be addressed as a few lines left and right.