Review of The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2

As a big fan of the series, I was very disappointed with this season. The story goes round and round, around a lot of new characters, and doesn't really reach proper conclusions for their plots. Chise used to be a character that is very close to us, she's very human and overflows emotions that connect with us, but in this season that was not properly portrayed and we end up with too many characters overshadowing her importance on the series, and the same happens with Elias. They (Chise and Elias) have only 1 meaningful and very emotional moment in this season, which is a greatscene, but doesn't save this season of the show.
Main issues are: too many poorly (un)solved plots, too many new characters without proper development to make us feel closer to them, too little focus on the actual main characters, and overall it gives a feeling of slow-paced story, like we are watching a bunch of "filler" scenes.
Honestly upon reaching the last episode I'm left wondering how can they somehow save this show on the next season...