Review of The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2

I don’t feel like I watched The Ancient Magus’ Bride. I don’t really understand why there was such a shift in tone and content, especially not if that shift in tone and content wasn’t going to be done super well. Don’t get me wrong, this anime is fine, but I feel like I’ve seen it before. A lot of the magic of this world was washed away for me this season; to be fair, I wasn’t the biggest fan of this series in the first place, but I was still excited to get back to these characters. Instead, I found this season to be quitebland and lacking excitement. I didn’t care much for the new characters, the world was not explored in a way that interested me, and as I said, I kept feeling like something important was missing. Probably an interesting romance plot, if I’m honest, because that didn’t keep me all that engaged either. I’m mostly disappointed with the setting shift of this season, I think, and because of that, I couldn’t really look forward to much throughout the run of the season.