Plot: the story is simply amazing constantly keeping the viewers curiosity and the world building throughout the story is immaculate and fits perfectly with the story. The plot for this season might seem a bit slow for people when comparing to season 1 but that is because the season focused mainly on introducing and developing characters, even though this season might seem drastically different than the others in terms of plot it was non the less very well written, very enjoyable, and progressed the story answering several questions brought up at the start of the show. If you watched the season and think the plot was lackluster you either only care for flashy action scenes and cool fights, nothing wrong with that everyone got their tastes, or you didn't understand the plot as a whole. I could go on and explain the whole plot but I want all my reviews to be spoiler free so I'll leave it at that.
Art: The art in the show is notably worse than the first season but that doesn't mean it is bad, the first season had top-notch animations and this season got a bit of a downgrade to above average graphics which are more than enough for what this season and it's plot demanded; as I already said this season was not action packed so there was no need to go all out on animation so having it still be very good to the point where no one would find the show less enjoyable due to lackluster graphics but not going all out especially if that means more budget for future more action packed seasons.
Sound: The various sounds effects for the magics and fights were as per usual of the show good and nothing seemed out of place, the opening was really good and sets the mood perfectly for each episode, the ending was a bit worse than the opening in my opinion but still enjoyable and the voice acting was also above average. Mothing much to highlight on this section but nothing also to criticize.
Characters: As I said before this season's focus was mainly set on introducing and developing certain characters and it did exactly that. Rudeus had an amazing development both physically and mentally, working though some more of his past traumas and working to better himself in general; this season also highlights sylphie and greatly develops her character where after season 1 you simply new here as Rudeus's childhood friend whom he taught magic to now you have a better grasp as who sylphie is as a character and her personality; Besides these two we get introduced to several characters like Nanahoshi who most likely will play a vital role in future seasons and we got to see again both zanoba and cliff whom I think will also be important for the future plot points of the show.
Overall: In general this season was great to just sit back relax and watch the characters flourish with some amazing writing and good animations, this season also pushed the comedic aspect more than the previous ones being a notably much less serious season within the show but from my point of view this doesn't in any way affect negatively the anime as we still had some amazing character development and more importantly some questions answered and even more questions formed.
P.S. This anime can get a bit weird at times especially in the "ecchi" department, but this season specifically had a bunch of controversy around it and cancelation attempts which I find to be utter nonsense, the main complaint for this was due to the slavery part and yes we get it slavery is bad the anime didn't depict it as being good. I don't understand nor do I want to understand what goes on in people's minds to try this with every single show that doesn't follow the norm enjoy it for what it is or simply don't watch it; for example on every single episode on crunchroll there would be comments insulting the anime... if you hate it so much what are you doing in the comment section for episode 10 of the second season?
