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I don't normally write reviews anymore, but this season is just so different than the first season. What happened? The nice at home atmosphere of the first season is still here and the animation quality is still excellent. But the quality of the stories in this season range from so-so to just ok.

My main complaint with this season is they rush to get the character in the restaurant so they can showcase the food for that episode as soon as possible. Don't get me wrong. I like the foody theme from the first season. I found it very unique and hadn't seen an anime ... like that before. But what the first season had that this season lacks is any sort of trouble or conflict for the character before finding the restaurant.

In the first season for example, you would have characters be starving and rushing to get home to warn their king, or the daughter of some well known treasure hunter reading the secrets he left behind. And then they'd just stumble upon the restaurant in their time of need. It made the other world restaurant feel unique and earned by the character. Also the stories like I described made the show interesting, and I still remember them.

But I couldn't tell you any of the stories in season 2 because they treat going to the restaurant like some kind of attraction this time. You could be walking down the street and find it. Or maybe your brother's friend's uncle went there and so you want to as well. There is no conflict. There are no problems. I will say I like the episode where the witch takes the two children out to eat. That was cute. And the one with the guy coming to the lamia village was kinda interesting.

Overall, this second season as a whole didn't stand out to me. There is an obvious emphasis on the look of the food and the characters' reactions to it. If that was something you liked but felt was lacking in the first season than you'll definitely like this season. But, if you liked learning about the characters and their conflicts too then this season may disappoint you.