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Boom. Fresh off of my 4 years too late review of the first season, here is my review of the second.

The first season ends with Ains/Momon/Dumb Name Man rallying an army of the undead to appropriate some land for the glory of the empire. Exciting right? It'd be cool to see a skeleton man leading an army of dead stuff into war right?
Too bad! Because now he wants lizards.

The first season ended by setting up a more action-packed second season and possibly learning more about whether there are other players in this MMO isekai world.

The second season starts with a Phantom Menace ... plot revolving around lizard politics and then after like 4 or 5 episodes of this, Ains then moves on to combat with a variety of things that don't like him some of which are a challenge for his lieutenants, which I will say is the highlight of the season, and then BOOM butler drama and a whole lot of convoluted "plot".

There's no further clarity on players in this world, Ains has spent a whole season doing lord knows what, and he ends with it having accomplished something, but how he did it beyond "boi's overpowered" is a true mystery.

I've no clue how this is rated so highly, because there are a variety of other things that do what it does so much better. Even Sword Art Online did, and it's so convoluted I don't even think Kirito knows who he is anymore.

If you want something like this but good, try Log Horizon.

Interesting core premise failed by writers who apparently didn't want to do much with it.

Guy is obsessed with an MMO he's played forever. Stays online in it when the servers shut down.
Ends up stuck in it.
He's a skeleton.
He's a wizard.
He's a Gary Stu.

Overall the first season of this isn't bad. It's okay. There are some amazing fights and watching Dumb Named Man (Ains Oal Gown?...) plotting world domination to find other stranded players is cool until you watch the second season.

The second season is honestly the biggest problem with the first. Because it totally wastes all the excitement and build-up you get ... watching Skeletor rallying his stuff and establishing himself to do some good ol' fashioned conquering.

Most of the characters in this are one brand of cliche or another. You have siblings who look damn-near identical, except one is a chick.
You've got maids who are also ninjas(?)
You've got a chick who Ains wants to bone (HAAAAAAAAAAAAA) and that's basically her character.
And you've got a Loli.

Music is pretty edgy and verges on or crosses into being screamo. It kinda suits the aesthetic of Ains but not really the mood of the show overall.

This show has filler, be warned.

This review will probably be brief!

This anime started off strong. It built up intrigue about where it might go, introduced a few very interesting characters and while Rimuru was largely a Gary Stu type of figure once he got into the swing of things, the characters around him were compelling and had room to grow.
Then the first arc ended and he literally ate the most compelling plot thread they had going.
In its place we got a bunch of non-enemies who didn't pose enough of a threat to anything, or were straight up diplomacy-ed into not being enemies anymore. Then a big-ish conspiracy involving ... clowns happened and I authentically stopped being able to watch it.

This anime showed the capacity for depth, then it immediately filled itself with enough helium to make Christopher Judge sound like Megan Mullally circa Will and Grace.
It killed the compelling part of the plot halfway through, throwing away the question of whether Rimuru could be challenged, and whether the person whose appearance he appropriated would ever get vengeance.

Almost as big a disappointment as Overlord.

It's shocking and disappointing that this anime is getting overlooked by so many people. Personally I blame the massive amount of coverage things with more money behind them are getting. Because this is a joint Funimation-Crunchyroll venture, thus it SHOULD have enough going for it to get as many views as possible. If they'd promote it.

So what is it and is it worth watching? I say absolutely. This show is basically what would happen if Men In Black and CLAMP's xxxHolic had a baby.

What it pulls off best is the art and sound most of all. It's VERY pretty to look at a ... lot of the time, the environments especially.
Most of the show takes place at night (go figure), and the people who animate and illustrate the world we're peaking into clearly knew how to work with that. The city looks amazing and there are a lot of gorgeous shots of the night sky from the Imperial Gardens.
The music is similar to Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens, with a lot of jazz and jazz-adjacent pieces. As a matter of fact the aesthetic on a whole is comparable to that, even if the themes and characters are vastly different.

Writing is important to of course, and if you liked the curiosity and occult themes in xxxHolic (which is well worth watching as well) then you're sure to enjoy this.
It's hard to explain how good the overall narrative of the season is without spoiling things, but suffice to say there are some good twists and a surprising number of emotionally evocative moments.
This show is quite tonally diverse, with the first episode being moderately light and focusing on Miyako Arata (the protagonist)'s curiosity at what he's just gotten himself into, the second and third episodes continuing this but adding some darker turns before turning things on their head a bit for a more lighthearted fourth episode, which still has some pretty serious stakes.
That's a line Mayonaka no Occult Koumuin tends to balance on quite well. It keeps things relatively light but the stakes can be quite high or emotionally intense.
This ties in quite well with how Arata's demeanor is as well. There are numerous occasions where his dealings with Anothers (occult creatures derived from real world myth, they're what make this show like Men In Black, because the Midnight Occult Civil Service is dealing with supernaturals instead of aliens, but their relationship is similar) threaten his life and/or the lives of people he cares about.
In spite of often being present when his or other lives are being threatened, Arata tends to always keep a relatively level head, and errs on the diplomatic side, generally trying to find out what the Anothers want and how to give it to them without upsetting the social balance.
Thus we have a relatively light approach coupled with serious consequence and stakes. And balancing those things in a way that isn't jarring or cringe is quite a feat.

Characters! There's a dude who looks like a chick, they mention it once in the first episode with a joke and then move on, it's only a big deal if you make it a big deal, because the show and the people in the show certainly don't, and as a character his androgynous appearance barely even registers when you couple it with his voice. This guy's the resident occult expert/nerd/scientist for the Nocturnal Relations Division.
Arata's only other non-boss co-worker at the Shinjuku Ward Office is a former host for what I assume is a karaoke bar, he has his own arc which is kinda a B story wile the A story of each episode goes on, I think it gets enough attention to be interesting without detracting from the really interesting and mostly episodic plots. And it is itself a good arc, and it makes you see both Arata's colleagues as more than just meat sacks with voices.
The effeminate one doesn't get an arc or much character development at all, but that feeds into what they are as a character, which is a professional with an avid interest in the lore which relates to their job. If this character was also given an arc and pRoBlEms the show wouldn't feel as tightly written as it is.
Arata also has a best friend who probably wants to be more than that, but the show doesn't dwell on this very much, but it does involve her somewhat in the plot on occasion. Though once again not in such a way as to feel overbearing.
Some of the other characters would be spoilers but there are a couple of Anothers who hang out with Arata/live in his house.

Mayonaka no Occult Koumuin is an excellent anime.
It's compelling (I recommend watching the first 4 episodes in one sitting to get the full range of tone that the show has), expands on itself at a decent pace to not be overwhelming, pretentious or otherwise daunting, and if you like occult things from both Japanese and other cultures, you'll enjoy seeing who pops up over the season.
The finale especially I will say was great. It showed just how much mythology the writer/s of the source material are aware of, because the Another in that episode was O B S C U R E but amazingly well executed.

Absolutely give at least a few episodes of this a watch. Also the dub isn't bad. They mispronounce a couple of words but the quality of the voice acting overall is pretty good. As I said I watched 7 episodes with it, now 8, and I'll probably keep going with that just because it's cool to see how they spin things. I think I also prefer the Anothers voices in English, though it's hard to pin down why.