Season confirmed for 2018 and honestly, I'm thankful for that. The gap between season 1 and season 2 was brutal to say the least. From what I understand, the initial gap was so long because the manga was still fairly new, and so there was not enough content to push season 2 out so soon. But regardless, I'm happy that I won't have to wait like 3 years for another season.
Was not aware of that? Now I feel like I missed some important details, if true. Of course, I admittingly have not read the manga even though I keep saying I will. So. I'm only going off the animated series here.
Generally speaking, I can agree with a lot of the points you've made. I actually preferred season 1 over 2, though. When season 2 initially started, I had really high expectations, and at first, I was really happy with the outcome. But it DID slow down.. A LOT. And there were even points where I felt like it was just jumping around as a means to keep things going but not progressing as far as plot. I was happy to see more character backgrounds. But I felt like they were more drawn out than necessary in order to basically stretch the series out. 12 episodes was a joke to me. And I honestly can't stand the fact that most anime nowadays is 12-13 episodes. I did not expect a long season, but I did expect more content than what I was given. I won't lie, I'm an action junkie as well. There were moments I grew bored.
Overall, I just felt like things were a little more thrown around. And that made me a little frustrated.
The last episode, that cliff hanger ending really pissed me off, I won't lie. However, necessary in order to keep people gearing for season 3.