Aaaaand episode 2 goes right back to, "teehee, what, no, we're just friends!"
Goddamn it KyoAni
Yeah... I think the same. To put it in a few words, last season was more romantic than "just a friends", but the "I love Taki sensei" thing was a bit weird, so the relationship was ambiguous. In this second season, the last chapter first half was ambiguous and the second half their relationship was romantic 100% (can't read the mood the other form) and zero platonic. In this second chapter, without any doubt the romantic mood zeroed, their relationship down to in a friend zone without reasons, as if they had been always just friends. And so the next piece begins... lol
I think Kyoani have nothing clear how to adapt this novel. They go through all to nothing. Novel was at least more homogeneous. Hibike! Euphonium has a several identity crisis.