Savaralyn

Nah, not really necessary in my opinion. You can see the features are a bit softer/rounder to suit the style of the later chapters (especially evident on Laios), but the changes are still very slight. I kind of doubt that it'll be that noticeable when everyone's actually animated. Guess it just works more like a guideline for the animators to try and keep things more consistent visually, but yeah, seems like something that'll be very minor/subject to its own stylization in practise (just like how in the first season there were a few episodes where certain animators personal styles obviously seeped through into the designs)

Dungeon Meshi - Season 2 character visuals.

Dungeon Meshi - Season 2, airing in October 2027!

Dungeon Meshi - More snippets of the official cookbook

Dungeon Meshi - More information of the production of season 2 will be revealed on July 4 at Triggers anime expo panel!

All things considered though, I do think Goblins are real demi-human monsters, not just a rude term for Half foots. The way Laios and Marcille talk about them carries an implication that they've seen them before/at least know they actually exist, compared to Trolls which are more of a myth monster that Laios has only heard tales about. I'd assume that "Goblin" is a derogatory word for Half foots mainly just because of the prejudice against their race leading others to refer to them as though they were monsters/demi-humans, and goblins are short/have large ears/are apparently stealthy, so they're 'close enough' in other races eyes. As for why Chilchuck talks about them in chapter 9, I guess its because Goblins are probably intelligent/able to communicate to some degree, unlike say, Merfolk (since they do have clothes and tools). Laios himself says he figured that the contacts Senshi wanted to sell to would be Kobolds, not Orcs, so it seems like both he and Chilchuck just assumed Senshi was in contact with some kind of demi-human race to begin with.

Dungeon Meshi - Proper announcement of the official cookbook via the dungeon meshi and harta twitter pages.

* slightly less bad pic from Harta magazine

Dungeon Meshi - Season 2 in active production.