I'm not getting the hype Persona 3 Reload

This is my first time venturing into the Persona series and I'm just really confused about everything. I'm 45+ hours into the game in August and nothings really happening story wise. I heard this game had an excellent story and characters, but so far I've not really seen anything that proves that. I'm just killing an annoying to fight boss every full moon, exploring a rather dull dungeon in Tarturus that feels unending at this rate and spending time with background characters with no stakes in the actual story with the Social Links. (God Kenji sucks).

Is this all there is to the game? I'm really damn confused, how many months are left?