My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax - Reviews

For a lot of people, Oregairu is one of their favourite rom-com series and the general opinion seemed that season 3 didn't deliver the ending they were hoping for. There is a strong feeling that season 3 just didn't have the same cheeky dialogue that the other 2 seasons had.

But all that makes perfect sense. The first season was cheeky because it was a way to introducing us to the lovely characters of the show, the second season was to help understand why the characters act the way they do, while the third season tries to resolve those issues. It's a change in tone. The author had a clear story in mind, so you really can't expect the third season to flow the same as the first two seasons.

I feel that you'll also experience the third season differently based on how well you can read the room. If you're expecting a full out battle between girls fighting over the affection of the main character, Hikki, than I feel you're not going to be enjoying this season, and you've been reading the room differently compared to somebody who understands that the show is exploring the idea of characters being able to genuinely express themselves.

I personally went into this show with pretty high expectations, and most of those expectations were met. There are a few moments that caught me off-guard, but that's mainly because Hikki is such an awkward and unpredictable character. The side characters are still absolutely amazing and probably had the most memorable moments this season.

My advice when going into this season is not to take all the flirting, blushing and cheeky dialogue (from the previous seasons) too seriously. You can blush, tease and flirt with somebody without having feelings for them. Some people just like seeing people get uncomfortable by flirting with them. Most rom-coms start out with happy introductions, a stressful middle part to the story and a very emotional ending, this show really isn't any different in that regard.

it's time for a non romance fan review! And this time it's snafu honesty I expect most people to just watch it anyway but hey if your on the fence they maybe I can push you in either direction. So if you really weren't a fan of the horrible monologues of the second season Well their back and somehow worse. But if you can get around then I would say watch 3/4 episodes and if you feel your eyes rolling around faster than Mercury's orbit then drop it it because it doesn't get much better.  If your still in the fence I'll go about more in-depth don't worry it's spoiler free (but it's a romance show soooo what am I spoiling? There is no suprise) 

the animation is like the second season seriously great when they flex on some scenes oof they flex hard so that's a positive

the Sound is good too and they do a good job not leaving scene empty for no reason so again nice job.

and the characters are well they are really great for the side characters which you get to see hardly any of this season which really is a shame because they carried last season and are some of the biggest pulls to the show for the first 2 seasons. The main characters hachiman and yuki are annoying yui feels like she has depth to her but the other two just bore the hell out of me. The monologuing really do suck the fun out of show that could have been good. Everything else is good but since the main attraction is the whole love triangle it is a big negative.

the story umm guys it's a high school love triangle romance show it's not the most revolutionary anime out there.it kind of feels like the middle portion of the show could be taken out and the whole "reveal" at the end feels very anticlimactic and I only say that because that's how it supposed to be. But to me it felt so lazy like forced conflict and then POOF it's gone.   

so if you made it this far you can tell that I really dislike the monoglouge and the block of wood main characters my other big problem is the typically tropes that come with the romance genres especially the episodes from 9-11 then epsiode 12 just kind of happens and rushes the ending. The funny thing is I didn't hate the ending because they all seemed like people and not monologueing psych professors. I feel as though this show kind of gets pulled in because yui is a better characters and don't really notice the monologues but that's just my opinion and I'm curious to see how the other non romance people thought about it. Now I'm gonna go watch something brain dead with explosion thanks for the read !

My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax

I have been well entertained by this series until the very end and nothing will ever change on that score. However, it is an undisputed fact for me that the potential of this story was completely washed out.

The first season lived on bizarre humor and delightful sarcasm. The second season became a socio-critical over-the-top character drama, albeit with interesting themes. And the third season was a random mixture of both in addition + a cheap and average harem.

In itself, there would be nothing wrong, even with all this, you can achieve a satisfactory result. But what awaits the viewer here is an even emptier extension of the second season, content-less dialogues, overdramatization, love triangles, and characters going around in circles. The subject that the characters kept each other above water was not expanded at all. Instead, we had the entire checklist of cliche moments and Hachiman was finally killed off this season.

Having watched these 3 seasons back-to-back, with only 4 weeks between seasons 1 and 3, I could almost smell the faltering quality and lack of creativity in the air. It's not that I was disappointed as a longtime viewer or see the prequels in a better light. No, it's simply because, especially in this season, you can see that the author couldn't decide on anything at all and is constantly changing course.

[Characters 4]

I liked Yui and Hachiman and also kind of Yukino. All the other characters ended up being irrelevant sidekicks.
Yukino's conclusion was that she needs a therapist, as she seems to be developing almost a split personality. I love how her personality adapts depending on the situation, but as soon as it becomes important or has something to do with her family, she immediately becomes a 4-year-old child and in the next scene a dominatrix again. Since this wasn't the case in the first season, the constant conversations between her and Hachiman seemed at eye level. They delivered word fights and quite amusing sarcastic phrases to each other. Here, however, it lost its value, as Yukino was far inferior to Hachiman. It was not she who dominated him, but he who dominated her, and that since the beginning of the second season.
And to my horror, Yuigahama turned out to be the best written female character in the series, even though she was only the third wheel the whole time. She ended up having the strongest personality and the most will. Even though her fate remained the third wheel.

And Hachiman... we know him, the pseudo-depressive awkward introvert. I loved this authentic and convincing character who had moments of brilliance from time to time and tried to solve everything in his way. But he kept regressing and here he reached the climax. There was no trace of sarcasm and his former personality, was destroyed. Instead, he developed into an Empty-Monologue-Jesus. Monologues are beautiful, I love monologues. But monologues need content, he, on the other hand, talked every possible nonsense to himself, just so that the scenes "somehow" "could" appear profound after interpretation.

[Music 6 Animation 8]

Musically, it remained almost on the same level as its predecessors. However, has improved in the outro and east.

The animations were once again turned up and the detail increased. The renderings of the scenes, the scene changes, and the lighting have given the work a significant boost. Unfortunately, this ended up being mostly wasted effort.

[Conclusion]

I liked the last 2 episodes, they were quite decent and I liked the conclusion. But the road to these last 2 episodes was a very difficult one. Especially this season made sure that I probably won't start the anime a third time.
In the end, it, unfortunately, developed into an average harem romance with melodrama and contentless scenes, just so that something happens.

[Enjoyment 6]

This season sees more improvements in the visuals and in the sounds of the show. The story also successfully achieves what the first season attempted with blending the dramatic moments with the more lighthearted moments. However, this season falls victim to its fans. I am familiar with the some of the show's fanbase, and they are big fans of some of the show's secondary female characters and ship them with the lead character.

The show responds to this with the teasing of some sort of harem plot, and this teased harem plot wastes so much screen time in this season. The show never comits to a harem plot. It was clear from the start of this show that wasn't going to be a harem show. It was always a character drama featuring prominent themes of the challenges presented by text and subtext in human communication. So it is obvious that these teased harem elements will not be explored, especially when considering that this season covers only the last few volumes of the manga. It's the last leg of the story. The harem stuff and the shallow comedic scenes served no purpose beyond padding out run time because they had less source material for the final season.

With all of this being said, this third season offers a satisfying and realistic ending to the show. So I enjoyed the story a lot. I just didn't like having to sit through harem junk and random rap battles to get that conclusion. The sound and visual presentation of the show see more improvements. Good ending to the story that could have benefited from a good "trimming of the fat."

This whole series -- fails to disappoint! This is what real romance looks like. No bullshit, no easy paths, no simple confessions, and definitely not genuine -- or is it?. 

This is a real romance and slice-of-life anime -- all the way to the end, it remained a 10 out of 10 anime.