Cinematography:
Yûta NakamuraCast:
Nao Tōyama, Saori Hayami, Ayane Sakura, Takuya Eguchi, Yōhei Azakami, Aoi Yūki, Shimba Tsuchiya, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Megu Sakuragawa, Haruka Tomatsu, Satoshi Hino (more)VOD (1)
Episodes(13)
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In Due Time, the Seasons Change and the Snow Melts. (S03E01)
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That Key Was Never Handled Until Today. (S03E02)
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Iroha Isshiki Is the Strongest Junior, as Expected. (S03E03)
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By Chance, Yui Yuigahama Thinks of the Future. (S03E04)
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Shizuka Hiratsuka Deeply Longs for the Days Past. (S03E05)
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Once Again, Hachiman Hikigaya Makes a Speech. (S03E06)
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Until the End, Yui Yuigahama Will Continue Watching Over Them. (S03E07)
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Wishing That, at the Very Least, I Don`t Make Anymore Mistakes. (S03E08)
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A Whiff of That Fragrance Will Always Bring Memories of That Season. (S03E09)
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Gallantly, Shizuka Hiratsuka Moves Forward. (S03E10)
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Only a Heated Touch Truly Conveys the Sentiment. (S03E11)
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My Teen Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, as I Expected. (S03E12)
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Regardless, Adolescence Doesn't End, And Youth Continues On. (S03E13)
Reviews (2)
I like Hachiman, he is probably the character I identify with the most in this anime series (I often have a similarly deadpan outlook). He is a deep thinker, cynical and sarcastic, yet he shoots straight from the hip. Because of how deeply he thinks about everything, it is difficult for him to take a straightforward approach to things because he has to work it all out first. He is also aware of a lot of what is going on around him, so his definition of it all actually being about one love triangle made me very happy and I was quite amused. What I did not find so amusing though was the way the relationships were handled. Holy shit, the Japanese really went to town, it was all so long-winded... What could be sorted out with a few simple words was analyzed from a few different perspectives so you end up confused about what you think and feel like it is actually a complex and superhuman task and that sometimes words like "I love you" are actually completely inadequate to express what you feel. It may be right, however, if we made everything as complicated as Hachiman and co. we would never do anything for the rest of our lives, and probably in time humanity would simply die out because we would just be obsessively analyzing everything that happens to us instead of just trusting our instincts and going with the flow. Sure, you are probably going to be into this show if you are a deep thinker type of person, even though sometimes enough is just enough... There are not only philosophical and social issues being discussed, there are also emotional dramas tugging at the heart-strings, telling the audience that even the underdog girl is actually a straightforward and interesting person, and if we were the underdog, that would have its upsides and we should therefore feel some sort of sympathy for her. I think that the characters are really good and endearing, and truth be told I actually did not care how the love triangle was resolved in the end because I liked both of the girls involved (so I guess it all worked out in the end). To be perfectly honest here, I have had my mind made up about the best (and sexiest) female character in the entire anime series since the first season, who is obviously Shizuka Hiratsuka the teacher! Anyway, this season has now finished, the ending is actually relatively satisfying (just by figuring stuff out), although I think the decision not to give up even when your crush has a girlfriend is certainly a woman's prerogative, although it turns out to be the wrong decision in the long term. In other words, sometimes you have to draw a line under everything, burn your bridges and not keep reopening old wounds. Although I have said this many times before - what do I know about love? It was interesting, it definitely gave me some food for thought, and in addition, it was also challenging, at least to sort out the relationships after all the drawn-out drama. Oh, and there was also some stuff about organizing graduation balls too... 7/10.
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No, not like that, that's not how I imagined it at all. The previous season pretty clearly painted the future storyline on the wall, where we already had the whole present beautifully wrapped, ready to go, it was just missing that last bow. But it took an ungodly amount of time to pull it off, as if it had been woven together with the skill of a tyrannosaurus or by deliberate stalling for the sake of building false tension; either way, neither option is laudable. The story is literally sadistic towards all the characters, and it doesn't matter who you end up rooting for. The fate of a love triangle logically tends to be that one of them gets stuck peeling carrots whether they want it or not (unless it ends with something crazy), and yet SNAFU Season 3 did the impossible and stabbed everyone in the back. And after the wound healed a bit and there was a light at the end of the tunnel, 3 others came from opposite sides. The throwing of people under the bus was up to Olympic level, and while Hachiman came out of it more often innocent than not, even he couldn't completely avoid it. We suffer the preordained downfall of one character and logically lose our long-built sympathy for the other because he simply doesn't appear on screen, and I find that not only an annoying cheat but a failure of writing overall. The last 2 episodes iron it out nonstop (though I had to wait for that confession, the payoff was truly beautiful) and we get the coveted final act and the expected sugar-coated conclusion, which I unabashedly enjoyed, but the journey hurt me perhaps more than the protagonists. It's a shame, a terrible shame. There may be a ton of melancholy and elaborate roundabout speech under the guise of the "complexity" mentioned in the comments (which is only played at), but I couldn't shake the impression they were making a camel out of a gnat. The ending deserves that extra star, but it doesn’t make up for the 10 weak episodes. If it had been a movie or multi-part OVA? Ideal standard!
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