The story follows Jun as a young adult attending university (if only the bare minimum attendance) and holding down a job at the mercy of his douche bag manager's verbal abuse. This is quite the refreshing change of setting from his life as a hikikomori elementary schooler. We get to see a darker side of things as Jun in my opinion is, the quintessential loner. Many shows have loner characters, but I can honestly say this is the most realistic depiction I've seen. He feels like a real person.
We see how past events have shaped how Jun has grown up. He has no friends, and no direction in life. He is constantly unhappy and has no one to tell. There is a scene where his manager sums up his personality as "gloomy," which is the perfect way to describe someone in a position such as his.
This is the story of discovering happiness after you have fallen, and how you are the one ultimately responsible for your future.
The art, animation and sound departments were all great. It does have the standards of a 2013 show after all. Not really much to say about that. The OST however, is my favorite of the franchise.
Obviously my favorite character is Jun, but the show does have interesting, or at least, realistic side characters that play roles in his development.
Conclusion: This show is not the most accessible. The tone of the first seasons are not like the first, but watching this season first may have new viewers not on track on their attachment to certain characters.
I have said nothing on the Rozen Maiden side plot, because a side plot is all I view it as.
