Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki Sansatsume

The famous "Tokyo vs Nagoya" battle goes into the third round! Well...which city is better and has more to offer? One of the many unexplained questions that humankind still has no answer to.

This third part “Sansatsume” also revolves around the lives of our four friends from the photo club: Monaka, Yanna, Mai and Kaito. Many of their daily stories in their city Nagoya are already known to us from the previous two seasons, but their city tour goes on and on!

The four main characters still insist on their own opinion about the “better” city, they stayed exactly the same way as we know and like. ... With Memo we get to know a new girl who has moved from Tokyo to Nagoya and who misses her old “love” after the first day in Nagoya already. Despite the initial difficulties and a little misunderstanding with Monaka, she is getting used to Nagoya after some time as well. In addition, we experience two new supporting characters with Shiharu and Nanaho who also have their own thoughts on this matter. Still, it's nice to see how much they amuse and have fun together, even though they often have different opinions.

With the studio "Creators in Pack" we see the same animation again as it is already known to us. The characters are designed in a cute way and very adorable. The cultural sights of Nagoya are also well animated. A special highlight is certainly all the food that we see in the series. You get hungry for it right away.

The ED song "Zassou Tamashii name na yo!" fits perfectly in a rhythm game and also gives such a vibe. The ambient sound and also the selection of seiyuus for the characters go well with the anime.

You just want to switch off for a moment and take a little break? Then this is the perfect anime. Make yourself comfortable and just enjoy our characters in their everyday life in Nagoya. You can also learn one or the other interesting cultural fact. It's nice to see that the people from Nagoya also really enjoy this anime and that our little Monaka has become a cult figure there. You can experience her in real life size there even.
It is not necessary to have watched the previous two seasons, as there are no important events that require prior knowledge. Nevertheless, the other two parts are also highly recommended for a little break in between.
I'm sure we'll get a fourth season with even more interesting facts from Nagoya in the future!

If there's anything that I've learned from watching this series it's that no matter how small and obscure your little province in Japan, you can always find companionship in people from any other province simply by talking with them about how much you hate Tokyo.

The character designs and their cute interactions are really the only fun I can get from this as an American who has 0 stakes in the Nagoya/Tokyo debate. Honestly if it didn't have that gimmick it'd be a decent enough slice of life show, but the joke that they're from Nagoya runs pretty thin. 3 seasons of this, even if the ... episodes are so short, and that same joke over and over isn't going to be enough to sustain it. I'm giving this a lower grade than the other seasons cause it really didn't need to exist. Honestly 2 seasons was pushing it.

6/10