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Dog Days Season 3: Nothing Really Exceptional Here...

In all honesty, the first season of Dog Days touched my heart. It told a very subtle, light-hearted, romantic tale with a basic plotline that really defined the value of simplicity. With the story being so brilliantly executed with minor flaws, I could easily consider it one of my favorite animes.

However, I've noticed that season 2 and 3 share a similar problem- the plot never gets anywhere. Everything just feels so bland, and from an analytic perspective, makes it feel very lacking. Both the characters and the story remain shallow, and development was minimal.

One good quality that all ... the seasons of Dog Days share is the music. In my opinion, I think the music was phenomenal. All the openings sounded great, and the OSTs themselves were a simply magnificent collection. From the fanfares to the marches, to what even sounds like ancient medieval church hymns, the music really did enhance the powerful feeling of love and chivalry.

Argh... Getting off track.
My point is that Dog Days season 3 still possesses the same kind of potential as season 1, but the problem is that we're getting a jumbled up, rushed series, with practically no plot. After 5 episodes, the only real positive thing I can say is that I'm happy to be revisiting the world of Flonyard. The setting is one of the strongest points of this show.

Well guys, thanks for your time in reading my REALLY sidetracked review! I hope this gives you a better perspective on what to expect from this anime. If not, I do sincerely apologize, but still, thank you for your time.

*Warning - this review contains some mild spoilers*

I must admit I came across Dog Days while preparing for my "Anime of 2015" presentation scheduled for next local convention.

In order to do each show justice I try to watch it's earlier seasons - that is if it had any.

That way I ended up marathoning first two seasons on two weekends before even starting with Double Dash.

While I have some issues with the show as a whole and my first impression was somewhat bad the first two seasons managed to get me hooked up.

The world is very, very beautiful and inhabited by lots and lots of characters ... - each one of them likeable and cute to some degree (yes - even the character voiced by Emperor Wakamoto fits in just fine in there).

Thus - after finally being done with Dash I was eager to watch Double Dash as well.

I was excited mostly to see the characters I came to like develop further - something that began in Dash and was done beautifully.
Those expectations were further supported by anime itself - with the promise the Heroes will be summoned during peaceful time so they can spend more time with their friends.

I was disappointed.

With loads and loads of characters I've mentioned above there's more than enough material to work with in Dog Days already.

I just can't imagine what the creators were thinking while writing the script for 3rd season.

Instead of character development I've anticipated they gave me even more characters - all of them living too freaking far away to make it to regular cast.

I understand the idea was to show us that the world of fluffy people is much larger and beautiful but still - some parts were rather unnecessary and led to nothing.

All the development our regular cast received during season 2 was ignored painfully leaving my hunger not satisfied.

And while I could somehow bear with new characters as they are - the fact they took valuable screen time away from the main cast is painfully felt in this season.

Finally we were introduced to cliché "misunderstood" antagonist. Who wasn't even misunderstood in the first place - in fact: despite having good intentions he resorted to evilest possible means of achieving them at first opportunity.
I cannot quite appreciate the creators' use of existing tools if they cannot use them properly...

The good part of this season were the 3... 2,5 episodes actually focusing on the thing which was promised to us:
Existing characters.

Special note goes to one episode where certain characters reveal their past - which was by far the best one of the season and the only one which made me feel any compassion.

Ehh...
I've complained a lot with this review so I'll end it on a more positive note.

The visuals and music were just as good (if not better) than those of the first two seasons - with the opening IMO much better than the one we had in Dash.
The new locations (which I take were the focus of this season after all) look gorgeously and make you want to be there with the cast.
We also (finally) get to see Nanami's 'Hero Mode' - which turns her into a beautiful young lady. Pity we don't get to see much of it.
The fan service while increased in amount (seems to be a trend with each following season) is still performed in a pleasant, non vulgar way - this deserves a praise seeing the competition in this area.

Still - I have high hopes. If this letdown doesn't kill the franchise the hypothetical Season 4 (Triple Dash?) might deliver what 3rd did not.
Perhaps the writers decided to develop the world in order to come back with something grander yet?

Disclaimer: I'm still furry trash

Having covered Dog Days and Dog Days Apostrophe in preparation for this new season, and having liked both of those seasons, I had some decently high hopes going in to Dog Days Quotation Mark. Did those hopes get fulfilled? Ehhhhhhh.

Story: 6/10
Assuming you've watched the first two seasons, you know all about the world that this show takes place in. What you probably want to know is what the general feel is like. The first series carried a slightly darker, more linear plot than the second season, which mostly filled itself with fights of the day and lighter fluff. The third ... season takes a middle ground, with 3-4 episode long arcs at the beginning and end of the series, and the middle full of fluff and/or backstory. While this sounds great on paper, and the first arc is fine, I couldn't bring myself to care about the last 4 episode's story at all. I'm somebody who weighs the later parts of series heavier than the earlier parts, so this leaves a damper on my story rating.

Art: 8/10
One of the strongest suits of Dog Days has always been its art. With bright, gorgeous backdrops and cute characters, the show is at least nice to look at. There's even a bit of 3DCG on the castles, and it looks fine.

Sound: 6/10
In my review for Dog Days Apostrophe (this is how I am going to refer to them, because that's how I believe Dog Days' should be pronounced), I gave the sound a 6/10 for being too generic. This time, it's not because it's not special, but because of roses and thorns. The OP was better this time around, and the last arc has some nice atmospheric music to go along with it. However, with this new positive comes the dreaded Lalalagate. In the last two episodes, there's an idol song with only la la las as lyrics. It was super disappointing and made it seem like Seven Arcs didn't even have enough money to pay their voice actors to sing. So it evens out.

Character: 6/10
The other large difference between Dog Days Quotation Mark and its predecessors is that Quotation Mark balances out character times, possibly a bit too much. Basically, characters that didn't get much screen time before get a lot more, and visa versa. Do you like Cinque/Shinku/Shulk? What about the princess? And Eclair? Those old favorites get surprisingly little screen time for being some of the main characters. This season continues the trend of dumping new characters in, except unlike last season, I don't like these new ones.

Enjoyment: 7/10
My hopes were high as I had a good time watching the first few episodes. It waned a bit during the repetitive fanservice and fluff episodes, rose back for the lore episode, and crashed in the last arc. Overall, it didn't feel as comfy to watch as the first two seasons.

Overall: 6/10
Is the third time the charm? Nah. Dog Days Quotation Mark failed to entertain me as much as the first two seasons. Maybe it wasn't as bad as a standalone, but after three seasons of pretty much the same thing, Dog Days is getting hard in the tooth, and it may take some broad changes to make it as enjoyable again.
If you too like touching fluffy tail (but only if you're a real fan of this series) I recommend this season.

As a person who loved the first 2 seasons of the anime i was really excited to see it comming back again for a 3rd season. The overal concept of the show has always interested me as i am a big isekai fan l. This show was on my hold list for some time i watched this shows 1st season ages ago and loved it but now watched it fully.
Anyway the point to that is one of its premises is the 'war games' which i always loved about the series as i thought it was an interesting concept which diverges from your average isekai ... plot.
HOWEVER! this was taken away in this season. I think it lost some of its charm. This season focuses on the demons- pretty similar to average isekai plots right?
This annoyed me as they basicly threw the war games in the bin.
In all the other series they have them. Yes it had something similar but it was more to introduce a new character.
Yes i did like some episodes though because they did exactly what i wanted. An expansion on other characters backstories and feelings. Which in my personal oppinion is what you should do on an expansion of a series.
Now lets talk about the opening and endings. The opening in my oppinion was boring. The ending was a little better but that was mainly because of the animation going along side it was cute and funny. These can play a vital role in the overal enjoyment of the show. And it did. But in a bad way. In the first season the opening was great! It got me hyped for the series and made me excited to see it. But compared to the third one it was nothing. Even the animation clip runing beside the song was not as great as previous ones.
But i must say i did find enjoyment in this series and that is mostly because of the characters. I loved in the previous series and who i grown to like.
But the main problem with this season is pacing and event order.
Firstly unlike the other 2 seasons it has 12 episodes insted of 13. Why?
In the previous 2 seasons it seemed like a organization these 13 episodes were split into sections in my oppinion for example A-summoning and world building B- problem or main event of the series C-conclusion and returning home. Which really worked in the previous seasons but it did not. It more goes like this summoning problem problem,problem, character building,problem, the end. The problem i have is it starts of of with an interesting concept of the summoning going wrong which i though could be interesting and it kinda was? But during the start it becomes an 'epic' battle which seems like it should of happened in the middle of the series it could of been a great part of the show but no. It lasted about 2 episodes and was rushed. Which i think was a waste. The fact of bringing dragons in was cool but was rushed. The middle episode was more on the lines of what i came for-Dog Days. and it was.
But as i say again the loss of the epic war battles made it lose its charm. But then it ends and goes to a massive battle arc which seemed ok because its a formula dog days has used in the past. But this arc lasted too long it lasted to the last episode.
This comes back to my original point pacing. In the previous series as i mentioned the first 2 seasons end with a conclusion and returning home. This more was ending the main story arc and end. End i said because it basicly takes way the returning home and summoning ritual away and saying goodbye to end of the series.
It ends the main arc then basicly ends with them going. Which was not a good ending for the series.
This comes back to my point about why was the series a 12 insted of a 13? In the previous seasons the ending usually finishes in about 2 episodes which closes everything nicely and saying goodbye but this season felt soooo rushed it took about 10 minutes and it was over. Even the in the normal world scene was reduced to a start for the credits. It lost the sadness of having to leave everyone and everything in this world and having to go back to their dull boaring lives. The small time you had at the ending the sadness had gone and it seemed like "oh i can come back anytime so its not sad" which annoyed me even in the second series where they knew they could come back they were sad.
In conclusion,
Dog days"(3) tries to be too much of a battle shounen and your average isekai this resulted in a loss of some intresting concepts. Its poor pacing gives a rushed feeling about this show. The fact it is more battle shounen
Ruins some of the great things about dog days. Dog days was always a cute and funny show with some shounen action but in this season it tried to take over the show and failed.

A/N- this was my first ever review before i hope you enjoyed it :D
-Rido

well this is my spiritual review of this anime, it aligned with me for a few parts, but then it just got ridiculous, in this anime only 80% what they say are accurate, however 10% are either lies, like saying a fiery phoenix is a dragon! its clearly a bird!, the turtle giant isnt a dragon!, they look nothing like dragons, another thing is from season two is they call the hero ancestor a king! when they are clearly female not male! they should be named queen!, another thing the demon king isnt even a demon! , this is just a few problems wrong ... with it, don't get me wrong, i do like the anime, i just do not like the cringe parts, that are not accurate.

if anyone cab explain, why it keeps making things up, rather than using the real words for them. unless it is sub translation error???

would of been cool if he had doubled blade, he seems like a weak hero if he cant expand beyond that,