Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Zoku OVA

Somewhat of a mediocre OVA... which is strange because the first season's OVA was fantastic.

This OVA does not continue the story of the second season but is rather a one-shot side story. It does not really advance the relationship of the characters and does not reveal any important information, it's a bit more like the first season in that regard , given that it's mostly light hearted and flows pretty smoothly.

However, the big flaw is that almost the entire run-time is dedicated to Hachiman and Iroha rather than Hachiman / Yuigahama / Yukinoshita. This is a massive downside to the OVA since Isshiki Iroha, ... love her or hate her, is not a main character, she became a strong supporting character in the second season but not strong enough to usurp most of the runtime of an OVA from the main cast.

So I found myself struggling to complete this OVA. Not good, not recommended, can be easily skipped.

I like Iroha's character and this was the worst episode with her that I have seen. She keeps on pretending not to like Hachiman. Speaking of Hachiman he didn't really say anything memorable in this episode at all. Hachiman and Oregairu are becoming what they were making fun of in the first season. All of the clitches about highschool anime that the first season was exposing. Take for instance when Iroha liked the Ramen at the Ramen shop they go to. When all the rawness of the first series is removed all that is left is a series giving a pat in the back of ... the losers who think they deserved what Hachiman has in this episode- an harem (i.e. popularity). Yukinoshita and Yuihigahama are being dishonest and basically fawning over the harem protagonist. The picture Iroha takes at the end is a picutre of Hachiman's harem, nothing more and certainly nothing genuine.