Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Kan

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Synonyms: Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. 3rd Season, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU 3, Oregairu 3, My youth romantic comedy is wrong as I expected 3

Japanese: やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。完

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 10, 2020 to Sep 25, 2020

Premiered: Summer 2020

Broadcast: Fridays at 01:58 (JST)

Producers: Marvelous, TBS, Movic, Delfi Sound, NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan

Licensors: Sentai Filmworks

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Source: Light novel

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Themes: Love Polygon, School

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 8.36¹ (scored by 370,383 users)

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Ranked: #201²

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Popularity: #274

Members: 681,221

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Resolved to become a more independent person, Yukino Yukinoshita decides to smoothen things out with her parents, and the first step toward achieving that goal is to prove herself.

As graduation draws closer for the third-year students, Iroha Isshiki—the president of the student council—requests a graduation prom in collaboration with the Volunteer Service Club. Yukino accepts this request of her own volition, hoping to use it as a chance to demonstrate her self-reliance, but what lies ahead of her may prove to be a hard hurdle to cross.

Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Kan revolves around the graduation prom as emotions are poured into the preparations for the event. At the same time, a chance for the Volunteer Service Club members to better understand each other presents itself. And thus, Hachiman Hikigaya's hectic and bittersweet high school life begins to draw to a close.

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Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Kan adapts volumes 12 to 14 of Wataru Watari's light novel series of the same title.

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Adaptation:	Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.
Prequel:	Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Zoku
Other:	Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Kan: Dakara, Shishunki wa Owarazu ni, Seishun wa Tsuzuiteiku.

Kondou, Takashi
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Takigasaki, Makoto

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Hasegawa, Yoshinori

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Uesaka, Youichirou

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Tanaka, Junichirou

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Opening Theme

"Megumi no Ame (芽ぐみの雨)" by Nagi Yanagi (eps 1-10)

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Ending Theme

	1: "Diamond no Jundo (ダイヤモンドの純度)" by Yukino Yukinoshita (Saori Hayami) & Yui Yuigahama (Nao Touyama) (eps 1-3, 5-9)
	2: "Diamond no Jundo (ダイヤモンドの純度)" by Yui Yuigahama (Nao Touyama) (eps 4)
	3: "Diamond no Jundo (ダイヤモンドの純度)" by Yukino Yukinoshita (Saori Hayami) (eps 11)
	4: "Yukitoki (ユキトキ)" by Nagi Yanagi (eps 12)

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Sep 24, 2020

rrakku

Recommended

TL;DR: Oregairu is an awe-inspiring experience no words could accurately describe. I will try my best here, but experience it yourself, you won’t regret it.

In episode eight of Oregairu Zoku, Hachiman made a life-changing decision. For the first time, he entered the club room sitting not aside, but in front of the two girls he has grown to be so comfortable with—to finally open up and speak his mind. Hikigaya’s request for something genuine was played out so much it became somewhat of an inside joke in the anime community. But its lasting impression is also a testament to the impact many must have felt ... upon witnessing that scene for the first time.

Fast forward five years later, fans finally get to witness a resolution to questions that the “genuine scene” has raised. Be it Hikigaya’s unfulfilled request, Yuigahama’s selfish wishes, Yukinoshita’s family and internal struggles, or the three’s respective expectations on their relationship, Oregairu Kan answered in striking fashion. Aided with snippets of perspectives other than those of Hikigaya’s, this instalment was made much more straightforward than the previous two. By getting into their headspace, viewers can better understand and untangle the perplexing plot threads that were laid down in previous seasons, giving this grand trilogy a fulfilling conclusion.

But that’s not all Kan has to offer. Setting up multiple red herrings, the beginning two-thirds of Kan was a little conventional, until the last three episodes started rolling. The plot twists surprising and the payoff huge, how the ending played out was honestly unexpected given how things were from the start. It won’t be the closure that all fans had hoped for, at least not me; but it is the ending’s ability to impress even when it goes against your wishes that makes it so much more astonishing. These displays of spectacular writing were made possible by covering only three novels instead of the usual five to six, for Kan can now skip less material and include a lot more details in this adaptation.

Which brings me to the one thing that they didn’t include in the previous seasons: fillers. In first season and Zoku, Oregairu gave viewers no time to draw breath, every episode is filled to the brim with information you cannot afford to miss. It was so packed and lacking in time that it skipped entire chapters just to reach a satisfying endpoint. This time around, Kan slowed down the pace, putting less narrative-relevant but engaging dialogue in between important plot points to let viewers some time to rest, giving it the best pacing among all instalments. Some might not find it appealing, and would rather have more plot progression and/or characterisation take place. But in any case, I believe those like me, who have followed along for two seasons and on for a third, would like seeing more relaxed moments from Oregairu’s endearing characters.

Speaking of characters, one might claim the game club members and Zaimokuza as nothing but glorified plot tools, there for the sole purpose of getting Hikigaya a few allies for his project. Nitpicking aside, these mistakes are not Kan’s fault whatsoever. As I have alluded to earlier, some crucial chapters were lost during the previous adaptations; the important ones here being those that feature the Volunteer Service Club’s visit to the game club in season one, and those where Zaimokuza was supposed to be featured in both seasons. What results is the degradation of Zaimokuza’s role in the anime-only story; while the game club became total strangers to both the trio and the viewers, even when they should’ve been familiar faces. To make up for that, Kan slightly altered a few scenes to make up for the missteps previous seasons have taken, and I think they did a great job of that. I think it goes without saying that it wouldn’t be fair to deduct points off of Kan because of other seasons’ problems.

Still, I would be lying if I say that Kan had done everything perfectly, with the most apparent oversight being the supporting cast’s development. Hayama, for example: a character very invested in the trio’s relationship, particularly Yukinoshita, rarely appeared. Having been hinted with great character depth, he didn’t get the screen time he deserved. In the same vein, while we can witness all the other characters’ growth (like Ebina, Yumiko, Isshiki and hell even the student council president of that other school) we were only ever shown a glimpse of what they have become; which is unfortunate given how closely tied they were with Hikigaya's growth, but understandable because of the limited screen time.

Nevertheless, what Kan has done with characterisation is nothing short of amazing. Haruno’s intentions, something that was set up in Zoku and ultimately became a cornerstone in Kan, added a lot of humanity into both members of the Yukinoshita household. The trio’s respective wishes, told through Yuigahama and Hikigaya’s lens, were spectacularly presented, with their actions having a sprinkle of previously established personalities while breaking the mould and showing the growth each of the three had experienced. It is not far-fetched to say Kan handled the main trio and Haruno’s development brilliantly.

That said, animation is one thing I cannot give the highest praises to. Don’t get me wrong, it’s much better than the average show, with standouts like the detailed portraits, expressive facial expressions and the classic waving hair from studio feel.. And to Oregairu’s credit, there is a limit to how far animation in school settings can go other than your occasional Hyouka. But that isn’t an excuse for distracting scenes of looping animation, such as the rapping and prom preparation ones. Even so, given the gorgeous still shots and more than obvious improvement in animation quality from previous seasons, the animation can still be considered as very good indeed.

Up till now, every aspect I praise about Kan always has that “gotcha moment” that made it just short of perfect. But the one thing it nailed to a T is sound: OP, ED, OST, voice acting, you name it. The OP and ED are once again sung by yanaginagi and the two voice actresses respectively, somehow topping what Oregairu had offered in the previous two seasons IMO. OST is recognisable the instant you play it; the voice actors did a great job bringing the characters to life. All I can say is, the OST and voice actors did their job, so that the storyboard and writing can do their job.

Ultimately, to sum up the series as a whole, Oregairu demonstrated that a elementary premise would never limit a story’s potential. It started out simple with a teenager who despised social interaction and high school clichés. But with plot twists well written, characterisation phenomenal and themes echoing from start to finish, Watari had transformed a generic set up into an extraordinary tale. One that doesn’t end with "happily ever after" as its conventional start suggests, rather becoming an experience you could only ever see for yourself, something no words could accurately describe.

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Sep 24, 2020

cigare

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--- The review contains spoilers---

I hate Oregairu.

I hate its characters. I hate its themes. I hate its predictable outcomes. I hate how Yukinon always wins but others don't. I hate how everyone doesn't mind Yukinon for looking down at them instead of genuinely hating her. I hate how everyone's okay with what Yukinon says but with others not. I hate Yukinon and this fucking anime.

But, I have good reasons to back up my claims. Alright then, shall we begin?
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Sep 24, 2020

RPWPA

Not Recommended

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And that's it, the end of a journey that lasted 7+ years is finally here and as a lot of anime end, it ended in a disappointment.

**********SPOILER ALERT**********

We all know the saying "The journey is better than the destination" but this is way off in Yahari. The destination is actually the good part and the journey was more like fodder placed just to reach it.
This season of Yahari felt like naruto filler arc most of the time, this is how every episode went:
1) Yui crying.
2) Hachiman doing his "deep" monologue about some random shit.
3) Some old joke from season 1/2 being ... thrown out there like the "Totsuka is cute" joke or the "you love me? I'm sorry, that is disgusting" joke by Iroha.
4) Best girl, aka Hiratsuka, asking Hachiman what he should do.
5) Hachiman then fixing everything because no other person can do anything apart from him.

It's like we were watching an Isekai with an overpowered MC. The anime felt empty and the characters were just plot devices, anything that will happen must include Hachiman otherwise nothing will succeed. It was like every character was nothing but a tool used by Hachiman and the scenes of other characters were very few and most of it was just random with no point to it. I'm not sure how but even Iroha, who was the main reason I finished the previous season, was made as a boring character. How did that happen?!
The anime removed almost elements that made it interesting, added some really bad drama and decided to reach a conclusion that was very obvious from the very first episode. Some of the characters we didn't even know anything about even though they were very influential through the first 2 seasons like Hayato, Kawasaki and Yumiko.
What was the point of the whole "codependant" drama?
Why did it take 11 episode to figure that the relationship between the characters is more than that?
Why did the confession scene make it seem like their relationship was actually a "codependant" one?
Why were most of the intriguing characters, let alone all the side characters, like sensei and Haruno treated as nothing more than plot tools?
Most importantly, why did it take Hachiman 2 seasons and 11 episodes to realize that his lack of communication is something that needs to be fixed?

I really was disappointed from how this season turned out to be. Most of the time, it felt like a drag to watch and I was sad how the great idea presented in season 1 had this disappointing development to it.
The ending was great and I loved the confession scene but I can't really say I found much value in anything else in it. The anime going in a very random direction where you couldn't even tell what it was trying to do at times was just very bad to see.

Overall, I would give it a 4/10. A real disappointment of what could have been an amazing classic. By the way, my ratings for season 1 and 2 were 8 and 7 respectively despite 7 being a generous rate.
I don't really know if I would recommend the series to anyone anymore to be honest.

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