Log Horizon: Entaku Houkai

For years, the concept of a 3rd season of Log Horizon seemed like a pipe-dream. After the author went through a tumultuous tax-evasion case the series went on a hiatus and most of the momentum seemed to have been killed. Seasons 1 and 2 were extremely well received and offered a unique political and economic style approach to the isekai genre. When we got news that season 3 had been green-lit, I couldn’t believe my eyes, but it immediately became my most anticipated sequel.

Unfortunately, this third season of the beloved LN series failed to capture the glory of its first two seasons. All the ... same themes that we know and love about Log Horizon are there, but they just don’t feel the same. The first arc is a political power struggle that’s pretty good, but nothing amazing. The second mini-arc focusing on Krusty was really what most fans of the series were looking forward to seeing adapted, and I do think that was a very enjoyable set of episodes, the peak of the season for sure. The finale arc was also pretty fun and gave some really nice shine to Minori, who has always been my favourite

Log Horizon has always been a slow, dialogue driven show. But this season just felt 100x slower. I also felt that the quality of episodes was inconsistent. Episode 11 for example is amazing, definitely the best episode we’ve had since season 2, but then the episode before that was pretty “meh”. If I had to identify a reason as to why the season was so inconsistent, it would probably be because of the small amount of content that was available to adapt. As I mentioned earlier, the author’s tax-evasion situation really put the series on hold and it’s only recently got back to being updated. Therefore, parts of this season were always going to be stretched and paced weirdly, which showed.

Overall, the pacing issues are definitely noticeable in this season of Log Horizon. At times things seem to be dragging on forever. But, the highs of the season, such as Krusty and Minori’s mini-arcs really were enjoyable to me and made me nostalgic of the first two seasons. The finale single handedly raised my score for the show. Hopefully, the series begins to get more consistent updates and we don’t have to be left in limbo about a potential season 4 as long as we were for 3. If you’ve seen the first two seasons and liked them, it goes without saying that you should watch the latest season, just be prepared for a drop in quality.

Log Horizon season 3 gets 8 round tables out of 10.

Ok, after the last season , Studio Deen, decides to make a 3rd sequel 4 years after the 2nd season. Thought seasons 1 and 2 had been great, this 3rd season was just a PTW......So, let's get er done:

Story-Mediocre 5: Cu'z it was just the usual thing...alotta blah, blah and blah, do something to pass the time like going to a quest or do some round table business all that stuff.....bottom line nothing has change and they're still stuck in that game, the only game changer here is when a couple of green horned adventurers were able to climb up the ladder after ... being successful with their first raid battle, Corwen, Rayneshia El-Arte who was able to prove that she isn't just any pretty face princess where she able to prove that she has leadership skill and was able to run a gov't and there is that Minori confessing to Shiroe but got turned down and we already know who Shiroe likes.

Art-Mediocre 5: Still same character illustration, no swim suit service and no fanservices either.

Sound-Mediocre 5: Same seiyuu and no convincing opening and closing theme.

Character- Mediocre 5: Nothing to say around here, since nothing has change when it comes to the character's personality.

Enjoyment-Mediocre 5: Too mediocre that I was able to simply just skimmed some episode.

Overall-Mediocre 5: Don't ask...another sequel?????I wish I could say "Don't even think about it bitch" but it looks like there is one in the works.

season one was great season 2 was great except for the entire part about the young kids absolute trash so boring. season 3 slow but enjoyable i love the complexity that the story telling and politics bring. the fighting when it happens is a bonus. I have absolutely no interest at all in the "kids part" of the storyline just delete it so the fact that barely anything happened and half the season was the kids in a raid was suuuuuuuuuper disappointing. I expect at some point the anime will pick up but yikes that could take a while.

TLDR if you dont like the ... story about the younger group of kids this season is gona suck for u.