Very noticeable differences in behavior.

Jjb1741 said:
uh... you ever heard of character development?

RudeRedis said:

I mentioned that several times in the text.

RudeRedis said:
Rewatching the final season now right after having completed the two previous ones fully in Japanese (with subs), and I can say that all the seasons basically portray considerably different characters. In the first season Hikigaya was a “strategic thinker”, talked a lot to himself about his past, dirty tricks and so on. In the second season he turned into a mellow sad boy (that sounds weird, but whatever), and here in the third season he’s spouting rofls after rofls like crazy (even his speech pattern changed completely, sounding more like a JK; those who are familiar with the Japanese language will understand what I mean). Yukinoshita was the insult queen in the first season, a sweet little girl in the second season, and a drama queen in the third season. I wouldn’t say that her speech pattern changed that much, but she definitely toned down her speech and kinda threw away all the complex vocabulary from the first season.

I don’t see anything wrong with it, but I just thought that such changes could have been the result of changing the directors in charge of the project. Speaking from experience, that happens pretty often — the second/third season have a different vibe as a result of the directors’ different vision.

I have a question to the LN readers: did the characters develop in the same manner in the LN as well, or was there a certain type of personality maintained throughout the whole thing? If the latter is the answer, then which season portrays Hachiman’s and Yukino’s personalities more accurately?

Jjb1741 said:
uh... you ever heard of character development?

Jjb1741 said:

good, so why are you questioning it? It's a very common thing and it was definitely not due to a change in directors or whatever.

Pepezumos said:

Guess you didn't even read the question. He's asking if the changes in behaviour are a canon character development or due to having different directors. It's a very valid question. Now I'm curious about it.

Jjb1741 said:

guess you didn't read what you quoted because I said it wasn't due to a change in directors.

Pepezumos said:

?
You are clueless, I guess.
Your point is "there is a thing called character development, so it's definetly not due directors change." With a tinge of lack of social skills within the message itself.

While I would appreciate if your point was "I've read the LN and there were also that behaviour changes. It's a character development that feels poorly portrayed and rushed in the anime, probably because they had to condense it too much", but it was not.

No foundation, no respect, so no interest from my part in your comment.

Mainly quoting you just to let know to the OP that the question is valid, he just received an answer from some random kiddo.

Jjb1741 said:

My point is that it's pretty obvious that the changes in the characters were purposeful. It's the whole theme of the show after all. I also assured OP that character development in anime is always intentional and abundant, especially in animes where the main character is somewhat of a loner or 'weird'. I've also never heard of an anime where the directors were given enough power to change a character, (other than maybe Ghost Stories). Now remember for next time that when you add something to a thread, you actually 'add' something to the thread.

Therud said:
The Feel studio did something wrong to Oregairu, the animation is inappropriate, a great obsession with one of the flattest characters like Yuigahara, in addition to what you have observed.

Therud said:
The Feel studio did something wrong to Oregairu, the animation is inappropriate, a great obsession with one of the flattest characters like Yuigahama, in addition to what you have observed.

RudeRedis said:
Rewatching the final season now right after having completed the two previous ones fully in Japanese (with subs), and I can say that all the seasons basically portray considerably different characters. In the first season Hikigaya was a “strategic thinker”, talked a lot to himself about his past, dirty tricks and so on. In the second season he turned into a mellow sad boy (that sounds weird, but whatever), and here in the third season he’s spouting rofls after rofls like crazy (even his speech pattern changed completely, sounding more like a JK; those who are familiar with the Japanese language will understand what I mean). Yukinoshita was the insult queen in the first season, a sweet little girl in the second season, and a drama queen in the third season. I wouldn’t say that her speech pattern changed that much, but she definitely toned down her speech and kinda threw away all the complex vocabulary from the first season.

I don’t see anything wrong with it, but I just thought that such changes could have been the result of changing the directors in charge of the project. Speaking from experience, that happens pretty often — the second/third season have a different vibe as a result of the directors’ different vision.

I have a question to the LN readers: did the characters develop in the same manner in the LN as well, or was there a certain type of personality maintained throughout the whole thing? If the latter is the answer, then which season portrays Hachiman’s and Yukino’s personalities more accurately?