In this season the anime took a rather large turn trading much of its atmosphere, which I really loved, for story but, from my perspective, in a very hurried fashion. It pretty much cast off its tranquility and mundanity, which actually defined the anime, only to show several events which although helped the story to proceed but totally lacked foreshadowing and were in too close a proximity. All this gave me several unpleasant surprises creating in me a feeling of inconsistency towards the end.
For the purposes of the story supernatural events were also omitted resulting in even bigger split between this season and the rest of the series.
What I did like, though, was the still very good use of music and the fact that the unique use of opening was still retained, perhaps even more skillfuly so.
