Let me start by saying that there is no doubt in my mind that this season, and the anime as a whole, is great. It's a silly slice of life anime in a high school setting with brain-battering writing that is at times really annoying or really confusing. I quickly lost count of the number of times that the dialogue just didn't make sense to me, in every season, though it wasn't too bad. I still had a lot of fun with this story.
I accidentally watched the second season first, then the first, then the first and second OVA, then this season. I believe that if I had watched the first season before the rest, I still would have watched the series all the way through, but I do think it's fair to point out that, after watching the second season, the first season felt really stupid. It did clear up a lot of confusing things about the second season that I, obviously, would have already understood had I watched in the proper order.
I'm not a big fan of the first season, and I especially don't favor the first OVA, but the rest of the series never really disappointed me. The second and third season were the best of all, and the second OVA (between season two and three) was pretty entertaining, though simple. I felt like the first season didn't breathe the same air as the second season and didn't feel as fun, and the Hikki-hate felt too brutal having already seen how much season two had. The first OVA (between season one and two) just kinda sucked, I'll be honest. You're free to find my review for that OVA if you visit my profile.
The story is very good. It was always fun, though a lot of the time confusing and not telling the viewer exactly what's going on at first. I felt like the characters knew something I didn't whenever there was major conflict between them, because they all don't convey their feelings to each other and by extension don't convey them to the viewer. You learn sort of exactly what their feelings are at the very end, but there's still questions left unanswered. Though, I feel like questions being left unanswered and a lack of actual screen time for real romance is something I've run into with the majority of slice of life anime I've watched. On top of that, the title is My Teen Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected. So expect a lack of romance, though the show is packed with comedy, which was sometimes really good and sometimes really great.
The art is pretty basic, especially for something coming out in 2020. I wasn't here for the art, though, and I have a feeling a lot of people who intend to watch aren't either. Better art definitely could've improved the show, but I don't think it would have changed my overall score.
The sound is, much like the art, very basic. Nothing special. The music does go with the show pretty well, but I promise you it will not be what's on your mind when you recall this anime.
I had to drop the characters down to good. Hachiman and Yukino are super anti-social and speak in terrible mannerisms, but Yui is just fucking awesome. I loved Yui the whole time, and even considered adding her to my favorite characters list, but then decided against it once I realized it might just be because she's a ray of sunlight that stands out against the two gloomy characters that Hachiman and Yukino are. I always loved Yui, though, she was really sweet and super selfless, though beating herself down and calling herself selfish and considering herself inconsiderate a lot. The other characters were really great additions to this anime, as well. Each one helped the story develop and definitely balanced out Yukino and Hachiman's shortcomings.
The enjoyment was very good. I did very much enjoy myself the entire time I watched, and I think you will too.
If you don't want any spoilers, please don't read below, as it's my personal summary of this show, or at least what I understood of it.
This is just a really a critical way to put it, in the end, this show was a love triangle between the three main characters and all the passive-aggressive and confusing and annoying interactions between them all that just ended up leading to Hachiman and Yukino becoming closer than friends, but not really dating. It was sad to watch as Yui had also kind of fallen in love with Hachiman, much earlier than Yukino in fact, just for her to have to come to terms with herself losing. It's okay though, because they're all still really close and she's still their best friend in the end, but it still sucked. Yui definitely deserved to get her love back more than Yukino did, as Yukino was simply cold throughout the entire show, whereas Yui was a really sweet, kindhearted girl who had the best interest of her friends the entire time. I can't say it was unexpected, though. Yukino and Hachiman were both really cold characters with very weak social skills and full of themselves, and it's almost like they were meant for each other. I still would have loved to see Yui get the man, but it's not like she didn't get what she wanted. The whole time, she wanted for the three to "be together forever," as fucking gross as that is.
That was a mouthful. Thanks to anybody who read my review, have a great day.
