For example the MC thinks he'd rather not have any relationships than having a superficial one. There is a concept about friend's friend in season 2 which I have some experience of myself. After seeing all these themes I thought this show would face those hard questions head on. But now, it goes cringe and superficial in the end. It does a disservice to itself by becoming what its not supposed to become. A story which escapes from the questions it created in the easiest way.
Problems in this season may seem superficial but if faced head on, they would have had a bitter-sweet but well deserved ending. One show like that is 'March Comes In like a Lion', and I daresay that it's 100 times better than this season of Oregairu.
As an Introvert with a passion for character driven stories, you can't imagine how much I waited for this season. To see how Hachiman faced his circumstances. In the end I was thoroughly disappointed, which turned to sadness and hatred. I hate this season that turned everything into superficial, rose-colored b000hit. Even now I still feel like I am waiting for season 3, and with time I forgot it.
People might say this is anime, so chill. To them my only argument is as a storywriter if your goal is not to write the best you can, in the way you should it is sad and wasteful. And without proper stories we'd be bored af. Image the show that bores you the most, and imagine a world in which all stories are like that. That world would be truly hell for me.
The only part of the season that I truly enjoyed were the Hachiman and Komachi scenes. Truly a sibling relationship you can only dream of. And that is the only reason I am giving this season a 6.
