In a world filled with mediocre slice of life anime with no means of story progression this season of Working'!! seems to follow in its previous seasons issues of episodes full of NOTHING but mundane misunderstandings and frustrations of the characters inability to resolve anything in a way that doesn't get laughed off in a haha funny slice of life way. I wish I could say its a great show to put on in the background, but the show is riddled with dramatic pauses which is not a negative thing in most shows and can leave you confused making you go back a couple seconds just to find out it's absolutely nothing interesting 95% of the time. If I watched this show as a younger teen I probably would have been smitten due to the once again simple nature of all of it, but I'm older now and am trying to be objective here.
Characters:
After reading quite a few reviews the general consensus seem to be the characters are a big issue with the show and I can agree to a certain extent, but its nothing compared to how they portray them in the first season as annoying terribly naïve / moronic weirdos. Which is supposed to add to the charm of the show but falls short due to how one dimensional they are. I will say this season is slightly above the first in the sense that they add more side characters that could of been a bigger part of the overall story but seem to get tossed after an episode or two. Such as Otoo's manhole wife (not a typo) appearing for a short moment just as a filler tool for a specifically boring episode or Yamada's older brother coming so close to finding her 3 episodes in a row but if he did find her that would mean the plot would of actually progressed in some way. They even give the background female waiter some screen time this season, but once again she is as simple as it gets with her obsession to be the "normal" one on staff.
Plot:
They could have focused more on the romance aspect but that would mean something would change even a little bit in the show which goes against the very essence of the show. Every time a character is close to finding out the others "feelings" it gets a quick plot plug to nip it in the bud with a "oh it must be because of this reason!" and they move on like nothing happened. The first season at least tried to make you believe some sort of relationship would progress between the "main" characters since Inami started to like Takanashi or Katanashi (still don't know his real name) but ultimately was a ploy to get you to watch the second season. Poor Satou has it rough the most with Yashiro, but somehow that relationship is the only one that progressed even a tiny bit.
Art/Sound:
The art and character design is definitely appealing visually, since its a slice of life though the animation itself is very simple and nothing to write home about. The intro and outro songs are catchy some of the best I've seen/heard, but can not bump the show up on my list in any way. Short section I know but what can I say? Its not supposed the be the focal point of the show.
Final notes:
It's a decent starter anime for the two of the genre its trying to be. Even after all the negative things I've written about it I cant help but admit there is a charm to it and makes me hope the third season (highest rated but not by far) somehow remedies the issues I have with it. And the fact it was made 4 years after this season means something has to change right?...
Apologies for the formatting I do not write reviews often so am bad.
