Kotokawa Akira: The opening arc brings us back in time to our school days, with fellow gardening club member Akira. A blonde girl with an accent, Akira struggles at making friends due to her parents occupations moving them all around the country. The time we share with Akira growing carrots and being stuck in school during a storm together might just lead to a blossoming relationship. Watch to find out ofc
Momohara Natsuki: The lolicons were well happy with this, imouto returns after being absent during the second season. You return to your family home briefly for a catch up with your imouto, who is the same as ever. The episode ends with her discussing the possibility of moving in with you in Tokyo in 1 years time, so mayyybe see you in s4 for that one.
Nanahashi Minori: We are reunited with another previous cast member for a singular ep, Minori and yourself running the hot springs for a day while her father/grandfather are away. another nice little catch up to show that one room doesn't forget its cast.
Orisaki Saya: The second new cast member of this instalment, Saya is introduced as a drunk, lonely office worker who wakes up hungover in your bed. This arc takes place back when we are applying for university, so she offers to tutor us. The arc focuses on her help, but also her two large distractions we cant help but notice. This arc was an eye tracker challenge i'm sure we all failed, but she was fun.
Hanasaka Yui: The face of the franchise, the one that opened its first season and concludes its 3rd. Yui returns and is now working, which shows the time difference between S1 of her applying to uni, and S2 being her uni arc. Our relationship with Yui has come far, with her even banging out some super flirty cards for couples. The season concludes with you and Yui being married, and finally leaving your One Room, the room that has seen so much over these few years, this could truly be the conclusion of the franchise.
You: As per, gotta review our development. We are certainly improving, but still oggling like a madness. With a heightened focus on romancing all the girls this season, as opposed to 1 or 2 in the previous instalments, its safe to say we're a bit of a harem protag. The final ED card of Saya's arc displays this perfectly, as it would appear (spoilers) we Smashed (but considering Yui exists, we dashed too). The final arc shows we have grown into a proper man, a husband and a father. Big up us one last time.
Art- The art remains great, still easily recognisable as a Kantoku work and Zero-g do well to maintain the consistency of the style typhoon graphics and themselves had previously presented, and having consumed every Zero-G anime (bar idolmaster chibi), its safe to say visually this remains one of their best.
Sound- Again, the same remarks i made in the S1 and S2 reviews could be made here, with the ED songs being largely forgettable (even moreso due to 2 of them only appearing once), but the voice acting was great, with the new voices, especially Saya's, being made perfect for their characters and is near unrecognisable to some of the voice actors previous works.
Enjoyment- 10
Overall- The 3rd instalment of the one room franchise remains true to itself, with a more overt and intense focus on romantic developments, while continuing to elicit bonk behaviour and cringe across the globe. But is this the finale? Natsuki appeared to suggest it is not, but the final ep would serves well as the conclusion of the franchise. Should they make another and continue with this current 5 girl format, I could see one arc for imouto 1 year older (perhaps even meeting our wife Yui), 2 eps being allocated for catching up with Moka from S1 and Mashiro from S2, the next 4 going to a new girl at your place of work and obviously rounding off with Yui, focusing on parenthood and work. However should this be it, i have no regrets, and the franchise capped off with an actually good finale. And finally, the watch order :
1 Akira- 2nd/3rd year of highschool
2 Saya- applying for uni, so end of highschool
3- Minori (S2+S3) job while at uni (she's a high schooler so this age is the max before you're self inserting as a nonce)
4- Moka- idk where to put her tbh, but i feel uni age is good
5- Yui (S1)- you're still at uni, helping Yui enter
6- Yui (S2)- You've graduated and work, Yui at uni
7- Imouto (S1+S3)- she visits while you're a working man, you visit her after
8- Yui (S3)- both workers, married
10- Mashiro- Lavish apartment block not the same as before, must be where us and Yui moved to in s3, so this is the last girl.
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