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純情ロマンチカ 3
12
TV
Finished Airing
Jul 9, 2015 to Sep 24, 2015
After living together for three years, Misaki Takahashi and Akihiko "Usagi" Usami's relationship has been progressing smoothly. However, all great relationships have problems, and theirs is just beginning. With a new rival on the horizon, Usagi worries about Misaki's feelings towards him. Meanwhile, Ryuuichirou Isaka has always loved to intrude on Misaki and Usagi's love life, but his own love life hasn't been all smooth sailing—Isaka and his secretary Kaoru Asahina have been dating for a few years; however, Asahina prefers to keep their professional and private lives separate, often leading to troubled waters between them. As for Nowaki Kusama and Hiroki Kamijou, now that their careers are finally taking off, they hardly see each other anymore. With the time they spend together lessening, doubts and insecurities threaten to creep in between them. On the other hand, the 17-year age gap between Shinobu Takatsuki and You Miyagi has been a constant barrier in their relationship, but as they learn more about each other, their self-consciousness continues to fade. The beloved couples of Junjou Romantica, Junjou Egoist, and Junjou Terrorist are back again, this time with a new addition: Junjou Mistake! [Written by MAL Rewrite]
7.5/10
Average Review Score
60%
Recommend It
10
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*spoiler free* Honestly, this show is so problematic, but yet I'm here, enjoying it and reviewing it. I know, I know, I'm contradicting myself. But how can I help it? I'm going to review this objectively for people who have seen the first two seasons before I go into my feelings in more depth. To begin with, there's actual small bits of kinda storyline at points throughout this season. While they still rely heavily on tropes, there is enough plot mixed in that it isn't the same drab formula over and over again. However, I will warn you that it does cut down on the~smexy~ scenes quite a bit compared to the two preceding seasons. As for the art, it's an amazing improvement. I hated the art of the first two seasons, but this is so much cleaner and so much prettier that I can actually see how some characters might resemble proportional and possibly attractive human beings. The OP and closing are always upbeat as always, but I also appreciated the soft romantic background music that they began to use this season. It was a nice touch compared to before. However, again, the characters are my main problem with this show, like usual. They are honestly just fetishizing gay men and sexuality in general is kinda warped. Also, the men don't act like men? I doubt any actual gay man was involved in this project. It's very 'young woman writer writes about smexy alpha males who are paired with a variety of ukes who are very feminine and therefore expose the young female audience's dark fantasies without them having to face the fact that they like the idea of a dominating male' kinda thing. And in all honesty, the trap the show throws is exactly aimed at me-- I'm the audience they're looking for. So despite the lack of any real characterization, I still enjoy this show to bits. All in all, I really have to say that I hate myself for liking this, haha. I would recommend this if you: like classic yaoi, liked the first two seasons, like love triangles and jealousy plots, like seme/uke stuff I would NOT recommend this if you: hated the first two seasons, hate fetishization of sexuality, don't like the seme/uke dynamic, don't like heteronormative gay relationships P.S. I have to add that the 'rapey' scenarios are pretty toned down from seasons before as well. Have a great day everyone!
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Story (7/10): First of all, in this Junjou Romantica Season 3 is still continuously relationship of 2 men and new improvements such as grown ups, meeting new people and new expressing way of true love of both 2 men, it's quite fast pacing. However majorly focused on couple of Junjou Romantica, but from couples of Junjou Egoist and Junjou Terrorist are only appeared in 1 episode as minor focus, it's so disappointing, it's really pending to me the couple of Junjou Egoist and Junjou Terrorist, which is Junjou egoist is one of my favorite couple. Art (10/10): I am very impressed and happy of the animation which isvery highly improved as high quality of animation, unlike from season 1 and 2 it's looks like old, of course they keep on keep improving the animation in these generations. Also I'm so flattered the art of the characters, to be honest it's really hot men I've ever seen! Sound (9/10): The background music is finely new and I love the 3rd season of opening song! Character (9/10): All of the characters are quite improving new, some a bit of personality development I've seen, also not quite over dramatic characters like from season 1 and 2 they are over dramatic, and now from season 3 expressing so comedic faces! Then, very unexpected one character appeared from anime of Sekaiichi Hatsukoi and wow really crossover! Enjoyment (8/10): From my enjoyment, commonly I enjoyed where the romantic scenes of both men and more lovely kisses, I really melt myself seriously! But I'm so disappointed again from couples of Junjou Egoist and Junjou Terrorist only 1 episode appeared. Overall (8/10): Lastly in my overall of this season 3, it's quite good improvement and finely showing the story, hopefully I wish there could be a season 4, next time from couples of Junjou Egoist and Terrorist should be appear at least 2 episodes. After this Junjou Romantica Season 3, and now I'm waiting for the next crossover anime of Junjou Romantica which is the 3rd season of Sekaiichi Hatsukoi.
I'm not going to beat around the bush; Junjou Romantica is an absolutely fantastic anime. And season three is no exception! However, I believe that it is a must-do to watch the first and second seasons beforehand to fully understand the plot. Also, minor spoilers will be mentioned within this review. Without further adieu, let's go! First off, the character design. Studio Deen managed to capture the essence of the characters from the original 2008 anime, and further improved upon them. That is to be an expectation though, considering the seven year gap between the first and third seasons. The animation is fluid and well-produced, anddidn't leave me disappointed. It really is magical to be seeing Junjou Romantica in 720p. And now onto the story. It was as enjoyable as the previous seasons, and introduced a new and intriguing love interest. There were lots of heartfelt scenes between Usagi-san and Misaki, which was more than satisfactory for me. I also loved seeing the though processes of each character elaborated upon, as I found the psychological aspects of each character to be of great interest. It made for a very enjoyable experience. However, I most certainly did have some issues with this season. In particular, my frustration was towards Misaki, Usagi-san's love interest. At the end of the OP, Misaki is shown blushing and shy, but then he jumps on Usagi-san and kisses him. That gave me high hopes that Misaki would finally be true to his feelings and also initiate things with Usagi-san for once. However, I thought wrong. The most that is shown of Misaki being assertive is him saying he should "molest" Usagi-san, and then some failed attempts to try and top him. Like seriously, what the hell even happened to Misaki's character development? In the second season he was able to openly express that he loves Usagi-san, yet in the third he can barely mutter it to himself? It's aggravating to say the least. In conclusion, Junjou Romantica is a fantastic anime and one that all fujoshi and romance fans in general would enjoy. The pros far outweigh the cons. Each episode was so drama-filled that it constantly kept me on the edge of my seat. I highly recommend all three seasons of this anime.
Seems fitting I write a review on the third one like I did with the first two. This one was not as enjoyable for me. Unlike the first two seasons which had a steady time pace, this one just sped up quick. The first episode is set three years ahead which would be fine if the episodes flowed together. That didn't happen, though. Each episode to me was just fast paced. I think they jumped months ahead after the previous one unless it ended in some mini cliffhanger. Aside from that, the character development bothered me. Misaki and Usagi are my favorite couple out of thethree and while I enjoyed Misaki's slow acceptance with coming to terms with his feelings for Usagi the first two seasons, after three years I would expect him to grow up a bit and at least be able to admit he loves him and be open with him in private. But he still has that flighty personality. This couple was given nine out of twelve episodes and all you get is Misaki's back and forth with his feelings while making a new friend, setting up a career for himself and apparently now fighting the advances from another famous author. If I remember correctly, he was also dealing with Usagi's rude, freeloading cousin as well. Another thing I hated was the lack of actual intimate scenes. They were mostly implied this season, unlike the previous two seasons which also kind of ruined the viewing experience. The terrorist couple, nothing happened with them. No progress or nothing. Same with Nowaki and Hiroki. Then yet those couples only got one episode. I don't think I even want a fourth season. It might jump another three years and not make any sense. But still, this third season did not wrap anything up.
I tend to write reviews on the last season of an anime. As for JR, I felt the need to do so, once again. The story was on point, I like how we got to see the new art compared to the other two seasons, and how each character looks like now. The art was way better than it was in the first two seasons, much more detail. It's important to me that an anime has good looking art and sound. And this anime was on point on those two. As for the characters, I really liked watching them as they matured and came to understand the situtations ineach episode. Personally, I like the first couple and it seems to be the main couple in the series of JR. Misaki was a 10/10, the humor was great, I couldn't watch an episode without laughing just once at least, so I had to replay that moment over and over. Overall, a very good anime for yaoi lovers. I give this season a 10. Good animation Funny moments Good story Improved art