Aggretsuko (ONA) 5th Season

Aggretsuko was an anime that I really loved when it first premiered. I thought the first season was really great and seasons 2 and 3 are in my opinion, the strongest seasons of the bunch. Then season 4 happened and it kind of disappointed me even though I liked it. For my thoughts on season 5: I liked it better than season 4 but as a whole, it was just fine. Which sucks because as far as series finales go, this one didn't end with a bang. What carried Aggretsuko was it's commentary on social issues that affect not only the people in Japan but everyoneas a whole who are struggling with their work and persona lives. Season 5 is no exception and it painfully showed just how difficult it is to get jobs after quitting or getting fired, the predatory aspects of gacha, and not knowing what to do with your life when you feel like nothing is going your way. It was great, near perfect even. But then the political campaign stuff came out of nowhere and that's where the show lost me. It came out of left field that I wasn't sure what to think of it. In hindsight, it kind of makes sense given what this season deals with but the execution of it was so weird. Why in any way shape or form would it be a good idea for Retsuko to be a politician? I know with anime you kind of have to throw your sense of disbelief out the window 80% of the time but in this case it didn't mesh well with the story. It was there to add something to the plot but it wasn't done in the best way. Even though it didn't end on a high not, I still think that it was a good decent story and the ending really made me feel hopeful and happy for Retsuko and Haida. Aside from the strange turn of events, the characters thankfully were the saving grace. Haida was a character I felt mixed about because the previous season didn't do him much justice but here he really went above and beyond with his approach to life and I was cheering him on through everything. Retsuko herself is still my favorite and I got to give props to her for being a well rounded character through and through. And of course the supporting cast is still funny as every. Season 5 of Aggretsuko was fairly decent. Had I wish it was better? Definitely. Toss away the political campaign stuff and done something different, I would've rated it higher. But I still enjoyed my time with it.

I think this anime is an absolute must watch. This season of Aggretsuko went away from discussing situations at work to discussing situations out of work. It discusses unemployment, homelessness, no motivation to work or get a job, the whole situation where you need to ask your parents for money when you are almost broke... It just preached about new adults and how their financial situations work. I loved 3 scenes in this anime... they each discussed something related to work as a concept or shoving society on its butt and doing what you want. The show is like, "What is work? Why do wedo it? What's the point?" or "Why do I need a full time job? Getting hired is such a hassle. Can't I just work part time forever?" The answers to these questions were so profound that I paused the tv, walked around the house for 10 minutes thinking about it, then went back to the tv and to quote the entire scene on my notes app. Fanworks has a very unique anime style. I am personally a fan of the style, but besides that you can see some really good upgrades from season 1 to season 5 in animation. There were quite a few panorama scenes or scenes with big zoom outs that were animated well. The music is awesome, as it has been in the previous seasons. The characters in this season are really fun. They each have their unique quirks or personalities that make for fun character interaction and plot points. I love all the characters in this anime, and it's fun to realize how many of them have really deep and intense character arcs/backstories. Yes, this office place comedy show has characters with deep and intense character arcs. Aggretsuko is just built different. This show discusses so many societal issues... and even society its self... and has the most amazing dilouge for when it does. God tier script. The overall plot of the story was very good as well. There are like 12 different plot points in a 10 episode anime. It was amazing. I would recommend this show to anyone. Please consider watching it. It's a must watch for the information it gives and the enjoyment I experienced when watching it.

Aggretsuko has been running on fumes for several seasons, and the finale is sadly no exception. It's frustrating, because the season has several great scenes and the basic core has always been solid: anxious and insecure Retsuko working a menial office job, trying to find love and using death metal as an outlet for her pent-up rage. Combine that with some typical modern day life issues, bad co-workers and employers, demands from family, and so forth, and you have plenty to take from – without having to get too outlandish with the plot. Instead of focusing on Haida and Retsuko and giving closure to any side-characters andplots, you have new side-characters and plots (and the plot-focus of the last three or so episodes was ridiculous and came out of nowhere). By the end, I didn't feel much closure, but more like they'd wasted my time.

This season is amazing... BUT AMAZING This season since it was announced I was already hyped because it was the end We finally have a good couple, a great plot and an evolution of characters that complement each other perfectly I love Haida's plot (mainly because the depressive gamer waifu appears)As for Retsuko and her plot... Okay, the discourse of the old population in Japan is interesting but I feel like the season really revolves around haida As for the rest, they bring characters from other seasons and give them a fairly important role in the plot. I loved this last season and it was a pleasure to share myexperience with you. ESP: esta temporada... dios ESTA TEMPORADA! Es una temporada que cuando la anunciaron yo me emocione (debido a que iba a ser la ultima temporada del anime) y vaya que no decepciono! Tenemos porfin una pareja que esperabamos hace mucho tiempo, una trama que involucra la evolucion de ambos personajes en esa etapa de cambio llamada convivir con tu pareja y sentirse comodo con ella, me encanta Haida esta temporada ademas de que nos presentan a la Waifu Gamer Depresiva la cual me encanta (soy esa) en cuanto la trama de Retsuko esta bien pero siento que esta temporada se centra mas en Haida que en Retsuko, Retsuko tiene una trama bastante interesante y que tiene un final satisfactorio En cuanto a lo demas traen personajes de temporadas anteriores que incluso incrementan mi interes al menos en la trama y aunque al final del dia sean personajes secundarios no se puede negar que aportan bastante a la trama INCLUSO LE DAN UN PAPEL IMPORTANTE A LOS FANS Me encanto esta ultima temporada... Un placer seguir este anime desde sus inicios