Kimi ni Todoke 3rd Season

Summer is in full swing, and so is the love between Sawako Kuronuma and Shouta Kazehaya. From attending summer school together to meeting each other's parents, the two enjoy quality time together while tackling the feelings of self-doubt and emotional strain that come with their newfound love.

Meanwhile, Sawako's close friends, Chizuru Yoshida and Ayane Yano, struggle through their own romantic dilemmas as their past experiences with relationships clash with their present feelings. Full of inner turmoil, the youngsters' desire for intimacy persists through their second year of high school as they weave through the labyrinth of indecision and insecurity that is love.

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Kuronuma, Sawako Main

Noto, Mamiko Japanese

Kazehaya, Shouta Main

Namikawa, Daisuke Japanese

Sanada, Ryuu Main

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Yoshida, Chizuru Main

Sanpei, Yuuko Japanese

Yano, Ayane Main

Sawashiro, Miyuki Japanese

Kurumizawa, Ume Supporting

Hirano, Aya Japanese

Arai, Kazuichi Supporting

Ono, Yuuki Japanese

Miura, Kento Supporting

Miyano, Mamoru Japanese

Jounouchi, Souichi Supporting

Yamanaka, Masahiro Japanese

Sanada, Tooru Supporting

Hatano, Wataru Japanese

Shimizu, Norie Producer

Isobe, Maaya Producer

Matsuzawa, Kenichi Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Yamada, Chiaki Sound Director

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Mar 24, 2025

Kreikka95

Recommended

When I rewatched the two prior seasons a couple of years ago I found the story to be too frustrating a lot of the time, so I was curious to know what I was going to think about this 3rd season. I’m glad to say that this season was so much fun and it’s such a faithful adaptation to the manga, it was impressive.

The animation was incredible all the way through, seriously amazing af. I hadn’t seen such quality given to a romance anime in a loooong time.

The story is as lovely as I remember reading the manga, tho I had blocked all ... the annoying parts. Kazehaya is such a moron this season, which is sooooo frustrating after that incredible first chapter. The reason for him being such a moron is so dumb and I find it even insulting tbh. I love him, but good God, his behavior during most of this season is unbearable.

I love that Kuronoma on the other hand shows some growth, I’d say it’s even a realistic amount of growth given that she’s a teenager and it’s been only months since they started dating. I found her behavior a lot more enjoyable than in past seasons.

The stars of this season are Chizuru and Ryu (my favorite couple of the series) and, although sadly with not much screen time, Ayane and Kent. I cried during episode 3 which is focused on Chizu and Ryu and I wholeheartedly believe the studio made a great job adapting their childhood story.

The voice actors did a tremendous job. I loved the scenes of child Ryu a lot in big part due to his voice actor.

I was worried I would get disappointed since I haven’t been enjoying the latest aired shook anime, but I’m so glad to see it’s just a matter of quality of the works being picked up for adaptations (and the quality of the adaptations themselves). Aaah I wish we got more stories that were as good and heartfelt adapted into anime!!

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Mar 3, 2025

santakillu

Recommended

Honestly, I disliked the first two seasons, but as a completionist, I still forced myself through them. (first world problems, I know) When season 3 came out, I hesitated to watch it, and I didn't plan to at first. However, after seeing the high reviews, and having some time on my hands, I decided to give it a chance.

And I'm glad I did.

The pacing of the story feels much better than before. The first two seasons feel like a slog to watch through even at 1.5x speed, but this season feels just right. I don't feel like it is wasting the viewers' time with anything ... pointless. There are some moments where I felt tense, and I genuinely can't wait for the next episode after each.

The drama of the previous seasons felt manufactured, like they were begging you to cry and feel bad for Sawako. This season was different. The characters felt more like real humans with real emotions. Not melodramatic caricatures. This might seem harsh, but I don't actually think the previous seasons have a bad story. It was just told in a cliche, predictable, and robotic way that I feel like it is following a template (I won't go so far to say it is AI generated). It was the pinnacle of "mid". On the contrary, this season feels like what peak high school romance should be, it reminded me of the feelings I got when watching Dangers in My Heart, Kaguya-sama: love is war, and Saekano (underrated show by the way).

I liked Sawako more in this season than in the previous. I didn't dislike her before, but she is so much better than before. The other characters also got a chance to shine, except for Kurumi (somehow I liked how bitchy she was in the first two seasons). I imagine she must be unpopular among viewers, so I understand her getting only one scene of screen time.

Anyway, I can't think of anything else to say. Thanks for reading my unstructured freeflow yapping.

tl;dr: if you dislike the first two seasons, give this a chance still, you might not regret it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Jan 1, 2025

Yerimchi

Mixed Feelings

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Yet another Anime with a loser MC guy

Over the past few weeks, I binge-watched Kimi ni Todoke from season 1 through season 3. While this series is undeniably wholesome and heartwarming, it has some problems too. At the heart of its flaws lies the protagonist, Kazehaya.

Let me be blunt: Kazehaya is a cuck. Kazehaya is not as bad as the MCs cucks you see in other romance series, but he's getting close there. The deeper you dive into the story, the clearer it becomes that he ranks among the most underwhelming, spineless leads in romance anime. He spends most of his screen time imagining useless ... and boring scenarios about their relationship, which resulted in him not talking or spending time with Sawako. For a guy supposedly in love, he barely acts like a boyfriend until the eleventh hour. Kazehaya also says mmhm about 100 times throughout the show because he's an empty shell.

If we’re being honest, Sawako carried this relationship on her back. Without her unrelenting kindness and effort, this romance wouldn’t have made it past the starting line. And that says everything about Kazehaya’s role—or lack thereof.

When comparing him to other characters, the gap becomes even more glaring. Ryu, with his laconic charm and quiet strength, is leagues ahead of Kazehaya despite barely saying a word. Even Kento, a side character, manages to be more engaging and proactive than our so-called male lead.

I hope there will be a season 4 where we can spin the attention more to Ryu and chizu like season 3 did slightly.

I rated this show highly because even though I had to tolerate a borderline cuck like kazehaya, the rest of the characters were nice. But if you cant stomach that then I wouldn't recommend watching this show.

Conclusion: Sawako, nice. Chizu, nice. Ayane, nice. Ryu, nice. Kento, nice. Kazehaya, bad.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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