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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.