Aggretsuko Season 3
Written and Created by: Rarecho
We find Retsuko coping with heartbreak and life post her last relationship in season 2. She finds comfort in escaping reality in her virtual reality game. There... she has the life she truly believes she should be leading herself. She has her a beau and a dream place to match. She is again, quite selflessly draining her funds into a world full of illusions until the rug underneath her feet is tugged away back to the world she knows it. The world of a monotonous work schedule, a solitary life lead by heartache and a sense of emptiness she longs to escape but how?
Her friend Gori is trying her chances on starting a new dating app and hopes that Retsuko will channel her frustrations as a beta. Gori is still trying to work out all the kinks and tests but ultimately changes the app to be a potential marriage app. Can Retsuko find true love? Well, let's find out!
As the series unfolds we meet a list of new characters and with new characters there is new drama. Drama unfolds as Retsuko carelessly wrecks Hyoudou's van. A mysterious man she has no idea whose reality and her's crash figuratively! Now, Retsuko knee deep in debt thanks to her form of escapism has her in quite the mess. Hyoudou see's that Retsuko might be the ray of hope he needs to save his current predicament. You see, Hyoudou is the manager of an upcoming band the OTMGirls and unfortunately for him the draw really isn't there. While Hyoudou is investing time and money into the OTMGirls it further plummets him down a pit of financial despair. He feels Retsuko might be the answer they have been waiting for. Sure enough... she is! Now having Retsuko work off her debt she channels her frustration into the OTMGirls and slowly but surely helps them reach the fame they have been waiting for.
Retsuko proves to be quite the help they needed! She helps them first with merchandising and generally her presence helps give them the boost they definitely needed. Things seem to be looking up finally for Retsuko and the gang. However, upon taking to social media she realizes theirs an eerie account posing as the OTMGirls. Nothing seems to come from it but the dismiss it as a crazy fan. They don't realize quite what they are up against. Anywho, this season does also focus on other characters in the series. Haida, a somewhat silent admirer of Retsuko get's his second chance at love. When a new intern has struck his attention. It seems like things are also starting to finally pick up for Haida but much like this series there's always room for more drama. Haida can't neglect his true feelings he houses for Retsuko. He continues to try and repress them but when Retsuko calls for his aid. He finds himself he might have bargained for more drama. Drama indeed. As the new intern and him begin to become more close he must choose will he finally get over the forlorn chase of Retsuko and try his hand at a potential new love with the intern Anai? Will Haida finally get his chance with Retsuko?
Haida isn't going down without a fight and presenting himself at the most opportune time all three parallels collide! Retsuko finds herself in danger when the blogger's identity is finally revealed! Now, it's time for Haida to step in and show himself her true champion as the suspense brings forward the mystery blogger's true intentions. What will be the outcome! Check it out!
I really enjoyed this series. I much appreciated the tests of character to both Haida and Retsuko. Retsuko longs for this happy life but the only thing standing in her way is herself. This sense of failure looms in her psyche. She never realizes her true character until she steps out of her comfort zone. You see, her voice reaches several fans and once she steps out of her bubble she sees her self worth. She realizes she's not as alone as she thinks. We also have Haida's feelings that keep getting in his way. His feelings cloud his emotions and vision. Whether he finally tells Retsuko how he feels or suffers yet another season of what if's. This potentially straining damages on a potential new relationship. There's so much to say about this season. There's this uneasiness that is carried by this mysterious blogger you almost can predict the fate of Retsuko. It isn't until Haida steps in that fate is halted. Reality is more defining than they both can bargain for and I look forward to the next chapter and series of Aggretsuko.
9/10
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