Raise de wa Chanto Shimasu Season 3 (2022)

What happens to Raise de wa Chanto Shimasu when it drops most of the sex?

If you are reading this review, then you most likely know the deal with RdwCS: it's the sex-positive show that over two prior series and a special explored the love lives of a small company of five young CG artists making animations for TV and film. As ever, the third season affirms a broad spectrum of sexual identities and sexual interests (and non-interests). However, if you've enjoyed the prior series, you might be upset to learn that they've taken our favorite PG-rated sex comedy and produced a season where there is very little if any sex happening. The surprising and fun thing is that doing so has resulted in the best season yet.

There was nothing puritanical about the change in focus for this season: the series retains the same sex-positive tone of the earlier seasons. However, in exchange for the antic sex scenario introductions of the prior series, this season instead goes deeper into the emotional lives of the characters (yes, even Masaru), It fleshes out the back story of Momoe and Ken, but also gives nice arcs to Masaru, Toru and Ume. There are probably as many laughs this season but now also some tears, and the emotional canvass is broader in other ways as well. The show has, surprisingly, grown up just a bit.

The episode structure remains the same with each 30 minute episode divided into two vignettes featuring at least one of the principal characters, and the show continues to resolutely avoid trying to say much of import. Nevertheless, if you have enjoyed the prior seasons, it is quite likely that you will enjoy this season even more. (You need only glance at the comment section here for confirmation).

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Just AWFUL

How to ruin a perfectly fun and quirky series? Make the main character into a child: complete with making faces, squealing, walking bent over forwards, constantly breathless, googly eyes....and apparently that is considered cute and appealing! The more the FL behaved thus, the more her sex friends wanted her! Really Japan? WTF?!?!?!The body builder sportsman was close second: just as bad. I do not remember they were grimacing as much in first two seasons!

This was the continuation of Momoe/Ken love story. They decided to stop being sluts and date only each other but slowly. The running gag in this season was coitus interruptus: every time they wanted to kiss, something happened to stop them. We went from an adult japanese drama to a classical korean one: full of tropes, unnecessary characters (the sister?!?!?) & storylines and zero skinship. Don't get me wrong, it can be done without but here it was just ridiculous!

We did get some story development about every major character but mostly it was just temporary filler! The whole season could have been done in half the episodes.

There is probably going to be a season 4: they left everything unresolved! Talk about slow burn romance: this one is going nowhere fast!

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