Kanojo, Okarishimasu 3rd Season

I was trying to stay strong as Mizuhara but at the end, it kinda kicks me in the feelings.
The Design and Details are pushed in a good way, it looks more colorful and cute, perfect matching for this kind of anime style.
Season 1 and 2 were not bad and they had interesting character development but on S3 we finally see most of them more mature and grown up. If there is important takeaway from this season its:
No matter how strong you are its always good to share your feelings with someone, instead of letting them consume you.

i jumped into this show at season 3 and got the gist immediately: it's about the humiliating and demoralizing cycle of relationships and the failure to communicate between men and women. the lead character allows his obsessive, unrequited crush to degenerate him into true sociopathy, exploiting a rental girlfriend's family trauma so he can force himself into her most private, vulnerable moments. his sexual pathology - which drives this concurrent deification and objectification of his crush - is sketched out through racing, overanalytic thoughts ruminating over her every move, her every word. this brilliantly exposes the tragic and dangerous trajectory of unchecked, obsessive psuedo-love.
as a ... show, the experience can be mixed. sometimes it gets boring and you forget the main guy can be a full blown sociopath. sometimes the show devolves into sentimental speeches that make it difficult to discern how self aware exactly its creators are. the quirky supporting cast of "cute girls" come across as totems of fan service rather than actual characters and, while funny, the dialogue can be atrocious and corny, although this is likely a side effect of my needing the dialogue translated (i am not a speaker of the japanese language).
the show is at its strongest when it indulges in excruciating cringe comedy.

I hope season 4 is just Kazuya getting punched in the face by every single character every episode

A rental girlfriend who's become your friend (and who you love) has just lost the only loving family member she had. What do you do? Do you try to keep her company and make sure she is ok? Do you reach out to her and not let her be alone in this depressing moment?
Well, if you're Kazuya, you hire her... friend!?!?!? To spend the entire day alone with her in the beach (?!) enjoying yourself and contemplating what you should be doing right now for your aching, mourning ... friend? And then instead of just knocking on your friend's door or even just sending a simple godamn text message you... rent her?!?!?!?
And then when she finally reveals her true feelings and cries like a sobbing little girl on your chest you... don't hug her!?!?!? You just stand there like a lamp-post!??!?!? Jesus Christ Siddhartha Gautama... by Allah....

This was supposed to be a lighthearted 'rom-com' shonen anime. If it's now going to be filled with so much unfunny drama and try to be deep, at least don't make it so ridiculous.

6/10 since it was fine until about episode 8 and I liked the new girl
we can now get rid of Sumi(masen)-chan