Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka III

Did you know that the real translation of “Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka” into English is “Is It Wrong to Seek Encounters in a Dungeon?” - “encounter” being the random encounter mechanic from the classic JRPGs like Final Fantasy. If you “seek” random encounters, you probably are deliberately grinding XP to get ahead, but you’re also risking to overexert yourself or run into something you can’t deal with. I.e. that is a meaningful question without one right answer, the risk versus reward deal. And then there is a double entendre on top of that, “encounter” can be a “rendezvous” with a girl - be it a Sword Princess or a blue dragon loli. This is just one example of this series having more substance than meets the eye, as Danmachi, for all of its mainstream popularity, still happens to be a pleb filter anime that your average wannabe connoisseur of arts is too low-IQ to like (while simultaneously believing in the opposite). Season One was a straightforward generic isekai, being distinguished only by the high quality of execution. Since I can hear autistic screeching all the way from here, do note that “isekai” as an anime genre name means action-adventure fantasy with JRPG mechanics, or even more precisely, the “SAO clone” (the same way “first-person shooter” is the “Doom clone” genre). Any arguments to the contrary, particularly the ones based on the semantics of the words “another world” (which is NOT how “isekai” translates from Japanese) are an exercise in mental deficiency. Anyway, the “depth” (quotes to emphasize the fact that many people that like using this word as a praise of anime shows they like wouldn’t recognize depth if it bit their ass and held on) of Season One of Danmachi comes from the fact that it took the building blocks of SAO and treated them as speculative fiction. The MC is overpowered and wins every fight. The MC has a harem. JRPG mechanics are a thing. That’s our baseline. Instead of using these elements mindlessly, or attempting to reject/subvert them, the story tasked itself with building a world where they make logical sense. E.g. the MC is swarmed by women because he is physically attractive, has a pleasant personality, and is a famous prodigy (“bElL iS gEnErIc sELf-iNseRt” - a low-intelligence wannabe critic). Add on top of that Greek Mythology, core ideas of which (the inevitability of fate; a hero’s place in the world; gods walking among men; etc) the author has managed to capture on a level that flies over the head of 99% of the audience - and you get the objectively best non-comedic isekai there is. Meanwhile, Season Two tries to mix things up, managing to check a lot of boxes on a midwit’s list of things that make an anime series bad in the process. A dip in production values (especially the action sequences). Huge chunks of the source material content that didn’t make it into the adaptation. A story that actually tried to expand its horizons beyond the standard isekai template and do something original and thought-provoking (Ishtar’s “what’s wrong with being a whore” monologue in its 20 seconds has more “depth” than an entire 3x3 of an average pseud) instead of staying in its comfort zone and spinning the wheels - and as every midwit knows, “a show that confuses me by doing something I don’t understand is stupid and bad.” In short, Season Two was better than Season One in concept but worse in execution (even if the pleb opinion would make you believe it’s the worst thing since cancer). All this long introduction was necessary so that I could keep my actual Season Three review short - Season Three is peak Danmachi experience as it combines all the strongest aspects of the first two seasons. More amazing action sequences on the level of Bell vs Minotaur fight - it’s not just that action sequences look good, it’s that they’re episode-spanning and tell a story instead of interrupting (or being interrupted by) a story. More speculative fiction goodness (a comically evil mustache-twirling antagonist is driven to be comically evil by his hereditary magic schizophrenia). More godly shenanigans continuing from Season Two - Yato’s Evil Twin (aka Ikelos) is my favorite new character by far, because he’s here to spell out loud what other gods like Hermes, Loki, or Freya are trying to hide under their facades and platitudes - that the gods are there to play The Sims irl, nothing more, nothing less. More exploration and expansion of the story’s core themes - Wiene’s arc, which spans the entire season, is like Haruhime’s arc on steroids. What does it mean to be a hero? Sure, you want to protect the weak, but who exactly fits the definition of “the weak” here? How are you going to do “the right thing” if you can’t even tell what it is? How about when your close friends consider the right thing to be the opposite of what you think is right and go against you? These aren’t the questions you answer with just doing your best and trying really hard - Punished Bell has to do some serious soul searching. The direction is as good as in Season One. I’ve seen too much anime for my own good during my lifetime. Too often I find myself watching a show that I can recognize as objectively well-made - but still struggling to finish an episode in one sitting because I kinda know what it is doing at every moment. DanMachi III is in the minority of shows that kept me engaged from start to finish and actually looking forward to new episodes - because new and interesting stuff just keeps happening. This is literally what it means for a series to be well-directed. 9/10 for a top-shelf action-adventure series.

I use to think that all pieces of media had some merit to them and that it was my fault if I didn't like them. However that is then, this is now. Danmachi is a bad show, it uses dumb plot devices, random harem events, and bad character writing to make a show that kids enjoy. Now what does a kid enjoy? As Scamboli said it: Kids love stories that they could plug themselves into, "if I was Bell I'd save that girl and MARRY HER" or so the thought would go. Or "I have to save everybody these kids are counting on me" type deal. Well as I've grown I've realized how awful this plot device can be, don't worry about your actual writing skill just think about the kids and maybe they'll eat it up. Going back even more, when I loved Danmachi I use to hate the comparisent of Danmachi and Sao. "ONE IS GOOD" I said, "Don't compare garbage too good" I continued. No, these shows are near identical in some unbelievable ways, even more so in how they make me feel. They both got the protaginist who gets random powerups when he needs to save a girl. The plot has no depth whatsoever in any sense. Everything about the writing is bad. There always has to be a villain for the sake of there being a villain. It's so similar that I wouldn't even be suprised if they were written by the same person. Danmachi s3 focuses on the Monster vs Human debate, they explore the deep in-world discussion between the relationship between the two sides. The humans enter the dungeon, the monsters fight back, etc etc. This could be a good idea if the author could give me a goddamn reason to care. This whole season we are thrust upon a scene in which we have no reason to care about. Bell is our plug in character, he cares because he wants EVERYBODY to be happy. Alright at least he has a reason to care but what about ours? We don't have one... The only reason we are suppose to care about this shitty show is that there's a cute loli who smiles and acts like a stereotypical loli. I cannot remember anything about her and I finished the goddamn show 10 minutes ago. Going back to that kid mentality, a kid would eat this shit up. "I would save that little girl everybody must be happy" or some garbage like that. I'm not a kid, you're not a kid considering you ain't mad about this review so what's the deal? The characters of this show were honestly pathetic, the charm that everybody once had is gone, everybody is just annoying now (More on that later). But you wanna know what makes it even worse? The stupid jokes we are suppose to laugh at. Guess what, I ain't gonna lie, sometimes I did laugh, the jokes were funny every once in awhile. But if I laugh at 5 of the 100+ jokes then something is wrong. I'd describe Danmachi as that little kid who keeps following you around, he says stupid jokes trying to make you laugh but none of them do, but once in a lifetime you actually laugh and maybe you think "this kid ain't so bad" but then he tells more shit jokes. You don't know how much times I'd pause during episodes because I hated everything so much. The harem shit is actually getting annoying, there are too many girls, too many to care about. What makes it worse is that there are TOO MANY OF THEM that they all have to share screentime. Thinking about this made me die from laughter after realizing how stupid the thought of it actually was. Also what doesn't help is that none of them have a personality trait worth mentioning aside from your standard run of the mill stuff. Everybody in this show had their arcs completely destroyed and forgotten about in replacement for the stupid monster arc that nobody cared about. The people of the red light district had no stake in the show whatsoever and the only time they were shown was to alleviate the pain of the people who liked them. But it's done worse in the Hermes and Sword Princess characters, Hermes was once this mysterious figure who felt as if he could control the world, nope he's just another loser as well who is nothing compared to Bells beautiful light. The sword princess officially only has two traits, kill monster and kuudere. Ok I have so much to say but I would spoil the whole show and at that point what's the purpose of the review. Danmachi is appalling, there's nothing good about it, it perfectly represents peoples distaste modern anime and its focus on target audiences. I do not recommend for the life of me that you watch this show unless you're trying to get your mean score down. In the event that you do watch it I hope you enjoy it in the way that I didn't To sum it all up Story: 1/10 Art: 5/10 Sound:4/10 Character: 1/10 Enjoyment: 2/10 Overall: 1/10 Thanks for the read

"Look at how they massacred our boy." Mediocre is one of the words that you can describe this danmachi season. Niche plot, cringe characters, and average, yet, disappointing season. To be honest, the only reason why I'm still watching this anime is because of the first season; I'm just hoping it would at least become decent. This season is pretty much the anime's worst season. It was simply unbearable to watch. Overall, it was not a good season. Watch it if you like the first season and hoping it would be better, and skip or postpone it if you don't like wasting your time.

I initially started out enjoying this show, but with each season it has gotten incrementally worse. The main issue for me lies with the hero, Bell Cranel. This is the third season and he hasn't progressed one iota from where he started out. He still gets his whiny little ass handed to him in every-single-fight he has with anyone. That's fine enough when you begin a story. A hero has to start somewhere, and a hero who starts out overpowered is not a believable protagonist, but a Mary Sue or Gary Sue. Someone who hasn't earned her/his powers. We're on the third season, however, and there's no excuse for Bell Cranel being pathetically underpowered while all his opponents are grotesquely overpowered (Ais, the entire Loki Familia, Dix etc). At this point, it's just an insult to the intelligence of the audience. If you can't write good drama without resorting to simplistic David vs Goliath tropes like this, you probably shouldn't be writing at all. It has become insufferable to watch this show now. We as the audience are supposed to root for our hero because he constantly maintains the moral high ground and soldiers through, even when everyone is against him and he has his ass handed to him 10 times per episode. But if episode after episode is about him being pummeled by every person he fights, followed by weeping and/or self-pity, it's really hard to avoid finding him loathsome in the long run. That's not a good place to lead your audience. The first season was pretty funny and fresh. The second season less funny and this third one isn't funny at all. There's no humor in it. It's all about Bell Cranel being a righteous, but insufferable fool who couldn't beat a squirrel with both paws tied behind its back. It seems like he's becoming weaker and weaker because the story needs him to be a martyr hero. And there's nothing more dull than martyrs. Add to that the relegation of all the other characters to the background as mere side notes to Bell's latest harem adventure, and you're stuck with a pretty thin broth here. The entire 12 episodes could conceivably be boiled down to 2 or 3 episodes with better writing. I have gotten tired of this show. Unless something happens to progress Bell Cranel's character beyond the weak sauce soy boy scout he currently is, and give him some actual edge, I'll quit wasting my time on it. It's just not worth the anguish. Cry baby teenage martyr heroes are a dime a dozen in fantasy anime. It would be nice to see something different for a change.

Okay so I just finished watching DanMachi Season 3 and feel the need to rant about it to someone who'll actually listen. Basically all of my friends dropped the show during the second season (which I don't really blame them for) and so I turn to the review section for some much needed catharsis. First of all, I'd like to start by addressing the art and animation. In my opinion, it felt REALLY lackluster this season. Everything looks so... flat and lifeless, and there's this stiffness to the animation that makes it really difficult for me to immerse myself in the story. It just feels like this entire season was made on a miniscule budget, by people who had no passion left for the IP what so ever. The art is not the main problem I have with DanMachi Season 3, however. That would be the story. In my opinion, it just... really wasn't that good, or interesting. I didn't care about the "people" I was obviously supposed to care about, nor do I feel particularly intrigued by Bell's never-ending quest to help everyone he encounters. And when you really think about it, NOTHING OF CONSEQUENCE ACTUALLY HAPPENS IN THIS SEASON. Spoiler warning for those of you who have yet to finish the season! Alright, so, I can't be the only one who thought the story was mad weak this time around. Bell encounters the Xenos, wants to help the Xenos, Xenos goes to the surface, stuff happens and they end up right back where they started again: IN THE DUNGEON. Like, wtf? Nothing of substance actually happened? Hello? The people of the surface did not come to accept the Xenos. The Xenos didn't establish a secret base on the surface where they could fulfill their dreams of living under an open sky. Nobody even really knows the truth about the Xenos except Bell and a select few others. They go to the surface, just to go straight back down into the Dungeon again. Everything ventured, but absolutely nothing gained. The only difference it made was that Ais Wallenstein and like one side character in the Loki Familia found out about their existence and came to somewhat accept them. That's it. Nothing more. Alright spoiler over. The weak story combined with the mediocre-at-best visuals and uninteresting characters just made this a really bad season for me. I don't know if we're getting a Season 4, but I have to say, I'm kinda hoping we don't. I feel entirely done with DanMachi at this point, and I doubt I'll bother to watch any more of it unless the production quality suddenly skyrockets or the story starts drastically picking up.

The storyline is very similar to a light novel, and in terms of graphics and sound it may be a little less interesting for some people who feel untidy or something, but I personally think this is very good and quite good especially fitting for episode 12 thanks to JC.Staff for having gives a really nice, epic, and nostalgic ending to this season 3. Thank you for ending the anime, and I'm waiting for the 4th season hehehe. Spoiler time time later the bell cranel will get a new power named (闘牛本能オックス・スレイヤー): Ox Slayer heavily increases all abilities when fighting raging bull-type monsters, potentially making Bell stronger than his actual level when fighting them. and abilities will be leveled up and will likely get new abilities Luck (幸運): Luck is a rare development ability Bell chose once he reached Level 2. It is an unprecedented ability, as Eina hadn't heard of it, even though she was a Guild member, and Hestia states that it's close to divine protection. Overall, it improves his luck, such as finding resources in the dungeon and getting drops more frequently, in addition to winning repeatedly at a casino. Cassandra believes that his luck is what allows him to believe her prophecies. Abnormal Resistance (耐異常): Abnormal Resistance negates the effects of abnormalities such as poison. Escape (逃走): Escape increases Bell's speed when running away. Bell obtained it at Level 4 after all the running he did being chased by enemies since Level 1.

The more you go here, the more you go there, I think that's the term from my country regarding this anime. What actually happens in the third season is getting further away from the main plot, Initially the main character goes to the dungeon to find a mate but ends up getting involved in various kinds of problems. This anime only has one story plot, namely "Tutorial on how to escape from the deepest floor" However, it has a drawback, namely that the story is too short, so other things will be added to buy time as explained below! I don't think it's a problem if this happens, but at least make it separate like a movie about the story of the character who is the main character's idol. Before I watched this, many people praised the third season because of the actions performed by Elf here, but after I watched it, it turned out that it was not as good as they said. If the story really wants to focus on the past, at least make it separate, don't combine it in the third season like this. And not only that there was so much that I was so disappointed in season three that I'm thinking about not recommending it. Among them: 1. Healer's character is very annoying, he always says "Zetsubo.... Zetsubo..... It's very annoying, if you really have something to say then say it! Don't keep muttering the same words every time "Zetsubo....." appears on the screen. 2. The storyline is made slow, To meet the duration of 20 minutes and 12 episodes, it is filled with things that really take up time compared to the progress of the story itself. For example, reading a magic spell that is made long! Talking a lot at critical times! Most debates are between one group! and many more things that make this anime continue to stall for time! I can't write much here but that's definitely the main point!

Danmachi is one of favourite LN series, so when I saw the abysmal adaptation that was the second season, I was extremely disappointed. When S3 was announced, I had pretty low expectations and was prepared to feel the same way as I did in the summer of 2019 after S2. I have never been more happy to be wrong. JC Staff absolutely blew me away this season with consistent pacing, great animation and solid direction. This was one of the most pivotal arcs for Bell’s development in the series and it deserved nothing short of a great adaptation. While it wasn’t perfect, it was more than good enough for me. If you are a fan of Danmachi, either LN or anime, and had an issue with the second season I think you will notice a plethora of improvements this time around and really enjoy it. This season had my two favourite episodes of the entire series and I can honestly say they had movie quality to them. Animation and art wise, I was blown away by a couple important fight scenes in the final few episodes and found JC’s direction methods to be very good for the occasion. I found the OST to be great for a couple of really emotional moments in the second half of the season. Pacing, which was a huge issue last season feels much better in season 3. While there are some omitted scenes, that’s to be expected with a LN adaptation and it doesn’t take too much away from the story. Everything still feels quite complete and there’s not the leaps in logic we saw last time either. Danmachi III is a return to form for the beloved fantasy LN/anime series and lays the foundation for much more to come. I can’t say enough how much I enjoyed it. Danmachi III gets 9 familias out of 10.

Reviews on MAL are so opinionated I usually try to stay far away from the review section. However, watching Danmachi III frustrated me so much I need to vent somewhere - as every other reviewer also fails to provide an objective analysis this is the perfect place. Anything past this point may be a mild spoiler, although I made sure not to be specific. The main reason this anime frustrated me to no end was the bad plot devices. There was one group in this season that could be classified as evil, and they were dealt with fairly early on. After that, the plot is only about one faction being seen as evil even though they're not, and trying to keep this faction safe. The whole time they could prove they aren't evil pretty easily and pretty much all reasonable people would at the very least accept a ceasefire, but no, the author reserves to right to make any character temporarily brainless just to keep the plot going. So they don't prove anything, no one else listens to reason, and the anime happens. Other than this everything feels dragged out - the last episode is a completely random and unnecessary addition (although when it comes to action and animation it is the only good episode). Like I said before, characters consistently pick the worse option because the plot must happen. Everyone is black and white. If the masses see you as the biggest scum there is but then you fight a monster? Boom, favourite hero. Of course this also applies the other way around. Some more classic action/fantasy anime pet peeves that appear a lot: - Strategy? Completely abandoned whenever a random new plot point is added. - MC loses against weaker foes then somehow fights on par with the strongest enemy introduced yet. - Forced misunderstandings: basically, one character will say they like pears and then another will disagree for the unrelated fact that purple is a colour. - The MC is seen as a special person with certain righteous beliefs that should be common sense. The goal is to get you to relate, but the result is you end up hating everyone else. - People randomly being other places. Running somewhere? Bam, ambush. Would there have been time to prepare one? No, but plot must happen! - Time not consistent. Oh, this things happened in place X? Dang, well if we take into account the time it took for that news to reach us, how long it takes to prepare an intervention team and to travel there we should be there... Pretty much instantly after it happened. Right? - Someone has a certain opinion A. Small thing happens which probably happens all the time enforces opinion B. Big thing that's a momentous breakthrough enforces A. And of course the character now believes B, because reason doesn't exist... - Someone else has opinion B. Said big breakthrough enforcing opinion A doesn't change their mind, but something much more minor relatively does... - Power levels all over the place. A will easily overpower B, only for B to then easily fight A along with two others... No powerups or explanation, just 'cause. - Same thing basically, overpowered characters could catch an arrow with a glare yet an underpowered character will be able to slip away because... Why exactly? - The list goes on, but I'll stop here. If you have some pet peeves of your own please message me, let's talk shit of bad tropes together. Main problems are with story and characters (and indirectly my enjoyment). Animation felt worse than before but that's not really a problem imo. Nothing special about the sound. I thought episodes were shorter than before (bigger outro) but could just be me. I got the impression this anime was only made to cash in on the success of the previous seasons, definitely wouldn't recommend.

overall score: -solid eight- (8.0) (spoiler free) Danmachi s1 is where the anime started to make it's own name and s2 destroyed that and made danmchi look like a circus but s3 has come to save danmchi and it did save danmchi. season 3 had so many different aspect that s1 & s2 didn't quite show. s3 had more depth to the story and opened a whole new route an possibilities where no one think it could go that way. s3 had bell took some serious choice and foolish action that bell should never even take from the start. But even a foolish hero could defy a gods will to change the future for the better good. The animation was well done, it really feels like the epic fight scene they had back in season 1.

I finished Season 3 expecting meaningful stakes and character progression, but what I got felt like recycled beats and lazy plotting. The MC is written as an almost painfully moral goody two shoes, the show insists he represent “the most morally right person” and then treats friendship as a blunt instrument that solves everything. Instead of earning growth through setbacks, he’s repeatedly beaten in fights without legitimately leveling up or learning lessons, abilities and powerups appear randomly and feel gimmicky rather than the result of real effort. That moral absolutism weakens tension: when the only solution is a “friendship power” deus-ex, conflicts stop feeling risky. The cast is often one note and grating, and the writing pads the season with sidequests that rarely feed back into the main plot. There’s also persistent, scattered fanservice, not organic to character or theme, but clearly inserted to appeal to a younger, zoomer audience. It reads as lazy audience baiting rather than thoughtful fan engagement. The lone big fight at the end is the only sequence that tries to deliver payoff, but it arrives too late and still feels underwritten. If you watch this franchise for worldbuilding or light spectacle, you might still enjoy moments here and there, but as a season meant to advance plot and characters, it’s disappointing: tonal laziness, gimmick power, and moral grandstanding keep it from earning anything close to emotional weight. Suggested score: 3–5/10 (depending on how generous you are with animation and nostalgia).

Worst season of this series so far. It's just so boring and predictable. The story line is Bell and co. finds talking monsters. They decide to save them. And have this grand ideology of monsters and humans living in harmony. It's been done many times before in multiple shows so I was already bracing myself. It can be a decent plot if executed well, but yeah- this show fell flat. The main problem is this season is all about EXPOSITIONS. It just info dumps, nothing else. This happen, so this person now does this, then this happens, now they go there, and now this happens so they do this. Just information dumping every episode. There's hardly any interations. Hardly any character makes sense. Bell is dumber than ever. Well, he was always dumb, but in an endearing way. This season he's just annoying dumb. He has two emotions. A blank stare 90% of the time, follow by anger (which accumulates to nothing). He's literally a walking statue as eveyrone dances around him. It sucks cause I think the first 2 season I felt he was amazing as the MC. This season he's fallen into the pathetic category of Subaru from Re:zero and Kirito from SOA. Speaking of Kirito, which they have the same VA- man his voice was annoying. I usually am a big fan, but this season he's either crying or literally growling from anger. It's kind of funny cause Bell is this teenager guy, but the VA makes him sound like some 40 year old wanna-be action hero. Another pet peeve of mine in shows is the LACK OF COMMUNICATIONS. So many events can be avoided if characters just talk to one another. Oh your group disagrees with mines? Let's not talk at all and explain the situation. We'll just fight and then afterwards it'll all be a big misunderstanding because you know- we DIDN'T TALK FIRST. Hell, even the talking monsters didn't talk when they were fighting humans- because I'm sure that would make the plot too easy to solve. All the other characters were butt cheeks, save for one. Again, no personality. No interaction. No growth. Just I do this, you do that, we fight, then I go there, then do that. Most disappointing is Ais. If you think Bell lacked basic emotions and communication skills, this girl is even worse. The new characters via talking monsters are all stupid. The new "main" is Weine, and she exist purely for "cuteness". Okay, I admit she did have one really great season moment got me pumped, but aside from that I found her annoying. The only one good character is Hermes- who actually has a an agenda and is actually smart enough to scheme. The action- WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED? There's no way this is the same studio that animated the first 2 season. One of the laziest animations I've ever seen. Every fight is short. There's no weight to them. Swing, dodge, swing, yell, punch, aaaaaaannddd it's over. I'm giving the action a big fat 0/10. So is there anything good that came out of this season? Yes. The fact it does move the plot forward a little bit. You get a clearer picture of the other god's purpose and goals- thanks to the billion expositions every episode. In short- it's very bad, and I honestly think you can skip everything except the last 2 episode and still be okay to start season 4.

(Spoilers) Danmachi Season 3 was a one up from last season which is why I give 8/10 for this season Story 7/10- (Huge Spoilers)This season story was not rushed this time and overall better. Bell finds out that there are monsters in the dungeon that have human intelligence and arent evil like the rest but not many people know about these kinds of monster except for few are finding them and trying to sell them for money to build a hidden dungeon but Bell with the monster stops them but know there stuck in that hidden building and the only way out is go to the surface and since there still monster many people will treat them like monsters. So they form a plan for them to go back to the dungeon without anyone noticing but they stopped by the other families which made it harder for them but in the end, they were able to help them. (End) I think this season story wasn't bad, it is better than last season with how it was hard to understand but now this is easy to know and is quite enjoyable. The main story which is running through the three seasons is how Bell needs to get stronger while also gaining new allies is still sort of there but I think that this season was more about the lives of the monsters than Bell getting better/stronger. Art 7/10- The art kept its style for three-season and it has not dropped any quality within it. The characters were clear and battles were drawn out amazingly so I think there was nothing terrible about it. Sound 7/10- Opening and Ending were ok but the music was excellent for the battle scenes as they fit well with them. Voice acting was okay both Sub and Dub fit will in the characters. Character 6/10- As I said for the second paragraph of the story review, the characters were focused on the monsters on how they should be noticed but I don't know if we will see them again the next season which might be disappointing as there many characters that were involved this season. Character development, like last season there wasn't much character development from Bell and the other previous characters for this season which was upsetting to see for me as I wanted them to grow stronger and get a better Familia with stronger characters, weapons, etc. I just want next season for some better character development for some of the characters. Enjoyment 8/10- This season still has really good battles, funny scenes and good moments which is the same as the first season and better than the second season Overall 8/10- Like I said at the start this season was not rushed, had better scenes than last season and was better overall. I just want to see some character development next time but I really did enjoy this season.

One character... really can ruin a season. An entire franchise, even. And that character is Wiene, despite all who may praise or defend her character. She made the show too serious and too realistic, removing the joy and fun that the series used to be. This season was borderline unwatchable because of her. We want to see Bell's growth, not this nonsense, this moral dilemma about monster rights. Danmachi started as an ecchi slice of life, much like Konosuba. That's why it got popular in the first place, and it was supposed to stay that way. Thankfully the next season restores the status quo to a degree, but the damage from this season has been done. Because of Wiene, Danmachi's reputation as an ongoing franchise has taken an irreversible blow, similar to how Psycho Pass did after the release of the infamous season 2. You don't find Danmachi season 4 in mainstream or at the top of the listings nowadays, maybe you'll see it mentioned sparingly once in a while. If they killed Wiene off perhaps that might undo the damage from this season, but sadly that seems unlikely.

tl;dr: A sequel season that continues in the direction the second season started heading down but does a much better job at it. This season of DanMachi is atmospherically a continuation of the later arcs of the second season in that it’s much more serious as compared to the first season and deals with more complex issues. However, the issue handled in this arc isn’t ones that requires as much nuance as the topics the latter arcs of the second season did because what choice Bell will make is pretty clear from the outset and the author doesn’t need to pretend like it’s not. And that very much works to this season’s benefit I’d say because unlike the later arcs of the second season which felt bogged down by writing that just wasn’t handling it’s subject matter well enough, this season actually feels well written and executed. The entire season ultimately deals with only a single issue, sentient monsters and whether coexistence between them is possible. I suppose you could divide the season into three arcs, but they all kind of blur together as they all flow off of each other seamlessly and thus I just consider the entire season one extended arc centered around that issue. This is also an anime that’s laser focused on that. Most anime usually start off a season by easing the viewer in or some sort of in media res, but this season starts off right in the middle of the action from the literal first frame, and just goes from there. The previous seasons also had some tangents focusing on aspects of the cast independent of the overarching plot, but that too is absent here with everything tying in to the core plot line. In exchange for that it manages to handle it’s overarching plot incredibly well. It isn’t particularly original, as this type of story has been done countless times already, so the key comes down to execution, which was excellent. The plot manages to show off the main cast incredibly well through facing very different types of issues as compared to those the Hestia Family has dealt with previously. It also shows off the various previously established side characters pretty well as the circumstances here result in a very different dynamics between them, especially in regards to the Loki Familia who now essentially serve as antagonists in the second half, but also Hermes and Freya who are both shown to have similar but very different plans for Bell. It also introduces a lot of new characters, the majority of whom are still pretty simple, though even of those many are pretty likable. The ones that really stood out, Wiene, Fels, and Asterius, were amazing though and I’m incredibly interested in seeing more of them. Though it does feel like the cast is reaching some sort of critical mass where it’s going to have to start dropping characters from focus. While the anime dives right into it’s core plot thread from the beginning, it still does have somewhat of a ramp up. The first half is dedicated to slowly building up the context and getting the viewer invested in the new characters and their circumstances, with the second half cashing in on that investment. The first half never felt particularly amazing, but it was no doubt successful at what it needed to do as can be seen in that the second half building on it manages to be pretty much entirely a crazy ride with massive gut punches and intense moments that hit really hard and deliver major emotional impact in a lot of different ways. The final fight too I felt was some of the best action in the series and the ending was a really good way to end the season, feeling like a solid in and of itself but also making me really excited about where the story will go from here. The art and animation are as solid as the previous season, which is pretty solid, though I will note the animation in the final battle was a noticeable step above. The new character designs aren’t all that original but fit well enough that I have no complaints. The soundtrack was pretty similar to previous seasons, but I think it was used way better than previous season and some tracks worked well enough to be pretty memorable. The OP and ED are both incredibly solid, wherein they’re not a major jump above previous seasons but just enough that I found them much more memorable.

It was not what I have expected, indeed I was expecting for a more chill then serious season but then this whole season is on a serious mode making me tense as I watch the entire 12 episodes and definitely that is tiring teehee. However, I pretty much like the turn of events and how the story progresses. I am really excited about the plot, I am really excited of how Bell will be able to grow stronger, also how Bell will be able to save the Xenos' (meaning coexistence on how it will happen), and of course how Bell and Ais relationship will develop (I believe we are all hoping deep inside hehe). I am really rooting for this anime, it gave me chills each time I rewatch it, the way the author gives pain to its viewers, but then at the same time brings back the relief this just gave me so much fun and hope watching this anime. SEASON 4 PLEASE BE ANNOUNCED, PLEASE BE CONFIRMED!!!!

I would give DanMachi as a series a 7, it's decent anime with way better animation and music than an anime with it's name should ever have. but this third season, story wise, I can only see as lazily written and dreadful to watch. I often found myself tapping the right arrow key to skip past scenes that felt like the writers raided my grandmothers kitchen for old worn out cookie cutters. because that's what the new characters and story arc are for this season is for the most part; just paint by numbers levels of character dimension and story beats.

short review:- DANMACHI season 3 finally got us back to the taste of the sweet sweet animation level that could be seen in season 1 (bell vs red minotaur),but still suffered from ,huge amount of content being cut(lilli proposal ,crozzo family),toned down gore, mediocre story , airhead MC ,and a few unusual arsepulls can only recommend to fans of previous seasons . STORY:- dont dive in guessing that you will get an amazing narrative since it is decently rated on MAL (7.6 as of writing). the story is still a wannnabe hero flailing around the classic shounen protags "i wanna be stronger ""ï wanna protecc (a loli this time)" and old school heavy morals based , but beyond all yes it does to bring in the narrative of 2 races who have long hated and killed each other suddenly trying to form some kind of bleak peace. which on its own is a pretty decent setup since since season through 2 we thought monsters are just cannon fodder for ou characters to chew up. ANIMATION and ART:- the animation in this season is nothing short of amazing JC staffs artstyle has "a certain"(see what i did there xD) charm to it also some key fights like the fight in the last episode is animated with such passion and love that you can feel the strength of each blow being delivered. SOUND:- if you rewatch the older seasons and come back here you can tell a lot of the tracks are reused not much of a problem with that but that means there is nothing new to say. CHARACTERS:- Mostly boring and predictable wannabe MC "bell kun taskete" (hestia,haruhime),brawny+busty girl with lil personality(mikoto,ais) with a few interesting ones like lili(arguable) , finn and a couple of new chars all said and done if you enjoyed all the previous seasons of danmachi this one will easily be your favorite but if you dropped most of them you will find this one either good or sub par .

Please note this review is intended to be read by those that have finished watching Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou Ka III and while care has been taken to minimize story related spoilers there may still be spoilers present within character analysis. You have been warned. Based on a popular light novel series of the same name Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou Ka III which is better known to western audiences as Is it wrong to pick up girls in a dungeon 3 is an action, adventure, and fantasy genre anime that gives us the unique opportunity to see what will happen if one day Bell and his friends while fighting within the town of Orario’s famed labyrinth was to meet not the fierce and bloodthirsty monsters that they had been fighting since they become adventurers but rather a scared little humanoid monster girl who not only did not attack them but also exhibited humanlike emotions like fear and curiosity and more importantly that of speech. Faced with this curious turn of events Bell and his familia soon make the fateful decision to take the young monster girl in but in doing so they also not only encounter an entire subgroup of similar monsters but also find themselves dragged into a fierce conflict with an ancient familia that’s determined to hunt down the monsters as part of their sick journey to garner more resources that will be used to follow the urge of their blood curse and finally complete their long laboured task of completing an ancient dungeon that predated the labyrinth. But powerful as these foes are, they are but one facet of the problems that Bell and his friends must face for they by taking the sides of protecting the intelligent monsters must also face the core truth of the relationship that exists between the adventurers of the town of Orario and the monsters of the labyrinth which is that of hatred. Now beset on all sides by powerful adventurers including members of the famed Loki familia as well as being ridiculed and labelled as traitors to humanity by standing with the monsters Bell and his familia must use every ounce of their bond, their skill, and their determination to triumph over their myriad foes even if they have to cross blades with adventurers that they know and respect for in this world kindness and morality is something that is worth fighting for if they want to change the world. Having been a fan of the light novel series that acts as the source material for the anime for many years I have to say that I was overjoyed to hear that the series Xeno’s arc was going to be featured as the third season for the series. This arc, in my opinion, was one of the best ones within the light novel as it allowed us to ask a question that until now no adventurer has ever asked before which was If we were to encounter monsters that possess both intelligence and feelings what should we do? The first episode of this season I felt was an excellent one that managed to not only reintroduce us back to the world of Orario and to Bell and his familia gently but also waste no time in introducing the new trial that they will face in this season with the introduction of Wiene a monster that can not only speak but also express humanlike emotion. While previous seasons had served to try and create memorable opening episodes that attempt to entice viewers to come back to mixed effect, I feel that this seasons opening ep was by far the best as it combined not just the familiarity that we have with Bell and his friends but also with a new series of tension and mystery that has the entire purpose of both the adventurers and the town of Orario being featured as part of the layers that have been weaved into the series overall storyline. This aspect in addition to my love of this series served to become my primary motivation in watching this series and by the end of it, I'm glad that I decided to do so. Bell Cranel Bell Cranel portrayed by veteran voice actor Yoshitsugu Matsuoka of Sword Art Online and Food Wars fame is one of the main characters of the series and is the main protagonist of the series. A young adventurer that lives and operates from the famed city of Orario, as well as the famed field leader of the Hestia familia with the rightly earned nickname of little Rookie Bell from his initial appearances, was shown to be a kind, caring, and honest person by nature that was seen to be someone that wore his heart on his sleeve. While by this point of the story an experienced adventurer who alongside his friends have already earned considerable fame from taking on not one but two well-known familia’s in the form of Apollo and Ishtar familia and still triumph over them Bell rather than show signs of overconfidence and hubris as far too many adventurers in his shoes would no doubt show instead shows not only kindness and consideration towards all he meets but also humility and a desire to keep an open mind on matters preferring instead to follow his heart rather than rely on prejudices as so many others have done so. While far more confident in both his own skills in combat as well as far more mentally resilient as a result of his past trials Bell has never lost sight of the core values that serve to define him and always strives to not only fight with all his might but fight honourably and remain steadfast in his beliefs and more importantly protect those that are innocent from coming to harm. This sense of wanting to fight with everything that he has and protect those that are innocent from harm no matter who or what stands in his way can be said to be Bell’s primary motivation as an adventurer and one that has seen him break through every trial that he faced until this point. However, this noble motivation of Bell while certainly one that was sufficient to allow him to take on other familia’s and also allow Bell and his familia to rise within the cities familia rankings was to be solely tested when Bell and his friends encountered something that none of them expected while adventuring within the deeper levels of the dungeon which was that of not only an injured and intelligent dragon girl but also a whole new race of monsters that were not only capable of speech but also possessed a curious desire to not hurt innocents unless given cause too. This meeting of this new race of monsters who called themselves the Xenos while a shock to all within the familia was seen to have a major effect on Bell for Bell like his friends and allies was someone that had been taught through not only knowledge but also hard-earned and painful experience that the monsters that inhabited the dungeon were the sworn enemies of mankind that since eons in the past had been engaged in a never-ending war with humanity that had left countless adventurers and innocents dead or injured. And indeed for Bell whose base foundation revolved around him becoming an adventurer and form friendships and live the life that his grandfather had infused within him with his tales of being the hero that saved innocents while slaying monsters seeing the same monsters that he and his friends had been killing in order to make a living as adventurers came as a rude shock and created within Bell a rare sense of paralysis when facing monsters in the field on account of not wanting to hurt what could also be a sentient monster. While the effects that meeting the Xenos and especially Wiene were to have a lasting effect on Bell’s personality and experience Bell thanks to not only his innate kindness but also his open-minded nature was to only able to form the near heretical and treasonous opinion that not all monsters were hostile and that they like adventurers also possessed intelligence that given time can be used to form an accord with humanity that will serve to bring the war between the two races to an end. While this belief and later his subsequent actions in not only fighting against Ikelos familia but also defending the Xeno's from the mi…

The Gods above (totally intended choice of words) have blessed us with another amazing season. The main focus this time around being monsters with intelligence that can speak,akwardly named Xenos (the Imperium of Man would like a word with you old man). I personally dislike them being called monsters in the first place as well, since half of those are actually demi-humans like alot of Orario's population. But i'll surrender that point,since i especially enjoy the take on the dungeon and it's monsters alot. Great writing indeed. More great writing is in the way the gimmick's of Bell's familia aren't thrown away. Both in the second and third season all their unique talents played a role in their plans and in the overall result of the battle. Lili's Transformation magic, Welf's Blacksmith skills and magic weapon making, and Haruhime's boost. That's something that usually doesn't really go further then in their respective arcs in most anime. Now... About Bell...... Jesus Christ man.... I understand being selfless, i totally do, protecting the Xenos and Weine against his better judgmnent and all. But i despise he's so indecisive and takes so much to actually do it. What can i say, Emiya Shirou did a 100m dash so Bell can awkwardly wobble like a drunken penguin. And since i brought up Weine... that scene really got me in the feels. You'l see what im talking about. Honestly i was excited the most to see the Minotaur put those Loki familia punks in their place. I was shaking with excitement even. The minotaur fight being the peak of both the first and the third season is quite poetic indeed, especially when it's the same minotaur. I mean even if you dislike the rest of the anime, the minotaur fights are some of the best in all of anime. You could feel the struggle through the screen. The animation.... it widly swirves if im being honest. Big attacks and flashy ones are well done with sound and all, mid ones are very weak, and then you got the personal duels with the weapons,(like bell vs ains and bell vs the minotaur) that are actually very pleasant to watch. A good continuation, i can't wait to keep watching.