User:CJWorldGame32125/sandbox/Aggretsuko (Season 4)

Aggretsuko (Aggressive Retsuko) is a 2018 Netflix anime series created by the Japanese company Sanrio (who are also well-known for creating tons of other famous characters, such as Hello Kitty, Keroppi, My Melody, Gudetama, and etc). While the first three seasons were well-received, the same can't be said with the 4th season, which is very divisive among fans and (possibly) caused the series to undergo a decline in quality.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The main problem is that this season heavily butchered Haida's personality. He went from an kind and considerate who cares for other people and even once saved Retsuko from being murdered (in the Season 3 finale) to a bigger coward and a wimp to confess his love to Retsuko. While it's completely normal in real life, Haida often fails and sometimes he gave up. The fact that he's also treated as a butt-monkey does not help. In fact, this season has completely thrown out of the window Haida's character development from season 3.
 * 2) The worst part is that by the second half of this season, they made him a villain, which is a bad idea because Haida didn't even have villainous qualities nor he did any wrongdoing.
 * 3) The Haida and Retsuko relationship arc was a pretty neat concept, considering it was teased at the end of season 3, but the execution was poor, because it was dragged for literally half of the entire season and their scene of dating only lasted less than a minute, only to then abandoning it in favor of the fraud plot.
 * 4) Aside from Haida, there are other characters that were flanderized.
 * 5) Washimi too suffered from a heavy flanderization, as she went from a very calm, no-nonsense and a practical woman to just a tiny plot device that serves no purpose other than just a few things for the plot, while the rest of the scenes she appears is filler. Though, she still retains her original personality.
 * 6) Fenneko suffered from an even worse flanderization than Washimi and Haida, as she became a selfish and control freak that, along with Tsunoda, forces Haida to go in a relationship with Retsuko, without giving him some time. She was extremely out of character when she made a photo of Haida and Tsunoda (all of them are drunk, due to them celebrating the relationship between Haida and Retsuko) and then sending it to Retsuko.
 * 7) Not even Retsuko is safe from flanderization, as in the final episode, after Haida said that he contributed to the fraud for her (which is a lame excuse), she literally slaps him. While she did have every right to scold him, her slapping him was out of character. In addition, she was also somewhat clumsy in the first episodes.
 * 8) Some of the new characters, while not horrible, are no better than the flanderized characters.
 * 9) The managing directors are flat and one dimensional and all they did was just voting against Himuro as president, but once Washimi showed them the video of Shachou, they voted for Himuro.
 * 10) Because the episodes are much shorter than the first 3 seasons episodes, it gave less character growth, less moments for Retsuko to sing and makes the episode pretty rushed.
 * 11) Just like Cars 2, this season (more specifically, the second half of the season) deviates from the first 3 seasons, as it relies on over-the-top espionage, compared to the first 3 seasons that tackle important themes in real life.
 * 12) When Retsuko published a video of her singing death metal, it caused two major plot holes:
 * 13) *Why she did that when she promised herself to not reveal to anyone other than Gori and Washimi.
 * 14) *It became very popular in just ONE day, which is basically impossible in real life due to her not being very popular.
 * 15) The fact that Haida does arm wrestling, which comes of as pretty forced because it was never shown that Haida did arm wrestling and it was only showed him doing it at the end of this season.
 * 16) The last episode, Rendezvous, was a lousy way to end the season.

Good Qualities

 * 1) As usual, The voice acting is great.
 * 2) Tadano, Tsunoda, Gori, Retsuko (despite being slightly flanderized), Washimi (despite being reduced to a tiny plot device), Ton and Kabae are still likable characters.
 * 3) The animation is still solid and colorful.
 * 4) Himuro is a pretty interesting villain.
 * 5) This season explored deeper why Ton acts like a sexist man.
 * 6) Haida at least did redeem himself at the final episode, as he decided to confront Himuro about the fraud.

Reception
The fourth season received a mixed-to-positive reception from critics and a very divisive reception from fans and audiences, with criticism towards the flanderization of several characters (especially Haida), rushed relationship, terrible pacing and a very anticlimatic ending, while the animation, comedy and voice acting are still praised.

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