Introduction
The red panda accountant Retsuko and her hyena coworker, Haida, have finally started dating. Things seem to be looking up in Retsuko's life; however, Haida is now grappling with unemployment and an evolving gaming addiction. As Haida attempts to keep his struggles from his girlfriend, cracks begin to form in their relationship. Moreover, Haida is evicted from his apartment and seeks refuge in an internet cafe, where he meets his online friend, a skunk named Shikabane.
As the secrets Haida hides from Retsuko pile up, their romantic journey reaches a tumultuous climax while a major presidential election looms ahead. To make matters worse, one of the candidates takes a particular interest in Retsuko and her singing talent, complicating their already hectic lives.
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Audience reviews
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Ramun_Flame
Well, I'm back after the disaster of season 4. I'm happy to say, it doesn't reach as low as that, but it's still strayed too far from the grandeur of season 1.
As mentioned in my previous reviews, I like this show as a grounded take on adult life and issues. Despite the convoluted way it's achieved, this season has a real strong take on unemployment, homelessness, and the meaning of life/working. I felt myself really thinking about these issues in a serious sense while watching.
The end is really out of the blue though, and brings the vibe way down. Character act in strange ways, and plot points(like attempted murder), are just rushed/brushed off without much thought. Despite the episodes being longer, and the last episode being a full 30mins things felt rushed.
I'm not sure if they eve…
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Aggretsuko has been running on fumes for several seasons, and the finale is sadly no exception.
It's frustrating, because the season has several great scenes and the basic core has always been solid: anxious and insecure Retsuko working a menial office job, trying to find love and using death metal as an outlet for her pent-up rage. Combine that with some typical modern day life issues, bad co-workers and employers, demands from family, and so forth, and you have plenty to take from – without having to get too outlandish with the plot.
Instead of focusing on Haida and Retsuko and giving closure to any side-characters and plots, you have new side-characters and plots (and the plot-focus of the last three or so episodes was ridiculous and came out of nowhere). By the end, I didn't feel muc…
Read at the sourceMeriMemes
This season is amazing... BUT AMAZING
This season since it was announced I was already hyped because it was the end
We finally have a good couple, a great plot and an evolution of characters that complement each other perfectly
I love Haida's plot (mainly because the depressive gamer waifu appears)As for Retsuko and her plot... Okay, the discourse of the old population in Japan is interesting but I feel like the season really revolves around haida
As for the rest, they bring characters from other seasons and give them a fairly important role in the plot.
I loved this last season and it was a pleasure to share my experience with you.
ESP: esta temporada... dios ESTA TEMPORADA!
Es una temporada que cuando la anunciaron yo me emocione (debido a que iba a ser la ultima temporada del ani…
Read at the sourceStarZero
After 5 years this series completed its run. The final season made its main girl a supporting character for most of the season, which was an interesting choice but provided a much-needed perspective and added another human layer to Restuko’s character. After 5 season her character growth isnt done and we never lose what we love about her. The show is still fun, relatable, and a good insight into Japanese work culture. We get to see Retsy finally get a boyfriend and be a supportive girlfriend something we've been longing for for years. Everyone level up and find their way which is amazing. Background characters serve their purpose and the comedy is still sharp, awkward, and anxious as always. This season gets a bit darker than previous seasons as it makes room to add new characters who amaz…
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So, this show came to an end. I've been watching it ever since it first came out so it's been a long run and I'm gonna miss it. Some seasons have been better than others but in my opinion it has always maintained its good quality with every season having new engaging and fun arcs and this one didn't have any less of that. You could divide the season in two parts (there's a few spoilers ahead):
The first one continues Haida's arc as it was left off in the previous season, only this time he's an unemployed homeless gaming addict. It was good to keep focusing on Haida's psyche although the stand out is the introduction of a new character called Shikabane (I totally didn't have to look that up..). With as much little screen time as she gets she winds up being the most well written side charac…
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English ver. from Google Translate ('cause i'm tired).
Aggretsuko, in my opinion, always had the objective of showing the nuances of Retsuko's personality in the face of the adversities she went through in her day-to-day life so that, at the end of these, she was allocated in a karaoke room, venting all the anger she had been repressing . From demands at work, her relationship with her mother, who seemed to have a greater active voice than hers. Retsuko was always the one who, passively with a yellow smile on her face, endured the adversities she suffered from the people around her and then put her feelings out in a death grow that only she listened to and, over the course of five seasons, this constant changed. . Maturing. Just like herself. Retsuko allowing herself to just be and exposin…
Read at the sourceDuckielover151
I don't know if there was any kind of bandwagon to get this show to end... But these past few seasons, I've definitely been on it. I felt like Aggretsuko had lost a lot of what had originally made it special: A harsh, realistic look at the woes of everyday people trapped in the 9 to 5 grind. As the seasons went on, Aggretsuko drifted away from the things that made it relatable to ordinary people and continued to put her into situations that were more and more extreme. But I'm really glad we made it to this season.
The harsh realness returned with a vengeance, tackling new issues like unemployment, homelessness, and just how hard it can be to get back on your feet when something has struck you down. This flowed really naturally into a focus on politics. And though running for office is st…
Read at the sourceCatSoul
The end of Aggretsuko? Say it ain't so! Well, it was inevitable - and it's pretty amazing this show got five seasons in an industry and a streaming platform that has no qualms about axing beloved series after a season or two. Merchandising really does go a long way.
For their fifth and final go-around, things have changed a little bit. Not only is much less time spent in the office setting, but Retsuko and Haida are officially a couple! I don't think I can reasonably call that a spoiler when the first episode has Tsunoda going over the good (meathead) and bad (gamer) types of unemployed boyfriends for Retsuko. It makes sense for the story that Haida and Retsuko would finally go steady off-screen, though it's certainly curious timing. (Cue that "why do good girls love bad boys" song.)
As…
Read at the sourceSobbleBoy27
I think this anime is an absolute must watch. This season of Aggretsuko went away from discussing situations at work to discussing situations out of work. It discusses unemployment, homelessness, no motivation to work or get a job, the whole situation where you need to ask your parents for money when you are almost broke... It just preached about new adults and how their financial situations work. I loved 3 scenes in this anime... they each discussed something related to work as a concept or shoving society on its butt and doing what you want. The show is like, "What is work? Why do we do it? What's the point?" or "Why do I need a full time job? Getting hired is such a hassle. Can't I just work part time forever?" The answers to these questions were so profound that I paused the tv, walked…
Read at the sourcey8man
This was a much-needed part for the series. As a finale, however? I would disagree with the basic idea. The series has tackled many topics across its different seasons: work-place ethics and environments, social relationships, complacency and ambition, peer pressure and fitting in, adulting and depression, and so many more. Ending a series with politics? It will certainly be a point of concern and debate. However, Aggretsuko had always been about its mix of mundanity and absurdism, hilariously jarring segments and wild chaotic additions to scenes and characters, which get to be rounded up fairly well and under their own spotlights. That was mostly what the seasonal arcs were more, after all. This season, however, chose an interesting way to juxtapose another of its strange conflict. People…
Read at the sourceCrimsonKing25
Aggretsuko was an anime that I really loved when it first premiered. I thought the first season was really great and seasons 2 and 3 are in my opinion, the strongest seasons of the bunch. Then season 4 happened and it kind of disappointed me even though I liked it. For my thoughts on season 5: I liked it better than season 4 but as a whole, it was just fine. Which sucks because as far as series finales go, this one didn't end with a bang.
What carried Aggretsuko was it's commentary on social issues that affect not only the people in Japan but everyone as a whole who are struggling with their work and persona lives. Season 5 is no exception and it painfully showed just how difficult it is to get jobs after quitting or getting fired, the predatory aspects of gacha, and not knowing what to d…
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