Review of KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3
I had really thought this would be a weak season overall for the first half. But here we are, it's done now, and I've gotta say: it's probably the strongest one so far. Something I'll admit is the comedy in this season is kind of hit and miss, at least towards the beginning. Comedy is subjective and all that, but some of the episodes (2, 4 and 7 I think) didn't really get anything out of me. However, to balance it out, there are also a lot of REALLY funny scenes in here. I still think season 1 was the most consistent with the quality ofthe jokes overall, but in terms of quality of individual jokes, season 3 has some really good ones (the ones with prolonged silence for like ten seconds got me). Even if it's been a while, these goobers are still just as much fun to watch as they were in the earlier seasons.
One big thing this season does that others haven't that really pushes me to call it the best though is the work on the characters. Now sure they all have their comic relief bits that shine just as much this season (Aqua's stupidity, Megumin's explosion frenzy and Darkness' masochism) but all of them (bar our favorite useless goddess unfortunately) get at least one moment to shine. Kazuma showing how much he cares, Megumin deepening her relationship with him and giving shippers lots to work with, and the big thing: Darkness. This season really hones in on her the most, pushing her past dorky and pervert crusader and fleshing her out, to show how much the party means to her and how she is as a person at heart, and it was great to see.
In terms of the plot, like individual arcs and moments, this season also has really strong ones. The first arc lasts like six episodes or so but it's fun, mainly due to Kazuma's antics really being full show with some cool moments mixed in, mainly towards the end. Then after that is the one that focuses mainly on Darkness, which I've already talked about how good that is. It's also got some really cool and funny moments in there not specifically related to her, and the finale of the arc and season is amazing. It's not as massive scale as seasons 1 & 2, but it hits harder due to focusing on the party rather than a big threat, and honestly it works. It even set up some points for future seasons, which I'm really excited to hopefully see.
Soundtrack is nothing new, but still great and rocking that classic Konosuba feel, and the animation is still really clean. I was ready for some differences given how this one is done by Drive (as was the Megumin spin-off) while the first two seasons were Studio Deen, but there's nothing at all wrong with it. One thing to note is "funny faces" are used a lot more frequently, at least from what I noticed. Not good or bad, just saying.
Overall, this season is really good and delivers on everything you'd want it to, hitting major plot and character points while still keeping its comedy balanced. Now we've just got to hope season 4 doesn't take nearly as long.