The first season of Hidamari Sketch took its time to introduce viewers to the main cast and told its lessons along with some mild comedy and entertaining character interaction. The second season of Sketch went ahead and gave this world much more depth with a higher budget to spend on making it look and feel more natural. This third season seems to benefit from everything the first and second season offered, but decides to expand itself rather than giving much more depth to the main cast. While still developing the supporting cast. Once again, the story is much the same as the first two seasons, the girls area year older and two new main cast members get introduced to add something fresh to the group. This season probably has some of my favorite self contained stories thus far, yet the season's conclusion is the weakest of the series.

The art is what a viewer of the first two seasons would expect of Sketch, if not a slightly more subdued version of it. No major improvements or setbacks over the second season of Sketch that I found notable.

Sound in the third season is better than the first and second. The background music ranges from meandering bouncing to soothing melodies and when you notice them they really feel special. This season had my favorite ED of the series so far.

Characters are the same girls you'd seen for the first two seasons, slightly more mature, more comfortable to be themselves around each other. They're all familiar with the quirks of one another, so the two new additions to the group almost serve as the straight men to the OG 4's antics.
One is more technology savvy and the girls are at times intimidated by her ability to comprehend computers, while she at the same time is the first to deescalate a situation. The other is a very timid GenEd student that at first feels distant from the group because she believes them to all be naturally gifted at art, where she is eventually corrected by them that the reason they attend the school is because they believe they aren't. Overall, the interactions are more or less the same.

I enjoyed this addition to the Sketch series, but other than two new characters and some development for Natsume I felt it didn't do anything the first two seasons didn't. Still a fun watch as I make my way through the series.