EnK-Onragement of Climb Encouragement of Climb is back and this time with full length 24 minute episodes for it’s final(?) season. Although I actually preferred the previous seasons 12 minute length episodes, there was an appropriate amount of story and content this time around (expect for the first 4 episodes which were recaps of the previous seasons with some added scenes) so I suppose it was justifiable. If you’ve never watched Encouragement of Climb before, it’s another cute moé blobs doing cute things ala mountain climbing edition. Aoi has climbed mountains literally and metaphorically in order to overcome her introverted ways and social anxiety in orderto become a functioning human able to make friends at school and… talk to people normally. This season sees that all her collective efforts has given her more confidence in her daily life, and the drive to train with the help of her friends for her ultimate goal, climbing to the submit of Mt. Fuji.

There’s not really a lot to say about this one. It’s just good, wholesome, moé blob fun. 8-bit’s animation is still excellent - especially the background and scenery art, the main and supporting cast are still as fun and dorky as ever, the music is still on point and there’s no weirdly forced conflict this time around like there was in season 3. It’s unfortunate that this anime has been overshadowed by another moé blob show about a pink haired, sometimes melting moé blob with extreme, introverted, social anxiety problems learning how to become a functional human able to make friends and… talk to people normally, but Encourage of Climb has you covered if you’re looking for something with more chill. It might even make you want to start mountain climbing. The trivia it offers about gear and the various mountains the girls climb is genuinely interesting. I want to climb a mountain now… a small one though… maybe just a hill… god I’m so out of shape…

7/10 Good.