#aggretsuko season 5 spoilers

[yagi-toshi]

so i finished watching the new season of aggretsuko

[cuchufletapl]

Oh, so Haida is the son of a politician, that explains why he fell into committing fraud so easily

[lavendead]

my thoughts on aggretsuko season 5:

so ik i haven’t talked about this show on here but honestly it’s kind of a watch the new season and forget about it kind of a show for me. but i do really like it so here are some of my thoughts.

1. tsunoda and fenneko should have ended up together or at least really good friends. they’re bromance was a really good place for their arcs to go, both of them finding true feminism in a girls supporting girls way and i would have liked to actually see that happen in season 5.

2. please do gori and washimi some justice, they are really amazing characters and they were shoved to the side as gossip girls this season it makes me sad. gori might be my favorite character in the show so i would have liked to see her arc about finding love get resolved as well as retsukos.

3. tadano had just become a deus ex machina rich guy which is kinda funny and on point but also really annoying sometimes from a narrative and character standpoint. tadanos one of my favs i would have loved to see him get actual development or even a character moment that doesn’t revolve around retsuko.

4. ton is perfect these last two seasons no notes on that front honestly.

5. the otm crew was also used as just a plot device this season and i felt like manaka and hyoto were really ooc. they just felt really over exaggerated especially because we got to see a lot of down to earth moments with those two in season 3.

6. i feel like all of retsukos character development she’s been getting throughout the show, especially last season, got flushed down the toilet this season so they could make it more haida centric. like she had her whole confidence cool girl thing last season and this season it really fell to the wayside.

7. i actually liked the haida homelessness arc and i think that could have been a really good way for this season to go if they actually gave it the time of day. the campaign arc was stupid and incredibly forced and robbed the show of a good or meaningful ending. ik they were probably trying to push a political statement i don’t get the full context of, but they could have done that with the whole homelessness thing, they didn’t need to push it into a political campaign because there’s a campaign season in every slice of life show and it’s never good. egirl and constructions guy (i forget their name) we’re really good characters i wish we saw more of them.

8. the wedding. this was honestly the biggest cop out of the entire show and it pisses me off to no end. season 1 retsuko gets into trouble with ron because she wants to get married and quit her job. season 2 she dumps my boy tadano because she wants to get married and he doesn’t. season 3 she leaves otm girls and wants a simple life and a wedding. season 4 she half dumps haida because he needs to get his shit together so they can get married. and you’re telling me we never actually see a wedding??? just a blink and you miss it marrige certificate??? all so they can focus on this stupid campaign???

9. season 5 wasn’t meant to be an ending and that’s pretty clear. they had to many ideas to make a proper wrap up to the show and that left us with a really shitty finale to say the least. everything they’ve been building up for four seasons got shoved over to make room for the arcs of this season and it just makes me sad ngl.

tldr; the writers lost focus on the show for shiny new arcs this season so it was a really bad ending and i wish there was more so we could get a good conclusion for al of the fun characters.

[dog1teeth]

THANK YOU TO WHOEVER TOLD ME HAIDA'S MOM WAS PRETTY. YOU ARE CORRECT

[leilanigarcia1]

I'M SCREAMING RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE SO CUTE!!!

[juncojunk-o]

Aggretsuko fanart.

Felt like they juggled too many plots again with this season and Shikabane got the short end of the stick. Wish they'd focused on the poverty and political state of Japan a bit more.

Love her though mwah. I'm normally super put off by skunk characters because ew icky stinky.

[dudd-ie]

Estaba guardando esto para cuando saliera la temporada 5 de aggretsuko!

No sabia que mis garabatos se volverían canon tan pronto,las parejas en situaciones domésticas se me hacen tan lindas...

Estoy feliz, ver a haida y retsuko FINALMENTE en una relación!,...lo único que no me hizo del todo feliz fue no ver algún beso o algún gesto de pareja entre ellos! Lo eche mucho en falta y francamente la parte implicita de su relación sentimental solo me hizo querer saber más de ese aspecto (me llamo mucho la atención la cama de retsuko y como siempre tiene las sábanas desordenas ¿haida y ella duermen juntos? ESTOY SEGURO)

¿Esos dos tortolos fueron a registro matrimonial luego de que haida tuvo su "intento de asesinato"? ¿Enserió? ..omg

[cartoonfan21]

Haida looking at photos of Retsuko.

[koko2unite]

The way Aggretsuko S5 is just..

[melyonza]

[otogariado]

what was the deal about tadano buying the internet cafe just to hog it himself? i love tadano, but you can't spend time in the show establishing that homeless people live there and trying to do some commentary about it, only to have this rich guy buy it to occupy all that space by himself as a quick joke and for it to serve as a convenient location for later. that part just really bugged me.

[princess-unipeg]

It’s bittersweet that this season of Aggressive Retsuko is the last one. But the show had to have a conclusion at some point. I mean Retsuko has finally figured out what she wants, her boss finally respects her and she and Haida finally got together. I actually thought the purple skunk girl is his new girlfriend but no she’s just an internet friend who hangs around him because he has a girlfriend who happens to be Retsuko.

I gotta say I’m proud of him this season. He’s fumbled of course but he’s shown real growth since season 1. Last season he was manipulated into cooking the company books and now he’s able to stand up to his controlling father and stand his ground without flinching. Haida standing up to an abusive parent was a harsh task but he did it well and before his more “pulled together” younger brother was able to do. Calling his dad out for trying to degrade the net-cafe folks, the very people who helped him survive after his own family kicked him out without helping him find a new place beforehand and only now offering financial support when it benefited them. Haida wasn’t gonna let his father’s money decide what he can and can’t do. He chose to stand by his girlfriend’s side through better or for worse and Retsuko doesn’t want to be without Haida by her side. Haida proved himself this season how he was worthy to be her husband.

It was sweet that they chose to elope just before Retsuko’s final rally. Too bad she couldn’t win at the end but Retsuko seemed okay with it. She helped inspire a lot of people especially Jiro, Haida’s younger brother, who wasn’t gonna let his father be his puppet master any longer and pushed for a bill that would pretty much end his dad’s future political ambitions.

Anyway I hope we get at least one more special from Aggressive Retsuko. A lavish wedding with a lot of cash given since that’s what Retsuko deserves. Though I’m guessing it will cause a lot of stress for her since it’s par for the show. I don’t know if Haida’s family will attend but given how nice his mother was she should be invited at least. Anyway I hope we’ll get at least that much. I wish a lot of happiness to the bride and groom.

[novstie]

I loved this sleazy pose, I had to get a screenshot of it :-)

additional poses from this scene under the cut

[dog1teeth]

haida in his malewife arc love that for him

[mrshobbit]

I cant believe the day is upon us, no more agrettsuko

sending my favourite blorbo's off in peace

my poor silly donkey boy

sassy queens who died as they lived, sassily

she is the aesthetic, death

she'll be stalking hades now

unironically, yea she grew on me, just like the mould will be now.

anai got annihilated

[weedle-testaburger]

i hate to say this about director ton of all characters, but this is adorable