This review will contain spoilers so proceed with caution. The best way to describe my relationship with this show is to compare it to an ex you want to cut off but cant. This from what I remember was the firstever Boys Love show I stumbled upon. It is also one of the worst I have seen not just because the art style is in the uncanny valley but also because the relationships the author Nakamura Shungiku displays throughout the whole animes run are among the most toxic I have seen. There is only ONE couple I can remember this author writing that is actually about a healthy relationship between two adults who actually talk about their problems and that doesnt result in one party taking sexual advantage of the other This pairing is also from another series that is equally as bad as this one called Sekaiichi Hatsukoi Oddly enough this show is called Junjou Romantica when it should honestly be called Junjou Assault because nobody in their right mind would think any of these couples are about real love. If you honest to god believe that however you may need to have more selflove. Every single bad trope you can think about this show has it. Extremely jealous partner? check. Sexual assault as a form of love? check. No repercussions from disrespecting or otherwise hurting your partner? check. Yaoi hands? check. The most hilarious thing about this show being terrible is the fact that it could be better just by removing the harassment. The author can write memorable characters the arcs in the manga are overall as long as they need to be and make sense and the comedy in the series actually lands extraordinarily but the show is always ruined by a character forcing themselves on the object of their affections. Can you believe I once rated the first season a 6 and the second one an 8? Im clearly insane. Anyway the season opens up with Misaki the main protagonist talking about how he passed all of his university classes and then... oh my god we are back with yet more unwanted sexual advances. Nice to know this is the third season and everything is the same huh? and by nice I mean fucking terrible. Thank god it looks like the scene got censored since I was not going to sit thru it. We are introduced to one of the conflicts of this season which is that Misakis brother Takahiro thinks after he graduates from university he will no longer need to live with Akihiko since that was the deal at the very beginning to live there only till he graduated . Misaki and Akihiko are a couple but Misakis brother does not know that. They both are clearly shocked about having to separate. Akihiko is prepared to open up to Takahiro about their relationship but Misaki isnt so that is another issue of its own just like the issue about this show implying that jealousy is something good. The opening theme plays right after this and it is average at best. I remember the opening for season 2 was a banger so this was certainly a stepdown. The ending theme is better in comparison and it is kinda cute how the main couple has a red string connecting both of them. By kinda I mean it would be cute did I not know how their relationship dynamic works. After three seasons we finally meet a decent man in this show by the name of Todo. He and Misaki become friends over their shared interest in the same manga. It is thanks to what Todo says that Misaki starts thinking about getting a job doing something he actually enjoys. He ends up meeting Aikawa Akihikos editor and she tells him to try working parttime at her company since right now they are looking for a parttime manga editor. Misaki likes manga so he is willing to give it a shot. Back in the infamous yaoi condo Akihiko has been thinking about what his father said about his relationship with Misaki being fragile and he has started to become distant from him. They later finally talked about their insecurities with one another and Akihiko seems to finally realize that it is his own selfishness that is limiting Misaki. Going by what I know of this show I know he will probably still be an extremely jealous and perverted ass but an attempt was madeI say attempt cuz just like I knew he later on went to get jealous over a BABY. By episode 3 we get introduced to the secondbest man in this series Ijuuin. He is the mangaka of the manga Misaki and Todo read and way nicer already than Akihiko ever was. With this we are now set for the love triangle that will unfold between Akihiko Misaki and Ijuuin this season. The other two couples will have some screentime too but their arcs werent anything new so whatever. All Im going to mention about the side couples is that they are still as bad as they were before. Nonetheless I thought Shinobu and Miyagi were actually a cute couple until I was reminded that Miyagi was the exhusband of Shinobus sister. We can now add the NTR tag to this. Overall the show continues to be the same as always. The animation is mediocre for the most part the anatomy is still terrible the backgrounds arent too detailed and the romantic relationships in the show are beyond toxic. Usagi is still jealous over everyone and everything and thinks he owns Misaki and Misaki just lets it happen. Usagi faces no real punishment for mistreating Misaki and treating him like an object and honestly I am not surprised. Romance anime almost never makes the protagonist end up with the second love rival and I know that but even so I cant help feeling disappointed over knowing how Ijuuins feelings for Misaki will not be reciprocated. This man is a thousand times better than Usagi but given the type of show this is it is obvious Misaki will never realize this and that Ijuuin will be paired off with someone else. The potential for this series to get better was there. Misaki and Usagi are not good for each other and their codependency on each other is nothing to praise. The most praise I can give to this season is the fact that the art was less hideous but the improvement wasnt too much. If youve watched up to this season you probably are already aware of this shows flaws which is fine and all. One day I hope that I stop expecting Junjou Romantica to portray a healthy and loving relationship. Do I recommend this series? No.