Yahari Ore, no Seishun Rabukome Wa Machigatteiru (My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong, As I Expected), aka Oregairu is a Japanese light novel series based on genres like romance, a slice of life and comedy. The series was authored by Wataru Watari, while Ponkan8 portrayed the light novel. Shogakukan published the light novel series under the imprint of Gagaga Bunko.
The light novel series was made into an anime adaptation, which made its debut from 5 April 2013 to 28 June 2013, comprising 13 episodes, including OVA. The animated series was directed by Yoshimura Ai, while Brain Base produced the anime series. The opening theme for the first season was "Yukitoki" by Yanagi Nagi, while the ending theme was "Hello Alone" by Hayami Saori and Nao Toyama.
After the successful hit of the first season, a second season was announced at Shogakukan in 2014. The second season titled "Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come Wa Machigatteiru. Zoku" was directed by Oikawa Kei while Feel produced the series assisted by Yuichi Tanaka as character designer and Suga Shotaro as the scriptwriter.
The second season premiered between 3 April 2015 to 26 June 2015, comprising 13 episodes alongside OVA. The opening theme for the second season was "Harumodoki" by Yanagi, while the ending theme was "Everyday World" by Saori Hayami and Toyama Nao.
With the completion and successful run from the first two seasons, fans are looking forward to Oregairu Season 3.
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Oregairu Season 3 New Release Date Is Announced
Oregairu, which was one of the anime that gets hit by the novel Coronavirus, now has a new official release date. The Japanese TBS website announced on 7 May that Season 3 is decided to get premiered in July 2020.
While apologizing for the inconvenience caused by the delay of Season 3, which was scheduled in April 2020, the website announced the staff members were 'very much encouraged by the warm words' send by Oregairu fans across the world. It also stated that the production is being proceeded by 'trial and error' with safety first.
The third season of Oregairu will air on Amazon Prime Video for unlimited viewing and will get broadcasted on TBS, MBS, CBC, and BS-TBS.
Oregairu Season 3 Original Release Date Was Postponed Due To Coronavirus
The most-anticipated third season of Oregairu was postponed due to a novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The official Twitter account of 'Wataru Watari's My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected,' had previously announced that the light novel series was being delayed.
Season 3 of the Oregairu franchise was originally set to release on 9 April 2020.
The new season of Oregairu will depict the entire manga concept of the series, which is concluded as the final season. It has a well-defined end goal where every minor aspect of every character is directed into. With the addition of smaller arcs, that has its own unique perceptive; the anime series add up to form a bigger overarching story plot along the way.
Oregairu delves upon the psyches and egos of the three protagonists alongside Iroha Ishiki, who became a member in the second season and portrayed their unique individual struggles and perspectives.
Oregairu Plot And Announcement Of Season 3
Oregairu revolves around Hikigaya Hachiman and Yuikinoshita Yukino alongside a beautiful, joyful, and cheerful girl named Yuigahama Yui, who has their own diverse opinions and personalities. They are tasked to volunteer help and supervision to other clubs and members as a part of their school's service club.
The second season includes another character named Iroha Issiki, as she takes help from the volunteer service club.
Oregairu revolves around the characters like Hikigaya Hachiman, Yuikinoshita Yukino, and Yuigahama Yui (©: Sentai Filmworks)
The story focuses on Hikigaya Hachiman, a 17-year-old skeptic, and a melancholic teenage boy. He is assured that all these phrases such as juvenility, companionship, love, etc. are nothing but a means of fabrication. Meanwhile, all the people who understand in such matters only accord the prevalent myth, and can't thereby acknowledge the obvious. As being his teacher, Hiratsuka Shizuka, she wasn't able to reassure the thinking style of his ideas and opinions.
As an outcome, in desperation, she convinced Hachiman to partake in the School's Service Club. The only fragment member of this club is the school's queen Yukinoshita Yukino. In addition to Yukino and Hachiman, Yui also joins the club.
Over time, Hachiman encounters diverse issues. With aid from Yukino and Yui, he steadily understands how to help people to accomplish their goals.
The story plot of Oregairu Season 3 will presumably recommence with the same setup as the previous two seasons while giving the viewers more comedic adventures of the Volunteer Service group alongside the relationship about the three protagonists how will they fare with each other accompanied by further complexities.
A third and final season of Oregairu was announced on 18 March 2019 by Shogakukan Monthly Sunday GX magazine. The third season is scheduled to be directed by Oikawa Kei, Ochi Keiichiro as the series author, Tanaka Yuichi as the character designer while Feel Studio is returning to animate the series. It is licensed by Sentai Filmworks.
Main Characters Involved With The Oregairu Franchise
•Hachiman Hikigaya
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Hachiman, also named "Hiki" by his classmate Yui, is your average, mediocre teenager who has charming traits. Still, the eloquence that he operates all the time with his dead fish-like eyes is a turn-off for most people around him. He is skeptical towards everything in life while keeping himself alone from everyone else in school as he assumes that they're all fake, bogus and are just misleading themselves with what they call "entertainment."
While others call him disordered and distorted for his melancholy disposition, he blames them and the community for being how he is. Even his sense of amusement is self-deprecating and disillusioned most of the time, which makes many people around him very uneasy and irritated.
He is so dedicated to accomplishing something in life that he often ultimately loses himself to his work. Even while operating at the Volunteer Service Group, a lot of the times, he ends up crippling himself, just to make sure that he can help others.
•Yukinoshita Yukino
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Yukino is the originator and director of the Volunteer Service Club before Hachiman was compelled to join her. She was the individual member of the club. The truth that she runs a club only to help others out is just her opinion, which makes her look kind, but the fact is that she has a very particular insight into responsibility.
She assumes that she is abnormally superior and excellent to those around her, and she must manage the "lost lambs" towards the enlightenment on the right path. She is often shunned for her sense of "noblesse oblige."
•Yuigahama Yui
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Yui is one of the most optimistic and cheerful anime characters in this series. Unlike Hachiman, she is outgoing and loves to talk with different kinds of people, which makes her more friendly than the other two. She turns out to be the first patron for the Volunteer Service Club and urges them to help her with baking some cookies for someone she cherishes.
Her biggest predicament is her escape intellect and her disability to be able to solve her difficulties on her own. Yukino assists her out with this dilemma and even solves it to a specific amount.
Yui gets so carried away by her primary activities at the Volunteer Service Club that she even begins to dangle out with Yukino and Hachiman after school. Yukino, at first, opposes to her demeanor and presence but later, just settles in and permits her to stay.