Iruma and Lied-kun are assigned to work with the hapless Robin – but it seems the one he’s recruited to help him will be the real power center here, Barbatos Bachiko (played by the irrepressible Takeuchi Junko). Some (like Balam-sensei) we now, but some are new faces. In order to help facilitate this Kallego-sensei has arranged for special tutors to help them. And not only that they have to surrender the Royal One – and having gotten used to the high life, they have no interest in moving back to the wrong side of the tracks. Ameri is especially bummed by this, as more people adoring her beloved Babyls babs is the last thing her neurotic psyche needs.Īs implied at the end of S2, the misfit class has been set a formidable challenge – the lot of them must level up to Dalet rank by the end of the school year or they won’t be allowed to move up. And of course for Iruma it represents further erosion of his plan to avoid being eaten be not standing out (which, truth be told, has pretty much been punted since late in the first season). Kerori will be used to that of course (thanks to her alter ego) but it’s foreign to the rest of them.

S3 opens with the misfit class having achieved high-pitched campus celebrity following their exploits at Walter Park. If anything the series has tended to get a bit more serious as it’s progressed, but in doing so has never disconnected from the relentless positivity and comedy-driven style that are its calling cards. That means the only change will be the material, and while I’m nowhere near current with the manga I don’t see any reason to expect problems there. Studio and key staff are unchanged, and the routine of about a year between seasons is as well.

Unlike with most of this season’s true sequels (split cours like Spy X Fam don’t count) there’s really no change or implied uncertainty with Iruma-kun. The second season easily made by Top 10 list and I certainly expect the third to be a strong contender in 2023 (at this point having no real idea how deep an anime year it will be). I kind of slept on the first season myself, but once I realized how wrong I’d been I was fully on-board. It trades more on its charm and likability than its big-ticket set pieces – but because of that, when it does go big it has a huge impact. Mairimashita Iruma-kun isn’t especially flashy as shounen fantasies go. This is the third season for the TV anime, and the manga (a very big seller itself) has spawned a spinoff that’s doing very well. This series almost never gets mentioned when the commercial titans of shounen are discussed, but it’s extremely successful.

It’s novel for the truly massive HeroAca to be as overlooked as it is this season, but it’s nothing new for Iruma-kun. Suppertime on Saturdays is big-time shounen time this season with Boku no Hero Academia and Mairimashita! Iruma-kun bookending the dinner hour.

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