Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan: Ψ-shidou-hen

This is, basically, Saiki K.'s Slip Arc, and it's just as you'd expect it to be--that is to say: funny and typical Saiki K. Because these are just random, unadapted chapters, I didn't feel as excited about them as a follow-up to the previous two installments in this series. Of course, that's to be expected since the story all but ended before this aired (besides the final episode, of course, which is the true sequel to the previous installment).

Was Reawakened as consistently funny as previous seasons? Yes. Where I feel like these episodes did well was the fact that we got to see more of ... certain characters than what is typical for the anime adaptation of Saiki K. Having characters like Mikoto on screen more often was nice because I felt like she, for instance, hadn't been used all that much prior to this. And, in general, these episodes are good fun if you love the humor of Saiki K. and the characters themselves (which I imagine you do if you've continued watching until now). It's just that, for me, the elements of Saiki K. that were used in the second season and the special episode (longer storylines, semi-serious content) couldn't be used as often in Reawakened because a.) it's shorter and b.) the fact that these are unadapted chapters meant that this season was going to be naturally episodic. Still, though, I enjoyed it as much as I have thus far.

The last episode, being the actual finale of Saiki K., was brilliant. Even though it was a singular episode, it was sterling the entire way through and included all of the stuff I mentioned above--it even had character and relationship developments in that short amount of time. In a way, I think Reawakened was a good way to close out this series because it gave the audience the clever absurdity of Saiki K. right up until the end where it gave itself the proper goodbye. There's definitely nothing else like this series out there--I'm glad to have been introduced to the disastrous life of Saiki Kusuo.

As an OVA, it's really good. We get a few focused stories on some of the lesser seen characters, all of which I'm guessing were cut from the original anime run. Having them all back-to-back is way better than the few and far between stories of the main series.

But as a finale. It kinda sucks. There's 5 episodes that have nothing to do with the original finale, then one episode that adapts the final chapter of the manga. It's a good adaptation, but there's not much to adapt since the manga already had such a boring ending. If there was ever a time to break ... from the manga, it would've been now. But as it stands, it's not a great ending, but still the best way to watch it.

I don’t know how it’s possible but netflix somehow ruined a show I really liked.

the animation felt so different. The episodes felt rushed and the characters felt not as likeable. I was very excited when I saw netflix was doing a remake but they made the show feel less like a comedy and i don’t know tried to make it a slice of life somewhat. This actually could’ve worked as i was already very attached to the characters from the previous show but the short season with 3 new characters felt rushed.
I’m not sure if the animators are different or netflix isn’t sticking to the ... manga but the show feels different and not in a enjoyable way.