B-Project: Netsuretsu*Love Call

This season was just so lackluster for an idol anime season. It was great to hear B-pro got a 3rd season. But, just why did Ultraz have to be in this season? It just made no sense at all. This season just feels like a non canonical spin off. If only they made it more intersting, but this season just did not do well.
Characters, the boys themselves are fine, but sadly each of their episodes were just okay. It's just them being them. Tsubasa was frustrating as she had so many moments to be a good A&R, but of course she is the helpess heroine ... you'd expect. Ultraz. There was so much focus on A-suke, and B-ta just felt like he was there to just exist. A-suke was very annoying. I will still not get over that ep where he got so butt hurt over Tsubasa eating out with Thrive instead of them. B-ta is just there. He had no interesting qualities. Just there to be pretty. Yes, for anime only people, Killer King was introduced in the second season and that it would make sense to add another group, but Killer King has been around for a long time in the franchise itself. They were hinted in the first season too. Ultraz are just for the anime only, but no way did it feel natural for them to be added.
Story, it's your usual slice of life. I really wished they kept on going with the Yashamaru story, but they just ignored it completely and only gave him 1 second of screen time. Totally just ignoring the whole conflict in season 2. This whole season would not have been that much different if Ultraz was never there. I just don't understand having two yourtubers in an idol anime. They just felt so forced to be there and interact with the boys we know. Also, Moons just didn't feel like they existed they had such little screen time.
Other issues I saw, they certainly blew the budget on that 3d animation. I noticed Moons ep looking so off and seeing that final ep, it made sense what they did. I also find it funny they gave everyone 3d, but Ultraz. The 3d performance just was lacking so much. 3d was smooth, and models were fine, but the overall execution was just not there. Reuse of animation and the same 10 still images.
Overall, this season just doesn't exist to me. If anyone wants to watch it go ahead. I've seen people like Ultraz and that's okay. But, this season should just be ignored and never discussed again. It just felt like the creators just wanted to please the fans and rushed this whole thing. I love idol animes and B-pro's first two seasons were good, but this one just made me feel exhausted having to push through it and not feeling satisfied in the end.I had fun with watching the boys' eps. The anime was fine, but there were so many things that just made it hard to fully enjoy it.

BOYYYYY This season has the weakest ending BY FAR.

We start the season with the introduction of Ultraz, an up-and-coming YouTuber duo. They are assigned under, you guessed it, Tsubasa as their A&R. I hope she gets paid double, if she hasn't already.

It should be interesting, seeing independent YouTubers who do everything themselves, from content planning to execution, clashing with idols who have to follow rigid structure. I thought there would be a nice rivalry between Ultraz and the B-Pro members. And yet they only interacted probably 3 times in the entire season, with the conflict being centered around them and THRIVE. Ultraz brought potential for ... a lot of interesting conflict, but just like everything else about this anime, I was let down.

The plot is episodic as always, with most episodes in the first half focusing on the conflict of each group instead of certain members. Unlike season 1 and 2 with a somewhat overarching plot, it seems like the writers had nothing planned this season. They just introduced new characters and watched things play out, and wrapped them up when they felt enough. I was already left unsatisfied with the terrible resolution to Yashamaru's character, only for him to come back for a grand total of 1 scene and a cameo here, contributing to absolutely nothing. Last season, he was the only redeeming quality for me. This time I've got nothing. If anything I'm even more upset because I was given Yashamaru only for him to contribute to nothing.

Last 2 seasons, I complained about how there isn't enough music in this music anime. Almost every song got cut off not even 1 minute in. This season it seems like they finally learned their lesson and changed the ending song almost every episode to match whatever song was playing in that episode. I like that.

However, they learned their lesson A BIT TOO MUCH it seems. The lack of overarching plot means they have nothing planned for the finale. In true B-Pro fashion, the final episode is a live concert. Unlike the previous 2 seasons where the songs are always cut off, even in the finale, this time they played the songs all the way through. Including the choreography (with meh CGI, for a 2023 anime). Of course, there are still a lot of still shots mixed between the CGI to cut budget. They did this 6 times. 4 B-Pro units. Ultraz's debut song. And 1 big B-Pro performance. Episode 12 was all songs, to make up for the fact that there is no plot.

Well, at least it's over now. I'm free. And I still can't memorize all the characters' names. If you're looking to get into B-Pro through the anime, don't bother. It didn't work for me.