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Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 23
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Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 04
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In many respects I think this is the most daring and challenging season of Osomatsu-san. Read more
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 18
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Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 20
I get "negative selection" and all - but would you really land on Osomatsu of all people? Read more
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 01
Premieres and finales are tailor made for a show like this. Read more
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 11
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Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 15
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Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 06
There's definitely something weird going on here, if not irrefutably sinister. Read more
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 19
Totty as a sumo apprentice is so incongruous that the comic potential is basically infinite. Read more
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 05
There's been quite a melancholy tone to this season as a whole so far, and it shows me that progression is a thing in Osomatsu-san. Read more
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 21
It's all about the cast. Read more
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 08
I'm at the point with Osomatsu-san where I tend to favor the semi-serious chapters over the pure comedic stuff. Read more
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 24
Turns out the Musubi are truly chips off the old block. Read more
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 17
It really feels like something changed between the second and third seasons of Osomatsu-san. Read more
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 12, 14
Let's just call that a bonus episode. Read more
Osomatsu-san Season 3 – 25 (End) and Series Review
There are no easy answers to be found here - and that, I suppose, is the point. Read more
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Osomatsu-san S3 – 01
「降板」 (Kouban) "Compliance" The SHEEEEEEEH hits the fan.
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I have to say, on balance, Truffaut did it better. Read more
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