Five seasons of screaming into a karaoke mic, and the final one has the nerve to turn the camera around. This is the season where Haida stops being the sad guy in the background who never says the thing, and the show follows him down into unemployment, money panic, and the specific humiliation of having nowhere to be at 10am on a Tuesday. Retsuko steps back for long stretches, which annoyed plenty of people, but it's the only way the death metal ever becomes a duet instead of a private tantrum. The social commentary lands harder here than the idol detour or the corporate thriller stuff ever did, because unemployment and rent are scarier than a boardroom coup. Gori and Washimi still hold the line as the friends who tell you the truth over drinks. The ending swerves and some fans will never forgive it, but Retsuko and Haida finally get their payoff, and it's earned by five years of almost.

Red panda accountant Retsuko and her hyena coworker Haida are finally a couple, and her life seems to be improving. Haida, though, is out of work and sinking deeper into gaming, and he hides these problems from her. After losing his apartment, he takes shelter in an internet cafe and meets Shikabane, a skunk he knows from online. As his secrets build, the couple's relationship strains toward a turbulent peak, all while a major presidential election approaches. One of the candidates grows interested in Retsuko and her singing, adding further chaos to their lives. This ten-episode comedy with music and slice-of-life elements is the fifth and last season of Aggretsuko.