User blog comment:ExtremeVelocity/Season 3 confirmed or not ?/@comment-4882862-20131226180509/@comment-30764484-20131226231640

It would be an incredible waste to not make a third season, one of the main reasons being how perfectly set up the story is for it.

Both mangas end at the school festival (early November) which is way earlier than the they should and in the mangas themselves both Yui and Azusa (separately) mention that they'll wait until after the festival to get everyone together again.

Also, it's mentioned at least three times in season 2 of the anime that they're all going to go on another graduation trip once Azusa graduates, the most recent time being essentially the last line of the movie. A third season covering the two mangas at once, with a second movie set afterwards once Azusa, Ui, and Jun graduate with the seven of them all going on a trip is exactly what the story is set up for.

Where would they go? That's easy, they'll go wherever Nodoka went, as she said she was going abroad when she saw Yui in College, but they never actually said where, so they can set the movie wherever they want and that's where Nodoka would be.

There's all the stuff showing they're not done with the series yet, like still continuing Radion, the radio show featuring the cast, and the brand new season 1 box coming out in March, as well as tons of subtle and small things in both the manga and anime that suggest or set up more story. They also did the split episode thing between the seniors and the juniors in season 2 on the Kyoto trip and the Natsu Rock Fest trip, and those were (I think) four of the best episodes of the series.

A third season getting the characters through this difficult year of being split up and Azusa back with the band would be a good place to end the story, covering this year is important, but after it we don't really need to have more story, they'll just continue being in a band and hanging out, happily ever after and all that. It would also tie off all the other characters' stories too, Nodoka is now somewhere else studying, the LMC is left in the hands of Sumire and Nao, (a drummer and a writer/composer/mixer, exactly who you need to start a band as they're always the hardest to find), their story doesn't need to be followed anymore, the club is in good hands. With Azusa back in HTT the band is back together again, this time for good, and Ui and Jun will likely go back to just playing guitar/keyboard and bass as a hobby, and may also go to different colleges than the HTT members, good closing of their story as well.

One of those many little things that's really stuck with me is Akira Wada's line (to Yui) in the second to last frame of College: "IT'S NOT OVER YET!! GOT THAT!?"