User blog comment:ThatGuy456/A Guy's Thoughts: Season 5 Review/@comment-29346007-20171120225658

Well, it's about time that I commented. I had school so I couldn't exactly say anything before now. Anyway, no one cares about my troubles, so let's get commenting!

The Dark Comedy: This season was great! A couple sloppy messes, but for the most part, gold as always. It's pretty cool to see how well this cartoon can flaunt its dark humor and still come in at a TV-Y7 rating.

The Visuals: Even episodes I don't like I still watch again because of how great it looks. The choice to make the water 3D this season was great (although, I was pretty sure they did it at least in S4) and the lighting and camera angles were on point as well. S6 will be even better with seeing how each season's animation strengthens over time.

The Variety: Even with all the duds and thuds, it was still a very strong season in terms of premises and ideas, even if some didn't travel over very well. "The Copycats" was done well and still packed in a send-off (Even if it was a mean joke). "The News" is very overrated to me and does not deserve the respect it gets but the same goes for "The Best", so don't get worked up yet. One of the reasons why "The News" is overrated is because all the comedy feels forced (especially the "no news" part) and it could have been better. There were a few moments of actual laughter from myself but it was mostly just mildly amusing.

The Charscters: I agree. That's it

The topical humor: Sure, Gumball has poked fun at topics in the past and still does very well. Except when it's forcing itself to get a quick, cheap yuck. That's what S5 was struggling with especially at the end of the season. I can't say much more as I agree with you. But, I will say LONG LIVE SEASON 4! (Sorry, Matt. Had to be done.)

Great blog! Happy anniversary! Can't wait to see the next!