you're certainly right in that I doubt it lived up to it's expectations following how big s1 was, but I'm sure they could still ride that initial high into a 3rd season without s2's performance being taken into consideration. Hopefully if anything it spurs them to spend extra time/effort making s3's production of higher quality. I'd be very surprised if we didn't get a s3 eventually anyway! I do read manga too occasionally but not nearly as much as I watch anime haha, what have you been reading?