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Originally Posted by Midonin
It just feels like trivia on machines is overpowering the human aspect so strongly that the element I wanted to get invested with on the show feels like an afterthought at times. I'm not going to fly into a rant about it, it just leaves me second-guessing myself. It's a show with a large female cast having (some) cute character moments. I should feel right at home. But I don't.
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I do honestly say that I've had similar misgivings myself, and that sparse character presentation really makes it hard for me to root for Oorai over Black Forest for example, which would be easier to make if interaction between Maho and Miho were shown in flashbacks for instance. I'd say that the focus of mechanical trivia can be as problematic as Treknobabble in terms of distracting from the character development angle. Imagine if K-On were as technically focused as this show (i.e. on instruments and performance), would we necessarily care about the characters as much?