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Nekokota Festival
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Lost in the Fairy Forest
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Well its off to a concert with everyone and dont know why Natsuki wearing a pants suit
Kumiko still stuck on what she going to do and Reina going to America Its good to see Yoroizuka again
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I've always joked about Reina would have immediately ditched Kumiko if she didn't care about music; her care of people is almost proportional to how good they are at whatever Reina cares about, and she actually addressed that which I never really did. At that point Reina stopped viewing people as objects as idealization as part of her fantasy world. but finally there is someone like Kumiko where she actually cares about as a person. But to be fair that was only for a brief moment. She's more or less still herself. Though she is still guilty of wasting the show's budget on her gloss and we don't see any actual performances.
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Join Date: May 2014
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Reina is still self-centered. After the argument, Kumiko overheard about Reina got accepted to an American music school. Kumiko asked why Reina didn't tell her, Reina kind said it was none of Kumiko's business. After their reconciliation, Reina told Kumiko she planned her confession to Taki after her return from America. About Mizore, she is still lovely and clumsy on people skill. In Liz and Blue BIrd, Mizore tried to be socializing by coming up with the library rental joke. Nozomi is speechless about the dry humor, but she laughed anyway. Mizore's window joke looks awkward to Kumiko. Mizore's jokes about Kumiko not in music school and not in her concert ends up giving an advice to Kumiko. Knowing Mizore, Kumiko is not offended by Mizore's words. It would be different if the words are from Mayu. Neverless, Mizore's best awkward joke is still Happy Ice Cream! Niiyama recognizes Kumiko's potential by advising Kumiko about the music school. Nozomi seems still have admiration to Niiyama. Nozomi's new hairstyle shows Niiyama style Nozomi removes her signature hairband, as her saying goodbye to her past. However, Natuski and Yuko are not. Natsuki wears a Blue Bird tie. Yuki puts on a Blue Bird hairpin. Mizore's running to Nozomi is remade in the End Card. She may look fragile, but her favorite thing is roller coaster ride. Kumiko's envy toward Azusa mirrors Nozomi's envy toward Mizore. Azusa attended Rikka High, their band members are known for playing "Sing Sing Sing", which requires a lot of effort. When the first year Kumiko encountered Azusa during SunFes, Azusa invited Kumiko to meet old friends from their middle school. Kumiko told Azusa she wanted to break off the tie with them. It may sound like Kumiko goofed again by telling agitating words. Kumiko learned from Shuichi that Azusa attended same level of greatness as Reina. During the collaboration with Rikka High, Kumiko learned it is true. Kumiko became depressed and avoided contatct with Azusa. She thought she was at the same level as Azusa. To Kumiko, Reina is special and she never thought about competing with Reina. Azusa's change and her sitting in the center of Rikka bad members made Kumiko gloomy. Auska cheered up Kumiko by saying what Kumiko lacking is mental readiness, not lacking of Kumiko's music skill. Also, Azusa told Kumiko that she could not image when Kumiko not playing euphonium(It is shame if Kumiko not continue her music career anymore). Kumiko realizes her discomfort around Mayu is not envy. Kanade enlights Kumiko somehow. Mayu speaks like Kumiko; she speaks wrong expression which agitates Kumiko. Mayu had to move to new location due to her father's work. She chooses Kumiko's school because the school is gaining recognition as competitive. Mayu enjoys time to practice with hard working band members. When Kumiko works hard, it will motivate Mayu to work hard as well. Taki ended up selecting Mayu for the soli. Mayu does't get the soli from her previous school, as her former band members saying Mayu lacks motivation. Kumiko practices alone and is not happy about visit of Mayu and Kanade. After conversation, Kumiko realizes her dislike of Mayu is due to their similarity. Kanade shares her middle school experience with Kumiko. Her former teammate practice many time more than Kanade, but Kanade still plays better, with less mistakes. Kanade's senior ends up eliminating Kanade for slacking off and doing minimal work. Kanade believed in work smart over work hard. Kanade ends up rooting for Kumiko because of Kumiko's hard work. It probably hit hard for Kumiko. To be selected by Taki, Kumiko is going to replay the recorded solit between Mayu and Reina over and over agian. Last edited by scififan; 2024-06-17 at 21:31. |
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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Well, at least on one part, Kumiko is right - Kitauji is a meritocracy. The previous hub-bub is because they aren't convinced of Mayu's merits, thus making it more a matter of Deference than Meritocracy. Once Mayu proves She Can, people started siding with her.
Kanade is really speaking what the a significant portion of the audience is thinking this episode. Reviewing web opinion, some of those who have read the novel suggest that the anime version is setting up Mayu to just be the bad guy by eliminating some of her better moments in the novel or making minor adjustments. If that's so, I think the anime may be taking a right path. If we accept the premise that Mayu's annoying actions are vital to the plot or theme, that still doesn't change what that does to her characterization. Yes, there have been worse teenagers - those that delve into crime or drugs or bullying for example (and frankly Mayu's actions are close to the latter). But we still accept these aren't decent teenagers and don't sympathize with them. TVTropes has a trope called the Moral Event Horizon, beyond which a character cannot be recovered. An attempt to force a whitewash of such a character would only alienate the audience. KyoAni may just have decided the better path is to let Mayu crash to the floor. The audience can hate Mayu. Having unlikable characters doesn't make a show unlikable. It can even make the show intense which can be a good thing. It's when the show tries too hard to sell the idea that a Bad Character is Good that it can alienate the audience. |
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