Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live Episode 51 Discussion

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Mar 30, 2014 9:38 PM

billybob300c

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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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great episode. can't believe it's been a year already since this aired. i'll miss this anime for sure

7/10

Mar 31, 2014 7:08 AM

komic

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definitely the best one so far. PRASS will have to work hard to pass this.

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Mar 31, 2014 9:16 AM

haineko123

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Great episode~ I love that the guys finally get some screentime and dancetime as a unit xD
but not to sure about the "over the rainbow" unit name... lol its really hard not to think like a fujoshi when there are three guys sleeping in a bed in the middle of a field of flowers.... on second thought...maybe over the rainbow is a suitable name. the cheezyness game me chills like the end of utapri2 ><"

lol norizuki turned into an crazy angry vampire

happy endings for everyone~
LOL prism cooking??

overall great series. i enjoyed the music and stories of each character~
fav charas were Kouji, Hiro, and Rinne <3

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Mar 31, 2014 12:53 PM

sailorpete

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Lol Jin wanting revenge and going vampire to do it. Favorites were Rinne Kazuki, and Naru. 8/10

Mar 31, 2014 4:21 PM

Jackfrost12

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komic said:
definitely the best one so far. PRASS will have to work hard to pass this.

PRASS is just a 13 episode recap series that covers all 3 seasons. It is sort of a send off series as Pretty Rhythm ends with Rainbow Live. The series that takes its place is sort of a spiritual successor called Prism Paradise(Puri-Para) which starts in the summer cour.
You can read about the new show here:
Prism Paradise
But TL:DR, Prism Paradise is just a carbon copy of Aikatsu.

*On-Topic*

I am very satisfied with the ending, I honestly didn't expect them to give the boys dance time but it was great and I loved it....though that prism jump made laugh pretty hard XD.
Damn Bell rejected Hiro and lol Naru just realized that she liked and was heart broken by Kouji way back, I thought when she said "why am I crying" back then was because it just the cliche thing they always say in one of those scenes XD.
Hiro reuniting with his mother and Rinne at the end man that was
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4v4pzYl7a1r3zat8.gif

Great series overall and a great one to end the Pretty Rhythm series with. It had some of the best songs in the entire franchise and great dance sequences and a story that actually hooked me from episode 1, definitely better than AD and DMF. Easy 9/10

Mar 31, 2014 8:47 PM

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ending for me was a 7.5/10.

was hoping HAPPY RAIN going to do a new song and/or dance, but having as background music is ok to.

took me 5 minutes of thinking to type this "gonna miss this show"

Just an anime fan, doing what an anime fan does

Apr 2, 2014 8:30 AM

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They screwed up the ending by making the base story with all this prism world crap, now my feels are killing me. They made the series too good though, now I have nothing better to watch and I'll cry because nothing ever got this far to scar my heart.

Jun 28, 2014 2:58 AM

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I was crying through out ep 46-51 . So much feel in this one . I am just so god damnned happy . I really love Pretty Rhythm <3 HAPPY NARU !!

Jun 29, 2014 10:35 AM

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The ending was sort of weak compared to the rest of the series, I think. Overall the series is still very good. No real filler and every episode had something new to show about the characters. It's been a while since I saw something with pacing this good, especially when it comes to 50 ep series.

Nov 28, 2014 10:36 AM

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wuxiaspear

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i really like the insert song "gift".
happy naru <3

Aug 8, 2015 3:07 AM

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ekla

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Most overrated anime on MAL, art is very poor, animation is not up to the mark, even animation form 80s are far better than this. The songs weren't something unique, a 2k ranked anime is much much better then this crap.

Nov 14, 2019 2:55 PM

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Varendant

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The second half became somewhat questionable (with the exception of a few key moments) but I loved the first half way too much to give this anything less than an 8/10.

I loved how focused on character development the first half was. They had to earn their Pair Friends through character development and further develop even more to be able to perform Prism Lives. The characters that were already likeable became even more likeable and the characters weren't became likable by the end. Rainbow Live has the best cast in all the Pretty Rhythm series.

In the second half things started to escalate too much with them being able to perform 6-7 Prism Jumps and was kinda ehh in the direction they took Rinne, June and the Prism World stuff but despite that this was easily the best Pretty Rhythm series and one of my new favorites.

VarendantNov 14, 2019 3:04 PM

Mar 3, 6:21 PM

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Sylicone

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To think that I used to check this out back in like 2018/19/20, and watched 3 episodes and scored it a 7(horrible score in my book), but then this year I finished it in just multiple days and multiple hour sessions having a lot of fun watching and now I'm scoring it a 10. Though not gonna lie, somewhere in these last parts I wonder when I stopped enjoying it 100%. Maybe it already started in the 40s, or maybe it was when the rivalries between the girls stopped, or when they stopped playing the instrument sounds in the Prism Lives, or the plot progression felt too rushed. Like I think it would have been better if there were another 25 or 51 episodes. After all, that's what I'm feeling right now... ;-;...

But to those who have enjoyed 100% from start to finish, I'm glad that this is one of your most favorite shows ;).

Unfortunately it's not the top top for me even though in the middle of watching I considered it to be probably the best anime I've ever watched out of 600+ completed anime. Though that was somewhere during the 10s or 20s ;-;. Yeah at least in the first episodes they didn't exactly rush the drama, that's what made me love it so much. Like the show would just switch from a character's drama to another character's drama and you could feel how the world of Rainbow Live is filled with many different lives with many different problems. From Naru's happy family to Ann arguing with her dad, to Ito not even wanting to talk with her dad, to Bell being held to the highest standards by her mom, to Wakana's working dad, to Otoha's happy family. There was also Prism Stone where they worked on making sweets and it turns out that the owner was a kappa penguin and she had to deliberately hide that fact from them which was funny... ... ... Yeah... Hm... ... And everytime Rinne who rarely speaks, opens her mouth, saying something funny or cool, I feel so much joy hearing her voice. Plus it's Sakura Ayane, the same voice actor who voiced Cocoa. Actually I didn't know she could sing that amazing here. I wondered for a second if there was a 2nd voice just like in Aikatsu but nope. Sakura Ayane's voice is the real deal ;).

But yeah, just like how Aikatsu stole my heart from Pripara, you could also say Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live stole my heart from Pripara too XD. I didn't expect the boys to be a fun part of the show ;). Like Kazuki's performance in episode 33 and Hiro admitting defeat. Like there wasn't just rivalry between the girls, there was also rivalry between the boys and that's what made it so much fun. I was expecting another three-way battle between the boys but ahaha... It got rushed. I like happy endings but this one felt like the wrong path. The story should have moved more into more fun battles with their own individual drama on each side. ... Should have gone for 101 episodes instead of just 51... Ambition can't be fit into a small frame... ... How annoying. Perhaps I should remake this.

Like the dramas being shortened in the late 40s... Very annoying... They should all weave together like in the earlier parts. Even in the 30s it was great. Man I gotta check some of my video journaling to see what made me love the show so much and when it started to fall apart...

Anyways, still a 10. It fell off just like Aikatsu (though Aikatsu fell off in like the 2nd half of the first season while Rainbow Live fell off in the 40s or late 30s) but alas both are still 10s for showing me something to be very passionate about. I feel very lucky being able to experience such shows and being able to make me feel great emotions... And wishing for perfection... ... Oh well. If I want perfection then I should make perfection.

Edit: Looking back on my journals, it was the light comedy too XD. This show has fun humor too. It lost that in the last parts... So annoying.

Edit 2: Yep, the drama and feelings are way better in the early parts. Wakana vs Ann for example. So good ;). The ability to fail, the music showing Ann's failure... Everybody's silence... Naru wanting to help, Ito stopping her, Kazuki saying good job and clapping which lead to everyone clapping along and celebrating her, but we also get to see Ann's dark face, to then Rinne huffing her and saying "The wall is gone", and then Ann cries...

Ann said:
I hate it, I hate it. I just decided ahead of time that I couldn't do it. Just built up a wall in my head. I lost to myself! I should have trained more. If it was going to be this frustrating, I should have trained more!
(More crying)

(transition to the other side of the stage with Wakana and Otoha)

Wakana said:
If you were just going to cry about it, you shouldn't have even bothered. I really hate that about you.

Yep, this is the Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live I know and fell in love with... This is the truly the best anime I've ever watched ;). Out of Aikatsu, Steins;Gate, Clannad, Yuri Yuri, Yuru Camp, Non Non Biyori, Pripara, Shinryaku! Ika Musume, No Game No Life, Space Brothers, Kuroko no Basket, Black Bullet, Clockwork Planet, Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko, and many more anime that I've forgotten and loved too... ... Out of all of the anime I watched, I can happily say that Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live was the best of them all... From drama, to music, to performances with its own touch of Prism Live, to cute birds, rivalries, even including boys which I usually don't care about, families, life lessons, like... everything... Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live was the anime that managed to touch my heart again at an older age of 20... Though that's still young ahaha. Fun to think that younger me didn't even bother to care while watching the first 3 episodes at one point. But yeah, I love Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live. I'm bound to watch while journaling alongside my video journals and having fun again ;).

SyliconeMar 3, 7:01 PM

Neat.
Also neat.
And another.
+ another one.
And another one.
Then have one more.
Actually, have two more.

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