Girls Band Cry Episode 13 Discussion

@Kimurah ...I think we interpreted the show very differently. Some of it is even completely opposite of my interpretation, which is very strange to me. I'll provide lines and examples here, so I'd love to hear your thoughts.

The "2 day challenge from Diamond Dust" was Miura's idea, after she went to them and begged for help. She specifically asked them to have both groups play both days, so that they can sell out both days and not have TogeToge look like they lost. This was explained by Hina when she met up with Nina. Miura wasn't going to tell the band about her actions, and instead framed it as "DiaDust wants us to play both days so that we can face off in front of the same audience" (as Tomo explains in their band meeting). Without knowing the context that Miura begged them for this offer, then yeah, this seems like DiaDust is changing their mind and asking for a fair challenge. But because Hina told Nina about it, Nina knew that simply accepting this new challenge means they already lost, since it was a pity offer after Miura begged them for help.

While on stage, Nina said they knew they lost, because... they did lose, lol. The original challenge was who will sell the most seats, and they knew before the show even started they lost, because they did not sell all their tickets while DiaDust did (not to mention DiaDust already played the previous day, to a sold-out venue). She didn't "go into it with a defeatist stance", because the challenge was already over by that point.

The decision to go solo indie was just them repenting for their decision of rejecting the offer.

I honestly didn't see a message of "growing up", which makes your statement about the show "banging with a hammer" all the more confusing. There's the aspect of facing your pasts and moving on, but the main point of the series is about not giving up on your dreams, no matter how hard it may be, i.e. the opposite of "growing up". This is backed up by Nina quitting school and working part-time to support her new dream of being a musician, Momoka trying again to be a musician despite her fear of failing again, Subaru finally telling her grandmother that she wants to be a musician instead of an actor (for which she has a perfect career already lined up for), Tomo willing to give her input again even if it means she may be scorned for it, and Rupa... well, it's not clear, she's definitely the least developed character. "Growing up" would mean facing reality and not pursuing your outlandish dreams, but this is obviously not the case. If you could provide some examples of the show saying that growing up is the right thing to do, I'd love to hear it.

There was a very obvious parallel with Miura's offer and what DiaDust did in the past. Miura even says "I had a feeling this would go against your principles. I guess I'm also to blame", meaning going behind their backs to get out of the original challenge and then not telling them about it is going against what the band wants. Doing what they don't want to do is exactly why Momoka left DiaDust in the first place, hence it made no sense to do it again. If they accept defeat by going along with their pity offer just to get more fans or money, then again, that's exactly what DiaDust did in the past, going against their principles just to get more exposure.

Tanaka says like 5 lines (using the "good" fansub): "You're quitting?" (yes) "For another agency?" (no [...]) "Was there a problem?" (It's our own decision) "Spoken like true greenhorns" "Come back in 10 years if you survive until then; I'll make you something for free". Where in this dialogue is he trying to convince them to stay?!? Did we watch the same episode!?