Girls Band Cry Episode 13 Discussion

No Rupa. If anyone needed more fleshing out it's her. She didn't got a dedicated episode even Tomo got one. Wished she got one as being Indian representative.

Also in SEA aswell. Atleast far far more than anything in the west who choosen Ninja Kumshot as better anime than this. Every "judge" should be hanged for that.

But sequel probably is unlikely. Even 4-5 more episodes could have fleshed the ending better. End of episode 11 felt so much better than 13 one.
I just didn't care about pink girl. You can't do anything in 1 episode just felt rushed and weird and just wrong to Nina. Would have served better as proper antagonist.

It just felt good to see everyone backing Nina even if at expense of pro contract. Which was the only reason Rupa & Tomo joined at the first place. More than being overshadowed by Di Dust which is in turn again is wrong to Nina & Momoka. The agency wasn't feeling like a problem they were giving them independence and resources.

This is very wishful thinking. But their progess indeed was way rapid. That's why I would have preferred a fairy tale type ending of them beating Di Dust and a last scene mirroring the OP. This just feels ok...

Rupa's character is a huge minefield or "can of worms" for Toei / GBC staff. They decided not to make her a stereotypical western blonde girl, but a more realistic asian immigrant. Problem is, fans managed to piece together enough bits of info from official fanbooks and audio dramas to pinpoint that Rupa is (half)-nepalese.

Now, japanese people are xenophobic or at least severely isolationist and don't like foreigners, all and any kinds of them, staying beyond short-term tourism. Anime-manga otaku especially have a tendency to associate with the "patriotic" far-right. Previously koreans and philippines living in Japan were targeted the most by "black van" loudspeakers, but by now nepalese immigrants (app. 2500 people total, mostly 1st and 2nd generation refugees of the nepalese civil war) are the most singled-out ethnic group for expulsion propaganda.

Toei staff can keep Rupa a "mysterious" character with a blurried background and the otaku will gloss over it, since they like her personality and design a lot. Elaborate on her backstory and the otaku would be forced to choose between their adoration for GBC and Mishima Yukio, with the latter winning. (Btw, it's pretty obvious that Rupa didn't tell the truth to Tomo about her parents having died in an accident, they were likely victims of the nepalese civil war. Notice how she wears a combat vest in all concerts.)

Not worth opening such a can of worms, especially now, when GBC still has no gacha game, so the franchise entirely depends on real-life Togenashi Togeari band performances. TogeToge are down to just 3 girls and can't afford to retire another member. Among TT girls, Shuri (in-anime Rupa) is the prettiest and an exceptionally talented bassist, who is also most active on social media - she seems to greatly enjoy being the "court jester" of TogeToge and her postings reach a lot of fans. Creating a Rupa disaster would also knock Shuri out of the picture and that would be game over for GBC!

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i would like to know more about this 👀 i'm intrigued

Really this has an 8.3 and gets hyped by everyone? This had so much unnecessary and annoying drama and the show is just mid.

6/10

In one audio drama (included on Blu-Ray) Rupa mentions she hails from a country of very high mountains. In ep11, during the "Emptiness and Catharsis" on-stage performance / music video, a flashback very briefly shows long-haired Rupa bringing flowers to a military cemetery. (Toei staff later confirmed that was Rupa, not her sister or anyone else.) Nepal had a long-winding civil war starting in late 1990s, sending hundreds of thousands of refugees abroad, including ~2500 to Japan.

I absolutely loved watching Girls Band cry. It was a really good show. Great story, with actually good progress, great chacter design, and music! Especially the CGI animation rocked!

But what is with this ending? Like bro this ending is way to sudden, and rushed. Despite all the character backstories being finally revealed it also it leaves questions to me…
What happens now? So their song from episode 12 was a flop, they didn’t sell out the venue and resigned from the agency but what now? The show just kinda suddenly ends here. . The ending makes it seem very questionable whether the band can actually get successful/survive now? For a manga adaptation such an ending would be acceptable but this is an anime original. There is literally no sequel planned, This is literally all the story that exists. Like sure you can make an open ending. A lot of anime I really enjoy have an open ending but the ending of girls Band cry is in my opinion to much of a cliffhanger - to much anticlimatic

Personally that’s why this show, despite me really really liking it only gets a 9/10. Like I said the show was really good, but the fact that it is kind „missing“ a proper end kinda dragged the whole show down a bit

shock 3d with 8+ rating....
so watch.
shock, ending feel empty....
it's come back, a music thing when good, rarely got continuation
somehow regreting watching such a good thing now if only...
no novel
no manga
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