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| Akane's story and her meeting with Kana was not uninteresting I admit. |
| Random dude mistaking smol Akane for smol Kana must be colorblind. Seriously... what the hell, bro? Also can someone please tell Akane that the idea of Kana outshining everyone would ruin the balance of the play. There are moments and moments to show your brilliance, and I think Kana did excellent at deciding to support Akane during this particular scene. Overall, solid episode though it pales in comparison to Ep.6's fantastic execution. |
| Kana shines on stage with the Shibuya Faction segment, as do Kamoshida with his, but Akane's role as Princess Saya is the utmost importance, especially since with her cut dialogue that didn't make it to the revised script. Regardless, everyone plays their part, but it's the story of the two central girls that make the overall story all the more fascinating. Akane being influenced by the child idol of Kana, for someone who's loved and supported by her ever-so-loving family from young, to want to be like her, she REALLY worked her ass off just to get to where could do to stand alongside Kana. But one of the adults mistaking her for Kana and saying things that don't seem as glamorous as it looks, Kana ultimately filled her in on the realities of her job, because her name is reputable enough even if the acting roles are of lesser stellar quality, something which she doesn't understand, and looked wayward into the psychology of the human mind. That's how Kana is known as the Bell Pepper Kid, but her passion and performance with as much zeal as they are, are only just fallacies in the face of her TRUE calling, and Akane standing alongside her is the tale of actresses standing out, the spotlight given to Akane from Kana being demoted as a supporting actor. However, that's not what Akane wants to see out of her once-fan, and pushing her back to that same spotlight, requires Aqua's help, as a psuedo-couple together. Continuing the great momentum, but giving everyone a chance to shine. |
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Insane episode. The dynamic between these two went into detail in this episode. AND AKANE IS AN EGOIST!!!!!!!!  |
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| They cooking not only with the visuals but even some more anime-og stuff to prop up existing material. Maybe they will change the plot of future seasons too... |
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| I was waiting this episode since a while. In th manga this "battle" between Saya and Akane was intense. They adpted, for me, very well. |
| Some people just don't understand good shit even when it's shoved right down their throat. Fantastic episode. 10/10  |
| Akane and Kana's scene was dragged a lot, but in a good way that is. |
| I can't help it, I find it too ridiculous how they depict lil kids to be capable/smart enough to understand how the grown-ups world works while in grade school. And Akane starting to learn psychology same age too. Anyways, another great episode. We'll see if Kana can let go of her past in the next episode I assume. |
| A solid episode. A really good performance by them. We got to see Akane and Kana's backstory and how they came to be. Don't be mean to little Akane, Kana-chan. But, I've personally seen such staged auditions. They're so fake and painful. I felt that part. |
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| Holy shit this show is just so insanely good. I do think the idea that these kids are such perfect actors they can chose to "act bad" to support the play is a bit funny though. |
| "This emotion is mine alone. It is for Madoka alone." - Homura or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. |
| I felt like the intensity was too out there for a moment. |
| Kana back-step to make shiny the theatre!!! kekeke |
| Goddamn is the 2.5D revolving theatre thing so interesting depicted in an animated format, now I want to see the real thing too someday! |
| I'm loving this Kana and Akane's confrontation, especially seeing the backstory that led Akane to hate Kana and study her psychology which makes sense now. It's like we're getting a 2nd stage play inside the stage play, it's more and more interesting. |
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| Little Akane carrying those books in the library was cute. |
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| Last episode, we got to see Melt Narushima's back story. This time, we got to see Akane Kurokawa's back story. Especially about Akane's interactions with Kana. We all know, Akane has idolized Kana since she was very small, she really wanted to be like Kana. What is one piece of evidence? Akane even entered the world of showbiz just because she liked Kana. However, all of that was lost when Akane first met Kana. That was also the time when Kana, the genius child actor, began to lose her popularity. |
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| Kana tried her best to bring out the "true" Arima, but it wasn't enough. Now Aqua's here to help. No doubt with Aqua present Arima will give in to him lol. Also can't get enough of Kana's pouting hahaha |
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| Next scene of Tokyo Blade and Arima does ad-lib. The scene turns to Arima vs Akane, where they fight on both sides, as characters as well as actors. After seeing Akane and Arima’s past, I can say that Akane hates Arima a bit because she didn’t know her, but she’s understanding her now. It’s not Arima’s fault for behaving like that, because she seemed to be having a tough phase at that time. Now, she just wants to be needed, so she plays along, catering to the needs. But Akane wants her to do her own style of acting, which is not easy to bring out after all the hardships Arima went through. Aqua notices Arima’s acting, and he decides to bring her true acting nature out along with Akane. |
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| Very riveting performances, I really wanna watch a SceneAround play IRL now!! Also very smart way of using the duels in the play for the characters to sort out their inner conflicts! |
| I'm Bruneian and I like anime. And Manchester United. And fat cats. |
| What a rival Akane is. Kana shutting her down like that must have really rocked her world view for her to go and study psychology books for the rest of her life. If Kana wants to support the other actors rather then shine herself, I think some reverse psychology will need to be done here! |
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| The moment when the music stopped was low-key creepy 🥲 |
| I got way more respect for Akane after this episode, I could feel rivalry and I dig it! I am starting to root more and more for her :3 I felt bad for Kana though, she definitely did not had it easy, I feel for her.  |
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