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Reply to Delsoonbye
NGL that was a pretty bad ending.....
| @Delsoonbye Good news then....it's not the ending. There's more on the way. |
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| I loved this show! I was initially turned off by the CG but stuck it out because it wasn't offensively bad CG....glad I did. My only disappointment was the cliffhanger yuribait in EP8...since it was not even slightly mentioned again it came across as "Watch The Next Episode" bait. Still, I'm excited to see the next installment they've announced. |
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Reply to YuniVT
@Delsoonbye Good news then....it's not the ending. There's more on the way.
| @YuniVT Idk if its only me but I feel like its even worse if it wasnt the ending to the overall franchise. If there is more episodes planned with a new season, I wouldve ended it at ep 11 and then started the whole agency arc with the new season and have it go a bit longer instead of rushing it to a finish for the season. |
Reply to Delsoonbye
@YuniVT what do you mean, episode 13 was the last episode. If youre trying to say its not the ending cause they announced like a season 2 or something that doesnt matter lol
| @Delsoonbye Let me use an example from your list: The Dangers in My Heart would be mid to good if season 1 was all we got...but we got a second season which furthered the story and made the series even better. Season 1 Ep 12 was just a pause since we got a (fantastic) second season. The end of a season is not the end if there's more story coming. Now, take Chivalry of a Failed Knight...as far as the anime is concerned, that awful cliffhanger is the end because we didn't (and won't likely) get a second season. My point is that if there's more story coming we're at a pause not the end. Edit: It's nice to see someone with near the same taste I do....Yame Yukana is an SS-Tier waifu. |
YuniVTJun 30, 6:52 PM
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| While I did enjoy the overall show, I have to say, I really didn't care too much for the music side of it. Aside from Void from the first episode and maybe one other song, I really didn't care for them. What kept me hooked were the character interactions, mostly Nina being the most human character I've seen in some time and Subaru's silly antics. I know no one wants to hear it but the CGI... was fine. The problem I have was the same issue I have with CG in non-CGI anime, the mixing of the two. At the start of the show, there wasn't much or at least they blended it better but as more episodes released, you could see they really started resorting to 2D animation for a lot of things. Pictures okay, but background characters, side characters, flashbacks and characters talking to the main cast. They weren't bad moments but they do remind me of ExArm moments. |
| man i cant believe its over already, it felt like it went by so fast. i really hope we get an s2, togetoge r all so lovable <3 |
| I didn't really mind the ending too much. But I can't help but feel like the final song was really underwhelming compared to "Emptiness and Catharsis". All of their other songs that they performed, I loved it on the first listen. But this one just didn't do anything for me which is disappointing. |
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| PEAK FICTION For a fan Girl Band Back in the day, we hope there's Girl Band anime like K-On but with more Serious Plot and this is it. Toei Animation nailed it with Smooooth 3D animation once again, God that Concert, The Crowd, Lighting background, everything 10/10. But they gatekeeping it, Not put on streaming service like Crunchyroll. |
| It's nice that they're going solo, and could still perform against Diamond Dust, we only saw Togenashi Togeari's performance as the final song to conclude the anime but it was enough I guess, fine way to end the show even though they could do better, but overall liked it, I didn't find anything special or mindblowing for my side but it was still a pretty good girls band anime. |
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| Hmmm to many drama and very less music and the music not to impactful like bang dream or d4dj or idoly pride and some other girl band theme, need a few episodes to adjust for the cgi (really prefer the drawing style anime) kind of disappointed while having a high expectations for it, 7/10 |
| Another excellent girls-band-type show that showcases the power of 3D anime done right. |
| This is what Im here for! Nina acting like a gremlin and drama! Dont care about the performances tbh, song was lame. Sorry but every episode after ep8 has been way too tame. Ep10 just solved any drama too easily, when before every step of the way was a struggle. EP11 didnt follow any fallout for Subaru and we never got Rupa backstory. Now we rushed through the last part, had this dumb battle with DiaDust and its over. Seriously why is it SO focussed on competing with DiaDust? They are a new band! Give it time! They even ended this with a happy, poppy, boring song. Where is the aggression they had before? Gone. Where is the emotion in your performance when struggling against the odds? Replaced by beeing happy with how things are? Void really is the best song, which is of course ironic because its a DiaDust song and not TogeToge. I know the band was formed before the anime aired and actually performs, which is cool, I will check out the songs. But the ones in the anime, ehh. I guess potential is there. And her voice is great. Dont get me wrong, I really like this show! But it peaked in the middle with the Nina and Momoka drama and got way too tame afterwards. Literally no drama, even Ninas past has essentially been resolved. Also why did they quit the agency? They had actually solid income and someone supporting them without meddling creatively. Seems dumb for the sake of beeing dumb. There was literally no pressure. Ahhh I hate to feel disappointed after getting sooo hyped up. Because it makes me feel worse about this then it actually is. But it already gets enough praise. Really dont know how to rate this. 3DCGI was surprisingly cool, but the actual animation at times was painful to watch. Overall ok. Songs were a mess, some like Void are amazing, the others eh generic anime jpop/rock stuff. The OST and overall sound design was great though. Story... a show like this is good because the band clashes! Because there is conflict! Take that away and its SoL with weird pacing. 8/10 but the magic is gone. I would probably fall in love with it all over again rewatching it until ep8 though, which is just ok but not anazing. I do believe if people did not watch Jellyfish and had something even more disappointing to compare it to the reception would be worse. PS: Yeah S2 is coming, will probably focus more on DiaDust and hopefully more Rupa and Tomo backstory, but without any tension between the core trio I dont see it beeing anywhere near as good as this one, as this one already fell off for exactly that reason. Sorry for rambling so much, nobody will read this wall of text. Let me know if you did. |
Comander-07Jul 11, 3:07 PM
| "This emotion is mine alone. It is for Madoka alone." - Homura or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. |
| I dont hate Nina, as a character I actually like her. But I dont understand her hate boner for DiaDust especially when she still liked them in the end. |
| "This emotion is mine alone. It is for Madoka alone." - Homura or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. |
| This show felt like I was put on a rocket-propelled roller coaster from start to finish. I love these characters and all their weaknesses and flaws and all their interactions with each other. Looks like there are some criticism about the ending being rushed... but I don't see it that way. I see it as them saying "this sh*t ain't over yet!" And I hope it isn't. Otherwise yes, while the brisk pace is great, this 'end' would be a bit too abrupt. But again let's hope that's not the case. In the mean time, am sure gonna miss these guys. |
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| I'm not happy at all with the ending, but I can appreciate what they were trying to say. Not everything in life will go your way. I still hope a second season comes out to turn it into a success story though. 8/10. |
| Ok finale. Overall, kinda average show. A little boring and too much dramatic at times. |
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| What the hell with the ending? Would be better if the anime just ended on episode 11 |
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| They’re gonna have to start listing “Nina Monologue” on all their set lists because damn this girl loves talking lol, and once again I know it’s just because it’s an anime but I feel like coming out swinging would just hit harder, no need for a speech when the music does it for you. That being said, damn nice final performance for the show to cap it all off, for now hopefully lol, loved Tomo’s keys during the song and once again all the girls picked some nice stage outfits, I see you Rupa with those devil horns lol, perhaps the episode title being “Rock and Roll Will Never Die” is an AC/DC reference after all. Loved that they thanked not just the audience, but us the viewers as well at the very end, this or saying goodbye always makes it harder to part with a show once it’s over but I love it at the same time. And along with the final performance, we finally learned Nina and Hina’s backstory together, and turns out it wasn’t some dreadfully awful thing that split them apart but it still split them nonetheless, but I’m glad the two of them kinda made up during Nina’s realization during her speech, I may meme on Nina for talking too much but I liked that moment a lot. And I see a lot of folks saying this ending was rushed, and honestly I don’t really think so, yeah it wasn’t much of an ending but the episode felt finely paced to me, I was actually surprised that they gave so much time to the proposal conflict knowing this was the last episode. The ending also reminds me of how SoL anime tend to end, where there’s not really an ending, life goes on, and these girls will continue to reach greater heights beyond the show, I just hope we get a 2nd Season to see it. And that was it, yeah it’s pretty criminal that I didn’t pick this one during my Spring 2024 season but that’s how it’s been going for me a lot lately lol, can’t catch them all, along with this jellyfish show everyone else seemed to have watched and compared it to this one so I guess I gotta hit it soon too lol. But you know what else is criminal? The fact this show didn’t get licensed for a proper translation, the fansubs I watched were fine and takes me back to the old days but this show absolutely deserves to be more well known, it was a damn good show, especially when you consider that it’s almost completely CGI, but I gotta say it looked quite beautiful most of the time. And the show itself was a lot of fun, yeah these girls could get quite emotional and very dramatic, but damn I had a good time and the jams were immaculate, including the OP and ED, gonna have to seek them all out after this lol. And I gotta mention my best girls, and it’s definitely among Rupa, Subaru and Momoka, I don’t think I can pick just one lol, no offense to Tomo and Nina, I liked them too of course but they both did things that kinda annoyed me, also I love the more mature babes lol. Definitely would watch a Season 2 of this one, don’t know if it’s possible or how many years it takes to make a masterful CGI anime like this with some of the most beautiful performances I’ve ever seen, but I’ll be there if we get one. |
Comander-07 said: Sorry for rambling so much, nobody will read this wall of text. Let me know if you did. I did lol, I don’t read all the massive posts but because I write them myself, I like to give some others a read, especially if it’s someone I typically enjoy reading from. |
| Finally got around to finishing this almost 2 months after the final episode. This is what happens when I watch anime with no proper seasonal schedule.. but this finale absolutely screams S2 (imo) and I hope when that comes around it gets an official release. Anyways this was an incredible anime in every aspect, and another to add why originals are so great |
| interesting last episode, I hope more comes from this show since there is so much left for them to showcase; as for Hina I still don’t like her one bit |
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| Ending was kinda lack luster. Started off great too. Characters, music, and animation was great. Solid 8/10. Would’ve been higher had they nailed the ending |
| How tf this crap got avg 8+ Shitty char Shitty story Shitty animation NGL tho, songs kinda Okay... |
The ending felt rushed, but honestly this anime was quite enjoyable, especially with the crazy CG work that was done to make this masterpiece. This is probably the greatest anime of this season, hoping for more from the band in the future! |
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