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| This show was unique for sure, but holy...OP was such a bop. 8/10 show for me. |
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| I enjoy it till the end. It is a 10 for me and i really wish it get a season 2. |
| Sad that this is the last episode, but all good things come to an end. Eiko finally performed her song "Dreamer" that brought everyone together and reminded Azalea the reason why they became a band in the first place. Ya Boy Kongming also did Azalea a favor by rebranding them as Azalea: Reborn featuring them playing the music that they want to play and they sounded really good. This was more than enough to convince Karasawa-san to produce Azalea the way they are and not by his previous experiences playing in his old band(I wonder where the other members of his band are at right now, there seems to be more to Karasawa-san's past). I enjoyed this series as this being my favorite for Spring 2022 and as for someone who is currently playing in a band(Steelband) right now I can relate to some of the themes that were addressed in this show. As for the possibility of a second season I would say there is a 70% chance it might happen since this show is popular on the Japanese streaming charts. I also seen some Eiko and Kongming cosplays. Despite all this it is hard to determine how popular this series is without knowing how many copies the manga has sold while this show is airing to convince Kadonsha to green light another season. There is also the question if P.A. Works is willing to do another season as well. Whether it gets another season or not I will be buying the manga since there are seven volumes are out right now. I encourage everyone to do the same if you really like this series to support it. 9/10. |
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| ROCK OUT PARTY PEOPLE, I really liked this seasonal and definitely think it deserves more spotlight. The only gripe I have with this finale, and many others alike, is that it just seemed like Azalea's likes "paused" after reaching 99k. Surely they have normal followers who see it in their feeds or online which would increase the like amount. Just seems nonsensical. Either way, great show 9/10. |
| Really awesome episode, great series though eiko's song could be better lol |
| good ep, has closure and explanations needed! |
| I'll be honest I expected more. When I saw the score here and the trailer I thought it would be a great anime but it's just mid. 6/10 it got worse when Azalea showed up. |
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| I'm surprised I enjoyed this show as much as I did. Like a lot of people, I was introduced to this show through the killer op, and I'm glad I decided to give it a chance. Here's to hoping for a season 2 announcement in the near future. |
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| Awesome episode with amazing music(as always), Eiko's performance was the superb and gave a really nice conclusion to the series, I hope it gets a second season. Really loved to watch this anime throughout this season, Eiko and Kongming are amazing and fun characters, I'm really gonna miss them. |
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| The plot direction left a lot to be desired. First few episodes were gold with outplaying opponent and stuff. Then, things went 180 degree when Kabe appeared out of nowhere but it’s okay and cool I guess. And for whatever reason, his appearance is a non-factor even in this final episode. Maybe he’ll be important later on but for now he’s more like a filler character. Azalea huh. Can afford zeppelin advertising but can’t get a mere 100k likes. The band is cool and I like Nanami’s singing. Their identity crisis reflects on the current capitalistic world. Dream vs money. Never go wrong with these themes. Dreamer is a good song but lacks impact IMO. I thought it would shake the street halfway through but no, it’s just a heartfelt chorus x3? I miss the ridiculous Kongming’s strategies in the earlier episodes. This and last episode somewhat brings it back but lacks the wtf moment. |
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| Damn this finale was just insane, really good episode might actually be the best one of the whole show. I was honestly really impressed by how they animated the guitar, bass, and drums, it's very hard to animate it correctly. |
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| All in all the underdog of the season. Really great music show with some weaknesses in the middle section. I wished they'd stick more with EDM music from the first episodes, but that's a little personal nitpick. Would have given a 8/10, but to bump the rating up a bit it's going to be a 9 / 10. And last: The OP is still a banger. Chiki chiki ban ban... |
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| What a beautifully touching finale to an overall fantastic series! I’m not ashamed to admit I teared up a little…ok maybe a lot. |
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| Eiko's voice really does soothe the soul. Also tbh I liked Karasawa's sense with the music. Azalea sounded pretty gothic (ignore the dance tempo) with his support than the HS theme they had. Rocking like him in his old days. And damn the animation sequence in this arc was amazing. That movement. the bass skills and the whole 360 pov thing was thrilling. Hope they have more for the second coming. Wow is he like a music producer or smh? |
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| I hope it gets a sequel |
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| dang, how did you know? is it manga stuff? |
| I'm glad that Karasawa wasn't just some one-dimensional bad guy who was just after money. Troubled by his own past, he wanted to make sure that the same didn't happen to the Azalea girls. Deep down, he truly had good intentions all this time, albeit in his own sort of twisted way. I'm also glad that Eiko's singing truly made them come back to their senses. Although part of their reason for staying was that so many people now depended on their success, all the staff and such working with and for them. I guess they don't matter much now, they're probably just minor technicalities in the grand scheme of things lol. Can't ruin the heartfelt moment now, can we. Now, maybe someone can help refresh my memory, but what exactly was Kabe's role this entire time? If I remember correctly, Kongming scouted him out for the sake of the 100,000 likes project, so I was thinking that they'd be performing together. But they don't perform together, Kabe kind of just stands there on the stage today. Besides for the sake of simply changing things up a bit and including some rap, the only thing I can think of as to why Kabe was here was to maybe give Eiko some emotional support. They fleshed him out pretty well with his own backstory, but honestly I feel like he stole too much screen time from Eiko- especially since it seemed like he didn't add much by the end. Perhaps someone can enlighten me lol It was an 8/10 anime at first, but personally I felt like it kind of lost quite a bit of that initial energy, and will now be leaving this with a 6/10. This last episode to "Volume 1" though, certainly was a good finale. Also how TF did they manage to park their truck in THIS position?? Maybe there's an alleyway behind it hiding behind that tree, or maybe it drove on the freaking sidewalk before making the turn. But otherwise, DANG this driver's good. |
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| Great final episode. Wrapped up this arc well. The show really delivered on my expectations it set for me in the first episode. Contrary to popular opinion though, I liked the second arc more due to the focus on Azalea. That was the best part of the show for me, apart from Kongming and Eiko, of course. Kabe was a character developed really well and I hope he has more involvement in Eiko's career moving forward. 7/10. |
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| Last episode, Kongming's crew borrowed Azalea's likes long enough to get past the half-point. Once the audience caught on to them being a "fake Azalea", Kabe pulled a "no u" by using Azalea's lip-syncing and disguise against them in a diss. And now, to gain the rest of the likes, Eiko sings her new song Dreamer. It's very clear from the lyrics that this is a message for Nananim to spread he wings, the show her face, to sing what she wants. So at 6:20, is the mystery liker Eiko's dad from the photo of them together in episode 1?   The 100,000th liker is none other than arranger Steve himself. Ah, no wonder Kongming's strategy worked so well against Azalea...he has a freaking Acer Predator Thronos! Though Eiko has earned her right to appear at Summer Sonia, Kongming's operation is not over. A reborn Azalea play a song from their early days (at least one member of the crowd has been listening to Azalea since their pre-idol career). They finally stood up to Karasawa, even this was part of Kongming's operation. He was streaming Reborn Azalea's performance, proving to Karasawa that the music they really wanted to play could be popular; firing back the 100,000 "arrows" he borrowed from his opponents. The fans that saw the stream come to Azalea's location, not because of money, but to see the artist they liked. Eiko has done it and even Karasawa is at the celebration to tie up loose ends. Haha Kongming is just so blatant with that "I am the mastermind" sash. Wow Karasawa used to be in a visual-kei band! The misfortunes he experienced in his career are why he'd put Azalea's financial success above their integrity as musicians.  I love how humble Eiko and Kongming both are. Epic fist bump. Right after Kongming's current master leaves to give the crowd what they desire, the spirit of his previous master appears... Full version of Kibun Jou Jou! Mia is very pissed whereas Jet Jacket are concocting more of the traditional throat remedy Kongming gave them 😆 Well, Mr festival organizer, your cush now has 100,000 likes. And we end on Eiko doing a title drop. This really needs a season two. |
Fortress_MaximusJun 17, 2022 4:15 PM
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| Loved the show overall, but the ending was a bit too cheesy for my liking. I don't buy how it took 1 song from Eiko for Azalea to end up in tears and just say no to being "robots", even though they pretty much accepted having their souls sold. Maybe things changed too quick? Shouldn't there be too much at stake at this point? Shouldn't there be more consequences? Tons of money was likely put in Azalea and they should've signed contracts that turns them into slaves of sorts? I don't see how them "breaking free" makes sense or can be fixed by simply bowing down and saying "we're sorry". It's just too good to be real. Fairytale-type good ending IMO. 8/10 from me, anyways... |
Sigmar-UnberogenJun 16, 2022 3:36 PM
| I think it fell of a bit at the end and became quite cliche, but it was still very good. Still think the rap was pretty cringe overall (was it necessary in the end lol?) |
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| That was a lovely show, it wasn't like amazing but a really good time, I was going to skip it but ofc the OP got my attention, without a doubt the OP of the season and probably for the whole year, Eiko was my cutiepie of the season too, her design is super cute and Kaede Hondo has a lovely voice, the final reveal about Karasawa not being a monster but actually a super fan of the girls much like Kongming to Eiko was a really nice touch too. |
| Damn good show. First good PA Works series since Shirobako. Hope we get season 2 |
| That was a great finale to the season! PA works deserve more credit how consistent this show was seriously the production was amazing and I'm glad all ended well. I'm really hoping for s2 especially since its going to be summer sonia with the new reborn azalea. Loved the "party people!" line at the end too |
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| This was the first manga adaptation produced by P.A. Works and it ended up becoming one of the studio's biggest hits, that's very nice. |
| Ughh I teared do much. I'm so happy for Eiko-chan and the reborn AZALEA!! It's was such a great spring season with Paripi Koumei. There's a lot of rom com and it's kinda repetitive so having a slice of life and music is really great. |
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| 2nd half was a little off but that was just a buildup for the last few episodes. The last few episodes had such a beautiful conclusion. 8/10 (A Tier) |
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| That's it party people! A great finale to a great anime! |
| I was expecting the long-haired red and blue haired characters that were in the ED and ending club scene to be a bigger part of the series (Haven't read the manga) since they seemed to emphasized them, but maybe they ere just meant to be cameos for later in the story. I can't believe it's over already, I want more! Really hope they renew it for a 2nd season. I also hope the release all the full songs featured in the show on an album; I want to listen to them all on repeat. |
| what a banger of a show, blew me away fr. sad that its ended, thursdays are no longer boppin :-( i'd love a second season & seeing more of eiko and nanami's friendship, and of course kongming's strategies |
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| INCREDIBLE. This chapter was really great! It was Eiko's turn to sing, the song was amazing!!! Very good, it touched everyone, especially Azalea. And thanks to that, they came back to play like before and were reborn. And Eiko reached 100.000 likes. The Plan for Peace Around the World, Volume 1. It was successful. It was very cool this anime, I loved it. Let's hope they announce a 2nd season.  |
| This was an incredible ending to an already fantastic show. The emotions are high as you feel happy for Eiko and as well as Azalea's members being free. Even their harsh manager gets justified. Well done, Kongming, for helping our girl to reach 100,000 likes. Wonder if there's gonna be a season 2 but it seems everything wrapped so nicely. |
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| Azalea's song was better than Eiko's... |
| Legit had the volume set to max for most of this episode. Such an awesome show and I'm P.A Works did such a great job on all the performances. If a season 2 gets announced I'm definitely gonna be on that. |
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| What a good show. I had a lot of fun watching this, more so with the low expectations I started with considering the premise was too out there. But it certainly delieverd specially in the music department. So many songs produced (even if one of them was sung a lot), the attentiont to the stratagems from Kongming's past and mostly their respective application to a situation in a claver and original. That's probably an aspect few show's can take for themselves. We also have the characters who, though we didn't have much time to dwelve into them, their were relatable enough through their music, that being a ballad or an improvised rap (technically even chanting). And since we're still on the music side, obviously I can't oversee the opening song... nor the ending one (even if it isn't as much for the dance floor). Maybe my biggest gripe with the show has to go to the animation which didn't really blew me away, and some of the impactful scenes which probably didn't hit for me as hard as they could have. Some though, I certainly did feel shivers go down my spine when Eiko sang soley to Nanami in that roof, not as much after Dreamer though. In any case, I can safely recommend this among the best from this season, easily. |
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| Not that good as people say I think it is 5/10 at best. |
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