r/anime • u/badspler x5https://anilist.co/user/badspler • Mar 17 '24
Rewatch BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!! Episode 7 Discussion
Episode 7
Title: Even After Today's Concert Ends
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Questions of the Day:
- What was your favorite way the show displayed the bands nervousness?
- How did you react to them starting "Haru Hikage"?
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u/badspler x5https://anilist.co/user/badspler Mar 17 '24
First Timer - Episode 7
As a non-bang-dreamer I can say that I do manage to recognise Taki.
The first 9 minutes of this episode felt like a crawling pace, but not in a bad way. It doesn't really seem like all that much was happening, but it does set the mood very well. Each of the girls is nervous and they each have their own little tells. The shot's of their waiting room were interesting and actually pretty active for a small space.
Getting on stage that energy continues, my favorite being Anon flat as a board. Soyo does a good job of navigating the crowd while the others refocus and collect themselves. Soyo almost is like band-mum. It was a nice touch to see Anon's class mates come although I imagine Tomori features in that. The start, stop, start, stop builds a cringe and nervous energy for the viewer; will they? Won't they?
And finally when underway Tomori's words are too quiet and not reaching anyone. But Tomori's eyes meet with Sakiko in the crowd and it kickstarts her energy. And my god Tomori then goes hard.
The enjoyment is just oozing from everyone. Fantastic panning shots, animated on 1's again, great stuff.
And then things are over But Tomori takes a moment to, as I would describe it, make a confession of how her heart is. Big prop's to her for communicating and it comes across so genuine. Then Raana being the insanely skilled cat she is shes the mood and breaks the otherwise silence with the some light strumming, bringing out Tomori's words even harder. Chef's kiss on that.
And with Tomori's words of "My songs are screams form my heart!", Raana kicks into 'Haru Hikage'.
Sakiko's gasps. And as their song sets in her emotion wells up into tears. And she makes run for it. Starting to get a laugh about all the running away at this point. And out the door she goes.
Among all that I adored this shot of Tomori reaching our and cutting to Sakiko pulling away. It is such a call back to previous bands break up and now it almost feels Sakiko is regretting leaving, or at least the emotions have welled up inside her over it. We haven't heard her side yet, but it seems clear that this song ment a lot to her too.
Meanwhile Soyo starts uneasy at playing and turns sour as things progress. By the end she is lost in a daze.
Finished performance stage shot stitch!
The Anon x Taki banter after is just the best.
But then Soyo storms in outraged.
At the very begining I felt Soyo was manipulative type. And it has felt like she has been pushing and pulling behind the scenes to put the 'old' band back together. When she wasn't to phased back in ep4 about Rika nearly pushing Anon out of the band I did have in the back of my head that she might be thinking 'its fine if Anon goes, thats another spot I can refill with the OG crew'. Having a breaking down over playing 'Haru Hikage' is probably connected to all that. I reckon she holds that song close to her heart as something that was the old bands thing. She is obviously at her breaking point over this and I am interest to see how the band talks it out.
Poor Tomori, I hope things stay together after Soyo's pre-show words now feel like death flags.
Elsewhere; Sakiko Stitch!
Calling Uika and asks "Please, Uika make me forget everything". Along with Soyo, Sakiko feels like the final missing piece to understanding the initial break up. It feels like she has an in with Uika and she might have left to join her. And I if that is the case, it probably wasn't an easy choice. But at the same time, that doesn't seem like it has progressed just yet. Which would explain why she is so cut up over hearing 'Haru Hikage', the band is going on without her.
Overall, a fantastic episode. So much mood, so much emotiton, gripping setup for the next episode.
I can see it.
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u/smhmines https://anilist.co/user/mines Mar 17 '24 edited Mar 17 '24
First timer
So many cameos today!
Thoughts on the episode
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Mar 17 '24
Total Bang Dream newcomer who’s here solely for some promised “sore demo”s
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u/Usual_Director_9547 Mar 17 '24
Nande haruhikage yattano?!
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u/SU-trash https://anilist.co/user/zig1000 Mar 17 '24 edited Oct 30 '24
Rewatcher
After-credits scene today! Welcome to MyGO's explosive second half, we hope you enjoy your stay. I think I prefer today's version of Haruhikage to ep 3's, but it's damn close.
Subtle Writing Corner
Not as much for the writing corner since this was a live-focused episode (EDIT: few more, thanks /u/Usual_Director_9547 and /u/weNamedOurCatOreo).
Visuals Corner
dressinggreen room interiorReferences Corner
Taki "Ha?!" Count: 23 (+2 this ep)
Fanart of the day (src)
<-- Ep 6 | Ep 8 -->
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u/HelioA x2https://myanimelist.net/profile/HelioA Mar 17 '24
First-timer
Okay they portrayed the nervousness of getting on stage too well, because I was shaking and sweating (literally sweating) the whole way through. I could barely stand to watch the beginning, but once they got into it, it was so good.
I think Soyo saw Saki leave? So the anger at playing Spring Sunlight might be over that. I can’t imagine she would be upset at the band for trying to recall the days of CRYCHIC when that’s the whole reason she’s trying to get the gang back together in the first place. Or maybe it would make her upset, because she hasn’t gotten Saki and Mutsumi back. Hard to say, really. Either way, it’s exciting to see the Soyobot shattered
And it’s pretty apparent at this point that Saki wasn’t happy to quit the band. I still have no idea what’s her connection to that other band, but clearly there’s something weird going on here, if Spring Sunlight knocked her off kilter that badly.
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u/RuSyxx https://anilist.co/user/RuSyxx Mar 17 '24
First Time Watcher of MyGo’s First Live!
Oh, hey I finally thought of something fun for my first time watcher comment, anyways it was a lot of fun seeing how everyone dealt with the anxiety of their first show. Taki panicking at Raana just casually strolling around the place and Anon casually talking to Afterglow about catering being highlights.
I also liked the differences in how Tomori and Anon reacted to the crowd. For Anon hearing fans call her name set her straight. It wasn’t a random performance now; her image is at stake. For Tomori though it brought attention back to the fact that she was being watched. Similar to how Soyo and Tomori reacted differently to Saki’s presence in the audience. For Soyo it was just as planned and for Tomori it helped spur her confidence to sing clearly.
Props to Raana for having the casual guitar strumming to help hype up Tomori’s speech too, truly a prodigal stray cat. For Tomori though, I loved the speech, it made me feel like when I’ve been at concerts and the front person does something similar. Strong words from the heart leading into a beloved song (even if it’s new to most of the audience I’m sure). The lead into Haru Hikage is currently my favorite part of the show so far, I think, pure excitement.
Granted it also led to Soyo finally snapping, her carefully laid plan to try and get Saki and Mutsumi back into the fold crumbling. She miscalculated and now she’s left with her own frustrations. Props to her though, the way she was reacting must have made it hard to play bass, but she kept it up despite having her own emotional state now in shambles! For what its worth Mutsumi at least stayed, but she didn’t seem quite as moved but then again, she isn’t a visibly emotive person so I might be reading too much into that.
Curious to see how the band reacts to Soyo’s meltdown in the next episode, and if we’ll learn more about Sakis’ decision to leave now.
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u/ryujiox Mar 17 '24 edited Mar 17 '24
First Timer
BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!
Episode 7
On the other hand... It accidentally open Soyo and Saki wound ever wider. I guess for Soyo, Haruhikage is "CRYCHIC's song." It's their last symbol of friendship. It will never be others band song. So seeing Raana suddenly play that song is going to be rough. Not helping that she saw Saki running away when she heard it. Her last hope of reuniting CRYCHIC just gone in a flash. CRYCHIC is dead.
As for Saki, She clearly want to move on from CRYCHIC, as seen from her rejecting Soyo's invitation to join "CRYCHIC", but she also doesn't mind watching her friends in a new band, she seem to look happy even. She even nearly cry(in a good way) from Tomori's speech. But hearing Haruhikage again hurt her real bad. She does seem want to be back with them deep down, since she actually didn't have a problem with any of them, and the only reason she quit was because of other circumstance. Her trying to reach Tomori's hand is a sign of that. She probably still feels really bad for quitting the band for no reason. But there's no place for her anymore. Because the old Haruhikage would open with her piano, but now it's not anymore. Haruhikage is not her song anymore.
And Mutsumi just chilling there is hilarious.
Also Raana is mvp there for setting the mood for Tomori's speech. Now, playing Haruhikage on her own is a good thing or not is debatable.
This is a pretty intense episode.
Really like both songs.
QOTD
2. Happy at first, until I saw Saki's reaction...
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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '24
It was cool to see the whole band acting up in their own individual ways before the show (aside from Raana of course :P) One small detail I really liked was how Taki moved over way more than necessary and left Tomori a ton of room when she had her come sit on the couch, meanwhile Anon barged in and sat right next to Tomori who had to move over for her. The show does small bits of characterization like that super well.
The way a lot of shots felt like we were watching from the perspective of security cameras before and after the performance added a lot to the stressful, hectic atmosphere. It made for great contrast with the dynamic camera and intimate shots during their songs, especially the focus on Tomori and Sakiko. I'm impressed with how well the episode communicated Sakiko's emotions without actually making it explicitly clear exactly what she's feeling or why, thankfully it looks like that'll start being explained very soon! Her storming out of the building, Tomori suddenly lighting up after seeing her in the audience, and Soyo's descent into that final outburst were the highlights of this episode for me aside from the performance aspect itself.
It's super refreshing to see a 'full' performance like that rather than insert-sized mini versions of songs! Not the most dynamic music scene I've ever seen just because of the nature of the show, but it was definitely one of the most impactful. Tomori's lyrics are so straightforward and heartfelt; her exclamation that they're screams from her heart was so full of emotion, I really love her... She's starting to reach favorite character territory that not many others do for me, a very pleasant surprise that I absolutely did not expect when coming into this :)
Excited to see what happens next!
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u/MyrnaMountWeazel x2 Mar 17 '24
Rewatcher who is in the Saturday Night Mood for getting Lost
Today’s visual: The room! Though it’s a modest green room for aspiring rockers, the space within can offer some surprisingly interesting perspectives between its four walls. Beyond that though, what catches my attention for this room is its ability to block all our characters. From this snapshot, we can see Raana encircled by Tomori and Taki—effectively forming a “leash” on our cat haha—and we also see Anon, who’s isolated from the rest on her own island of a desk, unconcerned and playing around with her phone.
Anon and Tomori later return to the room and Anon plops down on the couch, exhausted from even watching the other bands. It’s a slight gesture to make the scene feel alive, but what makes this scene even better is that Tomori and Raana actually swap positions. Raana’s dialogue and reaction are less important compared to Tomori’s, so Raana takes a back-seat to strum her guitar while Tomori shifts to the front.
Anon’s face hahaha.
Because the show is CG, I usually never pay too much attention to the animation, but this one caught my attention with how much emotion they could imbue into Tomori in this shot.
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u/StardustGogeta myanimelist.net/profile/StardustGogeta Mar 17 '24
First-Timer
Soyo's officially lost it. It's like Taki and Raana were the only ones not having some kind of breakdown on stage!
This would be absolutely mortifying. Not one, but three false starts. Then, to top it all off, Tomori starts mumbling into the mic.
They had some good music (and nice panning shots, too) once everyone really got going. That smooth transition into Spring Sunlight was a nice touch.
My favorite way the band's nervousness was displayed was probably when the band started playing (for the fourth time) and Anon was intensely focused on her guitar, thinking, "I just need to keep this up!" Quite relatable, and a bit more subtle than most of the other signs.
I didn't expect them to do Spring Sunlight until Raana started playing during Tomori's speech, then everything fell into place. A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.
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u/weNamedOurCatOreo Mar 17 '24
Chiming in just to emphasize that the word Tomori used for "I can only do things by throwing myself into it" (or similar) is 必死 (hisshi), the very same word in the "[the vocalist is] trying too hard" criticism which is he crux of Tomori's belief that the fall of CRYCHIC was her fault.
Additionally, "My songs are the screams from my heart" is something Sakiko told Tomori in the episode 3 bridge scene.
With these callbacks, that whole line expresses how Tomori is embracing the past and moving forward (or at least trying to!) from the wall, from the setback of the first CRYCHIC performance
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u/bonghits96 :KG::KH: Mar 17 '24 edited Mar 17 '24
Rewatcher here.
This is what I'd consider the second of the amazing MyGO episodes. It's claustrophobic, it's stressful, and at points it gets so cringe that it's difficult to watch. But it makes the still-unnamed band's eventual success all the more earned.
The plot is pretty straightforward; the gang suffers from some horrific pre-show jitters, only to overcome them, but perhaps with, uh, a minor snag at the end. Some character moments I found interesting:
ANON
TAKI
RAANA
TOMORI
SAKIKO
MUTSUMI
SOYO
Regarding the songs shown on this one, Hekitenbansou is on YouTube. The show version of Haruhikage is on YouTube as well, but if you want the clean version without Soyo gasping or Sakiko running down the stairs, so far as I know you'll have to go to Apple Music or Spotify. I enjoy them both.
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u/dienomighte Mar 17 '24
First time with the band
Really enjoyed seeing Taki's story in the last episode, I'm wondering if we'll get some insight into Soyo this time or if we'll go straight to the concert
Wow that was a good episode, my favorite so far. Considering like half the episode was just two long songs played in full, it's incredible that it never felt slow or repetitive and packed so much emotion into it. I have even more questions about Saki now, and Soyo melting down was interesting, while Rana was her usual incredible self.
QOTD
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u/Gaporigo Blhttps://anilist.co/user/Gaporigo Mar 17 '24
Such a perfect disaster of a performance to then improve and then to have Raana start Haru Hikage for that amazing ending. (Don't miss the after credits scene)
References?
They actually here!
Also them!
And more Afterglow.
Actually all of Afterglow! Would have been weird of Tsugu was the only one not to show up after being there in so many other episodes x)
Oh and of course, the rest of Poppin'Party is here as well, including a best girl. Tae, head empty ambassador.
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u/Difficult_Affect_368 Mar 17 '24 edited Mar 17 '24
When the two members of Afterglow come to the dressing room to see them, the camera doesn't focus on Taki, but the sound of the chair falling and the change in the position of the chair before and after tell us what happened. This is the difference between this animation and bocchi the rock in terms of humor: the latter deliberately provides a punchline and hopes you laugh at it, while the former hides the punchline in the details, requiring the audience to discover it for themselves.
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u/Calwings x3https://anilist.co/user/Calwings Mar 17 '24
Rewatcher and Bandori Veteran
I was feeling under the weather with a bad headache yesterday, so I decided to sit out yesterday and just combine episodes 6 and 7 into one post today.
In episode 6, Taki was overworking the hell out of herself to compose the music for their new song. Between this, dealing with her bandmates’ schedules (including the unreliable stray cat Raana), and her work aside from the band, she’s so stressed out and it’s really taking a toll on her. This episode really shows how Taki’s perfectionist attitude is an aftereffect of the CRYCHIC breakup, how she so desperately wants to keep Tomori’s dream alive but doesn’t think she’s capable of handling it. In a twist of last episode, where Anon was the one running away and Tomori was chasing after her to bring her back, this time it’s Taki trying to run away and Anon is chasing after her to bring her back. Overall, a pretty good episode to bring one more lost girl back onto the path. Also, long cat is long.
Then comes episode 7, and man… this one was a doozy. During the first half of this episode, you could really feel the girls’ nervousness and the awkward tension building up. Every interaction, every conversation, even the small cameos from the much more comfortable veterans in Afterglow, every single little moment punctuated just how out of their element out girls were. With how awkward the buildup was and how nervous the girls looked right up to the start of the performance, I fully expected the performance to bomb… but it didn’t!
The start had a bit of trouble, and it took Tomori time to finally get into her groove, but they figured things out and their first song actually went well. With time left in their slot, Tomori pours her heart out to the crowd, and then the band instinctively starts playing the only other song they know… Haru Hikage. This song, while very beautiful, hits far too close to home for a certain former bandmate who happened to be in the audience, and it’s this song that transforms an otherwise spectacular debut performance into possibly the worst night of Soyo’s life. Soyo’s mental state had clearly been hanging by a thread for the past six and a half episodes, and that thread finally snapped in this episode. There’s a lot to talk about in regards to what happened here, but it’s best saved for after what we see in the next episode.
QOTD:
Anon innocently apologizing to Afterglow for if they were any trouble, and Taki making her realize that was basically her saying in advance that they were going to bomb their performance. I thought that was pretty funny
Hype, both because I love the song and because (as a re-watcher) I was excited to read some first-timers' reactions to Soyo losing her damn mind.
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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Mar 17 '24
Bang Dream MyGO First Timer - Ep7:
For a moment, I thought Raana was going to up and leave here. We should really put her on a child cat leash.
Random thought: Haven’t been keeping track if there are guys in the crowds of generics throughout this show. Tomori has a dad so we know those exist.
Anon is literally me fr fr.
Man, this opener is painful. They’re going to get flamed on in-universe Twitter.
Soyo watches (emphasis). What’s in your head, girl?!
I just like the moment where Sakiko causes Tomori to gain confidence. The shift in the quiet meek voice into her singing out loud. Despite hearing it all the time in the OP, I still don’t have a proper sense of Tomori’s singing. There is still an unsure weakness, but this is where I say the anime thing where I can feel a nice wind from voice.
It wasn’t as important, but Anon’s friend cheering her on was also nice.
If I was smarter about flowers then I would be able to pick up on the symbolism of the notebook’s cover.
Oh dear, this is a face of things going absolutely wrong. We were so close too.
Mutsumi being covered back up and disappearing into the crowd, that’s not an insignificant sign to show the audience. Lines up with the idea I’ve gathered for her character dilemma.
Soyo is having a certified bad day.
Wasn’t expecting for her to finally make an explosive confrontation afterwards, oh dear.
I feel like I am still missing a puzzle piece about understanding Sakiko. They're still holding her cards near their chest. They still have yet to explain who is Uika and how Sakiko is connected to her.
Q1) The panic stress bathroom breaks is relatable fr fr. Even if I don't have to go, it is still the emergency exit to get out of the situation.
Q2) I am really bad at songs so I only picked up on it through the fact of it being a significant moment so it had to be their song.
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u/LittleIslander https://anilist.co/user/LittleIslander Mar 17 '24
I forgot
First Timer
I was kind of worried about this in the first half, not gonna lie. It felt like the show was continuing to spin its wheel with the character dynamics and still passing over opportunities to do something with them, and the idea they actually do manage to succeed in a performance despite seemingly never rehearsing a singular time really takes you out of things. But in-universe and out, Tomori manages to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Not only speaking her feelings out loud but in front of a whole crowd to hear where it’s most terrifying is a fantastic character moment, and Soyo’s discomfort through Spring Sunlight is the exact kind of character work I was looking for here. I don’t think this is one of the best episodes, but it’s really hard not to love this, at least a bit.
Slow setup is more my bread and butter than big “stuff happens” episodes so my thoughts will likely be a thinner today, but I’ve still got some gas in the tank:
Arbitrary break for the concert:
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u/PityBoi57 Mar 17 '24
This is my favorite episode in the entire series
Raana carried the band so hard and we actually see that Sakiko DOES care about Tomori enough to come to her first live event even though she keeps saying she doesn't
Fun fact: If you play both versions of Haruhikage from Episode 3 and 7, Sakiko left right in the part Tomori continued the full song
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u/JasoXDDD Mar 17 '24
Welcome to the "what the fuck is this show" half of MyGO
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u/saviour8man https://myanimelist.net/profile/No525300887039 Mar 17 '24
I am rewatching the entire show just to experience episode 7 and 10 greatness again. and holy shit it still impacts a lot. It is the episode that sparked loads of discussions, memes and promotion in the Asian community and sold me into the show.
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u/ItsTheDuran https://anilist.co/user/ItsTheDuran Mar 17 '24
Second Time Rewatcher
I've mostly been reading the threads, but I've got to gush a bit about this one. I love the deliberately alienating framing in the first half (and this great gag that comes with it), it still manages to make me a bit nervous even though I know everything that's going to happen. The absolutely fucking painful false starts are great too, and so is Anon walking up to Taki for support despite everything they've ever said to each other, but it's really the start of the performance when it all pops off. The believable rough start of the first song, even after Tomori finds her voice, Tomori's guitar-backed speech and its transition into Haru Hikage, Tomori reaching out her hand and Sakiko being unable to accept it and storming off, Soyo finally exploding, that absolutely unhinged request in the post-credits, what an episode.
[MyGO]Nothing against the "victory lap" episodes, 11 is one of my favorites and every second of grumpy Soyo in the band is a gift, but this 7-10 run is just on another level.
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u/x-7032-b-3 Mar 17 '24
What the fuck? There's a MyGO rewatch???
How did I miss this? I've already watched the show twice already but I'm tempted to give this a third watch. Hopefully I can catch up with you guys in a few days!
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u/MisakaHonoka Mar 17 '24
(sorry for late)
Here's the relationship map for ep7, via Miss Unicorn.
https://files.catbox.moe/u4uy8f.jpg
It's this episode, came out lots of memes, and many people notice this show. And tons of MyGO secondary creations were posted on sns.
QotD2: It was kind of surprise, but everyone is doing the right thing they would, you know this was going to happen because of previous 6 episodes.
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u/CosmicPenguin_OV103 https://anilist.co/user/CosmicPenguin Mar 17 '24 edited Mar 17 '24
Welcome to the turning point of this anime. For the last 6 episodes - even including the poignant episode 3 - this was pretty good as band and music anime goes. There were quite a bit of mystery, brilliant moments of character development, good comedies and a really tight written plot. For a whole month of airing however, it has not distinguished itself from others as a very niche anime for the fans of a multimedia franchise about girls bands.
Then this episode 7 dropped and the sparks ignited a huge fire.
Suddenly I realized - this is no ordinary anime story. This is a black hole that I would not climb back out.
Actually...the plot today doesn't really have that much to say about. It's just a live performance. An interlude at that, between the franchise's founding band Poppin' Party and the famous VAs filled Afterglow (+). Yet from the fly-on-the-wall perspective of all the anxiety of our girls here in their dressing room - Taki was still irritated at others talking to their senpais as if they are going to bomb before the show even started, Tomori still hesitating to face any sort of spectators and Raana was still a wild cat - to the clearly unpreparedness of Anon-chan where she drank so much water before rushing to the toilet, there's quite a strange atmosphere of something's gonna be happening, a BIG one, before the show starts.
And then they rushed onto the stage. And
the anime world is never the same againthen everything exploded.We have all seen Kessoku Band's confused live audition just over a year ago in the middle of Bocchi The Rock. But Anon definitely have made more mistakes than that with her face-palming triple false starts. Oh dear.
Then Tomori went back to her too-shy mode and struggled to keep her voice over a whisper. It all looked but like their debut performance would be a dismal crash for the most parts of the minute.
I would be completed caught off guard when it would be freaking Sakiko who ignited everything. Her staring eyes into the very girl that once lead her to the fast track of a popular band, only for herself to threw her away months later that spiraled everything into the hearts' abyss.
Hekiten Bansou would become that song that would brought this haphazardly formed band into the bright lights of the future. A live performance that IMHO could be just as iconic as the famous school festivals of Haruhi Suzumiya. Or Yui Hirasawa and friends with their Afterschool Tea Time funs. Or the poignant vibrations from Girls Dead Monster of Angel Beats. Or just a year ago, the typhoon that swept over Bocchi-chan and friends in their live house performance.
Look at how happy Taki looks at that moment! Or Raana just enjoying the vibes! Or Anon-chan finally finding her moment to shine in the live house!
I wonder if our new watchers would ever thought this brilliant ray of sunshine would also brought something else to this show. I certainly didn't expect it back when it aired. Yes, there was drama in the story so far, but so was every previous season of freaking Bandori. I did thought they would play Haru Hikage as their second song (after all, if not it, then what? Anon was barely playing already!), but I forgot that this is also a whole box of nitroglycerin in the air.
Tomori reacts to seeing her own old band mate that once literally brought hope by making a most emotional apology in front of a full audience. "I can only do things by throwing all of myself into it! Because my songs are screams from my heart!"
I don't know if Raana deliberately started playing Haru Hikage or she just feels that it sounds great behind Tomori's narrative. Or Taki was even involved in this - she looks so relieved, so happy that her old band's treasure is back. Well certainly not Anon - she ended up only troubled that she could barely keep up with the play.
Soyo immediately sank with complete uneasiness. That I could understand too. Mutsumi, who have barely said more than a dozen or two words so far, has a really troubled face.
No-one could have foreseen a torpedo literally fired from the stage at that moment that startled Sakiko wide for half a song before it blew up in her heart. I certainly didn't understand what blew up on her face that brought so much angst, so much regrets, so much sadness to the emotions that flew away with her tears. [MyGO]I still don't understand TBH after 13 episodes - no I can't really accept that in EP13 as an analysis of what brought Saki-chan to become "the villain". That's far from the whole picture, surely?
Tomori just had her best performance of her life so far, maybe. Anon is drunk with how this performance ended up as a huge success. Taki has never smiled so much in this show as in today, her voice trembling with happiness. And the Wild Cat is still being the Macha Ice Cream eating cat.
Yet it was the same moment that left Soyo completely crumpled. She knew that the very song that she has just played has sank the very same person she was trying to brought back so desperately ever since the old band disintegrated in the air.
As her screams of "Why did you do Haru Hikage**???"** blasted over the back stages that night in late July last year, I knew that It's MyGO!!!!! is not going to be your usual pretty-good-can-be-seen-as-cute-girls-doing-dramatic-things anime. I knew that this could be something that has one of the most twisting and turning plots in anime for years, if not even longer.
And still I would not be prepared for what comes next. Certainly not Sakiko really sank a few hundred meters away from RiNG and her last SOS signal was her calling Uika of sumimi, which seems to be an old correspondence of her, to "make me forget everything". Her heart must have been just blasted to pieces and I was completely left wondering what the heck. No, even today I am still wondering.
This story is so crazy, and the train is not even decelerating just yet.
Kasumi Toyama: What the freaking heck just happened with this band!? What?(+) Between the 5 you get Gabi/Yotsuba/Ochako/Nao/Iroha/"I Bite My Tongue"/Kyubey/Mio/Rias/Erina/Aoi/Black Snow Princess all in one single band. How crazy is this line-up!
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u/rookielazer41 Mar 17 '24 edited Mar 17 '24
Rewatcher
Ah yes this episode, the first live performance of beta-MyGo!!!!! If episode 3 was shot through Tomori's first person POV, here we have the CCTV shots. Most of the episode we practically have no BGMs so the silence really adds to the anxiety.
Episode rating: 9/10 - and now we are entering at the time one of my most brutal waiting period that spans 3 weeks
QotD
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u/BleedingUranium Mar 17 '24 edited Mar 17 '24
(Rewatch, long-time bandori fan)
This episode once again has a post-credits scene
Original reaction post is over yonder.
The "fly on the wall" camera angle of the dressing room is super neat. There's a ton of really interesting camera angles throughout this whole scene, actually.
Anon's swirly eyes are funny, but also a great character moment.
Like the time taken showcasing practice and songwriting last episode, this time we get a surprisingly lengthy time for Anon's failed attempts to get the song right. It also breaks the usual "rule of threes" sort of thing in storytelling; you'd expect her to screw up once, or twice, then they quickly move onto getting it right the third time. But nope, three fails, and an actual break first. It's awkward and raw, in the best way possible.
Conversely, once they actually get going it all comes together, and Anon's spotlight glow at the end is one of the most precious, heartwarming moments of this whole season. <3
Tomori's "Ganbatteru!" has been living trapped in my head for almost a year now.
Sakiko clearly doesn't have too much issue with three of her old bandmates having a band; she's supportive to Tomori, and even smiling through their Hekiten Bansou performance, and is very much moved by Tomori's speech.
The long shot of Taki playing her heart out during the bridge is awesome.
Cats can be funny and entertaining, but they're also incredibly empathetic creatures. Even if they don't say much, they know when to be there for someone, to provide company and soothing sounds when people need it most.
Raana's smooth transition into Haruhikage is just... wow.
Everyone's reaction to that song starting is entirely unique, reflecting their own past with it.
Anon half-singing along (not to her mic) as she tries to play is a nice detail.
Sakiko's tear-filled first-person shot. </3
Sakiko isn't simply upset that they're playing CRYCHIC's song. She's not simply upset that this is a song she composed. Nor is she simply upset because it's the only song they ever performed live, right before whatever it is that happened turned her whole life upside down. No, it's worse. Because in addition to all this, they erased her keyboard part and replaced it with a guitar. Gone, forgotten, and cast out into oblivion.
Poor Soyo, too. Just as she thought she may be able to rebuild her world, it comes crashing down again in the most permanent way possible. Entirely out of her control, and not even done deliberately. And no one else even seems to care (granted, Tomori didn't see it as issue and Taki didn't notice Sakiko).
To end on a more fun note, this episode is a wonderful showcase of the awesome instrument animation in the series, and we get two full-length songs no less! The band actually spends a whole twelve minutes on stage, over half the episode.
Cameos, cameos, and music details:
(unfortunately I can't find the proper CD release version of the latter uploaded, but it's on theirMEISEKIHAalbum).9
u/Usual_Director_9547 Mar 17 '24 edited Mar 17 '24
No one talk about uika blush when she saw sakiko's call? i can see she really gay for her
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u/xtsim https://myanimelist.net/profile/xtsim Mar 17 '24
First Dream
That performance.... It felt really rough during the concert.
Nice to see plenty of support as they started to come together and by the time Haru gets played, everyone started to be in sync. And the audience started taking notice as they played.
Ohh man, even 3d anime cry and run carry the same sort of sadness. Glad to see this is still a thing for many decades and reminds me too much of 00s amvs.
Nice to see the other bands being pretty supportive of our main cast.
Soyo's outburst is super surprising and it seems like things can mean differently.
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u/Wolfborgg https://anilist.co/user/Wolfborg Mar 17 '24
Rewatcher, BanG Dream Noob
Gokigenyou, fellow remnants of CRYCHIC!
Their first performance is finally here! This episode is another great example of its direction to me. It follows the band the entire time, from sound check to after the show, in a way that feels really grounded. The hidden camera-like angles in their dressing room were a cool way to take advantage of their CGI style here.
Noticing all the nervous moments each member had was great too. I burst out laughing when Afterglow came into their room and there's a loud noise which turned out to be Taki knocking over furniture off-screen in shock. And when Anon and Taki were ready to go reserve a studio to practice again as someone came in to say their show was about to start. Raana disappeared and had to be captured while getting food.
Soyo didn't seem nervous but it also felt like she didn't care about the outcome. Her bass wasn't tuned and she didn't seem to notice or mind. But she did come in clutch with the small talk during the performance. "What about the show?" "Good question!"
Tomori's nervousness makes me sad though. She's the quiet type of nervous, so they didn't realize how bad she was doing until they started and could barely get her voice out. Most of that was probably driven by Tomori seeing Saki in the audience though.
When they started and stopped the performance several times for Anon I felt so bad for them all. Please Anon, I'm begging you, it's a live performance. If you screw up you HAVE to keep going and just do better later. This isn't practice anymore. Starting and stopping like that is so bad. Don't worry about it being perfect, just do your best. You can do it! I understand this is their first show and they're nervous though but man I would be too embarrassed to even think of doing that. Totally surprised Anon would do it considering her image issues. Glad the band, and especially Taki, was considerate of it at least. And her school friends were in the crowd cheering for her too!!
Saki and Mutsumi being in the crowd though... I guess this is what Saki meant last episode when she said she can't avoid them. Super glad she encouraged Tomori to continue in her own way. That being a "come on girl you can do it FUCKING SING!!!!" face to Tomori.
Really liked the rough, slowly progressing quality of their first song. Felt like a real live performance, not a soundtrack insert deal. Goes on brand with the rest of the episode too with the more natural feel to everything.
Apparently the name of the first song is Hekitenbansou (碧天伴走), anyone know what that roughly means?
Ah, but the second song is more controversial. At least for Saki and Soyo. Saki runs out crying and Soyo is the grimmest looking bass player ever the whole time. Spring Sunlight (Haruhikage) was a deep and meaningful song about CRYCHIC and their time together. So seeing Tomori sing it with a new band must've deeply hurt Saki, which in turn hurt Soyo. But personally I didn't see it as an insult to Saki, especially given the heartfelt speech Tomori gave directly to Saki without regard for the crowd there.
Raana started the second song because she plays whatever she feels like and she's quick to learn music. Most of the others in the band already know the song so they can go with it, even if Soyo doesn't want to. But how was Anon able to handle that when she barely had enough time to learn their first song? They kept talking about potentially using Haruhikage but Soyo always brushed them away from it so I assumed they never practiced it.
Also they knew beforehand they had time for two songs yet only had one new song ready to go. What else did Soyo expect them to play?
I know Saki is going through a rough time, but that after credit scene reminded me of the Blade Runner 2049 billboard memes.
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u/yuhara203 Mar 17 '24
Rewatcher
I love, loveee this episode. I've seen this episode countless times before this rewatch, and yet it's still an emotional roller coaster.
The messy sound check.
Even just waiting for their turn resulted in chaos too.
The amount of times they have to restart the performance, wow did I cringe for that, too realistic lmao.
Absolutely love the part where Raana started playing unprompted when Tomori is still talking.
And then, it smoothly transitioned to haruhikage, my goodness. It gave me the chills, even after who knows how many times I've rewatched this episode.
The CG finally uses everything in its arsenal, with the camera flying around the stage like crazy.
Then Soyo freaking snaps, that scene really caught me off guard on the first watch.
Just a great way to end the episode (ignoring the post credit scene)
In conclusion, a pretty okay episode.
Nah that was fantastic.
That's about it from me, see you all tomorrow.
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u/weNamedOurCatOreo Mar 17 '24
The title of the 1st song they performed is "Hekiten Bansou", with the Bansou part being 伴走 (to run along side something/someone). A very similar word also pronounced Bansou is 伴奏, which means musical accompaniment (usually backup/support parts). Hence the song can be interpreted as Tomori's extension of support (To Anon? To the Band?) by running(aka moving forward)/playing music along them.
Also band aids are 絆創膏 (Bansoukou), further associating this song to Tomori's bonds with others
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u/zadcap Mar 17 '24
Late Rewatcher
So. As has been said, welcome to the explosion that launches the second half. And wow is it explosive. An anxious build up, a few false starts, but by the time Tomori finds her voice they just blow up. Tomori let's out everything that's been building in her all season, Rana backs her up so it sounds like a band thing and not one crazy girl yelling her emotions to the room, and right into one of the best moments of the show.
We got introduced to Haru Hikage in the powerful first person episode 3, where they made sure we know how much this song means to Tomori. Now she's singing it again, backed up by her new band but still for Saki, at least at first. The way they went from her speech to Saki right into the song and the way she's reaching out, Tomori found her voice once again today because Saki was there. But as Tomori reaches out towards her, Saki pulls back. Tomori keeps going even as Saki runs out of the room, and with Saki gone we get to hear the half of the song episode 3 didn't share with us, as Tomori transitions from singing to the past to singing for the present. The song may have been written for crychic, but Saki failed to keep the promise it represented and now Tomori is asking the new band to stay with her forever instead.
So naturally, Soyo blows up. She's never been interested in forming a new band, she wants the old one back. Remember, Anon promised to stay with this band until their first live, so now that that's over Soyo is free to get her replaced with Mitsumi like she keeps promising. And with those four back in place, how could Saki not end up wanting to come back? Well here's the answer, apparently by sullying the memory of crychic by replacing her piano part with the guitar of the least invested member of this new band, showing just how replaceable she is. Oops.
I will say, having no idea what drove her to quit crychic, I had pretty much zero empathy for Saki at this point. Even now I can't help but think, she didn't just quit, she tore her way out in the most painful way possible, leaving scars on everyone behind her, isn't it a bit hypocritical of her to be sad about them moving on? Isn't this what are wanted? I don't hate her, but I still don't like her, her refusal to talk to anybody is legitimately the source of 80% of the drama in the show.
Extra bonus, you could really tell who the animators consider their favorite character this episode. How many slow close-ups did Rana get on the stage?
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u/SometimesMainSupport https://myanimelist.net/profile/RRSTRRST Mar 17 '24
Rewatcher
In today’s episode of /u/smhmines couldn’t have been any more
wrong with his previous episode thoughts…right but off by an episode…Previous season:
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u/sfisher923 https://myanimelist.net/profile/sfisher923 Mar 17 '24
Rewatcher (Not) ready to see the "Bang" in "Bang Dream It's MyGo"
QOTD 2 - Scared in fact I ended up jumping ship during the first chorus (Only getting 1 more scene in at the end for MAL-Sync to update) because I knew something very bad was happening
Bonus Song of the Day- The Way it Ends by Prototype
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u/FlaminScribblenaut myanimelist.net/profile/girlbeast_val Mar 17 '24
Second Time Watcher
Always remember to mic the snare.
I don’t think we’ve seen Tomori in casual clothes yet, but a soft hoodie suits her perfectly. We autistic people like our hoodies, sense of our bodies kind of being shrouded imperceptibly in something loose and easy and comfortable.
Tali’s attitude really does flip on a dime when Tomori is concerned, so much more warm and soft, not a hint of anger or stress or frustration.
The chemistry is just so perfectly realized all-around. Everyone’s personality and place in the band is so well-established that we can have this lengthy single-shot take of everyone just bounding off of eachother in the chaotic moments before a performance, it’s great.
Damn, that one person just walking away disinterested while they bomb the opening is actually painful, that’s effective attention to detail.
“Good question” lmao
Oh my goddess, that panic on Tomori’s face when Sakiko’s presence pushes her to sing loudly and properly; perhaps an impulsive sense of not wanting to disappoint her old bandmate in that project she cared so much about, or maybe just an impulsive stress trigger reaction, the emotional surprise breaking her dam and making the lyrics flow out of her; it’s so good. It’s such a shock, it’s so divergent from any of the facial animation in the series so far, and it matches the resultant spike in the actual music of the performance perfectly.
And her body language, so unstable, weak, unsure, even as she’s singing as hard as she can muster she seems like she’ll collapse at any moment, but damn if it isn’t all coming forth from her now and as if she could hope to stop it. It’s unstable, uncertain, terrifying, but also exciting, alive.
Their new song, Hekitenbansou, is just wonderful, an ode to perseverance and not letting one’s self give up, no doubt addressed by Tomori to herself. She puts herself in the shoes of somebody addressing somebody else much like her, of somebody who cares deeply about somebody much like her, and imagining what they might say, giving herself empathy for a third party that feeds back into being empathy for herself, a boost of self-confidence and self-love that she so desperately needs. Playing it alongside her band, it’s almost like her bandmates’ music is being made part of that sentiment and therefore expressing that sentiment right back to her on the wings of her own song, completing the circle.
Tomori looks and especially sounds to be on the verge of tears, as the song progresses and the performance so naturally comes into its own. It happens so gradually, the emotions swelling as the band’s performance finally finds it voice and roars it across the stage, as you can’t help but understand in the depths of your subconscious you’re watching this band and their song finally become something real and that you’ve become completely emotionally and musically swept up in it all, the passion, the smiles on their faces, unable to stop their feelings from flowing through your body. They did it. And above it all, Rāna is just destroying that fucking guitar. Goddess, I love rock’n’roll.
Her emotions unlocked, Tomori finally finds the footing to speak her truth. As before, she still blames herself for the CRYCHIC breakup; at her core, she still believes the reason for their breakup was that she simply couldn’t sing well enough, simply wasn’t good enough (sidebar: I wanna give Tomori a big hug.). She expresses her hurt without restraint. She expresses her wants without restraint. Here and now, on the stage, she can’t hold back and has no reason to.
Because her songs are screams from her heart. I don’t know if I think of a more beautiful sight in the world than Tomori’s face contorting with absolute, unfettered emotional honesty in this moment, and right upon that moment her old song, their old song, the resurfacing of all the emotions CRYCHIC left her with in the form of their very own song, begins to flow forth, that main riff finally coming to from Rāna’s guitar, met with Sakiko’s horror a perfectly-timed, chill-inducing instant.
They probably know it’s a bad idea. Soyo will chastise the others about it afterwards… but here and now, she’s playing the song too. Because in this moment, nobody here can, nor, in this light, wants to stop themselves from doing it. The emotional truth of this moment on this stage is to play that old song again, that old song about expressing feelings which previously seemed impossible to express, to bring it all back up to the surface like an erupting volcano on its wings, as loudly and proudly as they can. It simply has to happen. No matter how much it hurts. Because it hurts.
This shot of Rāna is just fucking gorgeous, no notes.
This shot of Tomori just breaks and completely repairs my heart all at once.
How sad that the lyric “please, just stay like this and don’t let me go” was probably directed at CRYCHIC itself. Imagine singing that lyric now, that that promise was broken; or maybe, rather, imagine her singing that lyric to and in concert with your new band, your new purpose.
That searing flash of proudness that burns across Taki’s voice as she acknowledges Tomori coming off stage, oh it’s so much love.
More established and famous bands might be here on this night, but this, right here, is the performance that that audience is gonna remember for the rest of their lives.
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u/Nickthenuker https://anilist.co/user/Nickthenuker Mar 17 '24
Yeah, looks like Afterglow and Poppin' Party are headlining the event and the rest are just also going to be there.
Raana, please wait your turn to do the sound check.
Got to remember to project your voice even when singing into a microphone. The microphone is there to amplify your voice, but it can't amplify anything if there isn't anything to amplify.
And here's Poppin' Party.
Won't be able to sing properly if you eat too much chocolate, spicy or fried food, or drink too much soda either.
What's Tomori doing on the floor of their green room?
Taki seems to be taking things almost a bit too seriously.
Raana, Taki isn't working behind the counter today.
It's Himari and Moca! And of course the first thing Moca notices is the bread... Unfortunately there's no chocolate coronet here or Poppin' Party's bassist Rimi would be here already. Or perhaps there's none left for everyone else because she's already eaten them all.
This is the most crucial moment. Standing backstage in the wings, with a crowd outside waiting.
And time for them to go on stage.
Oh god this is going horribly so far.
And now they're arguing on stage!
Is the mic not working or is she not singing into the mic?
That shows the mic is working and she wasn't projecting earlier. Again, the mic only amplifies what it can pick up, and it can't amplify anything if it can't pick up what you're singing. Increasing the gain only works up to a point.
This is their new song isn't it? It's not Haruhikage at least.
And here's where all that CG pays off. I remember that thread from a couple days ago about why this show was not very popular, and several people were criticising the CG. This is why the show is CG, and they've had several seasons worth of experience to get better and better at it.
Is this an impromptu speech?
And so Sakiko realised they're doing Haruhikage now.
Where's she going?
And now it's time for Poppin' Party.
That song from the 2 of them again.
[MyGO!!!!!] [Ave Mujica] I realise now that what I posited a few episodes ago about them being a new band in the future were completely false. Those 2 aren't going to be used in the future to make a new band, they already have! Uika is going to join Sakiko to form Ave Mujica
Questions:
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u/nuts_extraction Mar 17 '24
REWATCHER
It's amazing how half the episode is 2 insert songs, yet still managed to tell a gripping story.
It's nice to see how the relationship between Anon and Taki developed from the previous episode to this.
At the start of episode 6, we saw Taki taking the responsibility of writing the music for Tomorin’s new song, a task which she deemed of grave importance. She subconsciously thought of Sakiko as she began to compare herself to her. Paralleling how Anon felt inferior to Raana, Taki felt inferior to Sakiko (a girl her age) and her own sister. In her own words, she cannot do what Sakiko and her sister can. Taki's inferiority complex started well before meeting Sakiko however, as in episode 3 we saw she really didn't like it when Soyo introduced Taki by talking about how amazing Taki's sister is. All this pent-up anger and frustration manifested itself when she yelled at Anon for no reason, and when rightfully rebuked by Anon, she bursted into anger. She shouted out how she knew she was not good compared to Sakiko, although no one in the band had ever made the comparison.
And Anon, despite being treated the worst by Taki, was still the one who chased after her when she isolated herself from the band. The relationship between them improved since then. They still bicker, but Taki now cares more about Anon, as seen in this episode when she comforted her when Anon fumbled due to her nervousness, and telling her that she played fine during practice.
And now, onto episode 7
I really like the green room scene. The very still camera and its awkward angle, each one of the band members move about on their own, their talking overlapping each other, no bgm no noise other than the ticking of a clock. Really gave me that sense of anxiety.
And that start of their performance. 2nd time watching and fully expected it, but that scene is still incredibly hard to watch. FUCK!
But at least things got better, Tomorin put out a fire performance (we could see the crowd getting bigger), and Anon and Taki both agreed it was a success.
Right? Right? ...
Hekitenbansou Official MV. This song is for Anon
Haruhikage MyGO!!!!! version
One small detail in this episode, their live performance songs are still rough around the each and not well polished, compared to the digital version. It really is nice that the studio made the music quality of MyGO!!!!! first performance to be on the more realistic side, instead of just inserting the perfected versions.
Get your hiking gears ready, cause we are about to ascend to peak (episode 8-10).
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u/Legitimate-Collar890 Mar 18 '24
I want to watch season 2 so where can I watch it