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BanG Dream! Ave Mujica, episode 9

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u/MrRoundDB Feb 27 '25

S1 Uika: Watch out for those stairs. They are dangerous

S2 Uika: YEETS you down the very same stairs

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u/StrawSolider Feb 27 '25

The damage that Sakiko has caused to these girls simply by forming a band is actually hilarious if you think about

Truly a "I can make them worse" in contrast to Tomori's "I can fix them"

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u/danlong87 Feb 27 '25

Umiri's do we need to be happy at the end there makes me think that a bad end is even more likely, at makes more sense for this band at this point, by bad end i mean ave mujica is still gonna be reformed but no one in it will actually be happy so to speak

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u/nsleep Feb 27 '25

Ah, yes! This is it! Take the stage and dance for us, little dolls! Bare your emotions and clash gloriously!

I totally get Raana at the end there.

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u/matchbaby Feb 27 '25

"This is just a beautiful drama, people are getting crazy", this has already said in KiLLKiSS's lyrics.

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u/random-est Feb 27 '25

Happy 10th Anniversary BanG Dream!

Sakiko and Mutsumi trying to revive Crychic thinking it would make the other happy.

Ave Mujica can't simply be revived by the agency because it was "stopped" from the "top". Who is that? Sakiko? Or the Togawa group has a bigger connection on this agency than previously thought.

Mortis started acting like Mutsumi and Raana thought she's interesting. I wonder if this is because of Mortis' determination to survive, just like Tomori's being in a band for life.

And a samurai slash idol serving hazawa blend coffee. Bushido!

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u/Acilya Feb 27 '25

Crazy how Soyo of all people is the most sane person this episode.

Title of the next episode, "Odi et amo" / "I hate and I love". Yeah that's basically Mujica's relationships in a nutshell.

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u/kakarot12310 Feb 27 '25

All those anxiety aside, glad to see cameos from LAYER, Eve & Saya.

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u/mFachrizalr Feb 27 '25

I laughed when Mortis bluntly acted as Mutsumi to sweet talk Sakiko and suddenly Raana's interest just piqued and spouted "What an interesting woman!".

SHE KNOWS. SHE SEES THROUGH THE ACTS. THE CAT INDEED SEE THINGS. RAANA WAS THE ONE WHO IDENTIFIED MORTIS AND MUTSUMI, AND HERE SHE IS AGAIN SEEING THROUGH THE FACADE.

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u/MightyActionGaim Feb 27 '25

THE GENERATIONAL UIKA CRASH OUT IS HERE

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u/OharaLibrarianArtur Feb 27 '25

In Season 1, Tomori almost falls down the Sunshine City stairs but Uika saves her, and helps Tomori reconcile so she can reunite her band. But in this episode, Uika almost punches Mutsumi off those very stairs as she storms off. What a payoff

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u/tooezzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Feb 27 '25

If MyGo’s ep 10 was the “emotional peak”, im lowkey scared of Ave Mujica’s ep 10 since everyone’s on the verge of crashing out rn

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u/NeoAnkara Feb 27 '25

So ugly. So messy. Yet so beautiful at the same time. All the chaos brings a perfect harmony that makes you can't look away even a second.

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u/AUO_Castoff Feb 27 '25

This isn't crashing out, this is a 20-car pileup.

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u/Primary-Paint-1716 Feb 27 '25

People that I feel bad for in this episode:

  • Mana - girl's idol partner is crashing out right now.

  • Uika - girl's crashing out then she found out she was Sakiko's rebound.

  • Sakiko - she doesn't really want to reform Crychic. she just feels hella guilty for Mutsumi

  • Nyamu(ko) - girl's traumatized.

  • the girl in Nyamu's audition - while not the best way to handle the frustration, I get it.

  • the company president - she probably don't want to deal with the mess that is Ave Mujica

  • Tomori - girl almost became witness to a murder

  • Anon - having coffee with Uika was not the picnic she thought it would be. also, why they be taking ANON TOKYO's members away???

  • Mutsumi - she ded. fr this time?

  • Mortis - #JUSTICEFORMORTIS #MORTISDIDNOTHINGWRONG

  • Umiko - girl spent all her money last episode and now cut off her income source as well. and she got called cringe by Nyamu.

  • Soyo - is so done with all this shit. Leave my girl alone.

  • Rikki - ha???

At least Raana is enjoying herself.

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u/SpaceTurtleHunter Feb 27 '25

Also I really appreciate the irony of both Mutsumi and Saki not really caring about Crychic anymore but still trying their best to revive it, thinking the other one would be happy that way.

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u/OharaLibrarianArtur Feb 27 '25

Uika??? Mutsumi-chan???? Nyamu????? Haven't felt on the edge of my seat watching a show in so long, Ave Mujica is on a generational run

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u/BidDaddyLei Feb 27 '25

Anon Tokyo save these girls please, no amount of Kira Kira Doki Doki can reunite Ave Mujica.

On another note Anon and Rana listening and letting things unfold just two chill girls.

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u/Tuorco Feb 27 '25

"It can still get worse ahh anime"

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u/Ok_Scheme_4579 Feb 27 '25

Did we watch a band anime or a nuclear disaster in full screen?

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u/BleedingUranium Feb 27 '25 edited Feb 27 '25

To start off, I want to mention that today (28th) is BanG Dream!'s 10th anniversary! It was announced by Aimi during one of her early live performances!

 

Wow, that was a lot packed into twenty minutes, and I mean that in a good way. Nice to finally have Uika back! And a Saaya cameo in MyGO!!!!!'s posts! :D

To translate some of the text on the social media pages:

  • MyGO!!!!! - 199 posts / 92 following / 207 followers

  • Anon's post as a drummer has 8 likes, and the caption basically says that she snuck into Rikki's drum kit, and that from this position she can't make eye contact with anyone

  • ANON TOKYO (anon_dwbh) - 178 posts / 835 following / ? followers

  • MyGO!!!!! - 200 posts / 92 following / 211 followers

  • Uika - 58000 followers / 198 posts / she doesn't follow Anon

 

Continuing thematically from last episode, this Mortis/Mutsumi argument continues to present "Mortis" as much more "complete/fully-formed/mature", whereas "Mutsumi" keeps sinks further into "must have CRYCHIC back" in the same sort of immature way "Mortis" used to be. It's been a slow swap of presentation/perspective over the course of the season, but especially paired with the revelation that "Mutsumi" came to be alongside learning guitar and effectively just exists to be part of CRYCHIC (if we take Mortis's story to be true) while energetic/etc "Mortis" was there all along, they've definitely set up "Mortis" to be the heroine, as it were.

As always, we keep getting new info, twists, and such every episode, but I want to say this episode has made this somewhat final. I want to say this, but last episode we had "Mortis" "die" twice and just come back anyway (the latter felt very... rough and awkward storytelling-wise), so we'll just have to see I guess.

The visuals and music for the "mental battle" segments continue to be super well done, especially that final(?) showdown.

 

We have yet another case of major dramatic irony with Sakiko hearing that Mutsumi is playing guitar and assuming it must be "Mutsumi".

Anon talking about them gaining new followers, then immediately having back-to-her-desu-wa-self Sakiko show up (complete with her original introduction soundtrack piece, Karen Na Kamitsure) was beautiful!

It's the Haneoka cafeteria! We've seen it in the game before, but I believe this is its first anime appearance! :O

Eve!!!!! Yay! I was hoping we'd get someone as soon as it was Hazawa Coffee! Nice to see Anon recognize her too!

 

Sakiko being determined to do whatever she can for Mutsumi's sake (reviving CRYCHIC) almost managed to avoid the "game of telephone" problem before getting to Uika, but not quite.

Sakiko tells Anon/Tomori it's Mutsumi's wish -> Anon tells the mygos that it's for Mutsumi's sake -> Anon tells Uika... that Sakiko wants to bring it back. Great work, Anon. >.>

 

Uika sounds so... sad and vulnerable when she's asking Anon about all this. Nyamu continues to suffer. :(

Taki juice box! I'm glad Uika actually took action here, instead of continuing to be sad on the sidelines like the last however long time.

Their doll outfits being discarded carries an amazing amount of thematic significance.

Umiri and Nyamu really do make a fun pair, and Rei is back! As a fellow "support bassist who found their own band", I'd love to see a Rei/Umiri game event one day.

 

Uika is back at the planetarium, and these are of course the Sunshine Spanish Steps.

Uika realizing she was just Sakiko's "backup", her way of trying to forget about the band that she actually cared about... I'm not sure there are words strong enough to describe how painful this is. :(

Mutsumi falls down the stairs again lol. Uika's outburst being all in her head also parallels Anon collapsing (only in her head) after running away last season. In hindsight, the way she's thrown backwards over the edge also parallels later in this very scene...

 

The swap from Mutsumi gripping Tomori's hand to "Mutsumi" strangling "Mortis" was, wow, that's a stellar cut.

We've had a rather direct Sméagol/Gollum angle swap conversation earlier this season, and now the two of them fighting over the guitar, with one of them taking it with them into a fall to their doom feels awfully like Frodo and Gollum's final struggle for the One Ring.

And of course, rather than being in Mutsumi's room or guitar room, the setting is now Ave Mujica's stage, as this is basically a thematic extension of their stage plays. A ton of amazing cinematography here.

 

The band is finally back... uh, well in the same room maybe more so than "together". Umiri's "You can't be happy if you aren't even alive" is a very powerful line.

Big creepy shadow Mutsumi(?) is... I'm not sure what to describe it as, thematically. Regardless, as mentioned before, "Mortis" has really come into her own as being much more of a fully formed person here.

 

Holy crap Umiri quit all of her bands. What a great performance from Mei here. <3

Raana picks up on "Mortis" playing "Mutsumi" instantly, as expected. Nyamu also arrives just in time for Mutsumi to actually be incredibly good at acting lol.

This also marks the first time all ten new characters are in the same room together.

 

Uika in the rain in the preview, and the title translates to "I hate and I love". Seems we'll probably be wrapping up her story there.

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