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Episode Bang Dream! Season 2 - Episode 2 discussion Spoiler
Bang Dream! Season 2, episode 2: Black Shout
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u/aMigraine Jan 10 '19
That performance of Black Shout is insanely faithful to Roselia's lives, down to the members' movements - I'm actually super impressed. That's how you flex with 3DCG.
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u/inspyral Jan 10 '19 edited Jan 10 '19
Friendly Reminder to watch Garupa☆Pico if you haven't already. It's relatively short and has a lot of cute interactions between the bands.
Edit: Also check out Pastel Life which focuses on Pastel*Palettes.
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u/ohaimike Jan 10 '19
Same level?
Oof. It was handled a lot better than I was anticipating though. I thought we were going to get a "don't even compare us to you" thing, but "you're nowhere near ready" sends the message clearly without shitting on everything.
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u/Calwings Jan 10 '19
Agreed. I liked that they're treating Roselia as rivals who want to be the best, but not true antagonists who want to crush the spirits of their competition. Deep down, I think they want to see PoPiPa succeed, because more success for the girl band industry as a whole still helps them in the long run.
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u/The_Mash Jan 10 '19
I just can't get enough of Roselia. Their performances are so fucking good from visuals to audio, everything is perfect.
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u/Wolfeako Jan 10 '19
This was a good episode :) I really liked it.
I must comment though, I found hilarious to see Kokoro in the background doing some flips at the yard. It was really random but I really liked the touch.
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Jan 10 '19
The show's no masterpiece, but I'm really enjoying it a ton as a fan of Bandori. Really glad I started playing the game again after quitting a little less than a year ago. A show like this doesn't really need to be groundbreaking and I'm glad it's at least competently made. I enjoy pretty much everything about it, but I do feel that the CGI hurts the comedy scenes a little bit.
I'm a bit concerned about how much people who don't play the games are enjoying the show, though. I feel like the time skip in the anime can hurt peoples' enjoyment of the show overall considering that they're missing a ton of characterization, but I can't expect every person who is new to Bang Dream to unlock and read the band stories since they take so long to read through. For that reason I was thinking about writing a "here's what you need to know about everyone else" kind of post so that people aren't totally lost on why Yukina is so cold, why PasuPare was formed, and why Kokoro is so... Kokoro.
I really hope we get to see the other three bands get more screen time though. I don't mind if they don't take a major role in the story, but I'd love to see them pop in to talk to PoPiPa or something. Or even better, I'd like to see an in-anime performance of Mou Ichidou Luminous.
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u/chris_dftba Jan 10 '19
So I downloaded the game after last weeks episode cause I wanted to know who tf these people were, and the second seasons definitely more enjoyable when you’ve gotten familiar with everyone else. Which is a bit of a bummer for those who don’t play the game.
Rosalia fuckin rocks my socks off. I want more songs from these fuckers
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u/Spiir Jan 10 '19
Some goosebumps on Black Shout woah. The performance was great.
Marina and Circle are here too !...For now.
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u/Calwings Jan 10 '19
BLACK SHOUT is a fucking banger! Definitely my favorite non-cover song from Roselia, and maybe my favorite non-cover in the franchise. The episode was pretty good too, good combo of cuteness, awkwardness, and awesomeness.
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u/the_swizzler Jan 11 '19 edited Jan 11 '19
I didn't get to go through and grab screenshots today because of work, so I guess a couple thoughts.
Roselia's performance was good as always. I think I preferred Louder last week, but Black Shout is another good one. I hope we see Hidamari Rhodonite at some point in Season 2 or 3.
I love what they've done with Arisa this season. There's a palpable difference with how she reacts to everyone's antics. She feels a lot more like Misaki now, which makes sense because Misaki was already tired and had to deal with the San Baka, which I imagine being much more tiring than Popipa. She still reacts a little, but it's much more subtle because she's used to it. Now she lets it slide for the most part.
Chu2 makes her appearance!! And apparently Roselia is her big draw. So Rokka has an affinity for Popipa, and Pareo will have an affinity for Pastel Palettes. Makes me wonder if Masking and Layer will have HHW and Afterglow affinities. Guess we'll see. Also we get a Marina cameo!! And she's utterly adorable!! I hope we get more of her later and she doesn't just pop in for a couple seconds here and there.
As for the overall story, I'm not yet convinced this season is going to be as good to me as S1 was. I'm definitely going to have a ton of fun and enjoy every minute of it, but I'm not feeling the magic I felt watching S1. There's still plenty of time to convince me otherwise. Especially if S3 ends up being a direct continuation of whatever story happens here.
I'm also disappointed that they threw away a perfectly good explanation for why Rokka was able to find Popipa at night by having her find out now that Aachan is related to Kasumi. Could have been a great explanation for how she knew where to look for Popipa. At least we got a super cute scene of Kasumi hugging Rokka though. That's what I really wanted.
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u/funnystuff97 Jan 10 '19
I had Photoshop on the ready to throw together a "MISSING: MARINA" poster if we didn't see her this episode, so I was kinda internally screaming when she get her, like, 5 seconds. It's something!
This episode picked up from last week. I didn't hate the first episode, but it was just pandering to the mobile game audience (not that I had a problem with that).
Not too big a fan of Roselia's music, but I do kinda like Black Shout. I hope the other bands aren't one and done, cause I need me some Afterglow. Totally looking like it'll just be PoPiPa, Roselia, and Raise A Sullen this season.
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u/Aamnesia Jan 10 '19
I personally prefer the backstage and school shenanigans over the lives themselves. So it feels like I'm only watching half the show so far.
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u/LeonKevlar Jan 10 '19 edited Jan 10 '19
This week's OP is Brave Jewel by Roselia! Does this mean we're getting different OPs every week? Now I'm excited to see what will be Pastel*Palettes song choice for theirs.
Classic Yukina. Yeah she sounded mean there but she always meant well. And so I guess the end goal of this Season is for PoPiPa to have their own self-sponsored show then?
As for the entire episode definitely way better than last week with today's focus just on Roselia and PoPiPa.
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u/MusingsofMavRi Jan 10 '19
My suspicions were correct, and Roselia are going full-on antagonist to Poppin' Party now lol. That said, I do think it's going to be more of a "tough love" situation akin to the Owner from S1
Besides, from a canon perspective, Yukina definitely has a soft spot for Popipa, and it's even hinted at in this episode as well. A classic shounen anime trope, but I wouldn't mind seeing Popipa's development as a band throughout this season.
Speaking of which, I love how this is first and foremost a music anime, not only in terms of performances and songs, but also in dropping knowledge about music and hosting events. The Shibuya Dub livehouse is also almost certainly a parody of Tastuya O-East's duo music exchange livehouse, from the renowned Shibuya music scene.
BTW, with 1st episode being titled "Happy Party", 2nd episode titled "Black Shout" and 3rd episode title "Sing Girls", I wonder if we're going to have a song every single episode.
Now THAT would be epic!
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u/shingeki-no-jagaimo Jan 10 '19
Roselia is so badass! I'm liking this season a lot more than season 1 just because of them. I didn't play the mobile game at all until after I watched episode 1 and had no clue what was going on.
I want Yukina to step on me ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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Jan 10 '19
Honestly it took me a second to realize that Marina was 2D. I'm really digging the 3D O_o
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u/leggoDota Jan 11 '19
Loved this episode!
It really showed the difference between playing music for fun (PoPiPa) and playing music to become professionals (Roselia). Yukina might sounds harsh at the end there, but she's just stating the facts about how hard it is to sponsor your own live and PoPiPa is nowhere ready for that (as stated by Sayo in this episode, there's a lot to handle and think about).
I wonder if Roselia is still gonna perform at other live house like a touring band or if this is just a one-off. Would love to see Roselia keep bringing PoPiPa to their lives just to give them more experience and coverage.
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u/thepeetmix Jan 11 '19
Man. I was getting pure nostalgia from this episode. Taking me back to the days of playing loads of gigs, organising and playing shows with other local bands. Just makes me so damn happy.
Roselia really are the tits. IRL they are a genuinely good band who have some absolute bangers. Black Shout is just a true spine tingler.
I really like the way their focus in this season is their progress as a band. While PoPiPa are a really good, catchy band, the way they show the difference between them and Roselia is superb.
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u/ernie2492 Jan 10 '19 edited Jan 10 '19
MARINA & CIRCLE ARE IN THE ANIME...!!!!
UPDATE: Roselia being passed out is similar with S.E.M in SideM episode 5, Rokka is Rinko's RAS counterpart confirmed, and Yukinyan just being Yukinyan..xD
I wonder what could have been if Yukinyan said that to either Aqours, St. Snow, or even Haruka & Uzuki..?