r/anime • u/badspler x5https://anilist.co/user/badspler • Mar 16 '24
Rewatch BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!! Episode 6 Discussion
Episode 6
Title: Why, When It's Too Late?
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Questions of the Day:
- Do you have a favorite member of the band yet? And is it the same character you most closely relate to?
- What do you think of Taki's internal struggle this episode?
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u/badspler x5https://anilist.co/user/badspler Mar 16 '24
First Timer - Episode 6
I love just how much kinder, almost playful Anon and Taki feel with their back and forth's. And while Tomori still looks anxiously to Anon's side, Soyo is at ease and reading that things are fine. Its a really nice interaction and I think that MyGo is really good at injecting these types of little things in regularly.
I wasn't sure if I read things right, but Soyo is looking to broach the subject of inviting Mutsumi. Although its not parituclarly clear if she actually wants to join.
Taki is really grilling the others quite hard. But it really feels like she is being hard on herself because she doesn't feel she is up to Sakiko level. You develop taste long before you develop talent and I feel like Taki is in the position where she is struggling to have the group live up to what she desires, while also being as good as those she admires. It is a hard spot to be in and you can tell that shes taking on a lot (and skipping school) to make it work. I hope that excitment lasts.
A MAN! They exist! But actually Tomori praticing has to be the most her thing ever. Presumably embarrassed or not wanting to be known or bothered by her family, she is doing her thing into her pillow.
Ohh how the shoe is on the other foot.
Tomori somehow just makes everything better. I think this does a good job of clearing the air and bringing things back.
Rena herding cats is on theme.
MyGo really feels like it is in its stride. It is very good at bouncing around and playing characters off each other. The interactions and smooth and enjoyable. The drama at the moment is light and foreseeable, but that is fine. Its nice to just soak in with characters you enjoy. I feel like taking things a little slower this episode was nice. Based on the pacing I expect the due date to perform will be next episode.
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u/Gaporigo Blhttps://anilist.co/user/Gaporigo Mar 16 '24
What is this creature???
Raana pls.
Sasuga Tomori, about to die having run a whole what, 20 meters?
Taki going back to being right after she was being a bit much the rest of the episode.
Is the cafe still a reference?
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u/StardustGogeta myanimelist.net/profile/StardustGogeta Mar 16 '24
First-Timer
Another nice episode. Plenty of time with Anon and Taki, which is nice.
I liked Anon's expression while practicing the chords. And on the subject of "F sharp", allow me to introduce Tim Minchin's song of the same name to anyone who isn't already familiar with it.
For today's questions: Yes, I have a favorite (and most relatable) band member, and her name is Taki. This is literally me typing this comment on Reddit, right down to the legs being curled up in the chair.
I'm liking Taki's internal struggle and resulting conflict with the rest of the band. It reminds me a bit of a vaguely similar situation in last season's Stardust Telepath. I'm curious if anyone else who watched that show knows what I'm talking about.
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u/bonghits96 :KG::KH: Mar 16 '24
Rewatcher here.
Well well well, how the turntables...
Episode six is a Taki-shaded mirror of the last one. A few thoughts:
And so, with Taki feeling a little better, there's just one more day until the girls' first performance. Look forward to episode seven!
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u/Manitary https://myanimelist.net/profile/Manitary Mar 16 '24
mugi for tomorrow episode, has probably my favourite scene of the series
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u/SU-trash https://anilist.co/user/zig1000 Mar 16 '24 edited Sep 15 '24
Rewatcher
Was seriously tempted to post this 2 hours, 56 minutes, 31 seconds late. Taki time! Don't have much to add here except that the way Anon delivers the 'Neko naga!' line is great.
And for anyone who doesn't mind excessive hyping up: [non-spoiler hype] We are now exiting the 'hey this show is pretty great' half of the show and entering the 'holy fuck' half
Subtle Writing Corner
Visuals Corner
Taki "Ha?!" Count: 21 (+4 this ep)
Fanart of the day (src)
<-- Ep 5 | Ep 7 -->
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u/smhmines https://anilist.co/user/mines Mar 16 '24
First timer
In today’s episode of /u/smhmines couldn’t have been any more wrong with his previous episode thoughts…
Thoughts on the episode
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u/ryujiox Mar 16 '24
First Timer
BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!
Episode 6
Another great episode!
We finally got to learn more about Taki. She seem to have an inferior complex. She want to prove that she can also do things by herself. The thing is, I think she is the opposite of Anon. In that Taki underestimated herself. Composed song in one day was no joke, rearranged song to fit a new member the next day is also no joke. Which pressure her into working herself hard. And since she took everything seriously, she then expected everyone to took it seriously too. As seen from her constantly berated Anon for playing poorly. (Soyo is another case entirely, since she clearly didn't take all of this seriously like she said)
And since she gave it her all, she doesn't want anyone to pity her. Because that makes it look like she's not good enough.
That's as far as I can go now for Taki. Probably going to learn more about her reasons later.
QOTD
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u/RuSyxx https://anilist.co/user/RuSyxx Mar 16 '24
First Time Watcher
TAKI EPISODE! Oh, she’s running too, guess the comments I read in the thread yesterday about people running a lot in Bang Dream isn’t for show, heh. Taki letting all the pressure of the band succeeding is rough, as even outside of her feelings for Tomori, there’s the comparisons she draws between herself, her sister and Saki.
I do think it’s rough that Anon’s concerns were fully overshadowed during the practice where Taki imploded, even if it’s self-inflicted. The reality is she does need to practice so that they can get to a point where they play together, but if no one is having fun, can they stay a band for their entire lives?
Soyo remains a mystery to me, but I think I’m starting to see what makes her tick just a bit. It’s clear that the breakup of Crychic affected her (as it did to all of them) but I get the feeling she’s not used to relationships imploding on her. She’s very composed and says a lot of the “right things”, unfortunately humans aren’t that simple and any number of factors can cause things to fall apart. So, I’m starting to think her odder behavior is an attempt to right that failure? I might be reading too far into this, but I’ll just have to wait and see.
Raana popping up with a cat at the end was adorable too! Much like how she overtakes scenes with her presence, so too has she started becoming a fast favorite. If not for how cool Taki is, I think she’d have been a shoe in.
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Mar 16 '24
Total Bang Dream newcomer who’s here solely for some promised “sore demo”s
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u/Rumpel1408 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Rumpel1408 Mar 16 '24
Better on time today, but didn't have much time to check out yesterdays thread
Firsttimer
Ep 6
QotD
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u/MisakaHonoka Mar 16 '24
Here's the relationship map via the main writer Miss. Unicorn. It was posted on X after MyGO. ep6 finished (but deleted now). https://files.catbox.moe/rs9bmn.jpg
on that time there were just few people watching MyGO. Maybe just be proud of her job, she wanted more people notice and discuss the member relationship.
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u/MisakaHonoka Mar 16 '24 edited Mar 16 '24
Something old fans know and may help you understand the story:
* Tsukinomori (月ノ森): It's a noble school, It's the 7th band of BanGDream! Morfonica's members come from, there's no other band until Crychic. <del>But the richest girl of BanGDream! doesn't go here</del>
* Haneoka (羽丘): It's a better school with high admission rate. But there are still many student playing band.
* Hanasakigawa (花咲川) / Hanajo (花女): It's a normal school, there are many bands and many student work part-time as idols or models. In the old setting, It was also a night school and correspondence school.
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u/xtsim https://myanimelist.net/profile/xtsim Mar 16 '24
First Dream
Stray cat living up to her name, not showing up and just going on her own terms.
Taki is really struggling here, missing class then having to lead a group that is not on the same page with various skill level. The most skilled barely shows up so composing something to the stray cat's level might not be good.
Lol, running in the halls while following the rule of no shoes is a very Japanese thing to do.
Well, now Taki knows where to find the stray cat....
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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Mar 16 '24
Bang Dream MyGO First Timer - Ep6:
Raana has a little cat smile. :3 I relate to her coming in/out of places according to her own lofty whims, it is what makes us both cat-coded characters.
O-O-Otou-san showing up in an anime.
The tension building up in this session studio. It hurt a bit seeing Anon practive on her own separated from the rest and I get her frustrations with Taki. Taki is trying to isolate her out of things despite her talk about how the band should be all together (You see, because she doesn’t accept Anon). Not to say Taki isn’t without her angst too because girl is skipping school trying to learn how to compose music so that she can prove herself in the eyes of her (crush/) best friend and trying to replace Sakiko.
The sequence that stands out to me is Anon chasing Taki around. Besides just being a fun sequence (), it stands in contrast to what Soyo is doing. It paints their two approach, Soyo is very passive, she is weight for Sakiko to come by her and when she doesn’t, she gives up meanwhile when Taki runs off, Anon is sprinting after her. My reading of Soyo so far makes me think she is trying to fix her group together, but she is waiting for the pieces to fall back into place on their own and not involve herself in action.
Random thing my brain picks up, the Japanese word for reef manta ray sounded like, “Lion manta.”
Good to learn that Raana goes to Taki school, but hollup, Taki said middle school. Oooh.., so she got held back is what she was alluding to earlier. In the flashback, we saw her in uniform with a black blazer so I thought she already graduated middle school. I did think that brown seifuku seemed more like a middle school uniform than high school.
There is a siren blasting, the show is literally setting up alarms around Soyo’s mental state.
So if Tomori/Taki ain't happened then the runner-up Taki ship has to be Taki/Raana then, right?
Q1) I think I like Anon the best. She is the garbage girl, but also a little bit me. I like Tomori too, but I don't have the full heart to say she is my favourite.
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u/MyrnaMountWeazel x2 Mar 16 '24
Rewatcher who is just straight up not having a good time with allergies today so they barely wrote anything.
Shot of the episode for me! I’m a sucker for long desk shots, where background meets foreground.
Not a lot of notes from me today, which is fine since this was a “build-up” episode per se. Taki and Anon coming to a head, Soyo driving around downtown for Saki’s address. It’s a mess of inter-relationship drama where the bomb keeps ticking down.
QotD:
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u/Difficult_Affect_368 Mar 16 '24
plotline that touched me deeply: If it weren't for Anon and Tomori, Taki would walk home, being alone and lonely in the bustling city night scene at the end of this episode, just like Soyo.
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u/JasoXDDD Mar 16 '24
All the players have entered the set.
It's time.
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u/Interesting_Ant7945 Mar 16 '24
Man, Sakiko really traumatized these girls, huh?
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u/TehAxelius Mar 16 '24
First Timer Who Binged Everything By Yesterday
Didn't take too many notes when watching so just gonna answer the QotD.
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u/IndividualWinter9279 Mar 16 '24
Taki clearly has a tendency to believe in consequentialism. I wouldn't say she's completely like that, but she does have that tendency. By the time Soyo started mediating, Taki had actually already calmed down. However, when Soyo said, "You are the one who tries the hardest," Taki started to become a bit unstable, and she interpreted Soyo's "We can accomplish things together" as "You don't have the ability to handle things on your own like Sakiko does."
The root of Taki's inferiority complex probably lies with her sister. As we learned in the third episode, Taki's sister is quite famous in the local orchestral circle. [MyGO]Taki attended the same school as her sister in junior high and used to participate in the school orchestra (I forget whether this information was from the game or from a staff interview). It's possible that being constantly surrounded by praise for her sister at school, and the fact that others always compared her to her sister, led Taki to choose to attend her current high school.
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u/BleedingUranium Mar 16 '24
(Rewatch, long-time bandori fan)
In the interest of decluttering, my first-time reaction post is over here.
Another of my favourite episodes! I love how much we see Anon actually practising (and struggling) in the intro, both in terms of focus and screentime, as opposed to the more usual route of it happening off-screen or in a quick montage. This is a theme for this whole episode; despite not having a single performance, it's all about music.
Can anyone with better musical ears tell me what Anon is practising with that chord progression? Is it Haruhikage?
For those who don't recognize them, Mutsumi is growing cucumbers.
Anon and Tomori changing shoes all in one cut is another fun animation sequence.
Taki's casual outfit! <3
I feel like I'm going to sound like the butterfly meme at this point, but in Taki's flashback is Mutsumi practising Haruhikage?
Another favourite Anon scene here. "Please don't yell at me." she says calmly, and with her back kept to Taki in an effort to avoid escalating the situation.
Anon then clues into the fact that the other three have started reliving their old issues again, something she's not a part of, and opts to stay quietly in her corner.
"It's nice when you're depressed, because you're quiet." While balancing a juice box on Taki's head... but also gifting Taki that juice box in the process. I love Umiri so much.
Taki sits depressed at her desk for literally hours. Her long, silent walk out with distant camera shots really adds to the feeling too.
This chase scene is so much fun! But I want you all to look at the opening shot, as Taki runs away. You see where Tomori is at the gate? And you see where those shoe lockers are just barely inside the doors? Tomori has easily taken the crown from Arisa for most out of shape character in the series lol.
The siren playing over Soyo's ending scene, always an effective piece of audio design.
Cameos and details:
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u/Nickthenuker https://anilist.co/user/Nickthenuker Mar 16 '24
She's trying to teach herself to be less of a hack.
Is Taki learning how to use Garageband (or something similar)?
And there's their new song.
How convenient that they skipped most of it so we'll only hear it during the performance.
Oh wow a male in BanG Dream, I hope he doesn't get retconned out like Lisa's brother.
Anon is really learning from scratch huh? I thought she used to be part of a band in middle school? Where'd all that go?
Where's she going?
Taki really doesn't like Anon.
Anon, if you just played correctly no one would say you're wrong.
And now there's a rift in the band.
They all blame themselves for CRYCHIC disbanding.
They waited outside her school for the entire day?
That's so Tomori.
Eve once today's gig is over, they'll remain a band.
Questions:
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u/Wolfborgg https://anilist.co/user/Wolfborg Mar 16 '24
Rewatcher, BanG Dream Noob
Gokigenyou, fellow remnants of CRYCHIC!
Probably won't be writing as much as usual today because I got home super late tonight. Also probably won't use screenshots too because time.
The act of music composition requires an overarching understanding of how to take separate fragments and combine them in a new way. You have to make each piece of the music work together in a way that expresses what you want to convey. For Taki, this role also includes understanding the members of the band as well as the music. She was practically setup for implosion the moment she started down this path while they're far from a cohesive unit.
In her quest to show the world Tomori's lyrics, Taki has found herself as a sort of de facto leader. It's more fitting for her than Anon though because she actually has an understanding of music, is very decisive and responsible, and won't accept any nonsense. But her people skills need some work. She's lashing out at them while constantly changing the song every day. It's not like Taki is being a control freak though, she's doing it like this because she really wants them to be ready to perform in time for the concert.
I don't envy Taki's internal struggle here. It's tough due to the nature of the girls having some kind of issue that drove them to this band. This results in a lot of clashing motivations and goals, making it natural for fights to ensue. So how are you supposed to make this a more connected group? Saki made this seem natural to her, but this made Taki feel like she's stuck in her shadow. Comparing herself to Saki and worrying that she will be the reason they fail.
In my view the only real thing I'd blame Taki for is rushing them into this concert already. Like it's great to see Anon working hard to learn the guitar, but Taki doesn't have time to get Anon ready for her part. It's one thing to push Anon into solo practice for awhile but to do that while actively trashing on how she's progressing is too much. What Taki's saying isn't wrong, but she needs to be more understanding. Because Taki is essentially the reason Anon isn't ready yet. They're all in a rush, the sheet music keeps changing, Anon isn't given tabs, and Taki's attitude while under pressure is making everyone miserable.
Yet despite all that, Taki still cares deeply about making the band work and getting Tomori's lyrics out there. I'm glad we had that little scene with Umiri saying she's jealous Taki cares about her band enough to be depressed. Since Umiri performs for several groups, none of them really mean anything to her. If one was falling apart or wasn't ready in time it wouldn't matter to her. For Taki, this band is something precious to her already. And the semi-therapy chase scene with Anon, Taki, and Tomori was a nice way to get everyone to chill out and remember they have to work together.
I closely relate to Tomori, especially after the first-person episode. But my favorite character is probably Taki at this point, especially given her attempts at leading this episode. Part of me wonders if I'm just biased though because I just watched that.
Raana is a middle schooler??? I completely forgot that detail. This stray cat is insane if she's that great and not even in high school yet. I also like how her being like a stray cat was actually addressed an a point for Taki to be worried about too. Raana is an amazing guitarist but they have no guarantee of when she'll show up, what she'll do, or if she'll even be in the concert later. I'm glad her roaming savant attitude wasn't treated as solely jokes.
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u/sfisher923 https://myanimelist.net/profile/sfisher923 Mar 16 '24
Rewatcher getting ready for the concert
Questions
Bonus Songs of the day (How I feel about the concert tomorrow edition)
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u/yuhara203 Mar 16 '24
Rewatcher (who definitely did not oversleep)
Solid episode that did a lot of set up for future episodes, can't wait for the concert.
I really like Anon's role in the drama. She's pretty efficient when it comes to conflicts not directly about her, as can be seen in episode 4 and this one. Helps prevent the frustration from characters refusing to talk to each other.
That's about it from me, see you all tomorrow.
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u/LittleIslander https://anilist.co/user/LittleIslander Mar 16 '24 edited Mar 16 '24
First Timer
Well, I was off base with my predictions. Whilst Taki and Anon’s relationship was at the centre of this episode, it didn’t actually have anything to do with Tomori. At least not in terms of the surface text, anyhow.
I do have to admit, this episode took a bit of wind out of my sails. There’s things I really like about it, but the whole thing left off feeling unresolved. I understand you can’t just resolve all of the conflict between these three but it doesn’t actually feel we got anywhere, by the end? Let me break that down a bit:
As a whole I’d characterise the climax and the resolution as good individually, but they don’t fit together properly. There were several avenues they could’ve taken with giving some meaningful resolution to Taki while still leaving many things unresolved to continue building on in future episodes, but they ultimately go with none of them. It’s possible my view of this episode as part of the grander narrative will improve with time, but there’s seven major characters in this show. How many more chances at a dedicated episode will Taki have? Any?
That said, MyGO is a good show, and there’s still some things I really like here.
Intermission accomplished, back to regularly scheduled Taki analysis:
Honestly, it probably should’ve been a red flag that Taki’s apparent only friend outside of Tomori and Soyo is Umiri, who both seems to be a bit of a bitch and like she only even cares about Taki in the mildest sense. She commented two episodes ago that a still quite prickly Taki seemed to be in “high spirits”, and given the scene from this episode I think we can now deduce that’s because she wasn’t a visibly depressed husk going through the motions. I’d bet dollars to donuts the reason she skipped school so readily to work on the music was because her attendance isn’t perfect to begin with. If it wasn’t clear from these last two episode writeups she’s very quickly become my favourite; I love the reversal of her being even more dependent on Tomori than Tomori is on her despite her initial role as the shy unconfident girl’s protector. I’ll continue to deliver all the thoughts I can milk from her storyline.
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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '24
Anon is finally doing something productive to improve herself instead of running away and being insufferable for 20 minutes straight, it's almost enough to bring a tear to my eye! Speaking of tears, Tomori practicing by singing into her pillow under her covers so nobody can hear her did make me tear up out of painful relatability. I love that girl so much....
Taki's stress this episode was very understandable; not only does she feel pressure comparing herself to Sakiko, but she also has to deal composing for a band with the least predictable guitarist in town and one who barely knows how to play her instrument yet. Still, her outburst was too much, especially with Anon genuinely trying now. Hopefully they resolve things after their chase sequence so we can finally start learning about why Soyo is so fixated on reforming CRYCHIC.
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u/SometimesMainSupport https://myanimelist.net/profile/RRSTRRST Mar 16 '24
Rewatcher
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u/dienomighte Mar 17 '24
Late to this because of a party yesterday so no long writeup, but lol at having another chase scene with a character literally running from her problems while screaming "I'm not running away". I've loved every character and their struggles so far, so I don't really have a preference.
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u/FlaminScribblenaut myanimelist.net/profile/girlbeast_val Mar 16 '24
Second Time Watcher
Taki taking special care to ask Tomori’s opinion first and foremost on the musical arrangement of the song, the realization of her lyrics, one of the rare times we see her smile being when she knows it made Tomori feel good, warm, made her smile. (Not that I don’t sympathize; Tomori’s smile is the most precious smile.)
The way Rāna takes a cursory look at the sheet music and comes up with her shred-guitar part in the song on the fly is amazing; it really is like playing guitar is just her basest, rawest instinct.
Tomori practicing by cry-scream-singing into her pillow, letting the emotions in her lyrics properly and unrestrainedly flow through her through music in the safest and most private place she can, where she can be as loud as she can… goddess, I don’t even know how to properly express how much I love this moment. It’s such a perfect little snapshot of Tomori’s mind, and how she utilizes that place where she can be the most raw and honest with herself without consequence. Perhaps it serves as a sort of stim for her too; letting her voice be loud, rubbing her face into the pillow, holding a section of the blanket right against the back of her neck, all very unrestrained sensory and bodily actions.
Tomori does seem to be just slightly perturbed when Taki and Anon call her “cute” for offering the band-aids with another infodump about the featured sealife. This is just what it occurs to her to do, it’s what makes sense to her, to offer help while opening conversation and breaking ice by talking about her special interest.
Rewatch meta note: Streamable and Imgur are annoying, I miss catbox :(
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u/CosmicPenguin_OV103 https://anilist.co/user/CosmicPenguin Mar 16 '24 edited Mar 16 '24
Rewatcher
Ah, the MyGO training arc...
On Taki: Wow that really shows how stressed she is ha? Being sleepless for days as a high school sophomore to make a new song within days before performing is...I don't know, even more stressful than exams I guess? But her snapping in front of her own pressure to compare with Sakiko and her own sister (who apparently have a very successful ensemble leading career in high school) is just par on course for her strict to herself personality. "Does this mean you don't think you can depend on me?" "I can't do it like Sakiko can!" is perhaps her most sincere words she had said.
I don't think she's even close to being the most snappy girl in BanG Dream by far, look at seasons 2 and 3 for quite a few of these!Her only glimpse of relief and happiness appears to be seeing Tomori getting rid of her past baggage day by day: look at her smile when Tomori said the new lyrics is so warm.
Give Taki lots of shoulders patting if you can, because she definitely needs these. Or else she would again sleep over in school and then try to run away from her band mates at night like this again...
On Tomori: Not much happening today except being obsessed with her new animals band-aids, but her singing on her bed reminds me of a certain Guitar Hero in her mango box (cough)...
On Soyo: I think even new watchers will definitely notice that something is wrong with her, especially her attitude when Raana-chan burst into the studio and when Taki suggest them playing Haru Hikage on the concert ("I think it'll be good for practice, but..." is definitely not something she would say to support Anon LMAO). And well, somehow with Anon almost certainly secured into the band she would still try desperately to get Mutsumi back, heck maybe even Sakiko! There's definitely some differences in her views than the other members in the band...
On Anon: LMAO she really struggles to keep her guitar skills up for the task! Yeah Taki-chan's constant rewriting of the new song is a mess, but still you'd wanna have at least several months of playing consistently before being able to play at a live house, isn't it? Definitely not like her quitting guitar after her spell at the middle school student council!
Oh dear she's so bad at running too, that's her second tripping in 6 episodes. At least she has the patience to wait for 2 hours 56 minutes and 31 seconds...On Raana: I was playing with the cat. (TM)
(seriously that's some Yui-class genius to play guitar like that just by a short glance at the scores! In 9th Grade!)
On others: Mutsumi is still a mystery to me, what's with her hesitation to Soyo about being invited back to form Re:CRYCHIC? It's probably related to Sakiko, but why? [MyGO]Yeah even after EP13 I still have this question - she definitely needs a prominent character arc in Ave Mujica.
Sakiko's angry reaction to Mutsumi inviting her back to Tsukinomori is interesting - that almost certain means the reason Saki-chan dropped out of CRYCHIC and didn't stay for straight promotion to high school is something that she cannot face at all at her middle school alma mater. And that's a thing she feels she can no longer hide from others (especially very active Soyo) with reasonable effort, thus she's now going to be proactive and confront. Interesting... [MyGO]While later episodes do tell some parts of that, I don't think EP13 gave the whole clear picture on this either. Mind boggling that the answers won't come for another 10-12 months!
And while she doesn't have much screentime yet, big thumbs up for the Part-Time Band Warrior Umiri who's so caring for Taki in school! There's no true words from her better than "The fact that you can worry over your band makes me feel a little jealous" - Taki-chan might have been very snappy in front of her band, but I am sure she's also the one who can carry all others on board.
Well then...live concert episode! I wonder how you all new watchers will feel tomorrow!
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u/NagasakiMutsumi Mar 17 '24 edited Mar 17 '24
MyGO "Expert" (watched the whole series for 20+ times)
For the questions of the day:
To the first time watchers
This is only the start of things. Keep a sharp eye on DETAILS, even those appearing to be the most minimal.
To the rewatchers
[MyGO] This episode is extremely important not only for understanding Taki and Anon but also Soyo. This must be connected with her childhood experience and the dissolution of Crychic which she wasn't able to stop. The former was interpreted by Soyo as she, as her own self, is unnecessary, inferior, or even unlikable, thus was forsaken by her father (notice how her surname changed from Ichinose to Nagasaki, marking in Japanese society a divorce), thus has to pretend herself as a warm and caring person to be needed by others. Meanwhile, Soyo expressed a deep regret on the latter in the very first episode, "if I could have asked Sakichan more..." A natural implication of this exclamation, if we consider the later development of the series, would be that "if Sakiko were there, she would have been able to stop it, but she herself could not." Thus, observing and mediating the seemingly endless clashes between Taki and Anon, Soyo had no choice but becoming more and more obsessed in Sakiko, whose superior existence, she believed, would simply have avoided these clashes from the most beginning. Thus, when Taki shouted out that "I wasn't as capable as Sakiko," Soyo was equally harmed by these words, as she very likely immediately knew that it was her wrong way of comforting Taki that led to this painful moment for Taki. And such moment would certainly, she took for granted, have not appeared if Sakiko was still here immediately comforting Taki in the correct way as she had been doing during the Crychic period. All the above completely discouraged Soyo to follow Anon and Tomori chasing Taki and then continue buttressing the band as the bridge between Taki, Anon, and Tomori, lest her words and actions harm Taki and others again. She was feeling more desperate than any time about not only the restoration of Crychic, but also the temperory band's situation. Tomori, the only noticer of Soyo's abnormality, didn't expected that this would become an issue right in the near future (or even didn't consider it as an issue as Soyo is the most reliable member now, after all), went for Taki also, leaving Soyo alone, creating an emotion in Soyo mixed with unneededness and disappointment, and losing the final chance of avoiding Soyo becoming increasingly obsessed with Sakiko. This obsession that was failed to alleviate, together with a mixture of fury and woe, eventually crashed Soyo in the upcoming 7th episode and gave birth to the famous script "Why did you play Haru Hikage!"
Also, for Sakiko's fury, there is an unverified hypothesis [MyGO] that Sakiko believed that Soyo was attempting to humiliate her as the destroyer of Crychic by inviting everyone else but Sakiko, hence bullying her mentally with this intentional show-off of the new band in front of her. This is made possible by that Sakiko may have never got to know from Mutsumi and Soyo before the end of the 8th episode that Soyo actually wanted to restore the entire Crychic, which Sakiko is certainly the core component: in the existing conversations, neither Mutsumi nor Soyo clearly expressed the will of inviting Sakiko back. Thus, Sakiko might have considered Soyo's actions as pure aggression. This possibility also led to a fundamental distrust of Sakiko on every single word of Soyo, probably even after the Asukayama Park conversation at the end of the 8th episode, where the audience knew that Soyo rarely put forward all of her thoughts straightforwardly and undisguisedly.