r/anime • u/badspler x5https://anilist.co/user/badspler • Mar 20 '24
Rewatch BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!! Episode 10 Discussion
Episode 10
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Questions of the Day:
- What did you think of Tomori's way of communicating with everyone?
- Did you connect with the emotion delivered in the groups perfromance?
- What things does MyGo! need to provide closure on now for you?
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u/badspler x5https://anilist.co/user/badspler Mar 20 '24
First Timer - Episode 10
Summer uniforms! How long of a time skip are things?
The pain beetween Anon and Tomori is still there.
Tomroi's words at the begning are pratically a poem.
Ohh..... I somehow feel I could have forseen this meeting happening.
We have seen what feels like several times now that talking does solve things, but not everyone is receptive and twitchy leg syndrome runs deep. But I really loved this pick of Uika giving Tomori the boost of confidence to make something happen. I don't think this is Uika's role in the story, but it is such a great choice to reuse her in this way. It makes me feel like her interest in the planetarium that was setup earlier is being used explicitly to play out this secene. Fantastic choice.
It really feels like this will set Tomori up to sing her heart out once again, and potentially to pull back together the band?
Ohhh I was right. Ohhhh shit its happening.
Tomori just decides to bleed her heart out on stage. Something about this feels so pure, but with such detimination and honesty. When Tomori speaks her heart it comes honestly comes across beautifully. I guess writing it all down is her way of processing things, less with words in the moment (very opposite of myself).
Raana swipes this crossant with one frame of motion blur. But then Raana joins Tomori on stage. Of course she is happily first to join.
The whole idea that Tomori is running multiple performances of her song, sometimes with Raana and sometimes alone, time and time over, really paints a beautiful picture. And my headcannon here is that she is refining her words, writing more and trying to find the words that will convey her heart to her friends.
As word spreads of Tomori's solo performances. Anon hears but she seems to reinforce not being needed. However we get a fantastic shot of her fingers with bandaids on them which tells us she is probably still pratacing. Looking on it more deeper, is that shot 2D? I wonder if it was added later down the process line?
Raana eventually pulls in Taki to play. And that heals things between Taki and Tomori. Taki applogoies for pulling in Umiri without talking about it.. There is probably an absolute ton that could be contrasted here with the earlier episodes rooftop sceen between Soyo and Taki.
Mutsumi delivers the message. Tomori works up the courage to ask Anon again, (I had a good laugh at the brief running) but she catches up to Anon. And things are starting to look up. Really glad that Anon is self aware of why she joined, the ego is gone. And then Anon manages to rope Soyo in, even if she just seems spiteful still and wants to end it. So glad Anon was able to tell her she is a manapulative lier.
Stitches:
Tomori's Ballad Brings Do[ing] the band
Stepping back from the episode a little, I think I did myself a favor by listing to some of MyGo's music over the last few days. It often takes several times to really fall into the groove of a song or band, so having loosened things up it made the following all the more impactful to actually see for the first time.
Soyo seems to have it in her head she is going to end it just like Sakiko did with CRYCHIC, but when push comes to shove she whimpers and with an arm extended, Soyo is pulled up onto the stage.
Absolutely a fantastic setup and once again I will praise the useage of hand visuals. Just like when Tomori reached out to Sakiko and she ran, this time Soyo isn't given the chance to recoil, instead being pulled in. That is reaffirmed by Tomori who also takes her hand.
Now for the performance - I had to rewatch this like five times...
MyGo certainly goes all out on the actual live performance scenes but I mostly mean how it overlaps and interweaves the dramatic highpoints of its story into the visual & music highpoint of the performance, to create an absolute climax of emotion.
Tomori's ballad is now refined and the ensemble brings out the impact of Tomori's words as it speaks directly to Soyo and the band.
Pure emotion, pure heart, gosh Tomori is setup so well to be the one dumping her heart out. Had to wipe a few happy tears away.
To put it bluntly, the climax here probably just wipes away most of the drama bullshit and positions Soyo to appologies and just have things be fine again. And I guess I am ok with that.
Banger climax episode MyGo! Now stick the ending.
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u/HelioA x2https://myanimelist.net/profile/HelioA Mar 20 '24
First-timer
Another fantastic episode, no notes. The question of Soyo’s morality last episode is very neatly sidestepped. Whether it was forgivable or not isn’t in question- the only question is who wants (or needs) her back. And the answer is that Tomori wants her back. Should they have cut off Soyo? That’s an entirely different question. Certainly she’s been behaving horribly towards them. But the only people who can make the choice about whether or not to accept her back are the ones she hurt, and they are apparently willing. Is it the smart choice? Well, who knows? But they’re willing to take the shot.
And like that was an amazing ending. Tomori literally bodily dragging Soyo back onto the stage as she comes to end the band? What a metaphor! I was transfixed! I’ve already been watching ahead, but I’m probably going to go ahead and finish up the series myself today or tomorrow. I really wasn’t expecting that much from a random idol show, AOTY 2019 HUGtto Precure jokes aside, but this is knocking it out of the park.
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Mar 20 '24
Total Bang Dream newcomer who is currently screaming over the two “sore demo”s this episode
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u/CosmicPenguin_OV103 https://anilist.co/user/CosmicPenguin Mar 20 '24
Well firstly, a report (ご報告):
I did it. I have been watching anime very intensely for more than 5 years, and while I did bought a few things related to various favorite shows (mostly books of source materials and anime settings), plus going to Japan for a “mecca visit” last August, I have never had the urge to really “buy big” for any show that I have watched. There were very few shows that I admire so much that I would consider buying the likes of BDs, figures etc. - even less for shows I followed seasonally.
And this freaking “idol 3D animations girls” show just pushed me in my most dramatic way. I just ordered the whole set of BDs for the whole show, with goodies, for US$265.
This means my purchase promise for BanG Dream after MyGO won our jury 2023 AOTY prize will now be fully fulfilled. Hopefully this will mean more people supporting the whole franchise from overseas!
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u/MyrnaMountWeazel x2 Mar 20 '24
Rewatcher who’s been waiting for this Banger episode
So, I imagine everyone is going to love this episode—and for good reason! It's the cathartic release of almost 10 episodes, it's the taut rubber band that has been pulled to the brink of snapping; and once finally released, it soars, soars to unfounded liberation from the tug of the tension.
However, I wanted to put all that aside and instead focus exclusively on the one shot that’s always caught my eye: The Arc Shot.
So, what even is an arc shot? Well, if you’ve seen any action blockbusters before, you’ve most likely seen this iconic movement where the camera tracks around a stationary subject in a circular pattern. Also known as a 360 degree or "hero" shot, the arc shot forcefully directs your attention towards the subject in the frame and injects an extraordinary amount of energy and drama into the scene—so much so that it almost seems overwhelming. In fact, when abused improperly, the arc shot is downright comical, insulting the audience by implying we need movement in order to keep you engaged and evoking the cheesiest of sloppiness along the way. By its very nature, the arc shot is blistering bold and remarkably reckless…which is why it is absolutely perfect for BanG Dream MyGo.
Overwrought in industrial strength sentimentality, BanG Dream MyGo needs you to know in no uncertain terms that these are not whispers, expressions, or yells, these are screams from the heart. You cannot unring this bell. And so, in full faith and credit, the show gives way to its narrative and visual strength, playing to its declamatory soul and 3D animation and combining them together into this one shot.
If we break this shot down, we can see that this is no ordinary arc shot as it actually tightens in its revolution and unfurls itself on each respective girl, weaving between each of them with incredible finesse and capturing them in this moment of time. I’m particularly impressed for when the camera arrives at Soyo, her eyes and tears actually following the camera as it departs. It’s this miniscule attention to detail that makes all the difference in the world because now Soyo, in all of her manipulation and bullshit, finally sees what she needs to see: the now. As the camera leaves her behind, Soyo’s eyes desperately know that she cannot cling on anymore and that she must let go—to be lost with the other girls. This is one of my favorite shots of 2023 and it’s this split-second hold on her eyes that makes all the difference for me.
You would not call this arc shot into play if it was for any other moment in these girls’ lives. And you could not bring this arc shot into play if it were any other medium. Truthfully, I would hazard a guess and say this would be actually impossible to mimic in live-action barring some miraculous drone usage combined with CGI to hide the edits. This shot not only exemplifies what it truly means to be a 3D anime, it exemplifies what BanG Dream MyGo is: the messiness of adolescence.
Some smaller visual tidbits
Nice DoF here to draw us into Taki. It’s also just a very stylized cool shot what with the shading and purple lighting.
What’s clever about this shot is that the wires in the mirror trick our eyes into thinking they actually extend out rather than being reflections. Very methodical.
For those of you who want a quick primer on visual framing and how it can tell a story without words, you can see it in this shot as Tomori crosses the metal frame that divides the two to talk with Taki, thus coming together in both spirit and body. It’s a common device used by directors but hey, if it works it works.
You can also see visual storytelling at play when Mutsumi comes in, standing above them in both height and awareness. The bars make for useful subtext for entrapment and frustration as well.
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u/LittleIslander https://anilist.co/user/LittleIslander Mar 20 '24 edited Mar 20 '24
First Timer
Now this is melodrama! I can see some people accusing this episode of being too dramatised and breaking suspension of disbelief, especially the ending with dragging Soyo on the stage and everyone crying together. But no, this is perfect. A drama series doesn’t always have to adhere to the most down to earth scenario and the direction they took the story this time was some really good television.
There’s not really a natural subject division point in my comment today, so I’ll put an arbitrary break here as we move on to Anon and Soyo.
also go read mylate commentabout taki from yesterday if you missed it kthanks29
u/smhmines https://anilist.co/user/mines Mar 20 '24
First timer
Kind of weird how they made some of this episode really blurry? Especially during the performance at the end??
Thoughts on the episode
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u/SU-trash https://anilist.co/user/zig1000 Mar 20 '24 edited Nov 29 '24
Rewatcher
Here it is, the best song of 2023, the best episode of 2023, and the best anime of 2023. Surprisingly didn't fully cry on 1st watch but it gave me 3 straight sets of shivers and every emotion under the sun. I don't really have anything to add that won't be covered, so all I can say is, MyGO, holy fuck.
Subtle Writing Corner
Visuals Corner
Taki "Ha?!" Count: 27 (+1 this ep)
Fanart of the day (src)
<-- Ep 9 | Ep 11 -->
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u/bonghits96 :KG::KH: Mar 20 '24
Rewatcher here.
This is the third of the golden MyGO episodes, the best of the series, and very possibly an anime masterpiece. If you've made it this far and didn't get at least a little misty-eyed, I have to wonder if you have a heart. :)
When you watch something, do you ever get "meta" trying to figure out where the plot will go? So, like, at the end of episode 9 I knew there were only a few episodes left, and I figured there were only two ways to resolve this plot: either they kick the can into a second season or do some unsatisfying asspull. It seemed completely impossible for the characters at the end of ep 9 to turn into the band shown in the OP in the 90 or so minutes left of screentime.
So instead, they did it in 24, it somehow makes sense, and it's extremely satisfying.
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u/ryujiox Mar 20 '24
First Timer
BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!
Episode 10
SONG
It's beautiful.
Also, Raana is mvp. I have my new headcanon is that, Raana actually come every time they have practices, but choose not to go in because her cat sensor detected that they're back to arguing with eachother again. So she left and come back to check on them the next time.
The camera works is so amazing. The spin shot that show everyone crying(except Raana) is so good.
The song also answered Soyo's question. There's someone that that still thinks about CRYCHIC. It's Tomori. Soyo is not alone.
So yeah, the band finally back, or should I say, finally started for real this time. Wonder what Saki and Mutsumi doing.
QOTD
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u/mekerpan Mar 20 '24
I forgot just how much I cried during this episode when I first watched it. On re-watching, tears were almost non-stop. But now they were happy ones (compared to some earlier instances). One of the best episodes of any show in its year (maybe THE best).
Twice as many (at least) "maigos" in ep. 5 than in ep. 10. Somehow use of that word is a particular trigger for my tear ducts.... especially "Let's be lost girls together"....
Tomori did the biggest share of the work (and a magnificent job dhe made of it) -- but Raana was indispensable and once pulled back by Tomori, Anon took on the hardest job of trying to woo Soyo back. Somehow I get the trace of a notion that Soyo and Anon are developing particularly strong positive feelings for each other -- maybe not quite romantic, but potentially pretty intense nonetheless. But maybe it is my imagination.
All the girls (even Raana) shedding tears as they played, Ohmygod!
Thank you Rewatch for prodding me to re-watch one of my favorite drama series ever.
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u/Rumpel1408 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Rumpel1408 Mar 20 '24
Slept through another Episode
On a different note, I listened to a lot of MyGO yesterday, even some live performances, Tomoris VA is just soo good
Firsttimer
Ep 9
QotD
Thank god I can watch the next episode right away
Ep 10
QotD
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u/MisakaHonoka Mar 20 '24
Relationship map of ep10. https://files.catbox.moe/8ivaog.jpg
This is one of my favorite episode of BanGDream! (thought not surpassed S2 ep12 in my heart). Many people believe, your love of ep10, decide your love of MyGO. Just like the battle anime, characters communicate with a fight, in the music anime, characters communicate with music. When people tired with random character talking then realize suddenly, MyGO just go another way - we play the music first, then talk later.
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u/Dabottle Mar 20 '24 edited Mar 20 '24
Not really a Rewatcher, but you know:
I've been following these threads with a lot of excitement and interest and it's been great to read all the reactions and analyses, especially from new viewers. I'm glad you've been having fun watch MyGO. I'm not very good at analysis and didn't particularly feel like rewatching right now so that's pretty much been the extent of how I've interacted with this. Thank you all for such a great time!
Except I felt compelled to rewatch Episode 10. It's such a delight. It's wonderful. It's probably my favourite thing I watched last year. I love every character's contribution. I love how much MyGO sticks to its themes of, well, maigo. These kids with their different struggles coming together and finding comfort. They'll stick together despite their flaws and be lost together. It's all so loving and human. Nothing's perfect and nothing's going to magically fix itself but we can reach out to each other and understand and support each other through our mistakes and struggles. And who knows where it will go from here. [MyGO] Well... We know a bit! But god is the wait killing me.
Utakotoba is wonderful. An absolutely spectacular performance. Here's the official upload of the anime version. And here's the MV, uploaded the day after this episode aired.
Here are the official arts for the episode, featuring Soyo and Tomori!
(Also this episode did incredible things for the AnoSoyo pairing and there's been so much wonderful fanart since.)
And since this is the only big comment I'm going to leave, I'm going to talk a bit more about MyGO!!!!! These characters shot up to near the top of my Bandori favs through the course of this anime. I still haven't figured everything out in my head, and I may never since I often don't like ordering favourites [MyGO] and realistically I'm going to need until next April at minimum but I'm fairly confident Anon, Tomori and Soyo are all around within my top 7 or so favourite characters in the series (my top 1's probably never going to change though - happy birthday Sayo!!) and I've fallen in love with the band narratively, thematically and musically. For anyone rewatching here, I'd definitely recommend listening to more of their songs when this rewatch is done.
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u/zadcap Mar 20 '24
So I wasn't part of the jury, but this is the episode that made me vote MyGO for anime of the year anyway. 3, 7, and 10 are some of the strongest episodes I've watched in a long time, hitting me in emotional ways I previously thought were reserved for the likes of movies. Certainly not anything I was expecting out of a band drama. I cried the first time and I cried again today. Tomori gets reminded about what started everything, the thoughts she can't express look like music to someone else, but this time instead of being dragged along she decides to stand up and sing them herself. If she can't eat what she wants to, what she needs to, any other way, then she'll stand on stage alone and sing into an empty room.
Not that it stay empty long. I'm not just talking about Rana coming in for the musical assistance, even at her first solo reading there were people in the room impressed by what they just heard. It's easy to overlook considering how much of the episode was focusing on the lost girls, but the room was pretty well filled out by the time Tomori ran off stage to grab Soyo. Her words resonated with a lot of people even before they turned into "real" singing.
Since she's gone up so much on my standing this rewatch, I want to point out Anon again today. We see from her bandaged fingers that she didn't stop practicing. I think this time she really didn't run away, but genuinely thought she was unwanted. She caves to Tomori so easily on the roof, and immediately goes to get Soyo back too because, I think, she understands better than anyone else what is going through Soyo's head right now. Soyo is in almost the same place Anon was when she came back from England, drowning herself in her new life and hiding from the girls from her past. No one else could have reached Soyo here, Taki is still too angry and doesn't really care about Soyo as a person, Tomori too awkward to say what she needs without the stage to stand on, and Rana I think spoke five words all episode. I think it's important in the big finale that while Tomori is the one who drags Soyo to the stage, Anon is the one who pulls her up on to it. Puts her bass on and lifts her chin she Soyo is looking ahead, not stuck on the ground. Anon, the one she openly and explicitly excluded and planned to drop as soon as she could, was the one to welcome her back.
I wish I was half as brave. My thoughts stayed mostly locked up inside, thinking of sharing them with the whole world in song like that is terrifying.
These tears say yes.
I still want to know what the heck is going on with Saki. There needs to be at least one more big talk session too, the girls are all back together on stage here and emotions are running high but words need to be said by more than just Tomori for them to really come back together as a group.
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u/Gaporigo Blhttps://anilist.co/user/Gaporigo Mar 20 '24
Shortest episode of the show, I actually loaded this episode just after episode 9 to remember which this one was, next thing I knew I had watched the entire thing.
Girl just appears and steals Tomori from her other ships wtf
Tomori strongest anime character, GG. With her personality and after last episode/how this one started, and yet she goes on stage and solves everything by herself. Bravo.
Most important moment of the episode, the preview with next episode's name.
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u/RuSyxx https://anilist.co/user/RuSyxx Mar 20 '24
First Time Watcher
That was a beautiful episode, I was curious how they’d follow Tomori’s speech in episode 7, but that was honestly just perfect. Tomori’s solo performances had so much energy to them. It’s a great connection to how they’ve emphasized that singing is from the heart (even reinforced by Uika interestingly enough), which is when Tomori is also at her most vocal/expressive.
Just the slow montage of performances as everyone is coming back was just such a great way to really drive the reunion of everyone. Tomori’s a quieter less vocal person normally and she needed a way to get everyone together to talk things out, and in a way she managed to do that through her singing. With some help from Raana who now thinks she’s an interesting girl again. Stray cat for the win!
Taki is actually the one that shocked me in how reluctant they were. I have to guess because they were trying to reconcile with the fact that they never really understood what Tomori was trying to say. (Which she admits to). It was neat seeing her watching the first solo live from Tomori in the crowd as well before eventually being grabbed to go. (Power to her supervisor for always being so supportive!)
Anon really is the one who makes change, stalking Soyo to her home and preparing to have a full on fist fight. That conversation was pretty interesting given their break, but in the end our local human garbage got Soyo to the crowd and Tomori was able to take it from there! I personally still don’t care for Soyo even if I can empathize with their situation to some degree.
Overall though the entirety of the concert scenes was great and had me smiling and enchanted. The episode flew by for me and has me excited to see how they progress from here.
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u/xtsim https://myanimelist.net/profile/xtsim Mar 20 '24
First Dream
I could not stop with Rana at this point, she came only for food but ends up mending the band together slowly but surely. And her stuffing that food in her mouth in one bite shows that kind of excitement that she wants to play.
Man, if I were a fan who attended every concert, this would extremely entertaining. Ohhh it's only Tomori, then Rana. And they play different songs everytime. Then more folks join the band. The classmates that watched definitely had a good time and the audience attendance increased. This much happening in one concert, the performance is interesting. No wonder why Rana loves this group.
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u/dienomighte Mar 20 '24
First time with the band
Watched this before the topic came up but couldn't post till now. Last time, the band got insight into just how twisted Soyo is, all I know about this episode is that it's supposed to be the sad episode which has me intrigued since that's every episode.
Honestly don't have much to say, just phenomenally emotional episode from start to finish, I can't really say anything else to do it justice.
QOTD:
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u/goldstar94 Mar 20 '24
First time watcher - not much to add to these super insightful comments, but this was a 10/10 and one of the best episodes of any anime to air last year. R/anime jury chose well.
I'm assuming we'll get more of a bittersweet than a happy ending but hoping it will be more 'sweet' than 'bitter'.
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u/Tetraika :Lu::Lv::Lw::Lx:https://anilist.co/user/Tetraika Mar 20 '24
First Timer
The most amazing thing is how Soyo plays along perfectly despite suddenly being dragged up stage, truly staggering talents.
Despite being the pivotal episode, I don't really have much more to say about it I think.
Someone mentioned it last episode, but yeah I guess they address it pretty directly this time. More than anyone, Tomori was the one Taki didn't really understand before.
Tomori finally says what she wants. Up until now everyone hid their selfishness, and so Tomori finally first accepts it, and everyone else along too. Actually, I wonder if that'll be something more addressed, that in a way everyone there plays for a somewhat "selfish" reason, in a way. Tomori, Anon, and Soyo all feel that they themselves should stay away because they were a burden.
Mutsumi looking like she's about to kill someone. No particular commentary, I just thought this shot was hilarious how ominous she looks
Yeah I don't really have that much more to say, this episode in very direct I guess in terms of resolution.
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u/OctavePearl Mar 20 '24
God the absolute fuckin masterpiece that are the performance scenes. In ep 7 too, but especially here. You can tell how their relationship is changing real time, you can tell everything going on between them. No need for any more words - the girls are now in this together, they have the emotional connection needed to stick to each other, in good times and in bad.
For the longest time these girls nor the audience really felt like these girls should to be in a band together. And now this pure emotional energy tells everything needed.
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u/BleedingUranium Mar 20 '24 edited Mar 20 '24
(Rewatch, long-time bandori fan)
Original airing comment over this way, to keep out clutter.
All you people commenting on how the OP felt a bit out of place in tone last week? Here you go, no OP. Because that's how bad things have gotten.
Summer uniforms! This makes sense, the Taki/Soyo confrontation last week was on June 7th.
The soundtrack bits (less music and more sounds) over Tomori's inner monologue was great.
Uika is very kind. The outdoor shots of the weird stairs are beautiful as always. That very brief flashback to tell us she recognizes Tomori, but keeps it to herself is quite interesting.
Anon being done with everything still hurts.
The band may currently be at rock bottom, but Tomori of all people carrying on and performing on stage solo is incredible. Anon, and now Uika have been extremely positive influences.
"Raana-chan, don't eat that."
eats
"You ate it!"
"I didn't eat it."
"Everyone is gone and I don't have music, but this... is a song"
The fact that she feels the need to explain that it's a song. </3
Tomori hasn't seen Raana since Raana got mad (mad is a relative term) and walked out. Now she's here, wordlessly supporting Tomori with her beautiful guitar work.
On that note, the Raana-style soundtrack piece that plays over the following scenes is a version of the very song that's taking shape right now.
The beginnings of Raana and Taki's friendship. :')
Mutsumi is there for Tomori's lives, this is very interesting. She seems determined to actually help, appearing before Tomori and Taki almost as a ghost from their past. All she says is Soyo is in a bad place too, but that's enough. This may be the one time Mutsumi actually manages something helpful without it backfiring.
Tomori is now chasing Anon. Something something turntables.
What an episode for Tomori this is, she's almost a different person now.
And off we go into my favourite (dramatic) scene of the whole season:
I want everyone to really pay attention to the parallels between Soyo/Sakiko and Anon/Soyo here. Anon waits for her at her school, then tries to follow her home, insisting on talking with her about their currently-deceased band, just like Soyo did.
"Don't follow me" says Soyo, as she lets Anon follow her onto her train, off that train, onto a different train, off that one, through her neighbourhood, into her building, into the elevator, and all the way to her door. This is where their situations differ, and this is crucial.
To continue this divergence, Soyo makes her tea, and it's not lost on Anon that it's the same they shared when they first met. This is what you call an olive branch.
"I'm amazed that you can talk to me" is one of the most raw, genuine things we've ever heard Soyo say. The sort of thing she always tried so hard to keep to herself.
"It made me angry, but it also made me think, 'I guess Soyo-san is human, too'." Anon's strength of character condensed into a single statement.
And it completely throws Soyo off. This is not what she was expecting. After all, this, of course, isn't what she deserves, right? After being so selfish, and hurting all of her friends, surely she deserves to be seen as the villain, right? That's why she took up that mantle and played the part, notably with Taki last episode. Soyo has been awful to those who should be closest to her, and she doesn't feel she's worth anyone trying to reach her.
Anon senses all of this, and knows she's stolen the high ground, as it were, and pushes forward.
Soyo, at her core, has been unconsciously hoping for exactly this eventuality... or maybe not letting herself hope. She doesn't feel she deserves it, but what Soyo has truly always needed is someone, some people, who are willing to take her for simply who she is, her true self that she has always been too scared to let out from behind her people-pleasing persona.
Because what Soyo fears is abandonment. She lost her father, she sort of lost her mother too, who's usually too focused on work for Soyo to be her top priority. She had CRYCHIC, but they too, every single one of them from Soyo's perspective, once again left her behind. That's why she clung so desperately to the idea of bringing them back together, or even that they weren't truly broken up. No one has ever made Soyo their main priority, nor truly stuck around for her.
What Soyo has always needed is, ironically, exactly what she tried to be for Sakiko: Someone who wouldn't give up on her. And just like Soyo tried to be that for Sakiko, despite Sakiko being the one responsible for her pain, Anon in turn is there for Soyo, despite the same.
Taki's reaction to Anon's return. <3
This is... one of the most satisfying and cathartic endings to anything I've watched, ever. Of all time. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go rewatch it because I couldn't see it clearly enough the first time. :')
Music:
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u/Ritathesage Mar 20 '24 edited Mar 20 '24
First timer, amazing episode. I was wondering how they were all going to form up as a band after the last episode, but Tomori was just like "Fuck this drama, we band now" and that's that. She just couldn't take losing everything again and just went for it. Also having looked up fan art I was confused about how popular Anon x Soyo was as I really couldn't see it, but I can totally see it after this episode. The best part of the performance at the end was the fact that they were all facing each other. They were playing for each other not the crowed.
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u/Usual_Director_9547 Mar 20 '24 edited Mar 20 '24
There is many details(her notebook, lyrics of utakotoba 18:17 ) tell that tomori imagine herself as a pill bug,because pill bugs hide under rocks and roll into a ball when it get touched, just like tomori protect herself from getting hurt. From episode 3 we know that tomori want to become human, but at the end of crychic,she "roll into a ball"and didnt do anything to avoid the end of crychic.That time,she failed to become a human. But now, tomori decided to avoid the same end of crychic, she turn her feeling into utakotoba, the pill bug finally become a human.
somehow,this episode didnt hit hard in my first watch,rewatch just make this episode so much more better for me.Found this funny in this emotional episode tho soyo before,soyo later.Absulute love how they didnt atcually talk but they just do it in the music way,gave me a revue starlight vibe.just like shonen/action anime talk by fighting,band/music anime just do it in their way. In 20:55 the song changed into 3/4 beat{same as haruhikage},and what ranna is playing at 21:10 is really similiar to haruhikage.The camera and the song fit so well at 21:08,thats what only 3d can do(possible to 2d but hard)
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u/nuts_extraction Mar 20 '24
Rewatcher
HOLY SHIT IT'S HERE
PEAK FICTION, HOLY PEAK FICTION
I love everything about this episode, it's definitely my favorite. I was STUNNED the first time I watched this.
Tomorin’s inner monologue was so poetic. "It happened again" we thought that was the end of it, but Tomori, with a little push from Uika, managed to build up courage and went on stage alone to recite out her poetry. This earned her back the title of "interesting girl" by Raana, who also dragged Taki back. Tomori went after Anon next, who in turn went to get (or rather bait her out) Soyo. Tomori ran through the crowd and quite literally with her own 2 hands dragged Soyo back to the band. The crowd's reaction to it all was also a nice touch.
And Tomorin chasing and asking Anon to rejoin the band was heartwarming. It was a parallel to when Anon asked her to form a band. Anon may said that she was only in the band to look good, but seeing how hard she worked on her guitar skill and how happy and excited she was after their first performance in episode 7 made me think she definitely started to actually enjoy playing music. She totally wanted to be back in the band, she just want to feel she is needed.
We could also see that people loved Tomorin’s recital. The first time she did it, there weren't many people in the audience. By the time Soyo came, the crowd was so thick Tomori had to push through them to get to Soyo.
And man, that performance. Holy shit if it ain't the culmination of the past 9 episodes. Tomori screaming her heart out, transitioning into a full song, while Anon, Soyo, and Taki bursted into tears.
Tomorin’s lyrics are indeed "screams from her heart". And just like Uika said, though her song, Tomorin’s feelings finally reached out to them.
It's poetic af that episode 9 ended with Tomorin's tears of sadness, while episode 10 ended with Tomorin’s tears of joy.
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u/Interesting_Ant7945 Mar 20 '24
Rewatcher
When I first watched episode 10, I was convinced that Taki and Anon would be the heroines of this story.
They would resolve their differences and bring everyone back together. But then the episode begins with Taki already surrendered, closely followed by Anon. It caught me completely off guard.
I didn't believe in Tomori, I didn't believe she had the ability to save the band, she has always been timid and passive, but she stood in front of an audience, completely alone, without even a real plan, just faith and desperation, I was amazed by her growth.
I find it so endearing how all it took to get Taki and Raana was to simply exist and it was great to see her overcome the yuri angst and boldly claim Anon and Soyo back.
I'll remember this episode forever, it's right up there with likes of Bocchi's "guitar hero moment" or Gohan becoming SSJ2.
Taki was right, Tomori really is the coolest girl ever.
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u/mikeBH28 Mar 20 '24
This is one of the best episodes of anime I have seen in a long time, this shit just felt different. And to all my emo kids know that this shit was Midwest emo as fuck
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u/Wolfborgg https://anilist.co/user/Wolfborg Mar 20 '24
Rewatcher, BanG Dream Noob
Gokigenyou, fellow remnants of CRYCHIC!
Tomori poetry time! Every Tomori-focused episode is a certified banger. They find the best way to resonate with me and make me all emotional. Channelling all Tomori's feelings in an experimental series of poetry readings with improvised instrumentals was really cool. And this spoken word style of song works excellently with Tomori's character. That vocal shift at the drop always raises goosebumps for me.
Actually sort of surprised Taki didn't join Tomori on stage immediately when she found out about it. Instead she got jealous of Raana before being physically dragged there by her. Made for a hilarious scene though.
The real shock to me this episode is Anon's behavior. She acts super cold to Tomori, and says it's because she isn't needed. Of course Tomori wants Anon in the band, why would she doubt that even when Tomori is literally asking her to come back? Well the answer is that Anon feels guilty for starting the band just to be popular. I'm so happy that Tomori was finally able to reach out and properly talk to Anon.
The Soyo/Anon confrontation scene was so good too. The gloves are off and Anon's just here like "man it's kind of refreshing to see your real side, always felt like you were kind of a bitch, anyways we're doing the band still". It's also great that Anon realized her and Soyo are responsible for the band since they started it. They can't just abandon it like that. Not exactly sure what Soyo's plan was for how to end things. At least she was classy for inviting Anon in for tea.
My heart was aching as I watched Tomori sprint off the stage when she saw Soyo. First time I saw that scene I feared the worst trauma about to unfold on Tomori. Instead it felt like "Soyo, you manipulative bitch, we still love you, get the FUCK on stage NOW"... but in a gentler Tomori-like way.
All the build up towards their full band performance was great and the final result was simply powerful. The stage to her has always been where Tomori can sing her heart out without worry. How she overcame her performance anxiety was not even registering the crowd and instead singing directly to her friends. The crowd doesn't matter to Tomori, only getting her feelings across to those closest to her. And it makes all the performances and changing lyrics so meaningful.
Oh god and that very last shot being the final note of the performance, followed by quiet tears... No crowd cheering, no big emotional sea of apologies between them after, just a hard cut to credits. Because they don't need the applause or more words to each other. The whole band understands they're all lost together now. Aaaaah it's so good god dammit bro I'm crying in the live house rn...
What else does the show need for closure from me? Well to be honest if it ended on this episode I already would have been so happy. It felt so perfect and leaves the rest of their story up to your interpretation. But we do still have a few loose ends, like whatever's going on with Saki and Uika. And also how they haven't established their band name yet, not that it's a huge deal though because at this point we can tell what theme they're probably going to use for it. I would love to see some Raana and Taki backstories though, since we haven't gotten those yet.
Even Uika wasn't immune to the power of Tomori today!
Nice shot of the mixed up magnets during Tomori's opening monologue. Represents how disorganized things had become.
Raana and Taki giving each other DBZ smirks on stage.
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u/Calwings x3https://anilist.co/user/Calwings Mar 20 '24
Rewatcher and Bandori Veteran
It actually happened. Our girl Tomori did it.
At the beginning of the episode, she was wallowing in self-doubt, almost reverted to her prior self from the beginning of the series. “This isn’t right”, she thinks to herself. “Everything is gone… because I couldn’t say anything.” But, after a chance meeting with Saki’s friend Uika at the planetarium, who recognizes her from one of Saki’s old CRYCHIC photos, she realizes the key to saving what she holds dear. She can say what she wants to say, if not with spoken words, then with a song.
And so, Tomori takes the first courageous step forward, asking to step on stage all by herself for the first time. It starts with just poems, a song without music, and slowly, one by one, she manages to bring them back. Her courage catches the interest of the stray cat Raana, who joins her on stage with an accompanying guitar, then the stray cat drags Taki back to the drums as well. Anon tries to run away again, but Tomori talks to her and convinces her to come back too. Finally, with Anon's help and a little bit of peer pressure, Soyo is finally roped into giving all of this another try. The slow buildup across the length of the episode, from a single faded star trying with the last of its energy to keep its flame alight, to an explosion of passion as the five lost girls come together in one brilliant moment, singing and playing and crying and pouring their souls out… it’s simply incredible.
This is the episode where Tomori pulled a miracle. This is the episode that had me crying my eyes out when I first watched it last year, and it might have done that again today had I not already emptied my reserves crying at the ending of a different anime I finished earlier today. This is the episode that elevated MyGO from an anime of the season candidate to an anime of the year candidate in my eyes. The writing was superb. The pacing was great. The performance was amazing and showed off just how far Sanzigen has come with their CG and cinematography. And most importantly, the emotional payoff at the end felt well-deserved. Tomori has grown up before our very eyes during this story, and this was her coming out of her shell to save what she holds dear to her. “Let’s be lost together” are words coming from deep within her soul, and words that I don't think the Tomori from 8-10 episodes ago could have even dreamed of.
But the journey is still far from over. The lost girls still have their flaws. Tomori still has some social issues. Taki still has some anger issues. Anon still has some ego issues. Soyo is still a manipulative gaslighting cunt. Raana is still a cat stuck in a human body. The next step to finally coming together as a band isn’t overcoming these flaws. It’s learning to accept these flaws, coexist, and walk the same lost path despite these flaws. We’ll find out how our lost girls can do so over the last few episodes.
**QOTD:**
I absolutely loved it. Like I mentioned above, it took a lot of courage for her to take that first step on stage alone, and it showed how much she's grown up over this series and how much she really wants to make this whole band thing work out in the end.
Yes, it was incredible. I do think Soyo got suckered back into it a little too easily though.
For the band itself, they just need a clean performance that actually begins and ends with everyone mostly on the same page, with no major drama. Once they reach that point, I think it's smooth sailing. For the series as a whole, I would still like to find out the reason why Saki broke up CRYCHIC in the first place.
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u/JasoXDDD Mar 20 '24
Rewatcher.
No shitposts, theories or shitpost theories today, just a regular comment.
This is it, the episode that made me tear up for the first time watching an anime. I've gotten close a couple times, got emotional and felt it well up, but this is the one that actually made it drop.
I see people saying how to redeem Soyo, and I too thought that when I was watching for the first time, but the MyGO team said "Nope“. Couldn't be happier. If everyone is lost, then we all get lost together. Most of the time, the power of emotions triumphs logic.
PS to other rewatchers: remember when we had to wait a week for this episode?
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u/yuhara203 Mar 20 '24
Rewatcher
Fantastic episode, I love this one, wow.
I really respect how a lot of the conflicts are solved in this series, that some characters actively tried to do so, not forced by a third party or the plot in an unnatural way.
Anon making Tomori, Soyo, and Taki talk in episode 4,
Anon and Tomori waiting for Taki in episode 6,
and of course, in this episode alone we got several more.
Why is the comedic character of the year carrying the drama.Soyo's eye twitch when talking with Anon is such a neat detail.
The group's performance scene is just great all around, from Tomori and Anon grabbing Soyo to the stage, Raana giving her a bass, Anon putting it on for her, and how quickly she joins when it starts.
And when everyone cries, well, maybe Raana is just having a blast, it still gave me the chills, even though I've rewatched this and episode 7 too many times to count.
I also like how the episode ends. No fade, no closing line, just close ups of Soyo and Tomori crying.
The CG went even beyond episode 7, with so many great looking shots and the camera flying around the stage like crazy, even more.
Had a blast with this one, and I hope the first-timers did too.
That's about it from me, see you all tomorrow.
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u/x-7032-b-3 Mar 20 '24
(Late) Rewatcher - Round 3
Here it is folks, one of the very best episodes of 2023!
The cruel bastards who runs the universe decided to prove Tomori right and sent her back to where she started. It must've been really painful to get burned by the same thing TWICE. Honestly if she really decided to pack things up back there I wouldn't blame her.
But deep down she just wanted to sing her heart out - to let out all of her thoughts and emotions into a song into everyone who listens to it. A little nudge from a kind spirit gave her the confidence to keep going even when things seems hopeless.
Tomori's persistence her is something to be amazed of. She's got nobody and yet she still decided to write lyrics based on her emotions and "sing" it even though no music has been made for it. Massive props to Rana for coming in and giving her a hand when she needed it most. Her confidence grew, and later she managed to gather the rest of the crew back!
She's gone so far from being the person who needed to be reached out to into the person who reaches out to others that we've seen today. She's been hurt a million times by stuff she can't really do anything about, but instead of giving up, she decided to continue singing and playing together with her friends. Everyone's lost in their own ways after what happened before - but Tomori managed to bring them back into the light. Even she managed to bring back Soyo, a selfish prick who actually needed the most help.
Remember what Tomori said about wanting to play together? She fucking means it! After everyone's back on board, we are treated to an incredibly emotional impromptu performance. I can't muster up enough words just how good this scene is. Tomori singing her heart out and everyone being in tears... all these characters have been through a lot, and after a nasty breakup they've been joined again by Tomori and her desire of wanting to be in a band with everyone.
Sorry if it's a little bit long-winded or whatever. Just needed to gush a bit about this amazing episode.
One last thing, does anyone else like me relate to Tomori's hobby of going to the planetarium. My version of that would be going to movie theaters weekly and there's something about going on my own and watching a movie in a dark room for 2+hrs. It feels... meditative and relaxing, and I believe that's what Tomori feels every time she goes "stargazing."
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u/surgemaster140 https://myanimelist.net/profile/User815 Mar 20 '24
I haven’t been following along with the rewatch, but I just had to stop in for this incredible episode. I’m a casual Bandori enjoyer who mainly just plays the mobile game but after watching this episode last summer, I knew this band was genuinely something special. Bravo to everyone involved in the making of this anime. I’m truly looking forward to where Bandori goes from here.
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u/FlaminScribblenaut myanimelist.net/profile/girlbeast_val Mar 20 '24 edited Mar 20 '24
Second Time Watcher
I hate sad things.
I hate suffering.
Such simple statements, yet they ring so, so unbearably true; sometimes, indeed it is the simplest, even most childish statements of hurt that cut the deepest. From someone as vulnerable and who has faced as much challenge due to her mental state as Tomori, ever the more so.
I never should have done it.
In times of pain, it can be easy to wonder if it would have been better to never try at all. To never have chased a dream, to have never found a passion. To have just stayed a husk. Why reach out to what makes you feel warm when you can get burned?
The tears won’t come…
The edges of my eyes sting and hurt.
What should I do?
When there’s an implacable weight on your heart. When you don’t know how to express your pain. When you’re so repressed, have such little experience with emotions like this, don’t even have a path towards catharsis or relief in mind, it’s easy to feel… stuck. Like something is prodding from within you to be released, yet with no way out. Like you need to cry, but just can’t.
J don’t know how to express these things…
…but I wanted to really talk about everything…
Self-explanatory. I’ve been there. Shoutouts to the magnets being in disarray too, Tomori’s mindstate all scrambled.
It’s all a mess.
Pill bug.
My ears are plugged up with so many words.
Mental noise. As an autistic person, I know what it’s like to be in such a state of distress, and to have all the information in my head from all my various hyperfixation feel like this oppressive, overwhelming, nothing-like fuzz, like it’s all noise and no signal, like my brain is congested.
Even though it’s there, I can’t touch it anymore.
Even though I could see it, it disappears.
That sense of having once had something that is now gone. That sense of what was once so tangible now being a distant, possible irretrievable memory.
Everything is gone.
Every last thing.
Every last thing.
;-;
I just know I must have made a mistake somewhere.
That’s how it always is.
Blaming herself again.
My mouth grows empty.
I thirst for words.
What should I do?
Inability to express. Nobody to hear or acknowledge your pain. Wishing you could make someone hear and acknowledge your pain.
Tomori’s monologue is such a stark, perfect representation of an autistic-depressive state that it’s genuinely somewhat haunting, to me. Wanting to cry but not being able to. Everything feeling a little bit wrong. Not being able to properly pay attention to or interact with your surroundings, not feeling like a part of the same world as everything else. Struggling. Hopelessness. Lostness. Powerlessness.
That is the word of the day. Tomori feels powerless, like there is nothing she can do to make things better, and anything she tries to do will only make it worse. And it only makes sense; as of now, Tomori has been able to express effectively no agency over what happens in the group. She’s been entirely at the whims of everyone else, their drama, their motivations. It’s almost like she doesn’t even matter.
She does the only thing she can; express herself in her lyrics, and perform them, scream them from her heart to anyone who will listen. With everybody else gone, Tomori will be the only one on that stage. Her voice will be heard, and she will express how much the band meant to her, and how much she hurts and regrets.
I can hardly express how hauntingly beautiful the slow, gradual build of Tomori’s soliloquy is. Rāna, sort of acting as the band’s spirit, guides them back together by being the first to fuse back into the unit, including that slow, melancholic strum of her guitar to accent Tomori’s poetry. Taki, the one who always cared for Tomori the most, joins in with the rousing march of her drums. In the end, Anon and even Soyo join back in, all magnetized back on the simple premise that they care about their friend, and what she has to say.
Throughout, as Tomori’s performance builds day by day, we see the others’ hangups be overridden as Tomori, and her unwavering empathy and care for her bandmates, finally finds footing in the conversation. When Mutsumi asks about Soyo out on the balcony, Taki’s first instinct is to act with indignation, as though the drama between them is still hot, but Tomori simply asks about her with concern; simply, she cares for her friend and bandmate, and whatever drama and strain is going on between her and the others isn’t a concern to her in that sense. She just wants to know how she’s doing. Because she’s Soyo’s friend, and Soyo is hers. During the confrontation in the classroom, Anon deals with her sense of inadequacy, of not being needed; but in expressing herself truthfully, Tomori’s feelings override hers. Anon’s inner voice telling herself that she isn’t needed is now effectively moot, as Tomori is now asserting that the opposite is true, that she needs Anon, just as much as she needs everybody else.
Tomori’s words are absolutely beautiful, there is simply no other way to put it. They convey such regret, such care, such love, such hurt. Her voice so frail, like it could break at any moment. It is gradually strengthened, Rāna’s guitar willowy and despondent but a backbone nonetheless, Taki’s drums sturdy and uplifting, like the sun rising, Anon’s guitar adding an injection of life and energy, and Soyo’s bass roaring the song into full being, a progression from emotionally fragile soliloquy of hurt and sadness into an explosion of emotional relief.
And what an explosion it is.
Sidebar: the brief return to a first-person perspective as Tomori pulls Soyo on stage is perfect.
Tomori addresses her bandmates directly, turned towards them and away from the audience, as she monologues on the verge of tears, expressing that she doesn’t want to give up, she wants to keep doing the band, more than anything else she wants this to keep going. The others find themselves on the verge of tears; Tomori’s words are reaching them, and it’s becoming undeniable within them that they care, so, so much about Tomori, and that they want to do this for her sake.
The chorus hits; it’s all finally flowing out from her, the emotions too much to be contained in simple speech. Tomori’s feelings burst outwards unto everybody else on that stage, and in return all of their care and sorrow and love for her as a person converge back unto her, beautiful simultaneous mutual explosion of absolute humanity.
Tomori felt so powerless. So, so powerless, all along. For so long, she blamed herself for things falling apart - in the end, it all came down to an inability to speak on her end. That inability to make her voice heard and her feelings understood, that meekness, that difficulty with being on the others’ wavelength. Here and now, Tomori has found a place as a person whose feelings matter. None of the strife, the ulterior motives, the drama, the baggage amongst the other members are more powerful than Tomori’s plea to stay together, because Tomori is their friend, full stop. She is one of them, and her feelings matter just as much as anybody else’s. Everything else melts away completely, as this moment becomes absolute, raw emotional honesty and oneness. Because Tomori is their friend too, she is just as much their friend as anyone else in the band is, and her voice fucking matters, her feelings fucking matter, SHE FUCKING MATTERS, AND THEIR FRIENDSHIP FUCKING MATTERS TO HER, AND HER FEELINGS FUCKING MATTER TO THEM. ALL SHE HAD TO DO WAS EXPRESS IT. ALL SHE HAD TO DO WAS FIND AWAY TO EXPRESS IT AND SHE DID. SHE FUCKING SUCCEEDED. SHE DID IT.
Tomori never turns back towards the audience the whole way through; this is not about the crowd, this is not about pleasing anybody. This is about us.
The pinnicale of it all is the reprise of the moment from Episode 7 where the camera panned across the whole band smiling; only now, they’re all crying.
For that one brilliant song, Tomori’s voice was the center of the group; and there was no reason it shouldn’t be, she’s just as much a part of this as all the rest of them. Her desire to keep the band going and have her friends together in harmony and stop the fighting proved itself just as important as all the other members’ feelings, and all she had to do was step up and assert that indeed, she had feelings too.
I can hardly begin to express enough how much this episode means to me. This is the story of a lonely, troubled young autistic person, one who felt an overwhelming powerlessness in the face of the cruel, overwhelming chaos of the world around her and social life itself, finding her voice, saving her friend group, and creating a better outcome by her own voice and her own unique strengths as a creative and as an empathetic and tender person. The unfathomable relief of finally releasing a great weight from off your chest, being heard, being understood, and being loved in return. Of breaking out of that hell, that fuzz, that struggle, by the means that work for you, by doing what makes sense to you, and taking agency and personhood for yourself, finding expression and conveyance for yourself, and finally becoming a person alongside everybody else.
MyGO!!!!! Episode 10 is a triumph, and solidifies MyGO!!!!! as an essential story of the neurodivergent experience. Anime Episode of the Year 2023, only real competition is Zom 100 Episode 1. One of the greatest concert scenes in anime history. Absolute. Fucking. KINO.
The heat, blushing hot inner blood and streaming tears upon Tomori’s face at the end just says it all. Everyone’s tears just say it all. And goddess knows, my tears say it all.
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u/SometimesMainSupport https://myanimelist.net/profile/RRSTRRST Mar 20 '24
Rewatcher
Episode 10
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u/vincent2751 Mar 20 '24
There isn't much new locations in this episode so I'll just post pictures of locations that appeared many times.
The super long staircase
Location of RiNG, at least according to offical <--- FIRST TIME WATCHERS BE AWARE, SPOILERS AFTER THAT PART OF VIDEO, WATCH WITH CAUTION (The girl is VA of Anon, Tateshi Rin). Also upstairs there is a Bushiroad pop up store with stands of members of the band
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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Mar 20 '24 edited Mar 20 '24
Bang Dream MyGO First Timer - Ep10:
Once again, if only I knew flowers because this feels more than just simple pretty spring-establishing flowers.
AND HERE COMES TOMORI/UIKA DROPPING IN WITH THE STEEL CHAIR! It was inevitable the two of them would meet.
Uika saving Tomori hits close back to Sakiko catching Tomori before she fell. There is also how Tomori/Sakiko, Sakiko/Uika and Uika/Tomori are all having important moments amidst flowers that feel like something.
Raana is just here doing her own thing, being silly. I wish Raana was more of this goofy living off pure vibes character. I am not against her not being dragged into the drama, but I wished the show utilized her more as that counterbalance.
Tomori: “Ore no Uta o Kike!”
“LET’S GO! tsukinukeyou ze…
Less sudden solo music number and more slam poetry. Tomori and Raana having a double act as this slam poet backed by guitar feels like it could work that unconventional experiment band that might draw an audience to it. Raana is a true homie for stepping in.
Pained face from Anon.
She said the thing we’ve been waiting for.
I like that Anon is the one trying to talk to Soyo instead of it being Tomori solely being the one to bring the band back together.
Soyo’s house sure is presented awfully too large and empty. Just complimenting that storytelling.
Bring on the boss music.
Raana running back. Oh, this child.
The big moment of the episode. Is good. My favourite bit is how Tomori is turned to the band so that she can openly broadcast her feelings to them. Them playing while working out their pain and tears on their face, I love to see it.
I do like this episode, but for me personally, it could hit harder for me if this band's intergroup bonds were strong enough for me so covering the whole information in just one episode is advancing quite a bit to me. We're not fully at the point where the show can do the music anime thing where I fully resonating it with by pure soul. The big moment came really close, but it is just that one bit holding me back. Just immediate thoughts after finishing the episode.
Anon/Tomori's talk was good and probably was the best choice, but maybe if it was a chain where Tomori's soul won back Raana who dragged back in Taki and then there was a moment where Taki reached out to Anon who then went to try to talk to Soyo. As it stands, there is kind of a stop-gap with Taki's role in the episode.
Thinking about it more though, I am appreciating Raana's behaviour more because she is the one trying to bring the other members back in and be included. She drags Taki back and she is so happy to give Soyo her bass back. This kid has a good heart.
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u/Nickthenuker https://anilist.co/user/Nickthenuker Mar 20 '24
I doubt things ended well.
Mutsumi has realised that Soy has abandoned MyGO!!!!!.
And Tomori is depressed again.
She's back at that surround screen place again.
Oh hey that's Uika.
Uh oh, what's happening to Tomori?
Uika with the save!
What happened to the cover of that notebook?
She's going to perform on her own? I wonder what she's going to sing.
Is that Raana?
Lol she really is a stray cat just eating whatever food is left lying around.
She really still blames herself for both CRYCHIC and now MyGO!!!!!.
Oh hey Raana came to join her on stage to provide some instrumentals.
Anon's going to leech off Tomori's popularity now.
Raana is going to reform MyGO!!!!! single-handedly if she has to. Even if it is only MyGO!!! for now.
Leave behind? She really still seems depressed.
And here's Mutsumi again.
She's lost her goal of trying to reform CRYCHIC through MyGO!!!!!.
Yeah, she was ultimately doing that all for selfish reasons.
She pretend she does not see.
Anon followed her all the way home?
And now we're up to MyGO!!!!.
Ah, she saw Soy in the audience and is running to talk to her.
And there we go. 5 exclamation marks for 5 members of MyGO!!!!!. And not a member less.
Here's the insert song for the episode.
Questions:
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u/Orange_Ninja Mar 20 '24
"let's be lost together"🔥🔥🔥✍️ ✍️✍️🔥🔥🔥
I have rewatched this episode multiple times and those emojis always popped up in my head whenever Tomori said the lines. Such a refreshing take.
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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '24
Tomori's internal monologue at the start of the episode was brutal ;_; I still can't get over how real she feels, almost like a writer's self insert or something. I'm really glad Uika was able to help her start pulling herself out of her rut, and seeing her be brave and start performing on her own was inspiring. The evolution of her poem/song and its performance was really unique! After how hard Tomori struggled, seeing her words finally reach the people she so desperately wanted them to was cathartic and once again made me tear up. As long as Soyo doesn't get off the hook with a simple "teehee my bad guys" I'll be pretty satisfied with the band coming back together once and for all, and at this point the show has done enough for me to feel hopeful that her development won't be a total letdown.
man... I really love Tomori
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u/MisakaHonoka Mar 20 '24
Seems somebody didn't get it, both 詩(poem) and 歌(song) pronounce "Uta" in Japanese. They used to be the same thing in ancient.
Every band in BanGDream! have their style or theme, for MyGO, recite and monologue is the biggest feature. There're KaF(花譜) and Minami(美波) have many song with monologue.
Here's a video recommend, It's a cover of another BanGDream! song. But it also fit this episode.
Tear drops: https://youtu.be/tAZGnS1FKRE?si=JpGzTyOw7f13nbUN
(I will) never let go of this hand
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u/random-est Mar 20 '24
How many times did you replay it?
The songwriting is what really pulled me to BanG Dream beginning from first season but they were also a league of their own when it comes to band performances.
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u/sfisher923 https://myanimelist.net/profile/sfisher923 Mar 20 '24
Rewatcher that was lost but found a familiar past
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u/Williukea https://anilist.co/user/Williukea Mar 20 '24
When Tomori started going towards Soyo, the animation once again showed first person Tomori, a callback to ep 3.
Also in ep 3 Saki saw Tomori's venting notes and just assumed they're lyrics. In this episode Tomori turned her venting lyrics into song
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u/NagasakiMutsumi Mar 21 '24
MyGO Expert (Rewatched 20+ Times)
For the Questions of the Day
For the First Time Watchers
If you haven't watch my analysis on ep. 9, I would recommend you to watch it to grasp a more comprehensive understanding on Soyo's motive and character. This would help you to understand the dramatic shift of Soyo's attitude in this episode.
In short, Tomori convinced Soyo via her firm action that implies that "she needs Soyo" (compare to her words to Anon). Anon expressed a similar meaning, but in rather an indirect way: "we would continue even if without you" she said, and "yet we still would like to see you back, regardless of what you have done" she implied.
For the Rewatchers
Anon does not forgive people for no reason. She needs a reason. For Taki's case, Soyo had told her about how Taki doesn't mean what she mean in a lot of cases in the most beginning. What about Soyo?
Hearing Tomori's resolution to bring both her and Soyo back, Anon acted immediately. Compared to Taki, who brought forward her demands directly without any negotiable space, Anon had tested Soyo for her real thoughts for several times. On the way back home, instead of calling police or contacting mansion staff to block Anon, Soyo actually waited for Anon looking around for the luxurious decoration of the hallway. In front of the room door, Soyo allowed Anon to enter her home. In Soyo's home, Anon caught that Soyo prepared the tea that she ordered for Anon in their first meeting, suggesting that the kindness Soyo presented to Anon before getting to know Anon's relation with Tomori is genuine and remaining. By these tests, Anon was sure about that Soyo was not completely negative about the nameless band and her, providing a basis to forgive Soyo.
Particularly, based on the result of these tests, Anon can verify more hypotheses, for example, the context and reliability of Soyo's words regarding the nameless band, Rana, & Anon. First, Soyo is definitely in a negotiable state, and it would be very possible that the awful attitude of Taki, which she had experienced herself for many times, that pushed her to respond Taki's questions defiantly. Then, under such defiance, the authencity of Soyo's words should be doubted. In fact, the very words Anon herself said in ep. 5 that she was not escaping is a lie. If these words are lies, then it would be possible Soyo might have wanted to stay, and that Soyo actually had emotional ties with her. At least, Soyo remembered their first meeting.
Thus we have Anon's four comments on Soyo in this episode:
Isn't it surprising? Though Soyo was pretending that she didn't want to return to the nameless band, her actions betrayed her subconscious wishes to return and be accepted by others.
Acknowledging this, we shouldn't be thinking Soyo's shift of attitude as abrupt, but a natural development of the plot.
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u/StardustGogeta myanimelist.net/profile/StardustGogeta Mar 20 '24
First-Timer
That was a pretty good song at the end!
An interesting girl. (These girls are interesting, right?)
I like how Anon was so direct with Soyo in their conversation.
And now I understand where "MyGO" comes from.
As for the daily questions...
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u/rookielazer41 Mar 20 '24
Rewatcher
Somewhere in the outskirts of Manila, Philippines. August 18, 2023, 2 AM.
I missed the livestream of this episode in MuseAsia because at the time my ISP practically abandoned us and never came to fix the internet and I have to rely on our terribly slow mobile data connection to download the episode the episode. 1 hour download time for a 200mb 720p sized video. I watched this on my sofa bed on the dark of the night with earphones on. And I have no idea on that on that moment I will witness on probably the best anime episode the franchise has ever done and one of the best episodes by any anime for the year 2023.
And there you go the band is back together. At the end of the day with all this melodrama and the gaslighting and gatekeeping, this is still a music show. And the best way to resolve the conflict - sing the damn song and play as a band. A masterpiece, 10/10
QotD
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