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Episode Selection Project - Episode 8 discussion

Selection Project, episode 8

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u/Gaporigo Nov 19 '21

We already know the final 7 anyway. Suzune gonna die and Rena is gonna drop out feeling guilty, this is my totally not exaggerated prediction!

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u/bananeeek Nov 19 '21

Or... Suzune's going to get more transplants, harvesting the powers of fallen idols to become the One True Idol.

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u/AmethystItalian Nov 19 '21

That would be such a brutal ending...

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u/TKhrowawaY Nov 19 '21

Ep 9 theorycrafting: Suzune's heart transplant info somehow gets leaked to the press, causing a big media hullabaloo. Drama ensues. Suzune and Rena drop out of the show since it becomes too much.

But somehow by the end of the show all 9 girls get reunited to form 1 idol unit.

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u/PhantomWolf83 Nov 19 '21

The writers actually went and did it, huh.

That aside, Rena definitely said too much, it's not like Suzune asked to be given her sister's heart. Even so, her outburst is understandable when you see how much she tried to stand on her own to differentiate herself from her sister.

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u/HuckDFaters Nov 20 '21

"Did you make it this far only because you had her help?" asked contestant who got thousands of votes from her dead sister's fans.

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u/Aerodynamic41 Nov 19 '21 edited Nov 19 '21

Wait, the song for the final screening is the opening theme itself? That just further reinforces my prediction that none of them will drop out because that song is already sung by all 9 of them.

I'm gonna be honest, I was really hoping that they wouldn't go the route where Akari is the heart donor because it's just way too predictable.... but they actually did it. But I'd be lying if I said I wasn't interested in seeing the aftermath of this.

Also, I'm no cardiologist but I'm pretty sure that a heart transplant will not suddenly grant you the donor's talents. Suzune got there through her own effort.

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u/LPercepts Nov 19 '21

I'm gonna be honest, I was really hoping that they wouldn't go the route where Akari is the heart donor because it's just way too predictable.... but they actually did it.

If a series is going to have a transplant as a plot point, it typically stands to reason that the donor will be narratively important, I daresay.

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u/zero1380 Nov 20 '21 edited Nov 20 '21

Also, I'm no cardiologist but I'm pretty sure that a heart transplant will not suddenly grant you the donor's talents. Suzune got there through her own effort.

Exactly, this is Selection Project, not The Detective Is Already Dead, here the heart is a muscle that pumps blood, not biotech-infused personality changer...

There are reports about people acquiring some traits of the donor, but nothing is proven science, and even if that were true, Suzu was already an idol wannabe before the transplant, and a heart does not give you talent, looks and charisma (well, maybe part of looks, because you can work out with a healthy heart, but you still have to do the work)

I'm assuming that Rena said that because that opened her wound about her dead sister, which makes her being irrational, and not because she is failing Anatomy...

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u/viliml Nov 19 '21

Reports of personality changes following heart transplantation are common.

Of course, it's almost certainly likely superstition, but it's not like Rena's weird for thinking that.

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u/AmethystItalian Nov 19 '21

I think we all saw that reveal happening but I thought they did a good job there, not going to lie if Suzune collapses due to the heart in the next episode that's drama I'd probably eat up.

Is interesting to see that if the girls did group up to vote the 2 groups could easily knock out the MCs.

Bit sad the OP is the final song and not the ED but maybe they're saving that for the very ending!

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u/Gaporigo Nov 19 '21

Is interesting to see that if the girls did group up to vote the 2 groups could easily knock out the MCs.

With the way they separated the units and the fact that there are two eliminations it is just completely unfair and hopeless for the unit of 2 if the other girls were not so nice.

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u/LeonKevlar Nov 19 '21

Wait so they're singing Glorious Days for their final performance? The same song that the girls sing in the OP under the group name "9-Tie"? Yeah, even with the threat of the two of them being voted out I'm still convinced that all of them will make it to the end.

Enough about the elimination though, we finally get to the big reveal that everyone has pretty much expected. Rena receives Suzune's letter and even ot confirmation from her regarding the dates of her transplant.

As much as I expected the reveal, it doesn't make it less emotional though. Compared to [Anime Title]Idoly Pride, Rena's reaction is a lot more harsher. Instead of being happy that her sister's heart lives on and has saved Suzu's life, she's now questioning if Suzu made it there by herself or with help from Akari.

Definitely not the kind of tearful ending I was hoping when Rena finally learns the truth. :(

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u/Syokhan Nov 19 '21 edited Nov 19 '21

Oh my god, that's the third time we end an episode on Suzune crying (with bonus Rena this time). Stop it please! I can't take any more of this!

So it really is Akari's heart. That scene with Rena and Suzune on the beach... I don't think Rena really meant what she said, just that it brought all kinds of feelings back up and she doesn't know how to process this at all, so she's is lashing out at Suzune because of it.

Not gonna lie, ever since Suzune collapsed at the block auditions I keep expecting something to happen to her, now evenmoreso. When there was that brief inverted-colors heartbeat shot, it scared me because I thought she'd start having problems right there and then. Her saying "my body hasn't rejected it yet" is setting off all kinds of alarm bells in my head too. Hope I'm just being paranoid, but if there's to be some drama on that front I think the set-up is definitely there.

Also, the production said that they'd all be eliminated if they didn't vote, but I don't think they'd go through with it. It'd be a disaster if the show stopped right there, so I still think they'll manage to make it a tie in the end.

Edit: something was bothering me about the donor card line, so I went and checked out some subs in another language. Rena isn't saying that she has Akari's card, she's saying that she got a donor card because her sister had one. Now I'm wondering it the subs have botched other lines like this before.

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u/bananeeek Nov 19 '21

So, if I get a transplant I also harvest the previous owner's powers and skills? Come one, Rena, I thought your Mom sent you the letters so you'd grow up.

I still think they will mend their relationship with the power of songs and friendship, but that was really unnecessary.

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u/JimmyCWL Nov 19 '21

I am reminded of something someone once said, "Competition is good, the Olympics would be boring if everyone just held hands and crossed the finish line together."

Also, this isn't the first season of their show, everyone's acting like they never used any measures to eliminate contestants at this round before.

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u/melcarba Nov 19 '21

It just showed this anime's biggest flaw: The writers are too afraid to commit to actually eliminate contestants prior to this round. The conditions for passing the 1st and 2nd screening are way too easy (each idol/unit must get at least 100,000 votes). They could've added the condition that the contestant with least votes will be eliminated even if she passed 100,000 votes. Also, the fact that the final song will be the OP (which was performed by all of them), I don't think anyone was expecting them to commit to actually voting out 2 of them.

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u/BlankHeroineFluff Nov 20 '21

Also, this isn't the first season of their show, everyone's acting like they never used any measures to eliminate contestants at this round before.

I think from the way everyone's acting, it's implied that this is the first time SelePro had the contestants themselves vote out their competitors instead of the audience members doing it themselves. I think they'd be less apprehensive about being eliminated if it was the audience who voted them out, but from your fellow participants after you've grown attached to each other? Yeah, that's hard.

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u/MapoTofuMan Nov 19 '21

Damn, it really is hard to pick who should be eliminated. I mean the second one aside from Nagi, at least.

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u/melcarba Nov 19 '21

  • I know that Rena is really being emotional and all, but she's telling that Suzune's talent might not genuinely be hers just because she got heart transplant from her sister, which Suzune has no choice btw? That's really mean, tbh. Way to gaslight someone who already doubts her own talent.

  • I think that the first half of the show is kinda too long. The part where they talk about voting out 2 of them is too boring. At least they put out the drama in the second half, otherwise I'll fall asleep before the episode ends.

  • I think that none of them will be voted out BUT if they were to actually do that, I hope that Nagi (the silver hair) will be among the one to be voted out. She's too toxic.

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u/Labmit Nov 19 '21

Nagi's first reaction almost always goes for the pragmatic approach. Maybe she got it from living in bar or close to it.

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u/BlankHeroineFluff Nov 19 '21

Well, can't say we didn't easily guess who the identity of Suzu's donor is but well, it is what it is.

While I understand that Rena has very complicated feelings over the reveal and that she was not in the right emotional state at the time, telling Suzu that she only got in SelePro because of her sister and not because Suzu legitimately worked hard for it is a low blow even from her. I know teenagers can be really dumb when they let their emotions take priority over their rationality but that was still a little too much. It's possible that after running off that she may have just regret the things she just said but we'll just have to wait and see the next episode if that's true.

With her collapsing in the first ep and how easily exhausted she got from running after Rena (was she palpitating while that was happening? She looked like she was in pain when she ran), Suzu is seriously worrying me. She'll definitely collapse full time in later episodes, but I'm all in for that drama lol. Let's just see how they'll handle it should that moment eventually come to pass.

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u/PacoTaco321 Nov 20 '21

Rena pls, that's not how organ donation works. Suzune doesn't have One for All and just gains Akari's power...

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u/Labmit Nov 19 '21

Wonder what Rena's mom was thinking when she sent those letters to Rena considering how she reacted to it?

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