Tears in my eyes, best episode of the season. Chills all the way through. This is the best Yuri season of all time. We are eating so damn good.
Knew we were in for a treat when we opened up with a gorgeous Momoka 2D flashback. The parallels between the idealistic and free spirited Momoka that we saw there and Nina are unmistakable.
“Hit me. I’m used to it. You’ll finally give me a reason to hate you. You’ll be just like them” FUCK that cut deep. The gaslighting is a little crazy from Nina though considering she started the fight and was clearly egging Momoka on 😂
She might not be the best at coming across with how she feels, but as we saw, Nina does have good intentions. Momoka’s music helped her thru the darkest days of her life, so it’s understandable that Momoka quitting on their band would be gut wrenching. Especially when she’s doing it to “help” Nina and the others. To Nina, the only help she needs is being with her idol and making music.
Nina having her dad stop sending money is a bold, but lowkey good idea. When you constantly have crutches you can fall back on, it can hamper your development and growth. If she has to succeed to eat, it pushes you to new heights.
FINALLY the story of why Momoka and her old band broke up. I actually agree with her leaving in this case. Sacrificing who you are and the type of music you enjoy making for success might bring you clout and fans in the short term, but long term it’s such a soulless and unenjoyable experience. Meeting someone like Nina who sings with that same sort of joy she used to had to feel amazing for Momoka. But she’s gotta let go of that fear. Just take the next step forward.
THAT SLAP HOLY SHIT. Chills. Nina’s seiyuu needs an Emmy for what she did in this episode. That’s why I LOVE having people who aren’t conventionally trained as seiyuus in these shows. Feels so raw and authentic. Really felt her sincerely begging for her idol to just open her eyes and look at her in that moment.
In a darker anime Momoka might have got seriously injured or died when tried to avoid isekaing Nina there lmao. Thankfully this is a wholesome SoL music show 😭. Nice that DD finally got to talk to Momoka again if only briefly. Doesn’t have to be any hard feelings for people just going different directions in life.
AND THE BIGGEST THING WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT. A CONFESSION??!! Nah leaving any room for ambiguity. That’s the type of Yuri shit I love. Be direct. I felt some romantic/sexual tension in so many of their convos but I had to play it off telling myself that it was my Yuri brainrot fucking with me, but nope, I was right and so glad. I can’t wait to see what happens with this confession next episode. This and Yorukura back to back got us EATING.
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“Girls Band Cry” The Original Anime For Toei Animation Announces
Toei Animation launched the official website for the original anime Girls Band Cry. Along with the website, a teaser image was also made available, featuring the text "Throw away all your anger, joy, and sorrow." On May 29, more details will be made available.
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nina is so much stronger than me bc if a pretty band girl did that to me i would've combusted on the spot
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Girls Band Cry - S01E07 - 04:18
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Only one episode of peak left, looks like we just won’t be getting that Rupa backstory episode which kinda makes me sad.. I hope this finale next week isn’t the end of GBC but the start of a new media project
That aside, if last week was peak GBC, this episode felt like a lull in the storm and a nice breather for the girls. I loved seeing the girls just being happy together after such an emotionally tumultuous last few episodes. The girls really deserve to be able to celebrate their accomplishments. They put on the performance of a lifetime last week and are reaping the benefits.
Just seeing the girls having a journalist, marketing agent, sound engineer and other proper music staff around them is wild. This all started with just two girls who had a dream.. making music in a room. They gotta work on remembering my boy Nakata’s name though 😂 happy sound engineer, happy life.
Completely understand why the girls would be hesitant to face off against DD in the Valentine’s battle. On paper, DD have all the advantage with a larger fanbase, more established catalogue and more experience, and the rules do favour them. But like Nina realises at the end, if you’re going to be successful and achieve things you’ve never done before, you have to be prepared to take risks.
Yea, it’s scary af and you could lose everything, but you could also gain everything and take the band to the next level. That’s really been the whole point of this story too if you think about it. Taking risks to get what you want out of life. All the girls have really staked themselves on this band, so why stop now?
My heart dropped at the end there when Nina saw the view count. As a content creator I can reallly relate to putting a ton of work into something and expecting a decent amount of views only for it to underperform. Even though we say stuff like that doesn’t matter, it definitely does. The groundwork is laid for an amazing tense finale with the girls’ best song yet.. excited, but also sad to see it end.
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★ 【Solipsist】 「 subaru awa 」 ☆
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