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seibo:
Am I the only one who thought it was weird that Mio was the leader? I could have sworn in an earlier episode they made Uzuki the leader. It's totally fine for that to change (it's kind of a minor thing) but it seems weird to just be unexplained. It might have been a choice for the narrative to work, but I really wish it had gotten a bit of dialogue as to why.

As for the main plot point I honestly thought it was going to go in a different direction. There were a couple of shots of the NG girls performing where they weren't smiling so I thought it was trying to show that NG didn't do as good of a job as Love Laika (cause I wanna say Trainer mentioned something about smiling during the practice sessions). I was also totally sure Uzuki was gonna trip in the heels on that part she always messed up on. The fact that Mio's hangup was about the audience makes me a little :/ She's obviously a little naive about the whole idol business, but it seems so overblown that I dare say it's a bit OOC.

MetalPredat0r:
I swear if Mio gets fat........

Anyway, one thing that is interesting to consider is this post I found on /@/ that may or may not give some sort of clarity on this whole debacle as to whether or not Mio's moment was OOC.


--- Quote ---Jokes on you guys. The CG girls barely had any character in the first place. Other than scratching in a little extra depth with special events, there are little to no in-depth introspections on the characters.

Is this optimal? Well admittedly, the flow was clunky. And I'm a little mad how they intersparsed LL's sakuga with NG fucking up. But this episode really did its work to establish Mio further as a character. At least now, I can say that Mio finally broke free from being Uzuki's shadow of being a relatively unmemorable.

The episode drove it home that Mio is a very juvenille character. That is to say, she sets very unrealistic expectations and when things don't go her way, she throws tantrums. Mio is the kind of girl who brags to her friends and shows off. Her friend made it to the mini live and despite the low audience, probably thought no less of Mio. After all, its their friend out there. However, Mio already established a level of deluded grandeur for herself after having a taste of the big stage courtesy of Mika. And things just fell apart for her thanks to her immaturity.

It's not done perfectly, but it's nowhere near as bad as you people are making it to be. Personally, I think it's a good development considering that a.) It places more character to Mio, who has had the stigma of Shitty Uzuki Clone 2.0: Genki Edition and b.) It shows a lead in towards further development of NG as a group and P-san finally flexing his emotions to the idols; which in turn leads to opening up the character arcs of the others. (i.e. Do you honestly think Chieri will open up and grow attatched to the stonefaced TakeP? The guy needs to into commu events and emotions first.)
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In the end, both sides were wrong and there's neither a good or bad guy here. Just an incredibly ambiguous gray area.

On a happier note, Memories is absolutely fantastic and solidifies Love Laika as one of, if not my all-time, favorite iM@S units.

Maka:
You have to admit, even if you hate her actions, Mio isn't nearly as slappable as Honoka was during Love Live's drama sequences. I don't want to grab Mio by the shoulders and yell at her at least.

http://imas-cinderella.com/package/01.html
Oh yeah, the DVD section of the anime site lists 9 bundles of 2 or more episodes, so I think it's safe to say 26 episodes or more confirmed?

Nargrakhan:

--- Quote from: MetalPredat0r on February 14, 2015, 07:06:41 am ---Anyway, one thing that is interesting to consider is this post I found on /@/ that may or may not give some sort of clarity on this whole debacle as to whether or not Mio's moment was OOC.
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See, I have to disagree with that person. He sounds like someone who's never heard the drama CD's, read the manga, seen the in-game quotes, or listened to the radio show. Mio has a character. Granted it's not in depth as the original iM@S idols, but she DOES have a developed persona that forms the basis of her identity. What Mio did seems OC from what we've known of her. Now I'm not passing final judgement, because the story arc has yet to finish, but I can see why Mio fans are upset about this happening to her. This isn't something expected -- and having the unexpected in a story is not always a good thing.

Again... Miku or Anzu doing this would be completely within their personality to have done. They are more selfish and egotistical than the norm, but the selection of Mio for it is jarring. It almost changes the dynamic of her... as if she has elements of a "Stepford Smiler" lurking in her... which goes against the grain of what "Genki Girl" fans find adorable (and we already have "Stepford Idols" in Hotaru Shiragiku and Miyu Mifune).

I'm not against change or expanding character -- hence me holding off about bad mouthing the writers -- I'm just wondering if this moment will be remembered as a new definitive personality trait for Mio... or just a random thing that occurred to make plot. The first would be true character development, and the second would be OOC.

ZetaFlare:
After hearing Memories, I think I've found a potential keyboard cover song in the future (after edeN).

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