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The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Anime Discussion
Nargrakhan:
--- Quote from: monomarquis on April 10, 2015, 10:33:09 pm ---Overall, that was a really REALLY good first cour I'm excited for the second! There's even a bit of foreshadowing with a possible female antagonist from a rival production. Also, NAO AND KAREN.
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Agreed. This episode was incredibly good and makes an excellent setup for the second arc. I really enjoyed how it tied up several earlier plot strings (like Ranko learning team coordination), while opening several new ones (like Triad Primus).
Also... the Producer got serious respect from his idols. I liked that. He's been fighting hard for them to be successful, and after all the missteps and misunderstandings, it seems they all realize this. Go Producer! Fight for everlasting idolmastering!
The mysterious woman foreshadowing was interesting. I'm wondering how she will be presented. She doesn't have to be from a rival production: she could be a rival producer within 346 Production. Just because you work for the same company, doesn't mean you don't have competition from within. If the woman is from a rival corporation though... how might that go, I wonder? 346 Production has been shown as an incredibly massive conglomerate. It pretty much dominates everything media entertainment related (outside of 765 Pro). Another economic juggernaut throwing it's weight around, could have unique situations.
On the other hand, her involvement could just be someone who knows or has worked with the Producer. A past associate as it were. She might be less a threat to the idols, and more of an opportunity to reveal more about why the Producer has become the man he currently is.
***EDIT***
Just dawned on me... with all the Cinderella imagery in this series... that woman is probably the Evil Stepmother that's so integral to the original story.
***EDIT 2***
Called Mishiro 345 instead of 346.
Maka:
The CG game is listing Karen and Nao as newbie 346 idols, so unless they pull a Miki I doubt they'll be part of a rival production. Like some have said, I think the competition is gonna come from within. In 765's case, they were so small that a bigger company throwing their weight around was a huge roadblock, but 346 is big enough (and Mika has mentioned different branches), so I'm guessing our antagonist this next cour is gonna be another 346 producer.
Nargrakhan:
--- Quote from: Maka on April 13, 2015, 01:58:51 am ---The CG game is listing Karen and Nao as newbie 346 idols, so unless they pull a Miki I doubt they'll be part of a rival production. Like some have said, I think the competition is gonna come from within. In 765's case, they were so small that a bigger company throwing their weight around was a huge roadblock, but 346 is big enough (and Mika has mentioned different branches), so I'm guessing our antagonist this next cour is gonna be another 346 producer.
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I'm very much inclined to agree with you. Indeed it's likely Karen and Nao will get assigned under the "evil stepmother" for more drama.
Also if the rival producer also has a dozen idols under her care, having them shift under the CG Producer if she's abusive to them, would help explain how he gets his roster to grow into insane size.
We also still don't know who the Producer for "established idols" like Koume and Syoko work under. Some could be hers.
Nargrakhan:
Ya know... now that I went back to rewatch some of the earlier episodes...
There's that foreshadowing and fan theory that idols like Mika and Kaede used to be under the CG Producer, and that "detached unemotional" personality he started with in Episode 1 is a reaction to losing them and not wanting to be hurt again.
I suppose that woman is the one who takes away his idols. :(
DeviantProtagonist:
As an aside...
Shiburin feet.
You also make a keen observation, Nargrakhan; that one earlier bit in the series where it's said CG-P had suppressed his persona now looks to come into play. It's a plausible theory, but so long as it means more Kaede exposure then I'm all ears. Bring on genderswapped Kuroi.
Looking back some, I'm not entirely sure why there was even a cour split. Was the reception of the series lukewarm at best?
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