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The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Anime Discussion
nastynate:
--- Quote from: Maka on July 25, 2015, 12:19:07 am ---Am I the only one baffled by Mishiro's motives here?
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From a business standpoint, it just seems like downsizing or "restructuring" that companies often do that isn't completely shutting down the whole company. Having worked retail, these happens a lot. But... Yeah, these are idols with a sizable audience, so if it came to them be fired (or "graduating" if they do that in this universe) then they could get picked up by another studio or even go independent. They'll be okay. Just like how the members of BiS went on to create their own groups or labels. I get that they don't want to separate, but when you want to be an idol and follow your dreams you gotta make some compromises.
What I absolutely loved in this episode: the photo that call-backs to the fans that were in the audience for Kaede's debut. Well, there were at least two I counted. I'm not one to cry, but this pushed me to near welling up!
Tengu B:
What Kaede said this episode was one of the most Idolmaster-like things I heard. Wanting to become great alongside her fans is great resolution.
--- Quote from: nastynate on July 25, 2015, 02:27:48 am ---What I absolutely loved in this episode: the photo that call-backs to the fans that were in the audience for Kaede's debut. Well, there were at least two I counted. I'm not one to cry, but this pushed me to near welling up!
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There were apparently several debut fans, and moments like that are wonderful.
Ivan The Mouse:
I'll be honest with you people, I know Mishiro's just reorganizing the company like that, but she made it look so painful. It would be a irreverent and outright offensive hyperbole to compare it to Pol Pot's reorganization of Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge era due to the lack of horrendous crimes against humanity happening, but I certainly felt it that way for me. To put this into perspective, imagine the feeling of having a sour mouth and stomach, without the actual physical pain and taste associated with it. That's how it felt for me.
It doesn't help that Miss Mishiro mentioned something about wanting to produce more results and some sort of marketing the company's output overseas. If I interpret this personally, she's wanting to turn the idols like those pop stars in the US or Western countries in general. That's certainly not good thing, considering how Justin Bieber or Miley Cyrus has attracted contempt with the music fans.
And I really like the focus on Kaede on this episode. It just doesn't show her mindset as a idol, but also underscores Miss Mishiro's intentions for the company: It seems that she wants to turn it into a soulless versficator, no regard for the much-needed sentimentality and dreaminess associated with the arts, nor any respect for the fans that give them capital and support. It doesn't help that the new office for the Cinderella Project looks like some underground bunker for a resistance organization, with all its concrete walls, as if the analogy is already clear to all of us.
But yes, I like this episode myself.
Vas:
--- Quote from: Ivan The Mouse on July 25, 2015, 08:21:38 am ---And I really like the focus on Kaede on this episode. It just doesn't show her mindset as a idol, but also underscores Miss Mishiro's intentions for the company: It seems that she wants to turn it into a soulless versficator, no regard for the much-needed sentimentality and dreaminess associated with the arts, nor any respect for the fans that give them capital and support. It doesn't help that the new office for the Cinderella Project looks like some underground bunker for a resistance organization, with all its concrete walls, as if the analogy is already clear to all of us.
But yes, I like this episode myself.
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Indeed. I liked the fact that it showed Kaede as more than just another character to show in the anime, and how it added more depth to the plot which helped elaborate and potentially foreshadow a coming of events.
Cael K.:
So, Rocking Girl is totally not getting anymore chapters right now, but Cinderella Girls is getting its own serialization in Comic REX. It looks to follow the anime.
http://news.mynavi.jp/news/2015/07/27/459/
Mangaka is Ueto Sou. Don't know what else he's done.
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