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.
