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[neflight86]

10

Covid delays hurt.

The cutest gauntlet possible has been thrown with the introduction of HY:RAIN trying to poach Haru back. Funny that the girl who couldn't keep up before has twisted her admiration to this level, but there needs to be some obstacle to overcome now that ticket sales are more or less under wraps. Animation remains stellar during dance/motion scenes and above average everywhere else.

[neflight86]

11-12

And it ended almost exactly as we would have expected. The girls pull through with one final performance, which had a bit more CG than I would have liked, but did have some great frames and had to support the camera going absolutely ham for most of it. The Haru flashback, while nice, didn't add mush to the story other than a small final twist to get one more surprised face out of manager-kun. Hotaru being the one to demand seppuku from him all this time was a better twist in my book, anyway.

It is a testimony to how much fun I had with this that I forgot that they never actually touched on what Kyouka's special technique would be, unless it actually is she can just perform better and better since she doesn't make mistakes? Not until after the credits finished (also, my favorite ED of the season, hands down) did it occur to me that this was glossed over.

All in all, I love a happy ending, and couldn't have asked for more out of my new favorite idol show.