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EP. REVIEW: Ave Mujica - The Die is Cast -




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Wizardizar



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 17, 2025 8:42 pm Reply with quote
If MY GO was watching a bunch of girls pick up the pieces after a car crash, this one is watching a car crash happen in slow motion. And I'm loving it so far.

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So whatever other horrors are waiting for Mutsumi and the rest on the other side of this, I can give that element the benefit of the doubt for the time being.


I'm also giving this show the benefit of the doubt and hoping they are writing checks that they are gonna cash later down the line, cause right now I'm loosing my mind seeing girlie pop straight up disassociating at multiple points and having a full personality change at the end of episode 3 only to have everyone around her be like "damn, she's a good actress" and not "damn, get her to the hospital".
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Piglet the Grate



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 17, 2025 10:46 pm Reply with quote
Wizardizar wrote:

I'm also giving this show the benefit of the doubt and hoping they are writing checks that they are gonna cash later down the line, cause right now I'm loosing my mind seeing girlie pop straight up disassociating at multiple points and having a full personality change at the end of episode 3 only to have everyone around her be like "damn, she's a good actress" and not "damn, get her to the hospital".


Don't let Mutsumi go up on the school roof by herself - will it get that dark? Shocked

Christopher Farris in Review wrote:
As glad as I am that the MyGO!!!!! girls will be a continued presence in this series...


We need a third season with the focus back on MyGO!!!!!, since their story is far from finished. In particular I want to know more about the (apparently autistic) Stray Cat.

Christopher Farris in Review wrote:
Mutsumi's overt hallucinations including scary puppets and a strung-up burning chicken are shocking in how outside they are...


Almost like Arael was there probing her mind.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 18, 2025 8:58 am Reply with quote
The third episode had me rethinking the CRYCHIC breakup scene way back in the beginning of It’s MyGO!!!!! This episode’s focus on Mutsumi reveals her loyalty to Sakiko, as well as how important playing the guitar is to her. So in that flashback, when Mutsumi says “I’ve never had one moment of fun playing in this band”, is she even telling the truth, or is she instinctively taking Sakiko’s side in a sudden argument with Soyo?
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Piglet the Grate



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 20, 2025 9:58 pm Reply with quote
There is a difference between the original BanG Dream! and both BanG Dream! It's MyGo!!!!! and Ave Mujica - The Die is Cast - that oddly enough has not been mentioned in the reviews for the latter shows.

Yes, ecchi (of the mild sort). The original BanG Dream! had many, depending on one's point of view, either loving views of beautiful girls thighs (such as conversations where the girls are shown only above the knees and below the waist) or "disgusting male gaze", and the occasional views (including that of middle school student Asuka Toyama) of posteriors in very tight shorts.

The reason I bring this up is that some people studiously avoid any show with ecchi, and therefore may have avoided the original series, but would have not have to skip the latter shows (which are excellent).
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