It felt a bit too rushed for me. The Hatsune/Uika stuff wrapped up a little too nicely. They just pretend like it never happened and hope things will be alright. What happened to the real Uika? Hatsune used her name to attend not just for Sumimi and Ave Mujica. Shouldn’t she have a say in this? Sakiko’s problem with her grandpa was solved just by giving the finger to him and pretending he had no power over her. And he just accepts it??? No interference from now on???

I’m just glad Sakiko finally can be happy, even only for this fleeting “happiness”. She now will take responsibility as the leader and re-debuting Ave Mujica. The only one with somewhat a nice resolution was Nyamu, she decided to face her insecurity head on with Mutsumi. Umiri got sidelined so hard, now she is still seeking validation from her band (thank you Taki, your comment really scared her for life). I don’t know what happened to Mutsu/Mortis situation. Did they merge? Is Mortis finally letting go and giving Mutsumi’s control back? Did Mutsumi stop seeking CRYCHIC? honestly, there were more questions than answers.

I know this was the penultimate episode, so we still have one more, from the preview it looked like they’ll cover band performances of both Ave Mujica and MyGO!!!, so there is little screen time to address the rest.

I was hoping they’d do a much grimmer conclusion for Ave Mujica, considering the moral of the ARG marketing they did was to abandon humanity and accept a doll persona. The psychological horror theme they are building throughout the season would fit nicely with a dark conclusion. But alas, this is Bang Dream, gotta end with a nice “hopeful” ending.

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