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Didn't get to jot down my thoughts on episode 8 last night so (SPOILERS BELOW) #argnvslinn
#argnvslinn I hope they don't wipe off the incident with banri just like that, it's very anticlimactic and all I felt was 心配を返せ！ which is a very shitty feeling, I feel cheated of the emotional tension
#argnvslinn I mentioned in watch party server that it would be a good chance for Rio to step in w/ Banri, to make sure Banri doesn't make the same mistake re: injuries as himself
#argnvslinn I guess we'll find out whether that's expanded on, next episode?
#argnvslinn not a fan of how Nayuta and Ren's relationship is being developed, in fact not very much a fan of how the whole relationship between the bands is being set up.
#argnvslinn I know rivalry and friendship are two very similar concepts that don't need to be mutually exclusive, but I don't think what yuuto's experienced can be wiped clean just because he's got a band of his own now
#argnvslinn also don't like the feeling that argnvs are worms on a string constantly being strung along by gyrx (nayuta rly)'s fancy. whether it was the days leading up to the face-off, or being literally backed into a corner while on stage.
#argnvslinn how do I say this, give the group some agency??? are we to excuse everything yuuto's original members have done? are we to forgive them bc they are playing nice now?
#argnvslinn my issue w/ yuuto's characterisation & agency rears its head here too. you can't tell me that after a betrayal like that (I'm calling it what it is lmfao) someone like yuuto would just be able to Make Amends with them no problem. who would be able to do that?
#argnvslinn that said I definitely liked the insight into nayuta from Kenta and it gave me a lot of context that explains why I struggled with translating MANIFESTO
#argnvslinn I also can't make up my mind about gyrx's dynamic as a whole like, is this their dynamic going into aaside, with Reon and Miyuki ready to pull the rug out under each other at any given time? doesn't seem very healthy to me yfm
#argnvslinn I like them well enough as individual characters but their relationships have me going very eh? and not in the good way either, which may be the intention to create inherent feelings of distrust w/ gyrx, but I don't think this is the Right kind of distrust
#argnvslinn rather than "how are they going to overcome their differences" I am finding myself thinking "how are they going to last for longer than a year"
#argnvslinn going off on a tangent rn but the Hero Saves The Day trope is rly not working here but at this point I'm also like, gestures, the bar is already on the floor I'll just enjoy it for what it is
#argnvslinn I need to compare the lyrics of starting over later bc that line about "the one who will defeat you is me" jumped out at me when I did a side-by-side comparison and it rly takes away the essence of that song being a call to arms for argnvs, and turns it into?
#argnvslinn what is being started over here? Nayuren's rivalry? Yuuto's rlnship with gyrx? Where's the song about surpassing yourself to be better?
#argnvslinn someone mentioned starting over is like a song abt yuuto's journey, and i see why, and so nayuta's addition and this One Big Change to the lyrics just feels once more like nayuta trampling on yuuto, a big FUCK U to yuuto's growth, and overall argnvs being strung along
何それ完全に字幕ミスじゃん？？
#argnvslinn OK BACK TO UPDATE THIS THREAD with this in case anybody scrolls down all the way here, the last few tweets about STARTING OVER are thankfully (?) wrong. https://twitter.com/sailstella/status/1266630087396319233
