So much singing. Very magical.
Impressions:
At long last, we reach the final show of the summer season, not counting the mini-series, and we do not end on a high note. Pun intended. Because there’s basically no notes. There’s hardly even any singing, which is extra weird for a show that’s marketing for an idol group. It even skips the OP and ED. I think you guys may have missed what the assignment is. The funniest part is when they actually finally do the obligatory club thing that rocks the awkward girl’s world, and it’s just three girls singing “shalalalalalalalala shalalalalalalala.” This is what blows her mind, wipes away all her anxiety, and lets her emerge from her shell. A couple of teenagers going “shalalala”. Wait until she hears a radio for the first time. Or discovers auto-tune.
Nothing at all interesting aside from that. Her mom has kind of a weird voice? It’s the melodramatic flavor of the club show rather than comedic or wacky, except written by people who have only heard about teenagers, high school, and music in the songs and tales of foreign visitors. Her harrowing experience that she flashes back to repeatedly throughout the episode is opening a door to a club room and there being people inside it. The very notion of people singing at all is baffling and strange. She is panicked by the existence of a pitch pipe tuner. Truly the deepest dives into music and the teenage psyche here.
