Not much in the terms of action today, but still a very fun episode. The first half of today’s episode introduces us to the other band in BRR’s label, SHINGANCRIMSONZ. And oh man are they a crazy group. And loud. And really, really hot. My fave is either the red one, or the one that Jojo poses all the time.
They randomly break out into song and introduce themselves, and we get a good look at their personalities. Crow is the loud one, Aion is obsessed with darkness, Yaiba is just really corny and the cool type, and Rom seems like he’s the main guy of the group, even though he’s the drummer. He’s the one that handles two different jobs, and he’s the one that punches his teammates into shape and gives them the confidence, and the guys really look up to him. So you can say he’s the wise older brother of the group. He has some sort of rivalry with Syuzo from Trichronika. When Crow speaks up about having some sort of catchphrase for the group, Rom thinks it’s stupid and forgets about it. Eating in Angelica’s restaurant, Maple gets a call for someone and announces that SHINGANCRIMSONZ has a job. They get to be the opening act for Trichronika. Against his best wishes, Rom reluctantly agrees to the gig. I mean, they gotta perform somewhere, right? Even if it’s for the band they hate.
This is where the CGI from last week kicks in. It’s the day of their gig, they’re nervous, but they perform, and they perform well. Crow has this terrible habit of calling their fans “cattle”, because this loser grew up on a dairy farm and is, funnily enough, the shortest member of the group even though he drank milk everyday. He calls the fans cattle, they get pissed, but when they perform, they change the atmosphere and everyone loves them. And even though it was short, I really liked their song. So far, I liked every song in this show, so this is a good sign. After performing, the boys bump into Syuzo, who thanked them for their performance. Rom walks past him, and Syuzo reacts. I don’t know if Rom has some sort of personal thing with Syuzo, or it’s just regular rivalry of boy bands. But I really like these guys, and they make me laugh! I hope to see more of them.
The other half of the show is important, and it focuses on Cyan. She moves in a dorm building with the other girls, and they’re kind and show her around. When left alone in her room, Strawberry Heart (the guitar) speaks up, and starts explaining things to her. Right now, Cyan was transported to a world called Sound World. Right now she’s in one of the twelve cities, Midi City. The residents are all called Myumons, and they all love music. Everything is music. They’re all little animals, and that’s why Cyan is part cat, because now she’s a Myumon, but it’s only temporary. All Myumons have a some sort of stone inside them, called a Melodisian which is a sound energy. It can get tainted, which is what we almost saw last week. Cyan was summoned to this world because SHE’S THE CHOSEN ONE….I guess. She’s supposed to save the world from the brink of destruction from this monster. She’s supposed to hone her skills in music, and then defeat it. Until then, she won’t be able to go back home.
Why is Cyan the one to do this? I don’t know, because she’s cute? The plot has been done before, whether it’s music or not, but I am just charmed by this show. The rest of the episode is Cyan hanging out with the girls, Retoree not even hiding that she wants to get nasty with Cyan, taking pictures of her on her phone and stuff. She’s super tsundere, joining the band because she wanted to make friends, though she doesn’t admit that. Moa also hides that she was sent to observe this world? Holy crap…and Chuchu, well, she was scouted. And they all hang out and listen to music, and I love how they get along. They’re so cute. In the end of the episode, we see a mysterious loli……..great. Looks like next week we’re gonna have a band of middle school girls! Cool….I ain’t into that, but okay then.
This episode was slower, but we got fun new characters, and we got much needed information to the plot. Cyan is still a cutie, but what else is new? Actually, did you know that Strawberry Heart can actually blush?
Cristicrista debuts next week! Soooo looking forward to Rosier’s ridiculous-looking guitar!
Great second episode all around. I particularly enjoyed how Retoree’s “I can never reveal that I’m here because I wanted to make friends” was immediately followed by Moa’s “I can never reveal that I’m here because I’m an alien sent to spy on this world.” This show doesn’t even want to let ten seconds go by without doing something crazy.
Speaking of crazy, Moa’s bedroom!
Ok, I love, love, LOVE SHINGANCRIMSONZ they are just fantastic bishies. My favorite is totally Crow (the red dude) because he’s short and adorable and loud and they even used the milk joke XD He reminds me so much of Yuzu from the manga Fukumenki Noise (music-school-drama-romance-shoujo about music, childhood, not being able to sing, bands, a love triangle, etc.) because they’re both short, drink milk 24/7, like music, adorable, loud, and play the guitar. Now, if only Crow was a tsundere like Yuzu…jk. But anyways, there song was cool and I liked Ron and the narcissist dude too. I hope we see more of them.
Of course, Plasmagica is great too. I wonder if Moa’s planet could possibly be Earth or some alternate animal music place? Either way though, her character design is so kawaii~ I love her fluffy hair<3