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I'm not only going to rest on both those days, but I'm also going to edit my backlog of Beatbreak posts and finally post them yaaaaaaaarrrr!!!!

Me, in reality:

--rather than a "closed" story arc or "ok, this stage done. next" kind of story style to check off on the "Story Archetype" checklist.

(and we might get hints as to why exactly next week.)

I'm tired early but I maaaaaybe will tune in to the staff's 3rd Beatbreak Spaces livestream and take notes?

Goal this weekend is either just post my reviews out of order, post what I had drafted, and then go into detail about this episode. Or skip all my missed posts for know and post my thoughts on episode 36.

I have....thoughts.

And suspicions. (a very specific question)

And before I say anything further, I need to watch the conclusion of this arc.

The FIFA World Cup, which Canada is co-hosting with Mexico:

Canada is playing a must win game versus Qatar which means you need to leave the office immediately to make it home in time

Me: *running to the train station*

THAT HUG AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH 😭

(and the: "The two of you are fine just the way you are"/"You two don't need to change" (in the subs) line!)

(this is perfectly good too since there are character limits in subtitling re: readability/reading speed/timing)

Edit: in case it wasn't obvious, I'm in love with the scene and critically weak to genuine displays of family affection to others in desperate need of that warmth. 🫠

Spoiler thought (with screenshot) from this week's episode—

(spoiler translation because I just want to make a brief comment. No analysis just brief comment. Comments refer to events in episode 35; please watch it unspoiled!)

...I show up in the video footage of the audience of their QCity concert a bit X'D

The autograph session was filmed. idk if it was all filmed but they didn't do a supercut or anything of it so my "Thanks for singing Mad Pulse but also Butterfly sahdfjsakfdsa i'm a digimon fan. Beatbreak yay" and subsequent discussion didn't make it (thank god. All five members told me not to worry, that my JP was perfectly fine but I felt like I was speaking tooooo fast 😭)

if anyone has access to their fanclub let me know if there's a full version and a way-too-happy-too-fast-speaking person in their video there

They really seem to have enjoyed themselves though.

(Beatbreak 34 spoilers)

I really need people to rewatch the arc and realize that Tomoro, and by extension the rest of Glowing Dawn, have been at a huge information disadvantage since the beginning of the arc, and only found out about Miharu's links at the end of the episode this week. And not only that, from sources who are their antagonists... not allies.

If anything, the warning from Rose to Kyo and Reina, will (should?) lead them to questioning Kawarazaki more (before he pulls a "That is all" and disappears). But the gulf between what Glowing Dawn knows versus Rose, Brilliant Thorn, the MCP, and yes, we the viewers, is huge.

And I think it's worth taking that into consideration in this arc.

And also, Tomoro's reaction at the end of the episode should serve as a clue as to how he's dealing with the revelation:

Edit - I actually think this is a sign of something else but still related to the encounter

(Even Reina's reaction at the end is worth noting)

I also believe there is way more going on here than meets the eye. Miharu feels like a mix Mariemaia (Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz) and Hotaru Tomoe (Sailor Moon manga, specifically*) with an extra dash of terrorism/cult leader or figurehead...but I feel there's significantly more to it. (though the former, taking advantage of her links and her charisma, had a cult of personality built up around her by a mysterious competent second-in-command with links to a Major Faction From the Past)

I guess my position is that we need to be aware that the main cast doesn't know as much as the viewers do. They're going to take stupid decisions in our eyes because they don't know what we know nor what we have gleaned from other scenes yet.