Welp, 22/7 episode 12 aired. And it was exactly what I expected while also being not at all what I expected.
So the Wall speaks specifically so it can give us some exposition dump about the nature of the 22/7 plan. More specifically it tells the girls that it did everything it did just to observe some idols and how theyâre perceived as objects of worship and shit, and that it has the results it needs so thatâs why it made them disband, and now it can move on to the next phase. And then it tells them that itâs pure coincidence who ended up being picked and it was all random, etc. So it seems like the Wall was evil after all.
So Nicole begs to stay as a group, Wall says no, then Miu hits it with a fucking chair, recaps each girlâs episode again which is getting fucking tiring at this point, states how much theyâve grown as a group because of it, which is blatantly bullshit since youâve just been showing us flashbacks the entire show, and then everyone gangs up on the Wall and they break it, bust through, see that itâs full of photos of them from their childhood so now they know they werenât randomly picked, and they can walk up a set of stairs and give a performance because hey the Wall actually spit out orders to Gouda to have this final performance happen and the girls have to come but also donât force them. So in essence the Wall played the role of the villain in this one specific scene for this one specific purpose, meaning that, as I and I know many others predicted, 22/7 were given the opportunity to overcome the Wall and continue as an idol group on their own accord.
If youâve been keeping up with my thoughts on the show, youâre probably not surprised to here me say this, but I donât think that worked one bit. Because at the end of the day, if everythingâs illustrated by the Wall, and they even had the photos of the girls from their childhoods in the room to clue them in that the Wall was just playing a part, then the girls didnât actually do anything to overcome the Wall - to earn this moment of victory.
I cannot think of any plot device in any anime, no, piece of fiction I hate this fucking much. 22/7 hasnât been great anyway so even without the Wall it wouldnât make the show necessarily good, but having the Wall drags the show down so fucking far that itâs unbelievable. If we get any follow-up that just doesnât have the Wall anymore then thank god they can act independently but then theyâve still got the most contrived bullshit plot device garbage ass fucking shit ass backstory in the world. Fuck the Wall, once more.
And to rub it in real hard...
Yeah thatâs right! The Wall, after being smashed to fucking bits, still has the fucking gall to demand that the remaining 3 members join.
And theyâre here and theyâre cute. But fuck the Wall for not even dying and letting me be happy with that.
Honestly I couldnât even be satisfied with the girls beating it up just because of how contrived and bullshit the whole scheme was, plus much as I love Miu and itâs nice seeing her get to smash it with a chair the bullshit she spouts about how much 22/7 means to them as a team is so fake, talking big game about how everyone âalwaysâ acts in this way thatâs so crucial to the group as whole, Jun is everyoneâs little sister, Akaneâs so happy after a live, fucking Ayaka loves 22/7 the most? God piss off you piece of shit script, youâve earned none of this. Fucking none.
Anyway their live was also lame, they play Muzui, and playing the OP as the ED doesnât really work if you played it as the OP in the same episode like normal. Plus it uses some footage from the OP and the lightingâs not nearly as stylish as Rikaisha was in the Akane episode so they didnât even close with their best live.
Also, after their live, Miu gives us a cute smile, and we get
This shot, as if to say Miu remembers the backstory with Nicole now. Whatever.
And this shot, as if to convey that Nicole and Miu are the best of friends and the whole showâs about them and every other girl means nothing. Which isnât even really false honestly but god do more, please?
But to at least end this post on a positive note, since despite its numerous hiccups I did enjoy 22/7, letâs go out the way we always have.
She is adorable, and the saving grace of the show.
