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Mulan: A Case of Failed Empowerment | Video Essay

I REMEMBERED A SCENE WHERE KARASUNO WON AGAINST SEIJOH, AND I WAS SO HAPPY THEN I GOT REALLY SAD ABT SEIJOH,

BECAUSE IT WAS THE 3RD YEARS' LAST YEAR

ANS THEY ALL DID THEIR BEST

AND THEY STILL LOST,

SO ONE OF THEIR LAST FEW MEMORIES TOGETHER IS A LOSS.

I'm not supposed to be sad, maybe I am

BUT THAT'S NOT WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS.

IT HIT ME

HEY

IM IN A COMPETITIVE (CHOIR) TEAM.

WE WON FIRST IN A MULTI-DISTRICT CONTEST

US FIRST YEARS WANTED TO DO OUR BEST FOR OUR GRADUATING BATCH, SO THEY HAVE A VICTORY TO REMEMBER AS THEIR FINAL YEAR WITH US ENDS.

BUT THE OTHER TEAMS WERE AFTER THE SAME THING

THERE WERE GRADUATING STUDENTS IN ALL OF THE TEAMS

AND WE WERE BORDERING ON TEARS WAITING FOR THE WINNERS TO BE ANNOUNCED, BECAUSE

OH GOD, THEY ALREADY ANNOUNCED SECOND PLACE

WHICH MEANS WE EITHER LOST WITHOUT A PLACING OR WE WON OVER ALL.

BUT THE MIDDLE PART WAS FLAT AND WE MESSED UP, OH GOSH, THE GRADUATING BATCH WILL LOSE BECAUSE OF OUR LOUSY SKILLS AND THE OTHER TEAM IS ALREADY CHEERING FOR US, AND HOLY-ALL THE TEAMS ARE YELLING OUR SCHOOL'S NAME, AND-

"and in first place, *insert my school's name*"

And, I just kinda look back on it and I'm overjoyed, but also, it must be a bittersweet memory for the ther team who kept yelling our school's name, they didn't even place, and they were so, so good. They were wonderful. And they still cheered us on.