It took me long enough but I finally got to this episode and it was awesome! Even though it seemed clear to me that this episode had some of the worst animation and art, maybe the worst we've seen. The good thing though is that it looked mediocre at worst so it's not that bad.
I was really curious how Cybelle would play a part in this. I was trying to gage if she was a true head over heels groupie or if she was trying to manipulate Tuesday for her own musical gain. Perhaps it was both but I did feel she seemed genuine with her psychotic love, especially in the lyrics of her song and mentioning of Tuesday before she sung as a 'goddess'. I can understand how Tuesday feels too, I mean, having someone treat you like that can be a crazy experience, even having it on a smaller scale can make me feel incredibly weird. Cybelle was clearly pushy and had no idea of boundaries and was kind of crazy, "marking Tuesday", like jeez, but Tuesday probably felt conflicted. This girl was trying to take her away from Carole and was being rude to her and being uncomfortably close and using that docility of Tuesday against her, something I knew would be a weakness from the start. Yet, she probably felt quite special from it all. At first I thought the hickey would serve to make Carole jealous in which it could still, and I thought Cybelle losing may run to Tuesday's side and pull her away which would break the synergy of Carole and Tuesday and make them fight, forcing them to get over it and make up just in time for their next round. This could still happen but Tuesday did speak up! She said no, she was strong! So, perhaps Cybelle will go from yandere fan to sabotager now or get even scarier. I would also wager her desire to make something beautiful and how she's okay to disappear after that is important, she probably saw the beauty in Carole and Tuesday's work and that's why she wants to work with Tuesday so bad, which yet again is the easier one to manipulate..
I also thought the way we had very little moments of Carole and Tuesday getting along helped create this uncomfortable mood this episode. Carole bought Tuesday a birthday present and learned of Tuesday's mom for real this time, but for the most part we didn't get good chemistry between them. With Cybelle poking holes in their relationship, or at least trying to, it created a sense of tension and with how understandable Tuesday's confliction was I think it was good.
The songs were fine but of course I must mention the mermaid sisters who obviously had skills but came in with their insanity once they got on the show. That song was iconic. Something that will go down in history as an out of context anime scene. I've never seen vulgarity in anime like that and seeing these people sling together every variation of swears they could think of was endearing in itself.
Gus and Mama is such a great duo. I love seeing them butt heads and tease each other, especially how they both refused to even be perceived as friends when Roddy assumed they were. I hope they get along as the series goes on and become friendly rivals.
I like Tao a lot. In the same way Gus cares not for social conventions and goes right for what he wants and doesn't take no for an answer, Tao does the same, just rather than in an expressive way, its in a robotic way. He doesn't come to see Angela perform, he shows up to confirm Carole and Tuesday write their own music and casually leaves, and just how he owns who he is and doesn't let anything get to him.. It's endearing and I like how both Gus and Mama have a parallel there but how there's also kinda one between Gus and Tao in that way. |