widescreen baroque is a style of science fiction writing "characterized by larger-than-life characters, violence, intrigue, extravagant settings or actions, and fast-paced plotting"
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Some fun stuff I saw in that first scene in the practice room
So when Karen is the first one in, she's drawn to the center of the stage
Mahiru only enters the stage after Karen invites her
But despite Karen taking the lead, Mahiru is the one who teaches and is more flexible, showing Mahiru's talents that she's just not aware of yet
The first to enter are Junna and Claudine, the hardest workers who are always first except for the student on day duty
Nana is here too, but we never actually see Nana enter. She just slips in undetected and is already in the middle of the conversation, and isn't that just a microcosm of how she is in the rest of the show
We also see Futaba, and how she's resigned to Kaoruko's selfishness, but will absolutely call out anyone else
Also an underrated thing that is hard to show in screencaps is that when Maya enters, the music and the background chatter all come to a close because she is that big of a deal.
(Also we never saw her enter, and just like Nana we only see their effect on the others HMMMMMM)
Although we do get to see Claudine go from playfully teasing to being all business and focusing on Maya once she's entered the room
We also see Kaoruko drop her sleepy persona and look determined. And a cute little moment is that she raises her arm up for Futaba to pull her up and Futaba doesn't even need to look to know what to do. She knows Kaoruko's laziness is just an act.
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ghwgua.. ghah...ghgg...gh... .fly me to........the star..........
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stage girls, lined up, vulnerable
a continual promise to her stage self, to get on stage, again and again and again. a direct staredown, never averting her eyes from the stage, never letting the lead role out of her sight.
a vow to fight just as hard as her comrades, a vow to obtain what she yearns for no matter what. she closely examines her stage girl self, committing herself to self-reflection and awareness. her own worst critic.
cast in shadow, staring at the blood that fills her boots, holding her stage girl self and halberd on her back, only letting the light shine on them. she has carried too much weight, sacrificed too much of herself. it must end.
a bitter instance of self-awareness, laying opposite from but parallel to her stage girl self. bloodied boots next to her, naginata on the ground pointed at her own head. surrounded by her pain.
a forceful focus on someone else, someone to depend on. willing to end the other person in order to put an end to this dependence. a mission for her stage girl self.
standing in front of her stage girl self, looking for answers. lost, confused.
an answer. an answer from the one who fixates on the audience rather than herself, who takes the offering of her least favorite food as her fuel. a final end to this stage, looking ahead towards the audience for clues.
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