Ple-Sen
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Carole & Tuesday
It's best described by the single good song from it. I can't say I had very high expectations for this title, although it looked quite interesting and was created by the creator of Bebop, but I was still disappointed. In short, it's just 25 episodes about nothing, where nothing particularly important happens. It's supposedly about music, but there are no good songs, and the protagonists' compositions are so bland, depressing, and forgettable that they blend into one. This is bad for a series dedicated to music in itself, but against the backdrop of the premise "AI writes music, and these are live performers with songs from the heart," it looks especially unsuccessful, because the typical works of its genre, generated by a bot, are the songs of the main duo. The heroines do not progress either as performers or as individuals, remaining in the last episode the same as they were at the very beginning. The difficulties they face do not seem to be any serious problems or obstacles. There is no path that they have traveled. They simply drifted along, while the secondary characters echoed, one after another, how their songs "inspire" and "bring back the love of singing." But in reality, these very songs did not resolve anything, even the main conflict of the series, related to the second storyline. Which is just as vague and unimpressive as the first. The side plots, however, are no better, either not being particularly developed, as if resolving in one or two episodes, or simply existing in the form of hints that lead nowhere. The same can be said about most of the characters, who simply exist. One of the few more or less complete storylines can only be called the storyline of Ertegan, which is also one of the best characters in the series. Not too deep, though, but quite funny and not irritating. However, the series does not have any problems with funny characters. But there are problems with interesting ones, because there are none at all. And the protagonists are boring to the extreme – well, like a tomboy and Xenomia on minimum settings (aka without any development or fun). It felt like the screenwriters simply didn't know what they wanted to write. For a musical anime, the repertoire is too depressing and meager. For drama and tragedy, all the hardships are too superficial and, often, too quickly or easily resolved. And for a comedy, there are few comedic scenes, although there is a lot of quirky characters. And, here's the catch, that intentionally strange personalities, and more serious characters, are often easily described by one character trait. In order for the concept to work, the creators needed to decide where to go and remove all unnecessary elements. And if they wanted to make something about "creative creators from the bottom, playing unusual music," then they should have focused on creating unusual music. Ideally, music that would fit well with the second storyline of the show, because it looked very separate from the problems of the main characters, except for their acquaintance or kinship with some of the characters. And also, the rotoscoping here is very strange. In general, if you decide to watch it, don't expect too much. At most, you'll get a series of funny scenes and, if you're lucky, one or two songs that you'll like. That's all there is to it.
It's best described by the single good song from it. I can't say I had very high expectations for this title, although it looked quite interesting and was created by the creator of Bebop, but I was still disappointed. In short, it's just 25 episodes about nothing, where nothing particularly important happens. It's supposedly about music, but there are no good songs, and the protagonists' compositions are so bland, depressing, and forgettable that they blend into one. This is bad for a series dedicated to music in itself, but against the backdrop of the premise "AI writes music, and these are live performers with songs from the heart," it looks especially unsuccessful, because the typical works of its genre, generated by a bot, are the songs of the main duo. The heroines do not progress either as performers or as individuals, remaining in the last episode the same as they were at the very beginning. The difficulties they face do not seem to be any serious problems or obstacles. There is no path that they have traveled. They simply drifted along, while the secondary characters echoed, one after another, how their songs "inspire" and "bring back the love of singing." But in reality, these very songs did not resolve anything, even the main conflict of the series, related to the second storyline. Which is just as vague and unimpressive as the first. The side plots, however, are no better, either not being particularly developed, as if resolving in one or two episodes, or simply existing in the form of hints that lead nowhere. The same can be said about most of the characters, who simply exist. One of the few more or less complete storylines can only be called the storyline of Ertegan, which is also one of the best characters in the series. Not too deep, though, but quite funny and not irritating. However, the series does not have any problems with funny characters. But there are problems with interesting ones, because there are none at all. And the protagonists are boring to the extreme – well, like a tomboy and Xenomia on minimum settings (aka without any development or fun). It felt like the screenwriters simply didn't know what they wanted to write. For a musical anime, the repertoire is too depressing and meager. For drama and tragedy, all the hardships are too superficial and, often, too quickly or easily resolved. And for a comedy, there are few comedic scenes, although there is a lot of quirky characters. And, here's the catch, that intentionally strange personalities, and more serious characters, are often easily described by one character trait. In order for the concept to work, the creators needed to decide where to go and remove all unnecessary elements. And if they wanted to make something about "creative creators from the bottom, playing unusual music," then they should have focused on creating unusual music. Ideally, music that would fit well with the second storyline of the show, because it looked very separate from the problems of the main characters, except for their acquaintance or kinship with some of the characters. And also, the rotoscoping here is very strange. In general, if you decide to watch it, don't expect too much. At most, you'll get a series of funny scenes and, if you're lucky, one or two songs that you'll like. That's all there is to it.