Maybe an unpopular opinion?
Afterglow’s reasoning for being a band is pretty............slapped together.
Like, the only reason they’re a band is so Ran isn’t lonely. But...they’re only in different classes. I’d understand if it was different schools, but different classes? It’s not that serious.
Afterglow was pretty needlessly dramatic about it too. “Oh no, we’re in a different classes.” “This is the first time this happened” “I sure hope Ran’s going to be alright.” And I’m just over here like “IT’S JUST DIFFERENT CLASSES!”
I mean, come on. They still have before school, after school, meeting up in the hallway during breaks, the weekends. They didn’t seem too bothered at cutting classes meet up with Ran on the roof as she’s writing edgy 13-year-old ‘my soul is so black. No one can ever understand my suffering’ poems so what’s the problem here!
I just wanted to step through my screen and shake this girl and yell out, “RAN, YOU’RE NOT A FUCKING BABY THAT NEEDS PEOPLE TO TAKE CARE OF YOU! YOU CAN SURVIVE A FEW HOURS OF THE DAY WITHOUT THEM! YOU ACT LIKE YOU’RE GOING TO EXPLODE IF THEY’RE NOT WITHIN 2 INCHES OF YOU AND YOU WON’T! YOU’LL STILL BE HERE! YOU’LL STILL BE PRESENT! NOW SIT YOUR EDGY ASS DOWN!”
Did the writers expect me to go “Aww” at the story? Cause I’m not. Instead, I’m going “This premise is so dumb”.
It seemed less of a story of best friends getting together to form a band and more of they need to form a band because Ran can’t function without the others.
