I feel like you summed up my viewpoints well. The things Jellyfish did right, it did amazingly well, and those successes shouldn't be disregarded just because it fumbled on its major plot thread. It's just a shame, since I can remember weaker seasons where something like this would have definitely stood out as a favorite... but instead it wound up directly competing against _two_ of my personal top 5 anime. Truly, life is cruel.
Thanks for the video! I agree with nearly all of your points, but wouldn't really say this show was noticably worse than GBC - they're just good at different things. GBC absolutely took the cake when it comes to visuals, music, and how flashy the live performances were. Still, I would argue the last couple of episodes were just as rushed as jellyfish - I felt like the first season should have ended on a high note after the music fest performance. The other two episodes were like a cramped intro to season two. Also, as you mentioned in the video, jellyfish had some really heartfelt moments with Kiui, Baba, and Mei, so I think it wins over in terms of emotional impact. I also absolutely can relate - there is a TON of promising titles this season! Doga Kobo are on a streak with Oshi no Ko and Roshidere right after jellyfish.
It was just unfortunate for Jellyfish that it had to air at the same time as GBC. I find GBC to be less flawed and when Jellyfish stumbled on its way then it was easy to point at GBC and go "Why didn't you just do this?". It also helps that I found Nina so relatable and I could see someone picking Jellyfish over GBC if they had to choose depending how well they like Nina and/or relate to characters in Jellyfish.
Really don't want to get into an argument about GBC in the comments of a video on Jellyfish, but I feel compelled to say: I think you're wrong. GBC's ending was incredible, wrapping up Nina's character arc beautifully and exemplifying the overarching theme of living true to oneself despite personal cost. If I had any complaints at all, it would probably be that I felt like Subaru's character conflict was resolved too neatly and offscreen, but that was before the last few episodes anyway.
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i still really enjoyed the anime though.
I feel like you summed up my viewpoints well. The things Jellyfish did right, it did amazingly well, and those successes shouldn't be disregarded just because it fumbled on its major plot thread. It's just a shame, since I can remember weaker seasons where something like this would have definitely stood out as a favorite... but instead it wound up directly competing against _two_ of my personal top 5 anime. Truly, life is cruel.
Thanks for the video! I agree with nearly all of your points, but wouldn't really say this show was noticably worse than GBC - they're just good at different things.
GBC absolutely took the cake when it comes to visuals, music, and how flashy the live performances were. Still, I would argue the last couple of episodes were just as rushed as jellyfish - I felt like the first season should have ended on a high note after the music fest performance. The other two episodes were like a cramped intro to season two.
Also, as you mentioned in the video, jellyfish had some really heartfelt moments with Kiui, Baba, and Mei, so I think it wins over in terms of emotional impact.
I also absolutely can relate - there is a TON of promising titles this season! Doga Kobo are on a streak with Oshi no Ko and Roshidere right after jellyfish.
It was just unfortunate for Jellyfish that it had to air at the same time as GBC. I find GBC to be less flawed and when Jellyfish stumbled on its way then it was easy to point at GBC and go "Why didn't you just do this?". It also helps that I found Nina so relatable and I could see someone picking Jellyfish over GBC if they had to choose depending how well they like Nina and/or relate to characters in Jellyfish.
Really don't want to get into an argument about GBC in the comments of a video on Jellyfish, but I feel compelled to say: I think you're wrong. GBC's ending was incredible, wrapping up Nina's character arc beautifully and exemplifying the overarching theme of living true to oneself despite personal cost. If I had any complaints at all, it would probably be that I felt like Subaru's character conflict was resolved too neatly and offscreen, but that was before the last few episodes anyway.