Cinderella Girls S2 E10

## Plot

Rin calls Uzuki and asks if she's alright after what happened at the studio earlier. Uzuki says that she's fine. The next day, she asks the producer if she can go back to training school and hold off idol work for awhile. She feels like a burden to Rin and Mio. The producer tells the other girls, who have to take care of her work while she's gone. Everyone's worried, and no one knows what's wrong with her. Mio and Rin want to go to her house, but Uzuki doesn't want them to because she assumes they're busy with work. The producer tells her about a New Gen Christmas reunion concert that he wants her to participate in. Yay! However, she doesn't want to come back until she has confidence in herself yet. The producer tells Rin and Mio that she's been acting strangely since they started branching out. Both girls blame themselves. It is kinda their fault. However, the producer says that their individual activities are essential to them. If you say so. Rin can't concentrate on lessons. Nao and Karen encourage her to see Uzuki because they know she's worried about her. They care about New Gen too. I'm finally starting to like these girls. Contrary to before, the producer prints out a map so Rin and Mio can see Uzuki at her training school. Rin notices this, and he says that this isn't like that time. At the school, Rin asks Uzuki if she's upset because she and Mio starting working outside of New Gen. Oh my god, yes! Or at least that's why I'm upset. Uzuki claims that that's not the case, she just feels like she's fallen behind and wants to catch up. She remembers the ball, and says she can't participate in it because she's not ready. She feels like she became an idol too early. Rin yells at her, and drags her off. Meanwhile, Mishiro and the producer are talking about her. Mishiro knows that Rin missed her dance lesson, and says that Uzuki is having a negative effect on Triad Primus and his department. She wants him to fire her. Rin takes Uzuki and Mio to the park where she and Uzuki talked last spring about being idols. She was convinced to become an idol because of Uzuki. Rin accuses her of running away and lying about why she really left. Uzuki claims that they're not lies, but Rin yells that she doesn't want to see a fake smile. She asks her if telling her to join Triad Primus was also a lie. Unfortunately, no. Uzuki says she still has no idea what shines inside her, and that she's scared. The producer said that she had a nice smile, but Uzuki believes that anyone can smile. She breaks down crying. So does Rin. Even Mio has tears in her eyes. Seeing them all cry hurts so much! Mio says that they'll be waiting for her like she waited for Mio to return, and they're officially friends again. Yes, they smoothed things over a few episodes ago, but that doesn't count to me. The producer refuses to fire Uzuki, and plans on waiting for her to return like everyone else. Everyone prepares for the Christmas concert. Uzuki finally shows up at 346 Pro again.

## Review

I cried so much! It's so sad! I didn't like Rin's shouting or confrontational manner with Uzuki though. The poor girl's already fragile enough as it is. Besides, *Rin's* the one that started all this conflict in the first place. Though I suppose you could easily blame Mishiro for approaching her, Rin could've said no. She should've said no! Look where that stupid snowball effect got all of them! Crying alone in a park, arguably no closer to their goals than they were a year ago. And I'm here, yelling at fictional characters that I'm trying *so hard* to like, and I'm trying *so hard* to find any motivation to keep doing this. It's Winx Club all over again… Except I didn't review the seasons that broke me like this… Until I did, and by that point I was more apathetic than anything else. Oh well. Have a nice day everyone. And remember, "Please keep smiling and shining. Please turn your pain into courage someday. And turn the memories into love" Excerpt from Yakusoku (Promise) from iDOLM@STER Episode 20. Also known as the real iDOLM@STER show that you should be watching right now instead of this fan base breaking crap. The original anime didn't have this problem because most of the girls were already solo artists who teamed up to work on the same projects together, and the few groups we did see never had any problems or split up, which is antithetical to the whole theme of unity. Most English speaking fans tend to think that season 2 never existed, and I'm definitely one of those people. My dislike of Rin over the years has skyrocketed to an outright hatred. She is my least favorite character in all of the anime that I have ever watched. Granted, that's not a lot of anime, but still. You DO NOT yell at someone who is clearly having a mental breakdown. You don't give them "tough love". You give them therapy, patience, generosity, kindness, friendship, understanding, acceptance, real love, etc. It's a bit like how the other characters treated Ruby Rose in volume 9 of RWBY.