We NEED to Talk About Bang Dream! It's MyGo! 

tomori's characterization is one of my favourite parts bc it's so true to what being a teenage girl with ASD is like. her immediate assumption that when something goes wrong it's her fault, her wondering if she's even "allowed" to be in a band or do the things other people do, her desire to be human bc she feels like she isn't, the way she struggles to communicate her feelings unless it's through writing them down, and the way she always wants to share the things she's interested in and gets depressed when it seems like someone's rejecting them. all these things are aspects of ASD that i've dealt with before and that i didn't know how to explain or express for years, so seeing tomori find a way to express her feelings through music really got me.

Bang Dream S1!! = KIRA KIRA!!! Bang Dream MyGo!!= fckng slap reality check

Soyo is just such a great and interesting character to me. At first, as you also said I harbored genuine hatred for her because she was obviously two-faced with so many ulterior motives. I really hate these kinds of person even in real life, mostly because I also have experiences dealing with it. But, when she eventually revealed her true colors, I was... in love with her. She rocketed towards literally being my favourite Bang Dream character ever. Her unhinged behaviour and unstable personality really appealed to me in a way that has never happened to me before. Now I'm stuck here waiting for the Ave Mujica anime because I miss seeing her so damn much

I think that maybe Sakikos family got into some kind of debt. I mean she works in some kind of phone place, changed houses and started going to haneoka. And also the last scene also seem to support that kind of

As much as I like My Go!!!!!, I'm quite shocked that a lot of people took Bandori only being "Kira Kira Doki Doki" very seriously. Bandori has always have serious and depressing moments, not 25:00 Nightchord depressing, but still depressing enough. Even in the first season of Bandori has it's rough moments, mainly Kasumi losing her voice due to pure pressure and Saya's conflict about hindering her family due to being too busy playing for Popipa. Even in game there has been serious moments. Hina and Sayo's strained relationship, Pastel Pallettes going through the reality of the Entertainment Industry, Chisato growing up too soon due to being a child actor, Yukina wanting to participate in the Future World Fes. because she felt her father was abandoned by the Music Industry, Hagumi's horrible parents, Ran's struggles of maintaining her relationships with the Afterglow members, etc. Bandori has a lot of these serious and depressing moments even before My Go!!!!!. It's not that I hate people who don't understand it, I just want to make it clear Bandori has always been like this. Sorry for the long comment, but I'm really like Bandori and want to clear a few misconceptions.

each band had a genre they carried. in mygo case, its sound like post-hardcore bc alot of talking and expressing emotion .but bang dream be bangdream. when they get alot of popularity their song start becoming more pop and anisong genre.

By the way, Tomori's VA is listed as first in the list of VAs, which implies that she is actually the main character, but MyGo's characters are so great that you can find complete character arcs for every character.

My theory on why soyo is so attached to sakiko is bc in one of the eps it shows soyos mom who is quite energetic like a teen but is still very work focused and is rarely home, soyo probably saw her mother in sakiko and thats why she had such an attachment to her (ofc im talking abt sakiko before her personality change)

The shift from 3D to 2D in Bandori is the polar opposite of most anime going from 2D to 3D. Also Tomori ☺

Sanzigen quite literally has no growth ceiling. Every single time they release something (Film Live 2, 5th anni, Poppin Dream, even D4DJ) I keep thinking they can't get better but they DO. The micro-expressions and subtle detail in the character models and animation are top tier. Like even in the last episode of mygo they popped off with Anon for no reason lmao. anyway, great video. bandori's my favorite piece of media, so i'm glad Mygo did so damn well and it's getting videos like this out. and you're right, the POV episode blew me away and is basically top 3 episodes overall. (for the record, mygo's spiciness in terms of drama is what the game was like in the first year's story, so yea lmao)

my theory for sakikos sudden switch up is that she genuinely did want to be in crychic and loved crychic at first, but she probably saw hate comments after their live that made her feel extremely heartbroken and deep emotions, so she decided to disband crychic and form a more professional band so she would never have to feel how she felt when she read the hate comments for crychic. if she formed a perfect band she never has to deal with any hate shes probably a perfectionist and didnt want to interact with any crychic member because she would remember that horrible memory she never wanted to hear or see again

Everybody Gangsta until Soyo hears you sing Haruhikage

I guess you might know this already but Tomori is supposed to be ASD neuro-divergent. She is by far the best characterization of such a character in anime. Compare her to Bochi who is similar but who is played for cheap laughs mostly. Band Dream Its MyGo is a very very good show and its such shame it was written off by many anime fans and reviewers. Btw Im split between Anon and Tomori as my favourite characters.

Honestly, I watched this solely because I like metal and Coco Hayashi... And man I was completely blown away

Tomori at ep 10 is amazing, one of my favorite ep of anime all times.

"Rana was just there, yes." . . Fair enough.

Great video, bro! I loved this anime, it's the best from Bandori so far (I expect it to get even better when/if the Ave Mujica anime drops) in my opinion as well. I also thought Anon was very annoying for most part of the anime, but when her backstory was shown she immeadiately became my favorite character. She's someone I can relate to in a way. She's always running away, scared of failing, scared of disappointing others, yes, she is selfish, but everyone in MyGo is. Soyo wanted to dispose of Anon and Raana, Anon wanted all attention focused on her, Taki only cared about her friendship with Tomori, Raana only wanted to spend time with them for as long as they remained interesting for and Tomori (even though we can excuse her for being neuro-divergent) only wanted to be in a band no matter what others were feeling. Of course they all grow out of this (not sure about Raana lol) by the end of the series, but we can't simply deny they were all selfish in their own way. Anyway, back to Anon being my favorite. She's not the only problematic/selfish character I like in anime, most of the characters that end up being my favorites are either selfish or have done bad things in the past. They become my favorites only if they have some sort of redemption, if I like that redemption and if I can kinda relate to them in a way, so Anon being my favorite didn't really surprise me. Soyo didn't become my favorite because she pissed me off so much I think it'll take me a while to really like her. I hope that when MyGo gets introduced into the game her stories with the others and with her bandmates captivate me enough for me to like her (like what happened with Sayo, whereas I began the game hating her and now she's my favorite Bandori character). I think that's all I wanted to say! Sorry for the very long comment, as an apology you get my subscription lol 💜

This review is great, Alexa plays haruhikage

My favorite episodes of the series are 1st POV tomori and solo live tomori. Yeah both tomori episodes. Tomori is just precious. Special mention to the scene "Nande HARUHIKAGE yatta no???!?" I just can't 😂😂😂

As for someone who's also a musician and loves Japanese Music, Anime, and Japanese Culture I also watched other Music Franchises like Macross, Beck The Mongolian Chop Squad, Detroit Metal City, K-On!, Love Live, and even Bocchi the Rock. But out of all those series I mentioned the series that I fell in love with is BanG Dream! since they have real-life bands and out of the 10 bands in the franchise 6 of them have real-life bands they are Poppin'Party, Roselia, RAISE A SUILEN, Morfonica, MyGO!!!!! and Ave Mujica. I first came to know about BanG Dream! way back in 2017 and around that time I hadn't watched the initial airing during January of that year since I was touring and doing out-of-town gigs so I only watched it around mid to late 2017 and BanG Dream! actually came at the point in my life when I wanted to quit music altogether but this franchise is actually what reignites my love for music and what made me rediscover my love and passion for Japanese Culture and made me learn Japanese. Anyway for those who don’t know me let me introduce myself, I’m Jeffry Manlutac I’m a musician from the Philippines and also served as a lead singer for the 90’s Filipino Rock Band called White Lies the band that sang the iconic Rock Ballads Alaala Mo and First Love Never Dies. I served as the band’s lead singer from 2013-2014. Sure landing a gig as the lead singer of the band you admired when you’re just a kid is such a dream come true. But by the time I became their lead singer, the band was only down to two original members. Its guitarist and main songwriter also planning to leave the band not to mention they already passed their prime and the music scene here in the Philippines drastically changed, the music business is not about the music anymore cause just like in the West and even K-Pop where talent doesn’t matter anymore the music scene was plagued by talentless autotune and plastic surgery actors, actresses and models and not to mention when you become a replacement member of a legacy band it’s inevitable that you will be compared to the one you replaced I was like being pressed in both directions so I decided to quit and just like Tomori I also blamed myself I was like maybe I’m not good enough and wasn’t able to help them to compete in the current music scene and made a comeback. sure I’m a bit sad that I have to leave but I guess I made the right decision and predicted that the music scene here would decline so I have no regrets, at least we’re on good terms and I’m happy to be a part of that legacy, And I'm definitely not given up yet to that dream of becoming a successful artist. My ultimate dream is to become a successful Anisong Singer in Japan and since I can't marry 2D and fictional characters and since I'm into seiyuus, I would love to marry one. So yeah that's my ultimate dream.

I had to watch this show for an anime class I was taking in college, and I was really surprised at its sympathetic and humanizing portrayal of neurodivergence

Kool video! I first saw MyGO!!!!! without knowing anything about Bang Dream and I loved it, then I went and saw S1, S2 and S3 and I really really liked them. But MyGO!!!!! it's great to watch even if you never knew anything about Bang Dream. As a musician I first started watching it just because the guitars, amps and pedals are so well drawn! thats always my favorite part: watching the amps, the hands, the pedals... what a treat for a musician! Then the story really caught me: At first I hated Anon for being so stupid and shallow but she ended up being my favorite character. Taki was fun to watch always since she fulfilled the tsundere role. Tomori really pisses me off since she can't do anything without being weird. Soyo was the best plot twist ever; i really never suspected anything. The last 3 episodes and how we got to see the birth of Ave Mujica was very impressive, the very end of the last episode was nutz!!!!!! Poor Saki, I bet that what she saw on her celphone has nothing to do with the CryCHIC performance and I hope we get a nice resolution to her character and the drive for her actions soon, her character design is by far my favoorite one, she looks like MIKU

I adore Bang Dream i don't agree that it holds no candle to Love Live but that's just me it's a completely different experience in the main line anime everyone hates the first seasons animation but i love it seeing popipa's struggle to become a band was rough and kasumi having trouble singing also one thing that really bthers me. is how is it only season 2 gets a dub that's so weird like wtf about the other season bushirroad. I'm still waiting for D4DJ All Mix dub like what the hell. but It's MyGO is amazing love the girls and there seiyuu's.

If you liked the expressive CG of BanG dream, you'll definitely like D4DJ...another musical series made by the same company

pretty well put together video i think soyo has some more depth to her then was covered

yess its mygo is so good

You should do one about avemujica when that comes out

My favorite character is definitely Raana! She came to bless us with her goofball presence when at least I was a bit suffocated by all the drama going on all the time. I loved the series, all of the characters were so well written and I still hold a grudge for Soyo XD (I'm trying to like her, but it will take some time). I related a lot with both Tomori and Anon on different scenes and I came to love them even though at first I wasn't fond of them. With Taki, I liked her from the start and it stayed the same for the entire season, I loved how she really had personality and genuinely cared for and wanted Tomori to be happy. More about my favorite character Raana, she's a lot like me, going to places knowing she gets good food or doing whatever she feels like doing right at the moment is so me XD It's also cute since she reminds me a lot of cats (Taki DOES indeed call her "stray cat" in the series) and cats are my favorite pets. I also adore her white shorter (wolfcut?) hair and different colored eyes

sakiko did nothing wrong

best anime among this year

I didn't watch this series, which I kinda regret, but I've been following this franchise for a few years now, and while it's inspired me to start creating very similar stories to everything I've seen in the game, it literally occurred to me just now that Tomori actually has autism considering that she's sensitive and actually stutters when she talks, and also lacks making eye contact. As someone with ASD 1, it brightens me to know the fact that Bushiroad actually took the liberty of creating a Bang Dream character with a disability. More fictional characters like that need to be created. It got me thinking that Mashiro from Morfonica is somewhat like Tomori, but not necessarily with ASD-like traits. Mashiro is simply shy and sensitive, especially in the game event story Blossoming Symphony. But if it's true that Tomori has autism, I can't help but give Bushiroad huge credit for that as someone who also has ASD, or Asperger's to be precise.

The best anime of the year!

Full songs was a great upgrade yeah

Wow!

I agree, I liked this more since it had a lot more reality to it.

7:29 Actually, they never did say that. They said two things. They said *"SCREW IT* and *FRICK IT* we are having full songs because Haruhikage is a bop and we needed something interesting to move our story forward." I do find it interesting how you never mentioned how Kasumi of Poppin'Party literally gave MyGO!!!!! their name and the various other BanG Dream cameos as well. But then again, you did say you followed the game since the beginning and thought the first season of the anime was just okay.

I was very excited a while back when I first found your channel and saw you also loved Tear Drops. I like Louder as well, and I love Raise A Suilen's music, the aesthetic and connections of the girls in Afterglow, and I think my favorite band is tied between those two and especially Hello Happy World. The music is fun, I love the characters and their relationships and designs. Off topic a bit, but there's plenty of games like Ace Attorney & Danganronpa that have first person povs! I might add some more later if I think of any and have the time.

Stan Soyo

you can try watching Flip Flappers it has the same writer as Mygo atleast for the first half. Although it does not exactly have a full first person episode it does an excellent job at putting you in the protagonist POV and it all culminate in episode 7 where they use a unique technique to let you see the world through her eyes(I wont say how they do it but its not from a first person POV). The show kind of fumbled from episode 8 onward but 1-7 is excellent and prob one of my fav anime for character study.

This man spits STRAIGHT FACTS and literally shares every single one of my opinions on Bandori as a whole, not even kidding right now. I’d like to point out that I think Sakiko quit the band because she saw a hate comment about herself and started believing the others to be true (which is why she yelled at Tomori in the first episode for being the one who needed the most work, referring to the comment that said “The singer was such a tryhard.”). About Tomori, she is literally me, no questions asked. She’s also my new favorite anime character, PERIOD. And also regarding the animation of It’s MyGO!!!!!, I feel like the facial expressions are what got me. Especially when they were playing Utakotoba for the first time and everyone was crying and aaaaaagahagsjgfkwhej that was such a good moment!!!! As much as I freaking hate Soyo and would be fine watching her get hit by a train, I even felt for her a bit in that moment. Definitely one of my favorite scenes. Anyway sorry for the rant I’m so obsessed with this anime rn and you are a legend for making this video

I just watched it, and love it, especially the music Then watched bandori s1, but their music cant catch my interest 😔

I'm Gonna Be Honest, I Have Never Watched The Anime Series If Bandori... I've Always Played The Gane For Several Years, Have A Deep Admiration For Yukina And Main Roselia, But... I've Never Watched The Anime. It's Mainly Because I'm More Into The Songs, And Not Much Of The Lore. I've Only Read Bits And Pieces Of The Story In-Game And Have Watched Garupa Pico, But That's About It. Now, As Someone Who Doesn't Know Much Lore, I Judge Bands Based On Their Songs. Their Aesthetic... Is Similar To Morfonica, Yet It Has A Little Bit Of Rock Mixed Into It. It's Like A Mix Of Soft And Rock. But... Their Songs... I'm Gonna Be Honest, And I Apologize To The MyGo Fans, But... THEIR SONGS SUCK. It's Maybe Because I've Only Heard The 3 Songs Released In The EN Server And Not Much But... Yeah. So When I Heard Their Songs, I Initially Had A Bad Impression Of MyGo. I Mean, I Think It's Because I Mainly Like Roselia And RAS Songs, Because It's What I Like... But Other Bands Also Have Really Good Songs Sometimes. So I'll Just Wait And See, For What MyGo Has To Offer.

I disliked it for exactly the reason that they made it about drama and not music. I found the first 7 or 8 episodes painfully boring and way too much of the 'drama' felt dumb and forced. RAS was handled better, it made me hate Chu2 for a period but with MyGo it was just like bro, who are these people and why are they a band? They all hate each other and have no chemistry at all.

Saki founded AveMujica ig when this band comes out there is going to be the band history in the game..Ave mujica isn´t out YET