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The iDOLM@STER 24: Congratulations Haruka

I certainly expected quite a fair bit from Haruka's route since they kept it for the very last, though I was somewhat underwhelmed by the way things unfolded. As you already know, Haruka has always been portrayed as the strong one who worked to solve problems, and for some arbitrary reason, they reduced her into a weakling who ultimately broke down because she was unable to face reality. Why is Haruka the only idol falling into depression about everyone being separated? You would think that she would be the one comforting someone else about it and give them the usual "Everything will be daijoubu so let's ganbatte and do our best!" :oops: Unlike Chihaya's suffering which had plenty of build up, Haruka's one felt a little... coerced, even if it was hinted very early on that it might have ended up like this.

After the initial reaction shitstorm, Miki Miki seems surprisingly calm about the whole incident, and truth to be told, I was expecting her to be a lot more emotional and perhaps even pin the blame on Haruka. While that would have complicated things a lot more, it definitely would have been in-character. However, I cannot say that I disliked how they chose not to vilify Miki Miki and instead portray her as the rational and level-headed one with a grip on how things are the way they are, while Haruka spews all sorts of selfish nonsense www The real highlight of this exchange was watching Haruka finally crumbling into tears after getting her status: told, and boy, was it delicious.

It was a relief to see Broducer faring much better than they tried to imply in the previews, though it was disappointing that he took one in the name of character development but barely influenced the flow of events and its outcome. To top it all off, it was as though Haruka had no concerns about him despite being partially the cause for his condition... At least one thing positive resulted, and it is all but confirmed that it will be a Broducer x Kotori end :wink: It takes a lot of love and dedication to be by someone's side all day, every day. Just imagine Kotori helping Broducer to the washroom while giving him sponge baths. Then it will be like "Oh my, there's something swelling down there. Let Kotori-chan heal you" and "K-Kotori, what are doing?" while Broducer makes that face you see above. But seriously though, it is hard to refute their love for each other, when you have such hard evidence. And if life really imitated art, I'll have you know that
Kotori's seiyuu is actually married and has given birth as well :wink:

Haruka is the omnipotent entity of purity and goodness on this planet. When her despair breaks a certain threshold, the universe corrects itself by creating a new Haruka. The newly manifested Haruka does what comes naturally and immediately tries to cheer the previous Haruka up. In the rare event that this does not succeed, the original Haruka disintegrates while the new one continues her life, unaware of what of has transpired. This chain has continued unbroken since the beginning of time... I don't know what they were thinking when they decided to pull this off but it looks like the A-1 staff has been smoking the same shit as the people they borrowed from Gainax. In the im@s-verse, in order to overcome your bout of depression, you must first go through a series of hallucinations; While Chihaya merely met with her past self, Haruka projects everyone else from 765 in front of her, only to later materalise and interact with Past and Present Haruka. That's some S-rank Schizo Phantasm right there.

Although I was quite critical earlier, I actually liked this episode a lot, even if they could have used at least one more to flesh things out further. Danketsu has always been the primary central theme for both the game and show, so to have everything resolved in that fashion is definitely appropriate. Loved how they set it up with that initial wake-up call from one of the studio guys commenting that everyone is better off individually and can pretty much do without 765 Pro anymore. Shit really got Danketsu'ed after Chihaya relayed the message from that brief talk she had with Broducer. It was then everyone realised Haruka's plight, with the exception of Miki, who did so on her own accord :razz: Sorry to Chihaya X Haruka shippers out there who were expecting some yuri bonding time, but hey, at least there are still the radio shows and online broadcasts. As for those who are straight, your ship got sunk too. Even if Haruka hands Broducer the wallet next week, his heart already belongs to someone else w

P.S The finale post will be up a little later than usual since I will be in Shanghai next week, something which I'm already regretting w

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  1. yaku UNITED STATES
    December 17th, 2011 - 02:49

    Hahaha, Haruka doesn’t need any external help, she can freaking fix herself, biatches! …W-Wait! if a new Haruka appears to either fix or replace depressed!Haruka, does that mean Haruka is a…. MAHOU SHOUJO!?!? Kyuubey GTFO of my Im@s!

    I’m a little disappoint at the lack of Broducer x Haruka, mostly because it was perfectly plausible to go that route since he’s the catalyst, but it’s nothing that will be missed either :roll:

    You going to Shanghai? Remember to bring us your children a souvenir, Haruka’s delicious tears will do :razz:

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  2. Niles UNITED STATES
    December 17th, 2011 - 03:48

    The newly manifested Haruka does what comes naturally and immediately tries to cheer the previous Haruka up.

    What the hell?! Persona End confirmed.

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  3. Lectro Volpi MEXICO
    December 17th, 2011 - 05:06

    Haruka = Madoka. They even share the ribbons! :shock:

    Only another Haruka can cheer Haruka.

    “P.S The finale post will be up a little later than usual since I will be in Shanghai next week, something which I’m already regretting w”

    There’s a better place than that. Its called Hell. :cool:

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  4. Nikki SWEDEN
    December 17th, 2011 - 05:09

    I bet they’ll just use Rest@rt again or the new Christmas song to advertise the DLC in the next episode.
    If there isn’t a Vampire Girl performance with Takane or Iori I’m gonna flip my shit (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

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  5. Niles 98.88.158.170
    December 17th, 2011 - 08:11

    @Niles – I still haven’t seen the episode yet (I’m three weeks behind), but I have seen some screenshots. This shit just gets crazier and crazier. So as I pray, Unlimited Haruka Works!

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  6. Karuroso BRAZIL
    December 17th, 2011 - 09:19

    Yeah… I was very disappointed by the lack of some yuri bonding :cry: such a perfect chance…

    anyway i’m gonna miss your weekly im@s posts, its been a while ( since those awesome CG R2 posts) you did this

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  7. Someone AUSTRALIA
    December 17th, 2011 - 09:30

    What the hell are Haruka and Chihaya smoking? I want in. Better not be Smoky Thrills though, that shit’s terrible.

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  8. kevo UNITED STATES
    December 17th, 2011 - 16:23

    The scene where Haruka got MIKITOLD so hard the vending machine wrote a blog post about it was one of the best scenes this season. If Penguinshit beats Idolmaster this week in Power Rankings I’m going to stop taking votes for that awful show.

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  9. Kinny Riddle JAPAN
    December 18th, 2011 - 02:06

    At this rate, A-1 Pictures will have no choice but to make a remake titled “Rebuild of iDOLM@STER” due to the outrage from the overly emo “Gainax Ending”.

    http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GainaxEnding

    :cool:

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  10. Crisu 96.19.102.35
    December 19th, 2011 - 14:20

    I don’t have a lot of big feelings for this one. It was kind of a copy of ep20; I expected something much more heartwrenching. But a hopeful episode is okay, too, I suppose, for danketsu’s sake. I think ep23 built up too much hype, or I started to expect too much.

    As far as I know, Broducer has no arms.

    lol to your recent Twitter pictures. Chihaya does have the best phone. And she declared her love for Haruka pretty hard in front of the other girls as far as my yuri goggles saw. Now awaiting that hug in ep25.

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  11. Niles 98.88.135.21
    December 19th, 2011 - 22:33

    Originally Posted By ShinI know you’re busy with the game and all, but man, how is it possible for you to abstain for so long w

    I’m lazy and can’t be bothered to look for subs besides the Crunchyroll ones. The only time I really felt tormented was waiting for the live in #13.

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  12. yamada BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
    December 19th, 2011 - 22:45

    Chibi loli Haruka is fine too

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