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The iDOLM@STER – Episode 23 – The Melancholy of Amami Haruka

December 9, 2011 by Chikorita157 3 Comments
Let this set the mood for the episode...

While all the girls becomes increasingly busy with their various tasks, Haruka becomes dejected for not being able to gather the same enthusiasm as she did before. Thus, it quickly goes downhill from there as an unexpected tragedy strikes.

It only gets worse from here...

It’s apparent in the last episode that Haruka, the main heroine of the game and the show is now fading into obscurity.  She chooses to continue living in the past and wants to enjoy time with her friends like before.  As she rises to stardom and gets into the big leagues, she is quickly losing her motivation and ability to perform since the source that drives her cheerfulness is on empty.  Through the inability to gather everyone for practice, the variety show being canceled and Miki stealing the Producer, it simply makes everything worse for her.  Not only that, she hides her feelings of sadness by remaining happy and saying that everything is under control. In reality, it only builds up more feelings of sadness within her.

In comparison to what happened to Chihaya in episode 20, Haruka’s situation is far more depressing. Although the former was sad as the media was libeling her and blaming her for the death of her younger brother, Yuu, the solution for the latter is not clear-cut. As previously mentioned, Haruka was the leader who motivated everyone through her positive attitude. Sadly, her strengths are becoming a hindrance since she is dependent on everyone to aim higher rather than doing it on her own. From this, I can’t see an easy solution since she drifted apart from her friends and therefore, can’t get the same power to help her.

Miki knows how to highjack everyone's attention, including the Producer.

Right before the terrible accident, I have become increasingly bothered by Miki’s self-indulgence of the Producer and taking him away from Haruka. This was also apparent in the last episode when she gets an award that takes Haruka’s ability to give him the gift away. However in this instance, it felt like she doesn’t care about her feelings. You can also tell in the credits that she had a mixture of sorrow and anger on her face in the hospital.

Watching her cry actually pulled my heartstrings with tears pouring down my cheeks.

Moreover, the Producer taking the fall to rescue Haruka simply came out of the blue. Nobody expected it and not even myself, causing a lot of speculation on whether or not he will survive. Given that it’s kind of similar to the accident from the first game, I don’t think he’s going to die. Despite this, the last scene in the credits with Haruka intensely crying pretty much sets the overall picture of this episode. It’s just downright heartbreaking.

On a lighter note, there were a few happy moments in the episode. During Chihaya’s absence, I liked how they stick a flat cardboard substitute of her. In addition, “Little Match Girl,” one of the DLC songs in the 2nd game finally gets an appearance. I’m quite curious if Namco is finally going to make a full version of the song since other people wanted it for a while now.

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  1. foshizzel :
    December 11, 2011 at 12:22 am • Magical Level: 109

    Ohhh man! This episode was so depressing, I mean they were really slowly building up to drama with Haruka. I was waiting and waiting for something dramatic to happen and sure enough we got some! But I was not thinking it would end up being Producer getting seriously hurt like that.

    I think what makes matters worse is Haruka is always the peppy girl you know always smiling, just to see her break down in tears makes it even more depressing. What will happen to the producer?! I have no idea! I really do not think they would go far as to kill him, or do you think they will to add extra shock? Either way I can not wait for episode twenty four!

    <3 Haruka

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    • chikorita157 :
      December 15, 2011 at 10:23 pm • Magical Level: 3022

      Although I shared so many times in the blogosphere how emotional this episode is, I think she will come out fine… Perhaps Chihaya will show up and make things better in return. Who knows as Episode 24 awaits us.

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