Episode 3 – Narenare – Cheer for you! –

Okay, earlier than I get too deep into this, I need to right one thing in my earlier overview. I had mentioned in my overview of the primary two episodes that no matter psychological block is stopping Kanata from performing cheer routines has to do with Megumi’s present state. It has since been identified to me that the 2 issues aren’t associated, and that the reason for Kanata’s trauma is one thing we do not find out about but, which is addressed extra straight on this episode. That may be a main oversight on my half, so I apologize if that induced any confusion. With that out of the best way, let’s dive into this week’s episode.

Suzuha has been a little bit of a thriller up till now, because the solely issues we actually find out about her are her insane parkour expertise and a few form of unstated pressure between her and Shion. Because it seems, the rationale Suzuha acts so awkward round Shion is as a result of she has a significant crush on her. All of the instances she acts distant round her are only a results of her delinquent nerd nature, which makes her go from stoic to relatable fairly rapidly. In actuality, she truly needs to get nearer to Shion and apologize for being so bizarre round her, which leads her to determine to affix Anna’s movies and spherical out our ensemble. Whereas she’s anxious that Shion will not like her, since her tendency to be expressionless has induced her to be misunderstood up to now and finally stop cheerleading, Shion additionally would not precisely have a lot confidence in herself, since she’s satisfied that nobody truly likes her songs. Fortunately for the 2, they grow to be one another’s largest followers, as Suzuha raves about her love for Shion’s singing to the purpose that she would not thoughts that she’s a bit tone-deaf, whereas Shion reveals that she truly primarily based her tune for his or her routine on how cool she thinks Suzuha is, earlier than being too embarrassed to complete the remainder of that dialog. It is extraordinarily lovely, and whereas I am skeptical that this present will decide to an precise romance between the women, I nonetheless have hope that issues will work out between these two regardless, and this complete factor left me feeling fairly spoiled for each of them.

Anyway, whereas that each one makes for a fairly good subplot, the main target right here is totally on Kanata as we study what is going on on together with her, which can also be the place I felt this episode stumbled a bit. We study that Kanata suffers from a situation known as Yips, which makes it tough to carry out in any other case acquainted athletic actions, and that the reason for it appears to be associated to a presently unknown incident that occurred throughout final 12 months’s large competitors. She’s additionally been protecting this a secret from these closest to her, together with Megumi, and he or she truly wasn’t even alleged to take part in final episode’s tryouts, as she’s been banned from cheerleading till her situation is cured. Now that they’ve discovered the reality, Megumi, Shion, and Nodoka are all somewhat hesitant to incorporate Kanata of their cheerleading movies. However Anna factors out that finally, it needs to be Kanata’s selection they usually cannot make that call for her. It’s no shock that Kanata decides to remain concerned, however she’s hesitant to place herself first, as she’s nonetheless undecided she will be able to truly do gymnastics and feels higher off as a spotter for now. If the episode had ended there, it might have been a fairly good compromise, as ardour apart, it might be fairly reckless to have her carry out whereas coping with a psychological situation that might put her at risk if she tousled. As a substitute, she finally ends up making an attempt to do a gymnastics routine, and whereas her first try fails, the others give her a pep discuss how an important a part of cheerleading is realizing who you’re cheering for and that she must have extra confidence in herself, and that is finally sufficient to permit her to tug off a profitable somersault.

I am undecided I like this all that a lot, to be trustworthy. Whereas I did not actually count on Kanata to be unable to carry out for many of the present or something, given how badly her situation appears to be affecting her, it feels somewhat low-cost to resolve issues in such a simplistic method. To be trustworthy, I do not count on this to actually stick, and since we nonetheless do not know for certain what induced Kanata to develop Yips, it’s going to in all probability proceed to have an effect on her for some time. However since that is the strongest dramatic hook the present has in the intervening time, it might be a little bit of a disappointment if it took a again seat for some time. Regardless of a few of these issues, I am nonetheless totally on board with this present. Even when Kanata’s points do take a again seat a bit, the stuff with Suzuha and Shion at the least provides me confidence that the present can do sufficient with the opposite women to maintain issues going within the meantime.

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Narenare – Cheer for you! – is presently streaming on Crunchyroll.