Jellyfish episode 2 was a joy, it may even overtake Girls Band Cry for my #1 new show spot. It's clear now with episode 2 how much this series is wearing it's A Place Further Than the Universe influence on it's sleeve.
Whisper Me a Love Song was a fantastic surprise. As someone who stopped reading the manga, this was one of my least anticipated shows that was still on the watch list, but I think this is going to be a much better experience than the source material. The color use here is very strong, and both it and the general design of the anime help a lot with the, for lack of a better term, generic look of the manga. This was a big problem for me later on in the series when I couldn't even tell some characters apart in some scenes. Unsurprisingly, for a show about a singer in a band (this is just all over this season, huh?), being able to hear the songs and the bands play is a big deal. Certainly reminded me why I started reading the series in the first place, and I'm really happy to get this second shot at it. They also go out of their way to lay some groundwork for future character revelations that weren't really setup as clearly in the manga, which is nice (wanted to go back and check this first).
If I had one thing to complain about, this is one of the biggest disparities I've ever seen between character art and background extra character quality in any anime. It's only a couple seconds across the episode runtime, but these models are
abysmal
. Even in the OP they're awful, like did these get put in at the last second or what??
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/43df86b7.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/75c74ead.jpg
Xbox 360 sports stadium ass mother fuckers.
https://i.ibb.co/Twbb1b6/20240223-211737.jpg
https://youtu.be/qj9p6IFSlnk?si=cZ5L4OPM0TjVjwCD