story developing well, very high production standards
Story is coming along. I am impressed by the professional quality of the design, photography and direction. The school band scenes were well performed and no attempt was made to disguise the off-key singing, which was realistic. The cast do a good job, especially the lead boy New playing Fou4Mod, who has to show a lot of differet moods, being sometimes like a child when with his classmates, sometimes confident, and in this episode vulnerable. The attention given to false nails and stickers seems juvenile to me, but I am not Generation Z! The cast are mostly older than their characters, which is usual, but Pide who plays Chian has a very masculine face and shaved facial hair and looks significantly older than New. There is only 3 years difference, but in the last scene it looked like a man and a boy together.