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deleted_8fdr1b6xrated THE IDOLM@STER SideM Episode 6 - Victory, Chosen by Both
the W episode and the one that surprised me the most emotionally. Producer getting hospitalized from overworking is a neat structural device that brings him into contact with Aoi Yusuke and Aoi Kyosuke — twin brothers with very different personalities who share the same name and a complicated dynamic. the hospital setting strips away the performance and idol machinery and forces everyone to just be people for 23 minutes, which gives this episode a quieter, more intimate quality than anything that came before it. the brothers' relationship is sketched quickly but effectively and by the end you understand why they work as a unit despite being so different. it also gives the Producer some actual character development which the show hadn't prioritized much before this point. quietly the most emotionally layered episode so far.

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