So I just finished Rin 2. There’s not much for me to talk about it, since it felt more like a setup for Refrain than a self-containing tale. So I’ll just raise an observation and a question:
The observation: The boys seem to be just pushing Rin around with very little regards to her agency, and it led to a lot of crap going down. Kyousuke wanted to address her social anxiety, but he ended up pushing her in a situation that would have been traumatizing to practically anyone. Riki was treating her like a helpless damsel who needs to be stayed away from danger, though I can’t really blame him exactly. On top of not giving her that much voice in a story dealing about her, neither approaches are even going to work. I’ll add to this after reading Refrain. ^^;
The question, which I’d like to raise as a Key Point: Why is Rin so insistent on not parting with the cats to the point of even abandoning Riki? I mean there’s this line:
…but there might be more to it. ;u;
The choose-a-classical-music-for-the-heroine gimmick: This one took me a while to decide on anything solid. I initially went with Rondo a Capriccio/Rage over a Lost Penny, but abandoned the idea because Kurugaya spoiled it haha. Then I went with Scarlatti’s Cat Fugue, and I thought I will stick with that because it makes a nice counterpart to Kud’s Puppy Waltz. And then she hAD TO NAME ONE OF THE CATS “MENDELSSOHN.” So now it has to be a Mendelssohn gdi. Felix isn’t the only composer with that surname, but I’ll go with him because his name sounds close to “feline” lmao. Well it’s nice that he seems to have a piece that I know that seems to suit Rin’s naivete just fine, and it’s Spring Song. I’m fine with this I guess.
The rating: I give Rin1 a 3 for personal reasons and Rin2 a 4. Rin1’s writing is alright, but I absolutely hated the catcalling (ayy) joke, even if it was short. Rin2 was just fine.
Looking forward to Refrain~
