>>52566669The core basis of the story was heavily contrived and the plot left a lot of nagging questions, which is the primary detractor from the story. I get that the "message" of Team Star's plotline is actually "friendship is a treasure" (which is the message the rest of the main plotline was pushing with the Arven subplot, Nemona subplot, and the main plot) and not "bullying is bad don't do it," but with the way the plot is set up, it comes off as exceedingly extravagant and convoluted.
That said, there is one (1) redeeming factor that is praise-worthy, and those are the characters in it.Team Star was well-characterized, with each admin having thoughts and opinions on the other admins, a "role" (tailor, composer, mechanic, etc.), an origin story, and at least two "sides." Director Clavel was also unexpectedly multidimensional and characterized.
Honestly, I think Team Star's plotline primary plot flaws could have been fixed with a handful of dialogue/motive changes:
>Portray Team Star as actual bullies to add a layer of irony that the bullied have become the bullies after being ostracized for standing up and being isolated>Have Team Star not realize that the whole school isn't out to get them anymore and have them continue building up their "army" to eventually get "revenge" (the trick being that there is no longer anyone to get revenge against)>Replace Penny's motive of "beat my friends up so they don't get expelled" to "my friends have BECOME the bullies without realizing it; beat them up to make them realize they've become the very thing they swore to defeat">Have a few of the old "bullies" who dropped out of school show up; the girl in Eri's camp was a good start, but without any "antagonists" to specifically blame for Team Star's formation, the "bullies" feel facelesstl;dr core characterization is strong, so a lot of people ignore how contrived the plot is and like the Team Star story for its (relatively) dynamic characters
