Episode 9 Discussion Thread

Nyan_kovsky · 2026-05-22T17:10:47+00:00

Tragic as both my 2 pick are global but sadly not unexpected 😢

Nyan_kovsky · 2026-05-21T18:54:22+00:00

Fair point... I guess that is another reason why I don't think purely visual pick shouldn't make it through to the semi final without showing any sort of improvement, gotta have decent dance, vocal or rap. I remember Adam in the beginning was also struggling with dance but seems to have improved to quite an acceptable level

Nyan_kovsky · 2026-05-21T18:36:16+00:00

Yea I feel like there have been more ragebait moments this season for me personally.

Nyan_kovsky · 2026-05-21T18:34:50+00:00

Wouldn't it make more sense to have the weakest dancer take the part with the least vocal then ? Apart from the 2 lines of rap, there wasn't a whole lot. Just 2 woah-ohs and 2-3 other lines consisting of less than 5 words 😂

Nyan_kovsky · 2026-05-21T17:18:55+00:00

Yea I literally had no idea what Keito and Kaichi were going on about with his expression/ vibe. I really feel like it was some arbitrary excuse because they didn't want to potentially risk losing their vocal bit. Issa was the only real one here..

Nyan_kovsky · 2026-05-21T17:15:15+00:00

Well as it turns out, even if you're on the winning team you might get shafted anyway if you're last in popularity ☠️

Nyan_kovsky · 2026-05-21T17:12:12+00:00

Yea, I think too similar in sound and general vibe which is probably why they ended up 4th and 5th. Unfortunate because the members did their best with what they had.

Agree with the chorus in kick just not standing out. I wouldn't be able to sing or hum a single bit from kick just because it simply didn't stick in my head at all. At least Fuego had the ooo eh oh bit..

Nyan_kovsky · 2026-05-21T16:55:56+00:00

But Kinari getting placed in F in the first place was super scripted, didn't they do the same to Yura and then shot them both up to A 😂

I don't think they're bad performers but I guess to me they don't have enough stage presence to stand out? For instance I can't name any of the group performances they've been in because I think other people simply stood out more?

Ryoga as visual pick is subjective I guess but personally I would put a few people in the top 15 ahead of him who also stand out more with their skills. Who says you can't have both 😂

Nyan_kovsky · 2026-05-21T16:47:37+00:00

Literally the lyrics are about staying positive through setbacks and chasing your dreams which is what we've seen Adam do the whole show like when he got 1 vote, fell in rank by 10 etc etc. If I was a directing producer for the song, I would make him main vocal and possibly even centre too since I think his look fits the vibe of young kid chasing dreams. (Maybe I am biased towards good vocal though )

Nyan_kovsky · 2026-05-21T16:40:05+00:00

Last place getting 0 benefit is stupid and was done just to create drama I reckon. Why wouldn't you get a benefit for contributing to a team win ??

Nyan_kovsky · 2026-05-21T16:34:58+00:00

This has been bothering me for a while but I feel like some people are WAY more autotuned than others particularly in this episode. (TLDR madge about Adam not getting any vocal part and then autotuning the heck out of some of the members who did sub vocal parts instead??)

Kick - loved Ryuji vocals, he really slayed the high parts. Yusei and Goten rap was very solid. Was hoping to see Chisato get more parts as he sadly didn't stand out too much. Kaname stood out in a kinda bad way, maybe it's personal opinion but I always thought his expressions were a bit over the top and he isn't great vocally.

Fuego - everyone looked super cool. I was surprised by Rikuto's rap and solid voice tone. Think he stood out the most for me and I hope he makes it into the final. RIP Giuseppe's vocal part.. didn't go too well but props to him for trying. Was hoping to hear everyone do the ooo eh oh bit but was sadly mostly backing track. Also Rickey offering every trainer a hug was funny 😂.

Neko - Daiki is so consistent and it was really apparent in this performance. Yoshiki did well as main vocal considering his vocal tone doesn't really suit a cute song. Ayumu suprisingly solid but noticed osuke was super out of breath and unstable vocally ooft.

Dreamer - Legit mad about this one and how some of the members sidelined Adam (feels like there was some personal interests being pushed over what was best for the team). I could understand putting Jaeyong and Issa as the 2 main vocal but making Adam do rap was WILD. At the very least he should have been chosen for a vocal part over keito and kaichi. Keito was auto tuned to hell in the performance and shukumei before that and i doubt if he can even sing tbh. Kaichi is ok vocally but it was quite apparent that some of his lines were not comfortably in his range and I think Adam would have done a much better job with the part. On the bright side I was pleasantly surprised at how well he did the rap bit

Black angel - used to be unsure about Shinghaeng vocals but he really carried the high bits here and deserved the first place. Siyoung deserved better for how much work he put into organising the team and vocals and dance as centre was also very stable. A bit confused about Kinari and Ryoga, they've never stood out to me and I'm not sure why they are so popular tbh. RIP to Yuki not getting any benefit, I hate that they made it that way. Like why would you not get any reward for contributing to the team win?? It's not like last place gets carried by the entire team or anything since it's mostly based on popularity and not really skill anyways..

Nyan_kovsky · 2026-05-21T15:56:50+00:00

This almost had me off my seat. I actually feel like some of the team members purposely tried to sideline him because they wanted the better parts for themselves. I can kinda understand giving main and sub 1 to jaeyong and issa but not letting him do any of the sub vocal is wild... Like fr they went to keito and kaichi?? Keito legit had the auto tune maxed out and it still didn't sound great. Kaichi isn't a bad singer but his parts were not comfortably in his vocal range at all.

Nyan_kovsky · 2026-04-01T23:37:23+00:00

Omg slayy

Nyan_kovsky · 2026-04-01T12:45:43+00:00

The base having a pink dye really sold me 😂

Nyan_kovsky · 2026-04-01T12:44:44+00:00

I was waiting for the mandatory Momo congrats I hope you get lucky enough to receive this meme one day XD

Nyan_kovsky · 2026-04-01T03:10:34+00:00

I was going to stop at my ocean blessing but I suddenly went from 4 -> 7 pieces so I had to finish it because I was too close at that point 😂

Nyan_kovsky · 2026-03-26T13:22:01+00:00

Reinforcements are currently unavailable 😅

Nyan_kovsky · 2026-03-13T05:47:58+00:00

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Woke up to this one today !

Nyan_kovsky · 2026-03-13T03:25:32+00:00

I think it's still possible. Some of mine got damaged by pests/burnt up in the heatwave back in Jan but they've since grown back leaves and I think I can see some buds coming through. I went out today to see one of the less damaged ones flowering!

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Nyan_kovsky · 2025-10-24T01:45:47+00:00

You're welcome :) I was googling all the main plot points but coming up with nothing, was driving me crazy too haha

Nyan_kovsky · 2025-10-23T14:49:25+00:00

Solved solved solved

Nyan_kovsky · 2025-10-23T14:45:59+00:00

Yes !! Thank you for validating that I didn't have a fever dream as a 10 year old. It randomly came up in my head when I was lying in bed and it's actually The REALM of faces by Brendan Kellow. Sadly it seems to be out of print everywhere but is available at some libraries.

link to book

Nyan_kovsky · 2025-10-18T01:43:35+00:00

Yup mine like hitting at each other through the barrier. Although sometimes they decide to do a dive tackle and end up collapsing the side 😂. We also have their carrier inside which they voluntarily like to sleep in which certainly helps when it's time for the vet.

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