Paradox Live the Animation Episode 4 Discussion

GOD!!! I love Battle Pride in terms of what happens and if I cried with that voice drama, I cry again seeing it adapted into the anime :'v

Ryuu makes crazy preparations and Yohei and Shiki are his victims in his tests XD

And well, in the Pride voice drama, Hajun indirectly caused the creation of TCW's 4 Real but in the anime it happens after presenting that song (It's confusing and I'm still angry that they ignored the Justice TCW vs AKYR battle)

The rest is just like what happened with the voice drama of Battle Pride in the BAE part because from here Hajun's development begins for this season (Anne's is left for the 2nd season)

BAE is the team with family problems and having shitty parents. The ones with Allen denying and believing that what they say is the best, Anne with a toxic mother and Hajun received the worst part (the sad thing is that Hajun in phase 1, was never able to overcome his trauma until a certain event occurs to him that I will cry again)

And we know that Anne is a man, technically Anne is Non-Binary according to the official ParaLive accounts, Anne doesn't care and in the BANG song in Anne's part this is made very clear

"Boy or girl, does it matter?
F*ck da borderline
I gotta right to be me
AnZ, that's my ID"

According to official information, Anne likes to dress feminine but he is the manliest of the team and is loved for who Anne is, a fashionable person with the best fashion sense (there's a reason why Anne has a fashion business in real life called Swank)

Seeing the baby who is Hajun's half brother.....It doesn't hurt me...it burns HURTS ME!!! (Those of us who are up to date with ParaLive in voice drama know what I mean)

Instead of a Rap Battle, we got a "Worst Parents Battle" today. Interesting to see how they all share a similar trauma. And it was pretty emotional too!

I almost started laughing with Allen's flashback from his narration since he seemed to care more about his parent's distaste for music he likes and not supporting him making that kind of music than the fact they outright said they had him for selfish reasons of vicariously living through him or their lack of respect for personal property of his. Yes they are shitty parents but it didnt seem presented well by what he was saying versus what we were shown.

Anne's also felt poorly presented. Since assuming Anne is biologically male there how is this mother "toxic"from what we were shown if Anne didnt even speak up? Is the mother supposed to be telepathic? How would she even know what Anne wants if not told? Was that just some bullshit translation the subbers added or is it a particularly bad case of telling instead of showing? Even with the telling it came off unclear if you dont have any outside knowledge about Anne. It isnt even clear on what Anne is from that scene. A trans girl, a crossdressing male or a female that was being made to be a boy for her mother's neediness after having her husband leave? Even people in this thread that are looking into it dont seem to know, all saying different things.

Hajun's parents are extra dickish.

@traed In regards to Anne, Avex has been keeping their gender vague the whole time. They've even changed Anne's taglines on the official site a couple of times too. They went from otokonoko to unrestrained by gender.

To me, it seems like it's more up to interpretation and that Anne doesn't give a damn as long as you're respecting them. I personally use he/they pronouns, but a lot of people use they/them. Some people headcanon them as trans/NB and some people headcanon them as a GNC male.

This stuff was cutout, but in the very first drama track, Anne gets confronted by guys for wanting to use the men's restroom and makes a comment about how there are still idiots who don't know them (meaning they just assume they're a woman based on appearance) and plays into it to mess with them. And it's even mentioned by a few of the other characters that they're a guy.

I think the EN fan account does a nice job of explaining Anne's taglines: https://twitter.com/paradoxlive_EN/status/1709728346316095671

As for how it was shown, this is how it is in the specific drama track it was from. I think we're supposed to assume that they've tried and their mother just refuses to let them be who they want to be or that she's your typical short hair = boy, long hair = girl type of parent. She wants them to be her prince who will keep her from being lonely and obsesses over it. Anne seems to be too afraid to speak up, but I think them speaking up would've been a nice change from the tracks since they've added other things into the anime that weren't originally there or are shown a lot earlier. I also think this particular part could've benefited from at least mentioning more about Anne beforehand, even if the original tracks are still vague. Having the confrontation would've helped.

There's no way people are saying Anne is trans. She was forced to be a boy after her dad left. She did not choose to be a boy, that was the mom forcing her to do it. On another note, this episode dragged on for too long.

I almost started laughing with Allen's flashback from his narration since he seemed to care more about his parent's distaste for music he likes and not supporting him making that kind of music than the fact they outright said they had him for selfish reasons of vicariously living through him or their lack of respect for personal property of his. Yes they are shitty parents but it didnt seem presented well by what he was saying versus what we were shown.

Anne's also felt poorly presented. Since assuming Anne is biologically male there how is this mother "toxic"from what we were shown if Anne didnt even speak up? Is the mother supposed to be telepathic? How would she even know what Anne wants if not told? Was that just some bullshit translation the subbers added or is it a particularly bad case of telling instead of showing? Even with the telling it came off unclear if you dont have any outside knowledge about Anne. It isnt even clear on what Anne is from that scene. A trans girl, a crossdressing male or a female that was being made to be a boy for her mother's neediness after having her husband leave? Even people in this thread that are looking into it dont seem to know, all saying different things.

Hajun's parents are extra dickish.