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meganbmooreRideback is an anime about a delicate ballerina in a fluttery white dress who rides a motorcycle that transforms into a mecha with arms and legs that drive up walls and performs ballet leaps.
I love it when I can say these things in complete seriousness and without exaggerating.
Rin is the daughter of a famous ballerina who falls and breaks her ankle at her star performance, thus crushing her dreams of living up to her mother’s legend. (As another character observes, she probably could have made a comeback, but then we’d have a different anime!) She deals with this by attending a near-all-girls school and having eternal platonic love with her roommate. Until she discovers a school club (which has what may be the only boys in school, except maybe a few extras) for Ridebacks, the aforementioned motorcycle mecha. With a Rideback, she’s able to perform an amazing leap and suddenly, her life is complete!
I thought this was an action anime and then suddenly it was a sports anime set up for Rin to have BFF!Rivalry with her busty club mate, Tamayo, the Rideback champion. And as soon as I adjusted myself to that, there was plot! With bombs! And terrorists! With Ridebacks! One of whom is an angsty whitehaired dude who I think tried to romance Rin by having his Rideback and hers dance together.
I’m fairly certain this was a good plot, but I kept getting distracted. Observe the opening credits:
I briefly forgot that I don’t typically care for mecha.
I love it when I can say these things in complete seriousness and without exaggerating.
Rin is the daughter of a famous ballerina who falls and breaks her ankle at her star performance, thus crushing her dreams of living up to her mother’s legend. (As another character observes, she probably could have made a comeback, but then we’d have a different anime!) She deals with this by attending a near-all-girls school and having eternal platonic love with her roommate. Until she discovers a school club (which has what may be the only boys in school, except maybe a few extras) for Ridebacks, the aforementioned motorcycle mecha. With a Rideback, she’s able to perform an amazing leap and suddenly, her life is complete!
I thought this was an action anime and then suddenly it was a sports anime set up for Rin to have BFF!Rivalry with her busty club mate, Tamayo, the Rideback champion. And as soon as I adjusted myself to that, there was plot! With bombs! And terrorists! With Ridebacks! One of whom is an angsty whitehaired dude who I think tried to romance Rin by having his Rideback and hers dance together.
I’m fairly certain this was a good plot, but I kept getting distracted. Observe the opening credits:
I briefly forgot that I don’t typically care for mecha.
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