I have no idea what happened to this show. Carole & Tuesday started off extremely strong, the first few episodes flew by and I was so sad when I reached the end of an episode. However, the second core of the anime was highly disappointing and there were many points throughout those episodes where I was like… are they serious right now?

I am going to start off with what I liked about the show, which was the music. I would say I enjoyed about 90% of the songs that were performed in it, and it has made it into my daily playlists. Celeina Ann and Nai Brixx killed it. However, don’t expect too much lyricaly, it’s quite simple and they often repeat the lyrics. My favorite tracks have to be: Kiss Me (Opening 1), Loneliest Girl, Army of Two and Give you the World (both versions). I highly recommend that you guys go listen to these.

Oh man… where do I even start with the plot? The beginning of the series was very misleading. We see Carole & Tuesday meet, develop their friendship and write songs together. It was nice, calm and their growth in friendship was heartwarming. They added a rival singer, Angela, into the mix who was the cliche child star that looked down on Carole & Tuesday. I was fine with this rivalry and thought that was the most drama we would be getting. I wish that was the end of the drama. It seemed to have lost its direction and.. Just went everywhere, it literally touched on EVERY trope. You’ve got the crazy stalker fan (two of them), death, falling in love AND heartbreak (IN THE SAME EPISODE!), drug overdoses/usage and wow even Trump made his way in here. I’m going to tell you that at least three of these things all happened in just one episode and in the matter of a few minutes. I don’t know what was going through their heads when they did this and I found myself laughing at how ridiculous everything got. There were many unneeded plot points that were shoved in and felt extremely forced. There was even a revelation at the very end of the series where one character reveals that they were both babies that were designed by the same person to be perfect?? OUT OF NO WHERE, THE CHARACTER SAID THIS AND THEN NOTHING ELSE, THAT PLOT POINT WAS DONE APPARENTLY.

Maybe the first few episodes made me believe that I would be getting a show that focused on the music and friendship between these two girls. So when I got something so drama filled, it left a bad taste in my mouth. I would recommend listening to the songs, but I can’t say that I would recommend Carole & Tuesday. If you still want to watch this, I would say to only watch the first half.

Just two small notes if you do plan to start this:

1. The singing is in English, and the mouth movements of the characters do not match at all.
2. They re-use a lot of scenes when it comes to audience members and reactions. You will see the same person, with the same emotions throughout a performance, and some even make it to a completely unrelated performance in different episodes.