very confused on some events, but i liked it. The pacing was good before the hiatus, so it probably wouldve been able to tie up the loose ends if it continued, but at least they were able to conclude the story.
ive reread the last two chapters like like 10 times now and im still confused. So like the commercial forced mushroom to write cheerful songs that she didnt like which grew their popularity, and so management forced them to change their songs to be more cheerful. Then she went and did street performances again because she was feeling tired of having to write those songs, then she agreed to help with the new band because it allowed her to write songs she wanted again, then Seira got jealous. Then mushroom decides to quit and go solo because she could no longer write songs that would be fitting of seira, but still wanted Seira to 'not be limited by her narrow scope of songs' (not sure how going solo solves that since she wouldnt be singing them, also have no idea what 'while i can still write songs for Seiras sake' was implying at the end of ch11)?? is it because of corporate meddling or writers block? she says theres no worth staying by her side if she cant write songs for her, so like is it because she cant write the songs she used to that fit her image??? but then at the end Seira says she wants her to write songs for only her, so is she still going to write the cheerful songs and abandon writing for the other band, or is she going back to the old style? then Siera says she cant sing without mushroom, and she just decides not to quit.
i mightve misinterpreted something but this story makes me really confused trying to understand the character intentions. Like if the main issue was corporate meddling forcing them to change their songs and them not fitting Seiras image (or it mightve been writers block, im still not sure), then it never really gave a solution to why mushroom changed her mind about quitting after the talk with Seira, and the issue was kinda not addressed unless im an idiot and im glossing over it. ive been stressing out trying to put this puzzle together for like 2 hours
my headcannon is that Siera got jealous and started acting differently when mushroom was writing for the other band, and mushroom took this as her not liking the songs she wrote. Then realized at the end in the hospital that siera just wanted to sing her songs, and be the only one that does.