I'm not going to lie to you, I came into this anime out of curiosity to see how a girl in a wheelchair would participate in a cheerleading club. Fortunately, I stayed because of the interesting topics that these girls bothered to expose. I'm not a regular in the CGDCT genre, I think this was my first experience. I thought that throughout 12 weeks, I would only see happy girls trying to make more people happy. I couldn't be more wrong, because even though the girls were children, they never tried to infantilize their problems. Post-traumatic stress, yips, spiral of self-destruction, the search for personal dreams,the sense of belonging and frustration. Each of the girls has her own problem that they will explore thanks to the formation of the PomPoms group. A group founded to cheer others, but its main function would be to cheer the girls that make up the group. Each of them had their own personal conflict that was explored and even gave them time to explore the problems of girls outside the group.

Topics as delicate and complex as depression, self-destructive spiral, self-loathing, hate comments on the internet and the consequences of these on real people. The pressure of the work that involves creating content on social networks and the physical and mental ravages that this type of excessive work causes in people. In the end, cheerleading was only a theme to attract people's interest so that when you were on the networks of the story, you could let go of other more serious topics.

The anime also has respect when it shows a half-Brazilian character. Even though they represent Latin blood in a stereotypical way, it doesn't become offensive or a simple mockery. They really take it seriously, they give you a character who is multilingual and also you can see the difference between the hot blood of the Latinos and the mediating style of the Japanese. The contrast is so noticeable but at the same time it works very well because of the type of environment where it takes place.

Although I liked the story, we must say that the story lacked a bit of what it promised, cheerleading. Sometimes they focused so much on personal stories that cheerleading was left aside. There is choreography and acrobatics but not as much as one would like. Sometimes in the more relaxed chapters a bit more choreography would be appreciated, beyond just girls screaming at the top of their lungs.

It was a pleasant surprise for me to see this anime. I underestimated what the genre could bring and they showed me that sometimes the stigmas that one carries regarding certain things can be broken at any moment. I think it is an anime that opened the door to a new world of stories and characters. I certainly thank Nanare for opening my eyes.