閃光少女，中西對決 - Our Shining Days (Shining Girl)

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Our Shining Days is a Chinese musical about the struggles of a minority group in Chinese orchestra. Chen Jing (played by Xu Lu, who is from Inner Mongolia) excels at yangqin (a traditional Chinese instrument similar to the santur.
Angry at the prejudice of the classical instrument students, especially Wang Wen (a boy she has a crush on) towards the traditional instrument students, she forms her own ensemble group. Four of the girls agree to join only because Chen promises them expensive action figures. The four girls are Otaku; a Japanese term meaning obsessive interests, for the girls it's anime and cosplay. They name their group 2.5 Dimension, a blending of the 2-Dimensional and 3-Dimnensional universes. They perform at comicons and anime conventions, where they develop a following.

Chen Jing is crushed and demoralized when Wang Wen publicly rejects Chen and Chinese music. Chen Jing decides to disband the ensemble. The four Otaku girls are infuriated, as they have come to love Dimension 2.5 and refuse the action figures because they are angry. Chen Jing's mother convinces her not to give up the music, as it is a part of her.

The director of the school decides to close the Chinese Orchestra. Dimension 2.5 protests and other students join the protest. Dimension 2.5 organizes a competition with the Classical musical during a visit from an inspector. The Classical Orchestra is unable to keep up. (scene below)

At the end, the Chinese Orchestra get help from the Classical Orchestra for their live concert



tbh:
I have not seen the movie, but have seen the music from the movie. The music is quite impressive.
One of the twins (our BiSH punk daughter) loves this movie. I think she's Otaku about Asian music. She wants to learn the yangqin.
Also, I think she loves the movie because the girls in the movie are "Amazing performers and great actresses." (her description) The movie appears to have strong, positive, yet somewhat quirky female characters