If GBC is going to continue then I have hope that it could get better. FWIW I still think this was a pretty good show. It didn’t hit the “it could have been so good” point which is arguably worse than a bad story, so I did enjoy it quite a bit, and I certainly think the writers are capable of making something good out of this considering how much it improved towards the end.

I definitely like Jellyfish more though. I think the writing was way better and although it was a bit slow, stuff still happens so the slow pacing wasn’t a bad thing.

they should play before a larger audience to get more exposure

I think the strategy works for Paripi Koumei but it just doesn’t work narratively here because the goal is different. I think opting for a smaller audience was the right call for togetoge. And I may be misunderstanding/misremembering but didn’t they mention that the exposure from DD could help them? In this case I’d argue it would actually harm them because the rivalry was already public.