"The Mane Attraction" is the best episode of season 5! · 10:13pm Dec 7th, 2015

Initially I was going to write out an entire review, but it'd make my last two posts pretty obsolete, so instead I'll share my feelings with you on this fucking epic episode! I am so glad I watched this. The thing is, I've been fairly lazy with the show, usually brushing off new episodes to view them later with my enthusiasm for ponies dying down. But lo and behold, that has changed. As a matter of fact, The Mane Attraction alone makes me consider season 5 the best in the series, despite the somewhat lackluster finale.

The last time I teared up this much was with Tanks for the Memories, but I do prefer this episode because of how it actually managed to make me legitimately smile. I'm going to sound cold and cynical here, but I hardly ever smile and mean it. When I do, it's usually to a joke, or because I don't want to come off as bitter, or because I'm superficially happy about a particular thing, but nothing from the heart.

But this episode, however, really touched me. Applejack was spot-on, Rara was a spectacular character, and her piano-induced song was the best in the series. I freaking love Daniel Ingram! What was so perfect is that, is you pay really close attention, you can notice that her singing was completely unedited, as there were small errors in her tone, something that no human can avoid. But the song was so well sang, and the fact that it was all completely natural, it just fits her characters.

Anyway, by far the best episode of the season; and it easily slides into my top 10 (perhaps 5) favorite episodes like hot butter. It's just a real shame that Amy Keating Rogers has left for good, but hopefully she's happy with her ambitions (she writes for Disney now).

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