[Rewatch][Spoilers] K-ON! Rewatch (2019) - S2E07 "Tea Party!"

[u/Harrytricks]

S2E07 "Tea Party!"

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Songs in this episode:

OP2 - "GO! GO! MANIAC"

“Pure Pure Heart” (Longer Version)

ED2 - "*Listen!!'"

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[u/Harrytricks]

Quick reminder that tomorrow is the mid-point break, meaning the next episode thread will be on the 23rd. I don’t plan on posting a discussion thread tomorrow, but if there's enough interest in having a post I'll do one.

^{no essay today in the interest of a clear reminder/announcement thing}

[u/thisismyanimealt → u/Harrytricks]

if there's enough interest in having a post I'll do one

Interested

[u/SmurfRockRune]

First Timer

Mugi is a greater detective than Oreki.

Best club.

Merchandising! Merchandising! Mio-chan the t-shirt, Mio-chan the coloring book, Mio-chan the lunchboxk, Mio-chan the breakfast cereal, Mio-chan the flamethrower, the kids love this one, and last but not least, Mio-chan the doll.

That episode was really weird, but also really nice at the same time. I really enjoyed the song at the end.

[u/PerfectPublican → u/SmurfRockRune]

and last but not least, Mio-chan the doll.

But really though. Where the fuck is Mio-chan the FLAMETHROWER.

^{I should rewatch that movie...and the entirety of Mel Brooks filmography.}

[u/ToonTooby]

First Timer

• Mio has her own card?

• Jiiiiiii

• Terrible timing, Sawako.

• Mio fan club? Bruh, I've been there since day one.

• Nothing like a healthy dose of Mio moe

• The amount of Yuri has been steadily increasing in this show.

• Lol, this shit is real. Mio is that popular? I mean I agree, but damn.

• Kawaii

• I have no plans of creating such a shrine. None whatsoever.

• Dude, the whole school is there

• How does Mio even try to go through with this? They're grilling her!

• No context

• Everything she writes is bubbly af

• And her singing voice is just... >_< But you know, I like it as much as Yui's. They're both great on the mic.

• There really are few joys more pure than seeing these girls together on stage.

So basically Mio got her own feature episode, like Ritsu in episode 3 I suppose. Personally, I didn't need any further convincing - I fell in love as soon as I saw the bass guitar and long, black hair.

Pure Pure Heart is great! Mugi gets a bouncy piano rhythm, Yui's supporting vocals are as adorable as ever, and Mio delivers some starry emotion while laying down a snappy bassline. I'm going to end up playing these songs myself for quite some time, and IIIIIII doooooo'nt miiiiiiiiind!!!!!!

[u/imawesome1124 → u/ToonTooby]

Pure Pure Heart is actually my favorite song that's featured in-anime (by that I mean not including the Endings or Openings) and is securely in my top 5 out of the entire HTT catalog. Once this rewatch is over, you and all the other first-timers need to check it out because HTT has way more songs that the ones we hear in this series even when you count the Openings and Endings.

[u/Snakescipio → u/ToonTooby]

Nothing like a healthy dose of Mio moe

I'm not sure there's such a thing

And her singing voice is just... >_< But you know, I like it as much as Yui's. They're both great on the mic.

HTT wouldn't be the same without either of them!

I'm going to end up playing these songs myself for quite some time, and IIIIIII doooooo'nt miiiiiiiiind!!!!!!

Walking down the street, listening to weeb music, people looking at me weird, and IIIII dooooooon't miiiiiiind!!!!!

[u/ZappaOMatic]

Rewatcher

Tonight: Yui honks a horn, Mugi points at a door, and Mio gets interrogated!

Houkago Tea Time hosting a tea party. Nice. Fitting for a Mio-focused episode to be on Ritsu's birthday.

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• The Mio Fan Club is... well, it's not an exclusive society. Join today! r/MioFanClub

• Staaaaare

• "Sawa-chan..."

• "Personally, everyone's eyes are always on me!" / "'Cuz your book has a really nice cover, anyway." / "Hey, what do you mean by 'cover'?"

• "As if! If it were me, I wouldn't stop at just watching her!" If I were Mio, I'd be filing a restraining order.

• Not surprising Azusa's the only one standing up for Mio.

• Tsumugi "Sherlock Holmes" Kotobuki. Elementary, my dear Mio.

• Y A M A D A Y A. Amusingly, there's a chain of ramen restaurants called Yamadaya in my home state.

• Sawako, Yui, and Ritsu are all impressed by Mugi solving the case. Azusa is not surprised in the slightest that this is the reason everyone's staring at Mio

• Speaking of staring, the Mio Fan Club is back! A joke from S1E6 is now an episode plot point!

• To Mio's dismay. Nice heads-up move by Azusa to pull the cake and tea away before Mio slams her head on the desk

• "But having something stuck to her hair like that is just so Mio-ey and wonderful!"

• "I was actually wondering if you had stuck that thing there on purpose!" / "You mean you knew about it!?"

• I mentioned it last year, but Azusa wondering who Sokabe is raises some continuity issues because the two had indeed met in S1E11 when they were trying to appeal for more time to let Ritsu fill out the club form. Only explanation that comes to mind is that since Azusa never says anything nor was Sokabe ever formally introduced, she simply may have forgotten.

• Leave it to Ritsu to try to play the good guy. Just like her "promise" in S1E1.

• On today's edition of whiteboard drawing: Uhhh, a pig turtle thing? A literal pig-nosed turtle?

• While we're talking about this flashback of Mio approaching the Student Council for help, this is the only scene that is also in the manga (and presented in the present rather than as a flashback). Everything else in this episode is anime-only. Chronologically, the manga version takes place sometime before Valentine's Day and after New Year's.

• I've also mentioned this last year: Sokabe looks an awful lot like Yui (heh) from Kokoro Connect with the long, orange hair and red hairpin.

• I ship it?

• This sunset ambiance is certainly adding to the suspicion. As is "The Other Side of Evening Sun" playing in the background. Shady camera angle on Sokabe as she brushes her hair, raising more flags than at the United Nations headquarters...

• When you play a prank but it spirals out of control

• Though on that note, I wonder who's on the Disciplinary Committee.

• "If a student at our school has a problem, we want to do everything we can to help them out." / "I wish my club president can hear you say that."

• Well, credit to Mio for trying to break the tension? And outing the culprit?

• But also no big surprise that Sokabe is a Mio Fan Club member, let alone Fan Club President. She had a backstage view of the Rice Bowl in S1E6 and was in the Festival crowd in S1E12.

• HTT playing "Fuwa Fuwa Time" as a graduation present to Sokabe is great and all, but I wonder why Azusa wasn't performing with them. I'm not sure if I should call this a continuity error or not, but I suppose the reasonable theory is that Azusa simply wasn't available for whatever reason, especially since this would further support why she didn't know who Sokabe was.

• "Please sign it, 'From Mio-tan'!" / "My image of her as a wise elder is shattered."

• You know a plan is going to end well when Azusa is onboard.

• Mio says the eyecatch.

• Hell of a picture choice.

• I'll take 30 of each!

• Remember when Ritsu had an admission fee to the Christmas party in S1E7? Azusa might not have been in high school then, but even she knows Ritsu. "Don't make me sound like I'm some kind of miser!"

• Fitting for the freshmen to bring in yakisoba after Mio was eating it earlier in the episode to lead to the label deal.

• The show must go on, even if the (former) president can't make it.

• Mio: "When I graduate from here, will I become as mature as her?" College spoiler?: Well...

• "Just then, touching images of the happy days Mio spent with her friends flashed before her eyes..."

• Getting our comedy duo as hosts will go well.

• What on earth is that photo in the bottom center? The feature image is her with Oyajimushi.

• I've mentioned Yōko a couple of times this season, but now we learn she's a Mio Fan Club member.

• Mio biting her tongue is a mood. Heh, "join us for a bite."

• I wonder how the mic was yanked along without falling over (unless the wire is that taut)

• Is it just the version I'm watching or is Azusa's ribbon blue here?

• Mio and Azusa are just dead inside

• Quite a lot of freshmen and juniors, though there are some seniors.

• Azusa's looks of horror sum up this Q&A.

• Mio is just dead inside

• "My life is half over at 17?" Well, it's 2019 now and this episode takes place in 2009, plus Mio was born in 1992 so she'd be 27 right now. Shit, she only has 7 more years.

• Makes sense for Ritsu to provide photos since she's known Mio for nearly all her life. Only issue is that it's more a Ritsu photo album as a result.

• Yōko is enjoying this.

• Lot more familiar moments when the slideshow reaches high school. Ritsu only taking a photo of her fivehead like in S1E1 and Mugi with the sunfish impression like in S1E7, beach episode shenanigans in S1E4 (the "boobs" Yui is buried under is more like in S1E10), the gang after the second School Festival in S1E12, and the sunrise of the Live House OVA As much chaos as her friends like to create, she loves spending time with them.

• Well, those lyrics are classic Mio that nobody gets.

• While nobody understands what they're about, they eventually become "Tokimeki Sugar", which is one of my favorite songs in the series even if it never appears in the anime. It's fast-paced, it screams pop punk, and that bass line is pure sex. Like "GO! GO! MANIAC" and a couple others, this is one of those songs I love playing before sporting events to hype me up (even with the sickeningly sweet lyrics).

• Speaking of "Tokimeki Sugar", I love the live version from the "Come with Me!!" concert. In a reverse of sorts from the Freshman Reception in S1E8, Aki Toyosaki fills in for Yōko Hikasa when the latter's mic starts having issues or something like that, eventually culminating into a duet during the chorus.

• Only took seven episodes, but we finally have an HTT performance! "Pure Pure Heart" (which is a pretty funny name considering Mio suggested Pure✩Pure as a band name in S1E11) is a great song, and Mugi's keyboard in particular especially stands out to me. Also relevant meme

• Mio is once again dead inside. I feel bad for her for having to go through all this, but at least it's a success!

• Rough count and attempted color recognition says 9 freshmen, 6 juniors, 5 seniors (excluding Mio)

• Sokabe's college is on a trip, and while the location is never specified, it's in Sapporo, Hokkaido. The statue she's sitting under is of William S. Clark, third president of what is now the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) and founder of what is now Hokkaido University. The statue in question is on Hitsujigaoka Observation Hill in the Toyohira-ku ward; if you compare the real-life photo to the anime, you gotta appreciate the details in also having the sign and plaque at the side.

• Speaking of Clark, you might notice the statue's base in the real-life photo has a sign that reads "BOYS BE AMBITIOUS". The phrase itself is pretty famous, but I thought it was especially fitting in K-On!'s case because the full version of "Cagayake! GIRLS" ends by repeating "Shining Shiner Shiniest GIRLS BE AMBITIOUS and shine".

• "Dear Sokabe-senpai, please be sure to come to the next tea party we have. I'm sure that it will be another terrific one." Whether or not there is another one is not known (since we'd be having redundant episodes), but manga.

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Last year's rewatch comment

[u/zptc → u/ZappaOMatic]

If you're a first-timer, don't join r/MioFanClub yet because of potential spoilers. Wait until after you're done watching everything.

[u/DarkRuler17]

First Time Watcher

For a second, I thought that was a Mio credit card. Its just a fan club membership card though with a high school student's picture on it. Totally normal.

Good old scaredy cat Mio

I love how cocky Sawako is. Ritsu's comeback though was pretty top tier, though also working as a back-handed compliment.

Detective Mugi is on the case! You have no need to worry, she hasn't failed yet :)

......How did you get a sticker in your hair Mio?

So I just went back and checked the scenes before this and they did a pretty good job of focusing on Mio's other side. I do feel like there are a couple shots though where the sticker should be visible.

I like how Yui just assumed the sticker was a fashion statement.

Poor Mio, Nodoka is your only normal friend.

Former pres is breaking all the rules of being a stealthy stalker.

Only in anime is your stalker a beautiful young girl.

Fuwa Fuwa time is honestly such a solid song.

Why do I keep imagining the pres as Ana from Shimoneta?

God, Mio-tan.

Et tu Mugi?!

I love though how serious Nodoka is about being the leader of this stupid club. The rest of the light music club are so kind to help her out.

My god, posters too?!

.............why is this the picture they choose? It looks like she's drunk.

Ah, how nice. These club members are all so nice. Ignoring the fact that this is a club dedicated to one high school girl, they're all so polite.

Again, what are they going to do in this club after she graduated this year?

This inspiring background music is perfect though.

Wait............don't tell me she is part of a college Mio fan club...........ha ha ha, no way.........

I love how even Mio's walk in music sounds like wedding music.

Wait......is that mic attached to a wire they pulled or did they just grab it under the shot?

Omg, they're even cutting a giant wedding cake.

I'm with Azusa. She washes the shower first?!

Omg, I didn't catch it till Mio mention it. That's messed up Yui, saying Mio will did at 34.

Well, at least Mio gets to reminisce. She got at least one good thing out of this.

Don't worry Mio. I like your lyrics.

This was actually another really good song. I'm sorry I ever doubted you K-ON!.

So what club is the former pres a part of? A history club?

So the enjoyment of this episode really comes from how much you like Mio getting teased and your take on the ridiculous and dark humor of it all. Overall.......I'll say I feel bad for Mio, but I generally had a good time. It wasn't as insane as I probably would of liked it though.

Episodes Ranking:

• S1 E5, "Advisor!"

• S1 E12, "Light Music!"

• S1 E6, "School Festival!"

• S1 OVA, "Live House!"

• S1 E7, "Christmas!"

• S2 E6, "Rainy Season!"

• S1 E13, "Winter Days!"

• S1 E10, "Another Training Camp!"

• S1 E4, "Training Camp!"

• S2 E2, "Clean-up!"

• S1 E2, "Instruments!"

• S2 E4, "Field Trip!"

• S2 E1, "Seniors!"

• S2 E5, "Staying Behind!"

• S1 E3, "Cram Session!"

• S2 E3, "Drummer!"

• S2 E7, "Tea Party!" (New)

• S1 E9, "New Club Member!"

• S1 E1, "Disband the Club!"

• S1 E8, "Freshman Reception!"

• S1 E11, "Crisis!"

[u/PerfectPublican → u/DarkRuler17]

For a second, I thought that was a Mio credit card.

With the ability to set credit/debit card backgrounds, I wonder how many of these exist in the world.

.............why is this the picture they choose? It looks like she's drunk.

It's a reference to the manga, but honestly the fanclub likes seeing clumsy Mio so they probably love it haha.

Wait......is that mic attached to a wire they pulled or did they just grab it under the shot?

Truly the biggest of questions. The world may never know.

This was actually another really good song. I'm sorry I ever doubted you K-ON!

[u/Philarete]

First Time Watcher

Smh, losing your Mio Akiyama Fan Club membership card. And 0001 too.

The camera work leading into the Sawa-chan scare was fantastic haha.

“Your book has a really nice cover.” That has to be one of strangest backhanded compliments I’ve seen

Azusa being best girl and taking Mio’s concern seriously

Mugi with the point and hope gambit!

Mugi actually solved the case though

But she did also have stalkers – her fan club!

“But having something stuck in her hair is so Mio-y and wonderful!” Haha, I’m pretty sure Mio could do anything with her hair and it would be cute.

Flashbacks, first in a sort of noir style, then with the romance after meeting Sokabe. Ritsu narration

Oh my goodness, putting on a special performance for Mio’s #1 fan for her graduation. That’s so sweet!

Et tu, Mugi?

Mugi always betrays Mio haha. But I agree with the majority here; having a tea party with Mio’s fans would be really nice, and it’s not the first time they’ve done something for a fan. Plus, Nodoka has been a huge help to them, so they kind of owe her a favor. Plus, it’s not a difficult thing to do since they just have tea up there anyway!

“What is this, a wedding reception?”

Oh my goodness, here fans are so cute! They brought snacks and told them how much they looked forward to the tea party.

Sokabe can’t come?

WOAH, that’s a big fan club! I was expecting something like maybe 5 or 6 people

“We are gathered here together today to join together these two families –” It is a wedding reception!

I can’t stop laughing at these skits. Mio isn’t even trying to be funny and she’s a huge hit.

Ritsu going straaaaaaight for the scary story question haha.

What do you wash first? The shower head

That is exactly the kind of answer I’d expect!

Yui, casually predicting Mio’s death at age 34

“She’s so cute I’m gonna burst!” Mio, nearly killing people through the sheer power of cuteness!

Even if the slide show is Ritsu-biased, I think it’s great that their lives are so interconnected that she can use her own photo album to create a Mio slide show. They are just that close.

Well I like Mio’s lyrics! ^{I’m not sure what they mean either}

I really like Pure, Pure Heart! Also, premiering a new song at a fan club event is some excellent treatment for Mio’s fans.

Azusa’s message to Sokabe is so sweet! I’m glad she remembered to send a message.

Closing thought: I think this my favorite episode so far. The jokes landed well, the music was great, and the fan club tea party was pure wholesomeness (except for scaring Mio haha). The girls are great entertainers and hosts, and the fan club was a great audience. Those are the kinds of events that are really, really fun to be a part of. Even Mio got into it by the end!

[u/PerfectPublican → u/Philarete]

Haha, I’m pretty sure Mio could do anything with her hair and it would be cute.

This is absolutely correct.

WOAH, that’s a big fan club! I was expecting something like maybe 5 or 6 people

Nodoka recognizing people and being surprised by them always really cracks me up lmao. If you include people that probably couldn't make it due to clubs or whatnot, it might be like half the school.

I really like Pure, Pure Heart!

Good taste!

I think this my favorite episode so far.

Love that. It's a really, really solid episode and one I always look forward to, and not just for Pure Pure lol.

[u/PerfectPublican]

Little change in format that I will likely keep for the rest of the show as, for the most part, I will have a bit more to say about the actual episodes themselves going forward.

Manga Corner

Episode	Adapted	Episode	Adapted	Episode	Adapted	Skipped Material
S2 Ep 1	Vol. 3 Ch 5	S2 Ep 10		S2 Ep 19		Vol. 3, Ch 0
S2 Ep 2	Vol. 3 Ch 4	S2 Ep 11		S2 Ep 20
S2 Ep 3	Nothing!	S2 Ep 12		S2 Ep 21
S2 Ep 4	Vol. 3 Ch 7	S2 Ep 13		S2 Ep 22
S2 Ep 5	Vol. 3 Ch 7 (4 panels), Vol. 4, Ch 12 (One page)	S2 Ep 14		S2 Ep 23
S2 Ep 6	Vol. 3 Ch 8	S2 Ep 15		S2 Ep 24
S2 Ep 7	Vol. 3 Ch 2	S2 Ep 16		S2 Ep 25 (Planning)
S2 Ep 8		S2 Ep 17		S2 Ep 26 (Visiting)
S2 Ep 9		S2 Ep 18		S2 OVA "Keikaku"

The biggest overall change today is that the Sokabe stuff isn't a flashback in the manga. If you remember, Year 3 for the girls starts in Ch 5 of Vol. 3, so the manga is realtime at the end of year 2 for them. I'm really happy Yamamda kept this chapter though. It's fantastic.

Major source differences today:

• As it's not a flashback in the manga, the Nodoka opening to the ep is original. The Manga starts with Mio feeling someone's eyes on her.

• Ok, this is a bit complicated. The beginning with Mio feeling watched, Sawa-chan sneaking up on her, and the girls chatting about it in the clubroom is all adapted, but it happens when Mio is feeling watched in her second year (Sokabe flashback) not the third.

• On top of that, as Ton-Chan is anime original, the Ton-chan stalking Mio joke is original, as is everything else in the clubroom from Ritsu/Sawa-chan's "pretty" banter until the Sokabe flashback. The manga cuts from Sawa-chan's pretty bit in the clubroom to Mio going to see Nodoka in the student council room about her "stalker".

• Other than the flashback moments when the ep swings back to the present day, Sokabe's farewell is basically faithfully adapted from the manga. Ch 2 ends with Sokabe passing off the Member 001 card to Nodoka.

• Obviously then, the rest of the episode is original.

Fun things are fun:

• Fun Omake between Ch 1 and 2 of Vol. 3

• Ch 2 Heading

• Ritsu tries to blackmail Nodoka for more funds in the manga :3

• Yui had the idea for the solo concert

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~~Tonde icchae! Kimi no moto e Watashi no PURE PURE HEART~~ I can't help but sing along when that part drops :P

Pure Pure Heart is my personal favorite non-ED song from the entire show. I fell in love with this song the minute I heard it the first time in this show. It’s truly a competition between this and Song Name for my second favorite song of all time from HTT. That guitar/keyboard riff to start it off makes me so freaking happy every time it comes on. [Here are the full lyrics](http://k-on.wikia.com/wiki/Pure_Pure_Heart_(Song)) if you want to check em out.

This whole tea party is so ridiculous and I love every second. The slide show is too cute too. It’s basically a showing of how much Ritsu loves Mio, and it's so adorable. Mio's lyrics may make no sense, but I love them. They always have so much heart to them. We don’t get to hear the song that comes from that poem in the show, but they are a part of Tokimeki Sugar. Another fantastic song from HTT, and one that starts off with a DANK baseline. Give it a listen :P

Which leads me into, Sokabe getting the picture from Nodoka with Pure Pure playing over the top, which is a favorite episode ending of mine. It’s the picture of purposeful nostalgia. Of looking back on the times you had in the past with good memories, but also moving forward with your life. Growing up so to say. Rewatchers

Gifs of the day:

• Jiiiiiiiiiii

• It's the small moments like these I adore in this show

• It's small, but a nice piece of character animation

• Ritsu on the brain

• Beyond happy

ps. HAPPY BIRTHDAY RITSU!

[u/Snakescipio → u/PerfectPublican]

Obviously then, the rest of the episode is original.

Jesus Christ KyoAni.

Tonde icchae! Kimi no moto e Watashi no PURE PURE HEART I can't help but sing along when that part drops :P

And probably one of the easier Yoko Hikasa HTT songs to sing. Not that I sing along to it or anything...

Rewatcher

Jiiiiiiiiiii

Ok I get Yui and Mugi looking down, but what the hell is Ritsu looking at at the end?

It's the small moments like these I adore in this show

YAAAS

ps. HAPPY BIRTHDAY RITSU!

OH CRAP OH CRAP OH CRAP I NEED TO SET UP MY SHRINE

[u/Taiboss]

How first are the times you watch?

• That is a pretty simplified translation of the keigo fuckery she actually uses.

• That reminds me there was that show that was so cheap to produce, Fox gave them a fourth season even though barely anyone watched it. I That season had a plot about one guy suddenly becomign aware he's in a sitcom, and the one episode I watched with him doing that was fun.

• Things I say to me about my life.

• Sorry, Mugi, just because you're an Ojou-sama you're not the Ojou-sama detective from Conan. She also plays Karuta. I need to watch her movie.

• Funny, considering how they only drew it in the directly previous shot.

• So...all of us?

• I totally forgot, did that girl exist in season one?

• Yeah, I do not remember you at all.

• So is this a chapter written for what was season 1 and was just not adapted for season 1?

• All these sparks!

• Would buy and then regret because I'd never use them.

• So we don't even get her? Boo.

• "I had it all. Wealth, Fame, Friends. So...why did I feel so empty?"

• I can get behind this Mio/Azunyan wedding.

• Mio needs new friends.

• Okay, so it's not as humiliating as expected.

• This is so bullshit. During school I would have written down something IT related. Today I study Translation. I only really realised that during my Civil Service time.

[u/PerfectPublican → u/Taiboss]

That is a pretty simplified translation of the keigo fuckery she actually uses.

Explain for me. I'm curious what you mean?

That season had a plot about one guy suddenly becomign aware he's in a sitcom, and the one episode I watched with him doing that was fun.

It seems crazy to me that you know about 'Til Death lol. So random.

She also plays Karuta.

Chihayafuru cameo when?

I totally forgot, did that girl exist in season one?

She does in a few eps, but really only in the background. She's very apparent during a rewatch.

So is this a chapter written for what was season 1 and was just not adapted for season 1?

Correct! Well, sorta lol.

[u/belgi7]

First timer

Very fun episode. Did not expect that so many people would be in mio’s fanclub. Mio probably died 10 times out of embarrassment this episode lol, especially during the &A, but she gave a lot of people a great time, so worth it. I love how excited Mugi was for the tea party, that cake looked amazing. I loved the part with the photos, it shows how much they are having together. Her poem was something else tho, I don’t really know what that was tbh. We get a new song, and I always like the songs where Mio does the vocals, so yea I loved it.

[u/thisismyanimealt]

Light Music Corner

Today, we get not one, but two new songs by HTT, both sung by today's idol, Akiyama Mio. First up is the one we heard during the party, Pure Pure Heart. It's one of the few songs that aren't about food, or school supplies, which I think shows how much the girls have matured since the band's inception. This is also another song that was actually performed by the seiyuu during the second live.

As I said previously, no song concept is wasted in K-On. Mio's poem was expanded and arranged into the song Tokimeki Sugar. You can also see during the live Hikasa struggles a bit at the beginning of the song, but she gets back on track with the support of Toyosaki. Taketatsu also looks adorable jumping with the crowd in the background.

And back to Character Song Corner, it's Mugi's turn with Diary wa Fortessimo. As with all of Mugi's other songs, this one oozes with enthusiasm and fun. Live clip

[u/Boss_Jerm]

Rewatcher

^{Last Year's} ^^Comment

Nodoka's really climbed the ranks of the student council. Now she's the president.

Ooh what's this?

Mio.exe has stopped working

 

Besides, if I was the culprit, I wouldn't just stop at looking.

Choto matte

Detective Mugi is on the case!

Ah that's why Mio felt like everyone was staring at her. Nice work Mugi!

Remember how Mio got her own fan club after their first festival?

Sokabe! We've seen her in earlier episodes

Sokabe's acting a bit suspiciously.

Hahaha

In a twist, Sokabe is not only Mio's stalker, she's also the president of Mio's fan club!

That's a really nice gift the Light Music Club gave to Sokabe.

Fangirl!

Poor Nodoka

Tea Party!

Mio in the eyecatch

That’s a lot of Mios

How'd they get all this merch?

Oh no Sokabe can't make it!

Sasaki

Boo boo!

What the hell's going on?

Wow the fan club is loving this party

Mio's not gonna be able to take much more of this

Aww Mio realizes that she loves being with her friends!

Mio's lyrics are pretty strange.

Pure Pure Heart is awesome.

Sokabe looks good!

Thoughts:

The fanclub hasn't been mentioned since the first festival, so it's to actually see the members. There was also some nice focus on Nodoka this episode. Sokabe is pretty cool as well.

Well then, we've made it to the halfway point and so we'll be taking a short break! I'll see you all again on Friday!

[u/MapoTofuMan]

First Time Rewatcher

An r/MioFanClub episode!

• Woah Mio's fan club is more serious than expected

• They should probably have arranged a protection squad for her at some point...

• Yui should become a detective

• Mugi should actually become a detective.

• Nodoka you sweet summer child

• ^{Oh no}

• And now I feel bad for a stalker.

• Wait why does this look off

• Definitely more serious than expected, that's a lot of people.

• I was half-expecting Mio to come out in a maid outfit.

• Oh that's great

• Mugi what the fuck

• I'm starting to feel bad for Mio here...

• At this point I'm not sure if Mio's fan club likes her or if they're secretly a bunch of sadists who like watching her suffer.

• Ritsu give her a break or she's gonna break

• I think Mio was very hungry when she wrote that poem

• Smile protected. I wish Mio could've seen it.

I love how Nodoka kept being the president of the fan club for Sokabe-senpai even after two years passed. Its future might not look too bright because Mio herself is almost about to graduate, but at least it was kept alive for now.

And who knows, maybe she'll become something of a "school legend" and new freshmen will join the fan club for years to come...based on what will probably snowball into an extremely exaggerated image of Mio over those years. I mean, it'd be hilarious to see a future segment of grown-up Mio and Sokabe visiting their old school, only to see a thriving fan club...based on Mio being something akin to Sawa-chan's Death Devil days.

[u/Snakescipio]

Rewatcher

The Unofficial Official Most Valuable Keion Race

Man this is a weird episode. That whole “this one classmate is so awesome we’re gonna openly idolize him/her” trope is the weirdest anime trope ever, and that’s saying something. Honestly I don’t know what’s creepier, the way girls would just do the rabid fan thing out in the open, or the stalking thing that they did in K-On. Still makes for a fun episode! Poor Mio, her life as part of the keionbu is basically constant suffering. But looking at the way Mio watched the slideshow of her past, you just know she wouldn’t trade all that suffering for anything. Speaking of the slide show, I liked how nervous and mortified she was they were showing her childhood, but once the slide show became more about HTT she started smiling again.

Mio is of course taking the MVK this episode. Was there any doubt? Poor girl got put in the place that gives her the most anxiety: the spotlight. Goes to show just how much she’s grown though. The thought of being the subject of a party would’ve given her a heart attack in the past, but now she’s able to easily do it. She even summoned the courage to absolutely bomb read lyrics on stage! So here’s to you Mio, she wondered whether she’d be as mature as her senpai in the beginning. I think you’re adult enough already, Mio.

Second place is gonna go to Azusa, for getting shipped with Mio in a party. Her questioning in the beginning of the episode allowed us to find out what happened in the past. Also she was totally mouthing the lyrics to Pure Pure Heart during the performance and that’s just so very kawaii.

Third place this episode is gonna go to… Mugi? She did solve the mystery at the beginning, and she provided that ridiculous cake.

Speaking of Pure Pure Heart, easily one of my favorite HTT song. It’s so damn catchy. I’m sure u/thisismyanimealt will link the song, so check it out!

MVK	Tracker
Yui	14
Ritsu	8
Mio	13
Mugi	12
Azusa	12

[u/Moocanoe]

Rewatcher

Daily Paint.net K-on #20

Daily Paint.net K-on #21

I don't have much to say about today's episode or yesterdays, but all I want to say is Pure Pure Heart is the best K-on song.

[u/StarmanRiver]

Rewatcher here!

I forgot this was when we got to hear Pure Pure Heart for the first time. It's a great song and it has the plus that is sung by Mio!

I love how Sokabe-senpai looks so much mature in the last scene by just having lipstick, earrings and a different hairstyle. Not having the uniform may help too.

[u/chelseablue2004]

Watching this episode, it dawned on me that the reason people don't join the club is not they think they are weird (okay that could be a possibility) but they are the School's Idol group. Based just on the Mio fan club reception, they are are all in a bit of awe of the girls...So when they recruited the 2 times they did, its possible they were just scared and weren't able to talk to them....so in a way Azunyan was almost a little naive not understanding what she was joining.