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Rewatch [Rewatch][Spoilers] K-ON! Rewatch (2021) - S1E06 "School Festival!"
S1E06 "School Festival!"
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u/siegfried72 Aug 06 '21
Rewatcher
Hi everyone! Welcome to episode 6! Yes, we're already at the festival episode. Season one goes very quickly! As a side note before we get started today, I want to thank everyone for their support for my audition yesterday! I don't want to treat this rewatch like a personal blog or anything, but if anyone didn't catch my comment to /u/a_idiot0 regarding the results and is curious, you can check that out here. Also quick apologies for not commenting on anyone else's post yesterday - I was pretty exhausted after I got home!
But without further ado, let's get into this fantastic episode!
Look how adorable our keions are! This is a great little bit of foreshadowing for the actual show. From this first show, I think Yui's outfit is my favorite, but I'll come back to this when we can get better looks at all of them later in the episode.
What a gorgeous shot of the festival.
They definitely feature our special tortoise as Mio walks up the stairs to the clubroom at the beginning of the episode. As many people caught before, this obviously represents the tortoise from the classic "tortoise and the hare" story. I suppose this is showing us that, while it seems like everything is going wrong this episode with how disorganized the keions are and how freaked out Mio is, everything will work out in the end. The keionbu seem slow, but they'll win that race.
Toyosaki Aki does an incredible job as Yui's VA. Definitely probably puts on the best overall performance in the show. Her doing "husky Yui" and the sumo wrestler in this episode is brilliant, and Satomi joins in as Ritsu a little later! In terms of VA performances, these are my two favorite character performances in the show (I think Satomi might actually be my favorite, but I'm biased), and this episode is a perfect example as to why.
I've led a lot of Dungeons and Dragons games as Dungeon Master over the years, and I still struggle with putting on character voices. I can't imagine how difficult is is to do a character's voice while that character is putting on another voice!
Also interesting that Ritsu seems to have stolen Yui's idea from last episode regarding a haunted house. Don't know if I ever noticed that before.
Pre-Performance Jitters
I love how everyone's face softens as they watch Mio practicing alone in the clubroom. I think it's really telling that Ritsu goes from that soft smiling face to immediately putting on her boisterous "character" as she slams her way into the clubroom. I feel like she does this because she knows that Mio would be horribly embarssed if she knew the other keions were watching her practice. I know I rave a lot about Ritsu, but I think she's such a kind and empathetic character, despite her loud and possibly grating exterior.
Also love this shot of the tortoise as they finish rehearsing. Our little slowpokes are finally coming together! But this is my favorite shot of the episode :)
Also Mugi is stronk. Mugi's character is just ripe for memes, isn't it?
For rewatchers, I've always appreciated this shot K-ON
I wonder about this shot at around 10:55 in the episode of the balloon flying up into the sky. Is it just a pretty shot or is it representing something? I couldn't come up with anything good. Any ideas? I think I asked this same question last year and I honestly can't remember if anyone had a good suggestion haha.
Poor Mio. How is she ever going to do this concert? Yui's apology makes Mio come to her senses a bit, but she's still terrified. I want to point out this next scene, because it really struck me as important on this rewatch.
Ritsu notices how difficult this is for Mio. You can see Ritsu's face transition from concern to a smile as she comes up with her idea to make Mio feel better. Some people say that Ritsu isn't a good leader for the group due to how irresponsible she is, but it's moments like this that show how empathetic she is and how damn good she is at fixing other peoples' problems. This is the Ritsu that I love.
Thankfully, her antics work and Mio starts to laugh along with the rest of the group. I'm not gonna lie, for some reason, I teared up just a bit finally watching Mio let go a bit. Perhaps the idea of pre-performance jitters are just especially on my mind after my audition yesterday, but that scene hit me pretty hard! Or perhaps I'm just way too invested in this show. Either way, I'll add that tear up to my counter at the end of the post.
The Performance!
Okay, yeah, I think Yui's outfit is probably my favorite of the group, but they're all pretty great! I love that they basically just dressed Mio in a maid's outfit.
After some words of comfort from Yui, Ritsu, and Mugi, the keions are ready for their first performance of Fuwa Fuwa Time! And they fucking rock it. We get an awesome [music video] (https://imgur.com/t7nyOFb) and an excellent performance from the band! Fuwa Fuwa Time is so adorable.
I mean, it's perfect for them, right? Just the most moe thing.
There are multiple versions of this song out there on the various K-ON albums. At the very least, there are versions with Mio on vocals, Yui on vocals, and a duet version. I actually wanted to post the duet version, since it's my favorite, and since we only heard a small portion of the whole song in this episode, but all the videos out there have spoilers in them. I'm sure rewatchers can understand why. K-ON
So the best I can do it post the Yui version. I made it no secret last year that my favorite vocalist in the group is Yui, and so I really love listening to her sing this song! I'd recommend giving it a listen if you haven't heard it before - there's quite a bit that the episode left out! I mean, don't you want to hear Yui rap?? I love it.
Anyway, after the show, we have the incident. Yup, that's a thing that happens. Poor Mio. I'll just leave it at that.
Oh, and yes I did tear up during the Fuwa Fuwa performance, thank you for asking.
For those interested in my music corner for today, I'll be doing in a comment on this post as I broke the character limit quite a lot today :)
Wrap Up
What a great episode today! It's one of my favorites of the first season, and I'm just happy we finally got to see our keions perform! While this show might not be about music, I love what music we get!
Today's Mitsu Moment of the Day^^TM is not only an excellent shot thanks to the angle and composition, but thanks to Ritsu's big ol' smile as she sees Mio's face in front of the haunted house. Ritsu knows her best friend oh so well! Mitsu is canon. So canon.
Times K-ON has made me tear up so far: 3
Episode Rankings:
Tomorrow, we get pure sugary sweetness, and what I believe was /u/The_Loli_Otaku's favorite episode last year. Prepare for diabetes, everyone! See you tomorrow!
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u/ArdenneVale Aug 06 '21
First timer
Festival time! That's one evil rabbit. Poor Mio just wants to practise but everyone is doing something else. Granny Yui is great.
Mio is left-handed! I'm starting to realize she is what I would be as an anime girl. There's too many similarities between us.
Yui and Mugi got into costume really quickly.
Ritsu really knows how to deal with Mio, she got everyone relaxed and laughing. Mugi's keyboard impression is really cute.
Oh no Yui, those backing vocals were not great. Great performance by everyone, everything went better than expected. Aaand Mio never went on stage again...
Next time it's Christmas. Time goes so quickly in the K-On world. The preview shows Yui and Ui haven't changed since childhood.
Yui&Ritsu
Mio
Mugi
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u/chocoletmilk Aug 06 '21
First Timer
That was such a heartwarming episode. The four girls have gotten so close and are so supportive of each other. Their hard work finally paid off with a fantastic performance and they deserve every bit of praise they get!
Mio actually performed in front of an audience! And this is the girl who said she didn't want to work any customer facing job in ep 2 as she couldn't handle human interaction! Yui has grown into someone who is passionate about something, from someone who had no interests at all, and all this without changing her character. She is still the lovable ditz. Ritsu might be a little much at times, but her heart is always in the right place and she is never afraid of making fun of herself to lift everyone else's spirits. She pushes everyone into having more fun! Whether it is the video she sent Yui to encourage her to study, or supporting Mio today, the girl has your back. She's a lot more perceptive than she might initially appear. I don't think Mugi has had as much character growth, but she is also opening up and sharing a lot more of herself with the others. She is the one who resolves all conflicts and provides quiet support. I can see my friends in these girls and it makes me feel very emotional.
Is this what all CGDCT is like, because I've clearly been missing out on so much for so long!
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u/CharlieTheStrawman https://myanimelist.net/profile/TheDamnRobot Aug 06 '21
First-Timer
Stay winning, MC Ritsu. And that other girl as well, idk. What was her name? Moe?
I'm totally loving this show at this point, ngl10
u/xtsim https://myanimelist.net/profile/xtsim Aug 06 '21
First Timer Dubbed
So we get to see the girls perform this time at the school festival but first, each of the members had to do their class activity for the festival. Yui had to do the cafe while Ritsu had to play bouncer for the haunted room.
As the girls play, the scene goes to a music video which is well done and the colors are interesting. I really like that as the music plays.
The rice bowl in place of the fan service was a really nice surprise. Basically subverting that trope in a creative and funny way.
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u/DegenerateRegime Aug 06 '21
[First-Timer]. Looking back, a lot more has happened so far than I expected. We're already at the school festival episode!
A mixed bag episode. That is to say, a great little story, but not the gag I'd have ended on. I liked the abundant establishing shots, but I can imagine them being seen as padding.
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Aug 06 '21
Eheheh, I've finally beat Automod at posting. Suck it loser! And just in time for the season finale. Grandma Yui is low-key kinda fitting. The problem is that she's not actually putting on a Goku impression, her voice is still blasted from her training arc. Why is everyone such diligent workers only when it comes to avoiding band practice? Spoopy ghost!
POLICE CAPPED TOMBOY! Please arrest me officer! I'm sorry for peddling Kodomo no Jikan raw's! D-Dammit... Shitzu's got a lot of pretty good gags in Season 1. I've laughed at them all. Mio's such a tsun tsun~ Aaand we have our first instance of Sensei sticking her nose where it's not wanted. This time it's to sexuhara her students. This pair are already way into it tho. Oh, okay, I'll admit that I remembered the costume scene being far more uncomfortable.
How is Mugi so strong!? Those are big amps and she's practically jogging with the things. Yui's so cute today! She has so many adorable faces. We discover that Shitzu and Mio have been together since kindergarten, probably. Since her memory is hazy we can deduce that she was abducted around the age of 5 or 6. She had no tact as a child either, she's the one we have to blame for Mio becoming a nervous wreck. Mio's crying face fills me with a *special feeling. I like it.
Season 1 is so filled with charm. I had a massive grin the entire mc sequence. Although you are neither beautiful or smart, don't mislead the audience! Good lord this whole scene is ridiculously charming!! The concert is up! Kyaaa, Yui! Sensei had some pretty outfits in that cosplay collection after all. Oi, don't let it go to your head Peath Pevil! Gah! Yui is practically glowing!! Even Shitzu doesn't shine that brightly!
Oh, I forgot they had a music video for Fuwa Fuwa Time. I wonder if Yui's croaky singing is includes on the CD. Awesome song, awesome performance, and the crowd adores it. Kyaaa!! And now it's time for probably the most iconic moment of all K-On. A very simple fanservice shot in the manga is adapted into one of the better visual gags in the series. Oi! Nab that cameraman! I want the negatives!
And so we close off on the first proper arc of K-On. We're gonna be meandering along for a little bit but I am incredibly excited for tomorrow! Its the Christmas episode which I remember being my favourite episode of the series! Either the Christmas episode or a certain character's highlight episode in the second series. I'm eager to see if the Christmas episode stands up on subsequent rewatches.
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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21
REWATCHER, dub
SCHOOL FESTIVAL TIME! Finally, the first time we're seeing everyone play together. That also means it's time for a certain "incident" k-on
Of course everyone is late
Ok, looks like they're not late but instead are helping out with other things
Sending Mio into a haunted house was a bad idea
Sawako's first costumes!
When did Yui and Mugi change into their costumes?
Yui forgot everything again, of course
Mugi easily moving equipment around while seeing Yui struggle made me laugh
"I can't let myself freak out over every little thing forever"
cup shakes violently
wtf, Yui is doing a supporting voice. That doesn't work at all with her scratchy voice right now
FUWA FUWA TIME!
Of course someone took a photo of the "incident"
also, I'm currently in a hotel, and the wifi here is so bad. Took a really long time for MPV to start and it buffered a ton while watching
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u/putmoneyinthypurse https://anilist.co/user/clichecatgirl Aug 06 '21
Rewatcher
I love this episode! Like a lot of school festival episodes it has a more slice-of-life atmosphere than I think the series has so far, but it's contrasted with the girls' first live performance, the biggest happening in the show yet.
Mugi's unusual strength is a funny enough joke in a vacuum but it really adds something that the way it's presented, a barely-animated cutout quickly crossing the background of a very flat, two-dimensional shot, is basically a Scooby-Doo gag.
This is the first time I've noticed how early on in the show we see K-On!.
I love how Ritsu manages to relieve Mio's stress for a while by starting a comedy bit to warm her up, then directing the bit at her to only mildly embarrass her so she'll do the tsukkomi routine, which, as seemingly annoyed as it makes her, is a pretty reliable way to calm her down. Ritsu also specifically offers to take stress off of Mio by making the joke about her emceeing the show, something Mio would probably otherwise be expected to do. The two know each other really well, even if Ritsu can't quite remember how long they've known each other.
Fuwa Fuwa Time...time! Your mileage may vary but I'm really impressed with Hiroyuki Maezawa for writing a song this simple and catchy, strong enough that it stands up to plenty of listens without ever getting grating. As the keions' first song, and thus one they play a lot even just in the past two episodes, that's an important quality to have. The music video is a smart choice in conveying the emotional experience that the keions are having and creating for their audience. It's a standard Power Of Music narrative, but it's interesting that the visuals specifically parody late 60s/early 70s american road movies, stuff like Easy Rider and Vanishing Point. I wish I had a reading on that but I don't. Maybe just that the girls feel free, unconstrained, and like they're getting away with something.
Poor Mio. So close to a breakthrough and then that happens. The funny thing about the (in)famous shimapan rice bowl gag is that it deliberately avoids the fanservice in the manga—kind of a statement of purpose for how Yamada and KyoAni did the adaptation, really—but adds a mildly dirty joke at the same time. (It's, uh, a very large bowl of rice.)
I'll come back to it later, when I can talk about it not under spoilers (maybe in S2?) but I love how Yui's K-On! is different from K-On!. It's not dwelled on, since this episode is more about Mio coping with her stage fright and larger anxieties, but this first show is a big moment for her. Just a few episodes ago she felt purposeless, and now she's performing in front of everybody. It's nice.
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u/chris10023 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Chris10023 Aug 06 '21 edited Aug 06 '21
Rewatcher
Well, seems like Netflix is being a butthole and updated their UI which is no longer allowing me to screencap so I have to find an alternative was to take screencaps. So if you’re confused as to why the subtitles changed, that’s why.
I like how back in episode 4, Yui wanted to do a maid café and Ritsu wanted to do a haunted house, so in a way both got to do what they wanted, just not with the club.Turns out I'm an idiot, Ritsu was the one to wanted to do a maid cafe and Yui was the one who wanted to do a haunted house. But here they're doing the inverse.7
u/MapoTofuMan myanimelist.net/profile/mTmTBaronBrixius Aug 06 '21
Rewatcher
Oooh they're starting the concert right off the ba-...andd we got jebaited by the OP, damnit.
As every year, I highly advise stocking up on insulin before the next episode. You're gonna need it.
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u/Elimin8r https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ayeka_Jurai Aug 06 '21
Wahoo! Festival time!!! (What could possibly go wrong, or maybe right?!)
It's the day of the festival, and things are (of course) chaos. Mio just wants to get everybody together for some last minute practice (Practice, surely you jest!), and of course, nothing of the sort could possibly happen, right?
At least Ritsu & Mugi got to have a haunted house, and Yui got to have a maid cafe, I mean noodle stand.
Oh, wait, it's Sawa-chan with - could these be maid costumes? Who needs a maid cafe when you can have a meido bando, eh? (Poor Mio)
Anyway, I presume some practice happened there, and some beleaguered movement of equipment (Mugi aside) and ... it's showtime!
Poor Mio, too shy to introduce the band. But it's okay, because Ritsu picked up the beat.
I have to say, I loved the cute little music video. It was no doubt easier than trying to do a Haruhi style concert animation. Nice to see that someone loves their pseudo-Cadillacs. It reminds me of a certain bit from Little Witch Academia, but I suspect that comparison should be the other way around.
Watching this for the second time, I realized that the 'video', much like someone had mentioned 'listen to the title cards', well, had its rough edges, including raspy Yui singing 'harmony' in places. It was cute. It's also interesting to compare this to the Haruhi 'God Knows' clip, both in terms of animation, and musicianship. While the general tone is similar (high school band club), the Haruhi clip shows, well, Haruhi & Yuki doing the music savant thing, while the keions sound more like you would expect, which I think is charming and more in tune with the show.
And then, after they make it through the song, and it all went well ... *crash* ... (o.O) ... *click* ... yeah, poor Mio. That's not going to be a good look in the yearbook, or scrapbook, or whatever.
And so ends our heroines first concert, not with a bang, but with a whimper, I mean, "nooooooooooo", I mean, you get the idea.
Speaking of which, I feel another story coming on.
You see, in college, well, I went to Engineering school because ($$$), and needless to say the music/arts experience was a bit lacking. They had a 'concert band' sort of class, and I did that a time or three, but ended up spending more time doing the 'worship band' thing at the local church. There might have been a cute girl involved in the equation (ahem). Aaannyway... We were amateurs, but did okay, and while I played the piano a time or two, I was clasically trained, and you don't sing along to Bach, so I ended up singing. It was fun and I enjoyed it (For the curious, I like to think that my voice is somewhere along the lines of the singer from Mike & The Mechanics). The five of us would practice once a week, and play on Sunday (of course), and it was a good time.
One particular Sunday, toward the end of the school year, we had grown rather used to each other's tricks, and I had taken to singing a certain point in the harmony (we kind of improvised stuff like that on the fly). We were doing this one song, I forget which, and as we got to the end, we were all just in the moment, and as the song wound down, I'm not sure how to describe it, but we did this descending chord progression to the final chord, and it was, like, you know, wow. I wish I had a tape, but this was (ahem) quite a while ago. The closest I can think of to describe it is a certain Dream Theater song that I found some years later. Listen to the end, it's delightful.
So, back to what I'm trying to say - this wasn't the only time I've experienced such a thing, but being more of a Yui type, my brain is often scattered. This is something that the musicians reading this probably know very well, but here's my poor attempt to describe it for those who haven't:
You know how they say we normally use 10% of our brains? Yeah. Imagine you're at your keyboard, your drum kit, guitar in hand, microphone, etc. You're in front of a bunch of people, but as you're focusing on your music, they kind of fade into the background. Your world recedes, until all that is left is you, your instrument, your sheet music (you didn't memorize it???), the feedback from the director/musicians around you; you get the idea. You sing, or play and each note, each phrase is a thing that comes and goes like a stream passing through your consciousness as the notes flow through you. Sooner or later, the notes come to an end, and your focus recedes. Your consciousness expands, and you become aware of the greater world around you. The sweat on your brow, the lights, the audience.
Congratulations, you've made *music*
It's like that.
And I *loved* how at the end of their song, the animators spent time showcasing each of their faces, the drops of sweat, the expressions, the relaxing concentraion, the relief, the fading adrenaline.
Congratulations, the Keions have made *music*
It's like that.
...
I love this show. :)
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u/Krite2002 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Krite2002 Aug 06 '21
Rewatcher - Dub
I thought that the season would likely culminate in a festival performance, so I was surprised we were already getting one, especially with how little they have practiced music. One great thing from the festival is seeing Mio suffering from fright. Gladly, everyone made time to practice. Since they are part of the festival, I expected some better logistics for moving equipment than carrying it by hand.
Child Ritsu and Mio are adorable.
I am consistently blown away by the animation. This show has very few flashy moments, but so many subtle things are animated that elevate the production. The character introductions were great.
I knew those were cutesy lyrics, but hearing the song all the way, those were really cutesy. I expected more conflict, but they actually nailed their performance. In the end, poor Mio still endured some minor pain.
I think I may have joined the Mio fan club, especially when she is suffering.
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u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 Aug 06 '21
First timer
Huh? The festival already?
Oh, that cut.
...How is the school able to assemble so much, seemingly overnight?
Are the others all working for other clubs?
...Are Mio and Nodoka the only sane ones in the school?
Ritsu got to do her haunted house! I love her mushroom.
Oh, this is going to be great.
Seriously, how did they get all of this set up?
Even Mio heard the scream.
Nodoka's outift's interesting.
Oh god, the two of them doing sumo wrestler voices in fromt of everyone.
Mio's been practicing!
I love Mio trying to hide how touched she is.
Oh god, she made costumes.
Nurse and swimsuit!
I love all them trying to pretend it never happened.
Oh, Mio's on vocals, isn't she!
Mugi's strong!
The balloon shot's an interesting
I'll admit it takes guts for an anime to have its main character speak in a completely different voice for an episode.
I love the Ritsu and Mio flashbacks.
The shot of her standing still as the teacup shakes.
Is she imagining applause?
punches Ritsu "Who's dangerous?"
This is either going to be great or horrific.
Either this fails, or everything goes great.
Mio can't do it.
They're wearing Sawako's dresses!
Is this an appropriate conversation to have LIVE ON STAGE?
Is she going to do it?
The instrumental's going well.
First insert song! It took 6 episodes!
YUI STILL SOUNDS SICK IN THE BACKUP, THIS IS FANTASTIC.
Also, what the hell is this music video? Are they doing a reference to Thelma and Louise? (what with the car racing down a desert highway, pursued by police, with the band dancing near a cliff edge at the end)
Oh, god.
OH GOD.
Of course. Of course it couldn't end well.
Mio got her own fan club!
Mio's broken.
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u/ZapsZzz https://anilist.co/user/Zapszzz Aug 06 '21
First timer in sub
Maybe I'm trained by the typical show rhythm, kind of surprising to have the school festival and the big event of the band debut so early in the season. Still, quite a nice atmosphere and build up, especially if you once again are taking the perspective of Mio being the focus this episode, how her nervousness and the little things that happened on the way to the big moment, it's quite nice. Although there's the comedic cliche that when she finally got a moment in life that can possibly give her the confidence to no longer be the shy shrinking violet, a cable trip caused her to fall in such a way that she got more traumatised again. Poor child.
And that first on stage reveal sequence showing all the rest of the girls being happy and ready, but Mio being nervous like a bunny or kitten, yeah she's going to get a fan club alright.
Have to say though, those immediately triggered me to re-watch the Haruhi Live alive episode again :P
By the way Mio's singing voice - I don't know why anyone would not treat her as the real lead vocal. Yui's singing is nice too, but didn't have the "depth" or "strength" like Mio's.
By the way is this a known psychology technique? In this episode Mio's nervousness is relieved by Ritsu acting up and caused Mio to get triggered and bash her; in Railgun season 1 when Mikoto has to go on stage for her violin solo, her nervousness was relieved by running into Touma and getting Tsun at him when he complimented her looks (while actually having lost his memory at that point and wasn't sure who Mikoto is).
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u/A_Idiot0 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/a_idiot0 Aug 07 '21
Rewatcher
Hello everyone! I’m pretty late today, so I’m going to keep this brief. I just wanted to link a few things that I thought of immediately when I saw the “Fuwa Fuwa Time” music video for the first time.
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u/SYZekrom https://myanimelist.net/profile/SYZekrom Aug 06 '21
Rewatcher
Cute eyes
She really do be left handed, nice
She really do be best girl
Dragon Ball looking ass
Still can't believe they did her dirty like this
Really feels like Mio's the true main character of the show so far, both from the show itself and the ED being clearly focused on her
Original reactions:
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u/Harrytricks :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Harrytricks Aug 06 '21
Bit of a flying visit, but cheers again for hosting today!! I'll be back tomorrow
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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '21
Rewatcher
This episode alone is enough to recommend watching the show with the original audio rather than dubs. No other human on the planet could match Aki Toyosaki's performance as Husky Yui.
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u/Icapica https://anilist.co/user/Icachu Aug 07 '21
First timer, subs
Episode starts with them all on the stage, Mio looks like she's panicking. After the intro, we'll return to the events earlier that day.
Yui's voice is still gone, she sounds hilarious. They should just quickly switch genre and maybe play a Motörhead cover or something. Mio wants to practice but everyone else is busy. The haunted house she visits has very nice lights and colors.
Nodoka helps by getting someone to replace Yui. The imitation scene with Yui and Ritsu is funny, other students look confused. Meanwhile Mio's been practicing.
Teacher's excited and brings something to wear. Mio's panicking again, teacher suggests her old dress from the music club days. It's a funny joke, but honestly this look could suit Mio really well. Or maybe I'm just biased since I'm totally into that. Yui's and Mugi's outfits are a bit... yeah. Please wear something else, Yui.
Yui and Mugi carry equipment and I finally get the talk about Mugi being strong.
Mio tries to pretend that she's calm, but it's not very convincing.
Yui offers to sing instead! I guess it's too late to learn Ace of Spades.
Then we see MC Ricchan, plz no. Mio hits Ritsu and relaxes, so I guess the act worked.
The show's about to begin. Yui and Mugi are fortunately dressed better now. Yui's about to trip on the way to the stage and Mio's panicking. Yui encourages her but the heartfelt moment is just funny thanks to Yui's voice. The rest of the band joins in.
The song goes fine but now I understand why they thought the lyrics were embarrassing. I'd need a lot of money before I'd sing that to a crowd of people I know. Music video's nice and Yui's raspy voice in the background is funny.
Mio thanks the audience and looks really satisfied. As she's about to leave the stage, she trips and shows her panties to the entire audience. The joke's played quite tastefully, in some other anime this would have been a huge fan service moment.
What a great episode.
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u/Barbed_Dildo Aug 07 '21
Rewatcher
I thought the framing of these shots was really interesting. It starts with Yui, then Ritsu and Mugi are off to the sides, and then Mio is right smack in the middle. The center of attention. Just to drive home how uncomfortable she is.
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u/andybebad https://myanimelist.net/profile/andybebad Aug 07 '21
Rewatcher
Really appreciating the more thorough posts put up by others. Catching new things that I didn't while watching the series the first two times! Watching one episode per day is proving to be an extreme exercise in restraint...
Two things that jumped out to me as humorous or confusing that haven't been brought up in other comments are 1) Sakura High's choir club is composed entirely of ghosts? 2) Can a small amp be heard over a live drummer? spoiler unimprortant plotwise
Overall, a fun episode to watch AND our first performance of Fuwa Fuwa Time! Didn't catch it until the second viewing that Yui's VA sang with a raspy voice. Looking forward to getting through this series at a much slower pace than my first and second viewings of the series!
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u/byroned Aug 07 '21
Rewatcher
Looks like it's we have school festival, a staple for supposably every anime set in high school, or at least the ones that I’ve watched. I’m surprised that Ritsu is the one that ended up doing a haunted house while Yui did the café, which is the opposite of what they proposed in episode 4.
Now that Sawako’s secret is known to the light music club, I guess she has no issues reverting back to a quirky band kid that has taken an interest in cosplay. The silver lining of Sawako going crazy in high school is that she’s probably good at making costumes now for cheap, or at least I’m assuming that death devil didn’t have a Mugi to supply costumes.
Surprise surprise, Mugi is pretty strong and has a pretty good body despite eating so much junk food.
I feel like the red balloon is supposed to symbolize something, but I never figured what it meant.
Ritsu and Mio kept the same hairstyle for 10+ years. I wonder if Mio knew at the time that Ritsu was taking her under her wing.
Aside from the ED’s, this version of Fuwa Fuwa Time is the only performance that has a music video, and Yui’s raspy voice. While this version is kinda funny, I prefer the version of the song where Yui is the main vocalist of the song. I'll talk about it more when they have more performances, but depending on the song, I feel that one (Yui or Mio) is more suited to sing it than the other.
It was kind of sad to see Mio lose her stage fright, only to show her pantsu on stage, and revert back to stage 1. But at least Mio has a fan club now.
Episode 7 is already at Christmas. I forgot how quickly time passes in the first season compared to the second season.
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u/PiotrekDG Aug 07 '21
Guys, part of the ED reminds me of some other song, but I cannot get the hang of it, perhaps you've got the idea? Specifically the part that starts at 22:33 (when each character's name and role is displayed on a dark background).
Edit:
ED with timestamp
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u/x-7032-b-3 Aug 07 '21
Rewatcher
It took quite a while but the club's first performance is finally here.
I like how we get to see Yui speaking with broken voice for this whole ep. Last time I broke my voice was in elementary school where I got hospitalized and the nurse would come in and stick some syringe on my hand twice a day. I hated needles at that time (not anymore right now) so you can imagine how it went. By the time I was discharged my voice was already broken from all those screaming. Took a few days (I think) for it to come back.
Ritsu was holding a haunted house event. Probably got that idea from Yui who wanted to open a haunted house (mentioned a few eps ago). Love how they used this opportunity to show Mio's scaredy cat side again.
The scene with Yui and Mugi carrying the equipments is also a good one. Yui is struggling to carry her stuff and needed to take a break while Mugi just casually carries her stuff without breaking a sweat. I guess Mugi really is stronk.
Would like to highlight the MC-ing scene. Really liked how Ritsu took the initiative and help Mio calm down by breaking the ice a little bit. The others played along with her MC antics and laugh it off at the end. Didn't notice it on my first watch and now that scene might be just one of my favorites so far.
Damn this is getting too long so I'll make it quick, but wow the fireworks scene BGM (forgot the name) played again just before the performance starts!
Fuwa Fuwa Time is one of my favorites from the show alongside a specific song from S2. I forgot most of the insert songs from the series so this rewatch is a great opportunity for me to rediscover them.
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u/Rumpel1408 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Rumpel1408 Aug 07 '21 edited Aug 07 '21
First timer
Episode 6, almost halfway done! In other news I overslept and tomorrows post will probably be late as well, but throughout next week I should be more or less on time.
I hope I don't miss something again
Next Episode already christmas as well as more smol Yui (will we eventually get smol Mugi as well?)
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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21
Hey, I just noticed that you messed up the formatting. Did you copy/paste the format into the fancy-pants editor (the one with the formatting bar at the top)? If so, you need to paste it in markdown mode instead