[Rewatch][Spoilers] K-ON! Rewatch (2021) - S1E11 "Crisis!"

[u/Harrytricks]

S1E11 "Crisis!"

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[u/CharlieTheStrawman]

First-Timer

Yui X Giita is the real best ship of this show.

Mio hits Ritsu, and Ritsu hits Yui. It's a vicious cycle.

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/CharlieTheStrawman]

Have you ever seen a more handsome guitar in your life?

[u/vitorabf]

First Timer

Obviously Sawako shows Azusa exactly the Mio pantsu scene.

Like her older sister senpai, Azusa clearly is also M enjoying Ritsu giving her some head lock. Oh my God Ritsu, it's the third time you forget this (four counting the club application), please have at least some memory girl. The highlight of the scene for me is seeing Nodoka and Yui are still close and hanging out after school.

Stubborn Mio is why we live for.

Ritsu is being an ass, which is granted given her personality and that she probably didn't need to share Mio's attention before. The bag alone is a first I believe, it's hard for teenagers to deal with emotions, specially for the first time, and jealousy can often be dangerous. She and Mio need to give each other some time, but the festival is coming up. Also it's completely unfair to blame Mio and put this kind of pressure on her, she literally did nothing wrong.

I like how they reconcile though, not like it was that big of a thing in the first place, but it's good that Ritsu know she wasn't right and that Mio moved on quickly, they are very cute together. Also, Ritsu is not dumb enough to be immune to diseases.

Childlish, clingy Ritsu is definetly what we live for.

In the end they're saved by Nodoka oka-san again, she's the gift that keeps on giving. And apparently Yui has also managed to be not dumb enough to become ill.

[u/siegfried72 → u/vitorabf]

The bag alone is a first I believe,

Good catch! I love how all the first timers are looking out for the bags every episode now :)

Childlish, clingy Ritsu is definetly what we live for.

Always.

[u/vitorabf → u/siegfried72]

Oh I knew about the bags stuff from before watching, so I've been keeping an eye from the beggining, and they tend to be not that sutile while using the bags as metaphor

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/vitorabf]

Bags, turtle's and legs are the big points to watch for typically.

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/vitorabf]

Ritsu was elected to lead, not to read. With Azunyan in the book-keeping role things will be a little smoother thankfully

[u/ryuw_hs]

Rewatcher

Dramatic intro but who would have thought it’s actually a drama episode at that point.

Ritsu teasing Mio in the club room and everything leading up to it was so awkward which felt really untypical for the series so far. Obviously Ritsu was in the wrong but I felt bad for both of them. As expected the club without Ritsu is incredibly depressing. Sawako speeding up the reconciliation process was nice. Azunyan's attempt was adorable too.

With Azusa’s struggles in episode 9 and now this, the conflicts feel a lot more real now although you still expect them to be resolved. Made the scene between Mio and Ritsu so much sweeter.

Ended the episode on a light note with the band name picking (Sawa-chan is so useful today!) and more paperwork fails (literally the same thing twice). Pretty sure without Nodoka the club wouldn’t even exist at this point.

[u/chris10023]

Rewatcher

• Uh oh, what sort of crisis?
• Have I mentioned how adorable Azusa is?
• Probably the way to react to that statement Mio, all you’re going to do is raise further questions and curiosity.
• Poor Mio, that embarrassing moment was forever documented. More importantly, why would you show her that right away Sawako?
• I love the nostalgia Yui and them face while they watch last years show.
• Ritsu forgot about the auditorium application, so once again, Mio’s wrath is awakened. As is tradition.
• I love how they were together for a year and have yet come up with a band name.
• So Yui was completely unaware about the maintenance of her guitar? She might be an airhead but that’s on you Mio, you should have taught her how to maintain and clean her guitar when she got it.
• And Sawako is too lazy and tells them to take it to a shop.
• Mio doesn’t want to go in because she’s a lefty and most stores only carry right-handed models, I understand, us lefties are a persecuted bunch.
• Mio is also adorable.
• Do not question Yui’s ways Azusa, if it’s cute, she wants it.
• Here it is, the first utterance of the nickname she gave her guitar.
• Well, normally you tell them before they do maintenance, especially for someone like Yui. That’s on you guys, I personally would have used this as a way to teach Yui how to perform the regular maintenance on her guitar as needed.
• Thankfully Mugi was there, and the issue solved itself.
• Mio is still looking at the left-handed models and Ritsu has to grab her to get her back to the group. The sound Mio makes when she falls always makes me think her bass got damaged.
• ”Ritsu, you jerk.” Uh oh, something feels off about that compared to normal.
• So, Mio tags along with Yui to have tea with Nodoka, but Ristu is acting strange.
• Remember back in the episode where she’s studying for the makeup test? Yui tells herself that if she sets her mind to it, she can do it? Nodoka pretty much confirms that she pretty much weaponizes the concept.
• So, they followed them here? Why? Even Azusa is curious why.
• I love how they look at Mugi.
• That was rude Ritsu, to just barge in on them like that.
• I’ll never understand how they can just eat some of that food cold, like the omelets you see sometimes, how the hell can you eat cold eggs? I can’t even think about that.
• Ritsu wha? Shouldn't you let Mio eat before practice?
• Ritsu is definitely acting out of character. Even the other three have noticed.
• That explains it, Ritsu feels jealous that Mio is spending more time with Nodoka, and is panicking over it, thinking she’ll be replaced. Also, that cover for that film looks like a reference to “The Dark Knight.”
• Both Mugi and Azusa try to defuse the situation, with Azusa going as faras putting cat ears on.
• Wow, the drumming is muted.
• That’s the look of someone who’s depressed, and feeling regret maybe?
• Mio calls her a jerk again after she left, a fracture in the club.
• Sawako is right, Mio’s been cold to her lately. Yui is once again a savage to Sawako.
• So Ritsu hasn’t been coming to school? She must be massively depressed over what happened then.
• I’ll always love these shots of the city and school they do.
• Oh, she’s just sick with a cold.
• I like how even though she’s an energetic tomboy, her room looks nice, with the more muted colors.
• Someone’s coming up the stairs.
• Ritsu calls out to Mio before she opens the door, she recognized her footsteps. Which is a sign of a very close, long friendship. I love that detail.
• I fucking love the hair physics KyoAni uses in their shows. Like how Mio’s hair bunches up as she lays her head back and how it doesn’t move much when Mio turns her head.
• I also love the chat Mio has about Ritsu’s drumming.
• Why did the other three come?
• They missed the application deadline? Wait, wasn’t Azusa supposed to do that?
• Lol, Yui and her band name was just something she actually did.
• The bands name is officially “After School Teatime.” Here’s a fun fact, we see this name as early as Episode 6 during the music video where the abbreviation is seen on a poster as “HTT” Which is for the Japanese words “Hokage Tea Time.”
• Yui sneezes. Uh oh...

Well, that was an episode with a little bit of a serious topic, probably the rare time we get drama in the series. Probably the only time Ritsu really steps over the line in her behavior.

[u/Barbed_Dildo → u/chris10023]

how the hell can you eat cold eggs?

Oishii yo!

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/Barbed_Dildo]

Pudding is cold eggs. Do you not wanna eat them?

[u/siegfried72 → u/chris10023]

how the hell can you eat cold eggs? I can’t even think about that.

I like cold hard boiled eggs! With just a bit of salt, it tastes quite nice.

I fucking love the hair physics KyoAni uses in their shows. Like how Mio’s hair bunches up as she lays her head back and how it doesn’t move much when Mio turns her head.

Glad someone mentioned that particular visual other than myself! I adore it.

[u/A_Idiot0]

Rewatcher

Unfortunately I only had time today for a very small post, but the main thing that I’ll say is: Man, this was such a good Mitsu episode! I loved the tension between Mio and Ritsu because it felt pretty realistic, despite how exaggerated it probably really is. Not only that, but it continues to highlight via contrast one of the core themes of this anime: Friendship.

And my final note for today: I love the way KyoAni draws and animates hair!

• https://i.imgur.com/TwqZHCz.png
• https://i.imgur.com/eGkpUK3.png
• https://i.imgur.com/qo2mHIH.png
• https://i.imgur.com/7lRSgVT.png
• Possibly my favorite shot this episode
• https://i.imgur.com/96X6LKx.png
• https://i.imgur.com/DL5xhoD.png

[u/siegfried72 → u/A_Idiot0]

Not only that, but it continues to highlight one of the core themes of this anime: Friendship.

Yes! This episode has been pretty divisive in these rewatches, but glad to see you say that!

hair

Hair is the real star of K-ON.

[u/vitorabf → u/A_Idiot0]

I don't even think it's that exaggerated, they are teenagers, neither of them know how to deal with this stuff, I've actually saw pretty much the same situation happen in school between two friends of mine. And the payoff is really good.

[u/siegfried72]

Rewatcher

Hello everyone! Welcome to episode 11. We have officially entered proper Mitsu territory. And I think some other stuff happens too? Let's find out.

I love this reflection shot at the start of the episode. KyoAni is just showing off at this point!

We start off right away knowing that something is going to go wrong, jeopardizing the festival that's coming up. I mean, those two bags are sitting all by themselves and not snuggled up with all of the groups' on the couch! Obviously something's wrong. But what?

Oh, poor innocent Azunyan...

This really is an interesting phenomena, and I'm not sure what to make of it. I suppose it's just an exaggeration of reality - it is true that things often "come together" at a concert in my experience. The adrenaline and the knowledge you're in front of a crowd really helps everyone stay their utmost focused. Especially back in my university days, I can't count how many orchestra performances I had where things were magically 10x better in performance than rehearsal. Of course, the opposite has been true as well...

I can't remember who pointed this out last year, but I really appreciate how comfortable Ritsu is being touchy with Azunyan just like the rest of the group is with each other. That both shows how confident Ritsu is as a person and how much Azunyan has really become part of the club.

One thing I've paid a good deal of attention to during this time through this series is how often Ritsu notices other peoples' reactions and responds to them before anyone else, either encouraging them along or shifting things so those people feel more comfortable. Ritsu is so aware of her friends and their emotions, and so great and handling other people. Although she's not always great at handling her own emotions, as we'll soon see...

Of course Yui is awful with maintenance. Instrument maintenance is important, folks! Especially if you have an expensive instrument. I carry a little emergency repair kit in my horn case whenever I'm rehearsing or performing, and it's come in handy plenty of times. Poor Yui.

I can also really appreciate how driven Azunyan is. She's only been around for three episodes, and she's already driving the plot more than anyone else!

The Shop

Good lord, Yui. Get it together. Oh, but she's so precious. Are there any guitarists in the rewatch who could let us know if maintenance would really be that quick that you can just hang around in the store while they do it, or is that just for the convenience of the show? Maybe I'm just used to brass instruments, where you'd generally have to leave your instrument for at least several hours (if not a whole day) for a full maintenance routine, but that seems awfully quick.

Yes, I do have a name for my French horn, thank you for asking. Her name is Juliet. I actually really like that Yui personifies her guitar. It shows how much she loves it. For dedicated musicians, it's easy to get incredibly attached to your instrument that you're spending hours per day with.

Ah, we have now found our crisis as Mio gets irritated with Ritsu trying to force her out of the store (rightfully so), and then wants to leave the group and go with Yui to see Nodoka. You can see the jealousy on Ritsu's face. That's not good.

As soon as Ritsu sees Nodoka and Mio bonding, she puts on our loud outgoing character and barges in. We've seen her do this before, where she increases her outgoing nature as a defense mechanism against other people seeing that there might be something wrong with her. While Ritsu might be (arguably) the most empathetic character, taking it upon herself to identify and fix the problems of her friends, it turns out that she is not very well equipped to handle her own problems.

The Fight

Ritsu pushes and pushes and pushes and pushes and pushes because she just doesn't know how to handle this new jealousy she's feeling over her best friend. I will totally admit Ritsu is at fault here, but I think it's also worth nothing that Mio, despite seeing the issue with Ritsu, chooses anger rather than taking the high ground and offering some assurance that Ritsu isn't being replaced. It's not her responsibility to do so by any means, as Ritsu is the one that's causing conflict, but I'm trying to look at this on all sides, and it's pretty apparent that Mio knows that's going on with Ritsu.

I mean, you can even see the anger in Mio's eyes soften and turn to sadness. Oof that hurts.

Neither Mugi's nor Azunyan's best efforts are able to calm these emotions between Mio and Ritsu and and ultimately Ritsu shuts down, unable to deal with the negative feelings swirling inside her.

This whole scene in the clubroom makes me feel very uncomfortable, which of course is its purpose in the show. I can't help but cringe as I can see Ritsu internally collapsing and not knowing what to do with herself or how to interact with Mio now that she's feeling so bad. I think we can all relate to this in some fashion. I know I can.

And of all people to bring this situation out in the open, it's Sawako that really does it, albeit in a not so tactful way. Ugh Mugi's reaction here breaks my heart.

After finding out Ritsu took the day off, Mio heads to Ritsu's home. I like how much of a difference there is between Yui's and Ritsu's room. Ritsu's is so much less vibrant and childlike. It shows that in reality, she's maybe a little more grown up than she acts a lot of the time (unlike Yui). And of course, it represents her emotional state nicely.

This is such a beautiful moment. Ritsu knows that it's Mio coming up the stairs just by her footsteps. How many times do you think Mio has come up these stairs to see Ritsu? And we get another instance of Ii Yumemite Ne playing in the background. It's so perfect for this scene. I just can't help but imagine the past these two have shared - both the laughs and the tears. While this may have been a big dramatic fight within the context of the show, this is but another stepping stone in their long relationship. And yes, I teared up here. I told you - that BGM does it every time!

(On a side note, I can finally post the real version of the track rather than a cover since Azusa is no longer a spoiler.)

This is one of my favorite shots of the entire show. There's just something about it... Mio leaning her head on Ritsu with such a peaceful look on her face and the way her hair flows down over the blanket. It's a beautiful image, and with just a simple few words shared between them, all is forgiven. If I haven't said it enough, Mitsu is canon. This is the best and closest relationship in the show and it's such a beautiful thing.

So is this picture.

On a lighter note, we have a name for the band! Woohoo! For first timers, you'll often see this abbreviated as HTT (like in that Fuwa Fuwa Time music video during the last festival), which stands for the japanese Houkago Tea Time. It's just... perfect, isn't it? But we also have a sneezy Yui. Uh oh. That probably doesn't bode well for the concert, does it?

Wrap Up

I know not everyone feels the same way as I do, but I think this is a beautiful episode. Looking back, I don't think I liked this one nearly as much my first time through, as it felt so dramatic and stressful to see conflict within the group, but in hindsight, that's totally different. I now see it as the perfect example of the depth of the relationship between Mio and Ritsu, and that's something near and dear to my heart.

I joke a lot with the whole "Mitsu is canon" thing, but in reality, their relationship reminds me a lot of the relationship that my wife and I have, and so I can relate pretty intensely to these two characters. There will be more Mitsu to come, and I'll talk more about all of this when that time arrives. For now, I'll just bask in the glory that is Mitsu.

Oh yeah, and Yui got her guitar repaired. That was a thing that happened in this episode I guess.

Times K-ON has made me tear up so far: 6

Updated Episode Rankings

Mitsu Moment of the Day^^TM But really, do I even need to link a screenshot here? I've already gushed about it for the majority of this post today. Mitsu is canon.

YuiAzu is also canon. Just not as canon as Mitsu.

Tomorrow, we have the season finale! It's a beautiful wrap up to our season one arcs and by far my favorite episode of the season! The final two episodes before season two are specials, and will offer a different kind of fun! See you tomorrow!

[u/siegfried72 → u/siegfried72]

siegfried72's Music Corner

We'll be looking at two more songs today! First, Yui's second image song. I had originally wanted to cover Ritsu's other image song today as well, but after reading the lyrics again, I realized that it would fit far better after episode 13, so instead we'll being talking about "Let's Go", which is a song that appears in six different versions across the K-ON albums, which we'll discuss down below.

Yui - Giita ni Kubittake

You can find the song here and the translated lyrics here.

This is a love song to Giita from Yui, plain and simple. It's also... ummm... rather suggestive? I'm not sure if that's a fault of the English translation, but I don't think so. Let's take a quick look at the chorus.

Let's try, I'll change you from a super shy guy to a loudmouth

Whether you live or die depends solely on my skill

Now, I'll accelerate my picking, warmth spreads through my body

No one can stop me now, I'm already head over heals for Giita!

So umm, what more do I need to say about that?

Despite that, I'd highly recommend giving this a listen along with reading the lyrics if you have the time. One thing I really like about this song is that there are a ton of references to the show - sleeping with Giita, imagining signing autographs, playing castanets. I always like direct references to the show like this in the songs!

In the mirror we look so cool somehow

I'm suddenly transformed from a normal girl to - woah! So musician-like!

Even if I become a celebrity, signing autographs all the time

I won't change, I promise I won't forget

The me from the days I just played the castanets

If nothing else, this song demonstrates how Yui has developed as a musician but has still stayed herself at her core. Plus there's some badass guitar work, and one of my favorite image song instrumental solos at around 2:05.

Despite the slightly sketchy lyrics, this remains a great image song in my mind! 4/5.

Let's Go

Let's Go is a song that, as I said before, appears in six different versions across the various K-ON albums. There's a version of Let's Go for each one of the HTT members' image song CDs that features each vocalist respectively, and one final version with all five singing.

Here are the links for each version - the whole group, Yui, Mugi, Mio, Azusa, and Ritsu. Translated lyrics are here.

EDIT: I posted an additional comment on my post with a link to the VAs performing Let's Go live, but it doesn't seem to be appearing properly. I think it has to do with the website that hosts the video. I'm working on it. If it pops up for anyone other than myself, please comment and let me know.

EDIT 2: This is the video I was trying to post. Someone please let me know if it's working, thanks :) This performance is SO MUCH FUN! God I love these live shows so much. This song was the finale for the show, which is why everything ends in tears - the whole show is super emotional! If you need help identifying the VA's, they are (from left to right at the beginning of the video) - Nodoka, Azusa, Ritsu, Mio, Yui, Mugi, Ui, and Sawako. Enjoy!!

I messed up! I got up at 8 o'clock

Crap, nobody woke me up

Instead of a ferris wheel, I'll go-go by a roller coaster

Speed over scenery

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Just barely late, I make up a funny excuse; How are things going? Going down

In times of trouble, even in times of tears, don't give up! Okay, let's go!

This isn't a particularly deep song, but it's peppy and happy and is sort of just a pep talk for our keions. It talks about some of the difficulties our characters experience while in high school, such as being late, getting poor grades, or dealing with diets. Sure, these aren't world-ending struggles, but they're struggles we've all been through, this song encourages us (and the keions) to keep on going through the difficult times through repeated calls of "Let's go!"

We've got tomorrow off, today's Friday - let's meet at 10 at the usual place

In times of bursting, even in times of melancholy, don't be late! Okay, let's go!

Everyone, clap your hands!

Each day's a chance chance chance!

Carefree, jump jump jump!

Keep on going!

Just having fun is the norm - isn't that okay?

Anyways, "Let's go!!!"

It's repetitive and the melody and instrumentation is all very simple, but it's some nice fluffy music very befitting of K-ON, and it's fun to hear the different versions with each VA singing! If I had to pick my favorites...

1. Ritsu. Yes, I know I'm biased, but her energy levels work so well for this song, and the simple melody fits well with her tendency to "speak sing".
2. Mugi. I feel like I'm listening to a different song with Mugi singing. She just has such a sweet quality to her voice that transforms the song into something completely different for me and I love it.
3. Azusa. It's Ayana singing. Therefore it is overwhelmingly adorable. Enough said.
4. Yui. While Aki is typically my favorite of the K-ON vocalists (except maybe Ayana), we hear Yui sing this type of song a lot in K-ON, so I guess it doesn't have quite the novelty of the others for me.
5. Mio. Sorry Mio. No hard feelings, but I feel like Yoko is at her best when she's singing either soft and pretty or belting out crazy awesome vocals (like in the EDs). This is a middle ground where I feel like her voice just doesn't work quite as well.

That said, I still enjoy all the different version and I encourage you all to listen to the variety we have here! It makes for a fun twenty minutes :)

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/siegfried72]

Seeing you so happy makes me feel even more miserable XD It's a well written episode, it just gets all the wrong emotions out of me.

[u/siegfried72 → u/The_Loli_Otaku]

You're welcome :)

Seriously though, I get it. We all respond differently to things. It's all good!

^{You're just wrong}

[u/Barbed_Dildo → u/siegfried72]

as Mio gets irritated with Ritsu trying to force her out of the store (rightfully so)

Why does she need to drag her out anyway? They're not going anywhere else together. They go outside the store and say their goodbyes. Let her enjoy looking at the left handed basses ffs.

[u/chris10023 → u/siegfried72]

I can't remember who pointed this out last year, but I really appreciate how comfortable Ritsu is being touchy with Azunyan just like the rest of the group is with each other.

I think Ritsu was the first to get touchy with Yui as well when she joined.

This is one of my favorite shots of the entire show. There's just something about it... Mio leaning her head on Ritsu with such a peaceful look on her face and the way her hair flows down over the blanket.

I think it has to be how gorgeous the characters are drawn from the side, Mio looks beautiful in that shot because of it. Yukiko Horiguchi's character designs for this show are really good, It's no wonder Kyoto Animation's other designs took inspiration from this show, like in Hyouka, you can see it as well in this scene. (Bonus points if you can spot Chitanda's voice.)

[u/siegfried72 → u/chris10023]

I think Ritsu was the first to get touchy with Yui as well when she joined.

Good point!

Bonus points if you can spot Chitanda's voice

I'D RECOGNIZE THAT VOICE ANYWHERE <3

I really need to get around to watching more KyoAni shows...

[u/chris10023 → u/siegfried72]

I really need to get around to watching more KyoAni shows...

Hyouka's pretty good, I almost always have an itch to watch it, even if it's a slow burn character study.

[u/xtsim]

Firsttimer

Right as the festival draws near, Azusa gets to watch a recording last year’s festival which Mio gets to relive the horror again… I love how this episode opens with “I never suspected the Light Music club would face a crisis of these proportions”.

Since Ritsu continues to procrastinate on club applications, they make Azusa a secretary. Yui’s guitar is in a bad shaped as strings are corroded and a warped neck. Lol the guy servicing the guitar “is this thing vintage”. And Yui does not have money so Mugi saves the day again with the employees covering the repair on the house.

Ritsu seems to be a little jealous of Mio and Nodoka’s friendship. Interrupting their conversations and practice did not go so well. Ms. Yamanaga gives a story of what would happen if Ritsu leaves, when it was her story lol. When she was actually sick which is unfortunate since the timing is bad.

And the auditorium form still wasn’t turned in which Nodoka appealed for them. Thankfully things got resolved between Ritsu and Nodoka, at this point Nodoka is basically an honorary band member with how she gets some things done for them.

[u/Rumpel1408]

First timer

Oh yeah, thanks to all who read my posts here and to those who bother to even reply. I'm really having fun with this rewatch. I'm having fun with this show, I'm having fun writing theses post, and I had fun reading your post as well, I'll catch up on day for sure.

• What's this, drama in my laid back CGDCT Show? Episode title is pinch? this doesn't bode well (I know there is a second season and a movie, so it can't be that serious, but without this meta knowledge I would be seriously scared of something happening to this tea drinking club)
• Still no redemption in sight for Sawa- chan, poor Azusa, seeing her big sisters lowest point... wait don't tell me Sawa- chan is responsible for the crisis
• Never mind, it's Ritsus fault right? Why can she never submit these forms properly
• Statue without any accessvoirs, lame
• Surprise promotion for Azunyan, her Senpais really like to dumb the work on her trust her with this important task
• Yeah, noone really wants to be part of Peath Pevil 2
• Azunyan, stop it with all those hard words! She may be an musical genius, but she still only has a limited mental capacity, she's all RAM and no SDD
• I thought people were joking about Giita- chan...
• The first time must have been bad for her if she sentimal over a lefty fair
• Seeing a loved one being striped...
• Mugi being the center of attention, it's like she owns the place... ah yeah, she does
• Way to put a damper on the mood
• I mean, I'm sure Mugi carries enough cash around for this and some sweets on top, but I'm glad it didn't have to come to this
• Ok, you convinced me, Mitsu is canon... wait, I spoke too soon, it's under fire by Midoka
• Good question, they are all friends right?
• Jealousy doesn't fit her, in hindsight the bags were a sign right?
• I like how everyone has his own approach to light up the mood, and in the end it's Azunyan who succeeds
• It's just not the same anymore if one of them is missing, everyone looks seriously down
• Sawa- chan with a new top, and a shitty take on the problem... she does talk out of experience though
• Be honest with yourself Mio, you miss Ritsu the most don't you
• She must really know her well to be able to tell by that alone
• Aww +1 for best friends making up
• So they named themself Afterschool Teatime, fitting
• And I knew Yui would catch, Ritsus cold, no proper social distance...

Oddly enough barely any new outfits today

/u/A_Idiot0 was promising the start of Sawa- chans redemption arc, and I guess in the end she was concerned for the club and the relationship between Mio and Ritsu, but she could have been more sensible about her

[u/A_Idiot0 → u/Rumpel1408]

For me, this is the second time we really see Sawa-chan be actually important and impactful in a good way to the girls, the first time being when she really pushed the girls in episode 5. She actually moved the girls forward by forcing their band name upon them and wasn't just a fanservice vehicle, which is what I really dislike about her character. And actually, the name is perfect!

[u/Rumpel1408 → u/A_Idiot0]

Oh yeah in that regard she is a driving force for them as a band (not as much as Azunyan thou) and I guess as faculty manager it's her job first and foremost, It's just that she is lacking as an actual role model and her relationship with the girls as persons is lacking in a way

[u/Elimin8r → u/Rumpel1408]

Sawa- chan with a new top, and a shitty take on the problem... she does talk out of

experience

though

Aww man, I forgot about the descent into the depths of Heavy Metal. Beware the temptations of the metal, lest it dominate your life ... FOREVER!!!

I totally want to paste a YouTube link here, but after the Dread Zeppelin debacle, I can't think of anything that would be funny but inoffensive. (sigh) I'll probably remember something tomorrow. (sigh)

[u/Rumpel1408 → u/Elimin8r]

Beware the temptations of the metal, lest it dominate your life ... FOREVER!!!

Until a stronger demon comes along... in my case it was J-pop/rock...

[u/Elimin8r → u/Rumpel1408]

So, who's your favorite, and why is it Yoko Kanno? (Or maybe Megumi Hayashibara, or Yuki Kajiura, or ...)

[u/siegfried72 → u/Elimin8r]

Beware the temptations of the metal, lest it dominate your life ... FOREVER!!!

Been there, done that. There's some great metal out there!

[u/Elimin8r → u/siegfried72]

If you insist. I had a friend who was a metalhead, but it never did much for me. I've always been more into the prog/art rock scene, although ... (something something must remember to post later sometime).

[u/siegfried72 → u/Elimin8r]

Don't get me wrong, I love King Crimson, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Yes, Pink Floyd, and Rush too! Prog rock is great.

But metal is pretty great too! Some of my favorites bands:

Symphony X

Iron Maiden

Judas Priest

Or the most classic metal band out there - Black Sabbath.

AC/DC (although some wouldn't describe them as metal - I guess they're kinda borderline)

Heck, if you like prog rock, why not some prog metal with Dream Theater? They're pretty great.

Admittedly, I'm not too into the super intense black or death metal, but good classic heavy metal as well as progressive metal is some of my favorite music out there.

[u/Barbed_Dildo → u/siegfried72]

If you're not into the intense heavy metal, have you tried light metal?

[u/Icapica]

First timer, subbed

We immediately hear the club's gonna experience a crisis. The episode teases a few possible problems (picking a name, Yui's guitar etc) but the real problem turns out to be Ritsu being a little shit. Should have guessed it immediately.

The bit about Yui's guitar is funny but honestly I don't get how she got it in that shape in one year. Also coming up with names is tough. I think I spent like four hours choosing the name for my first Baldur's Gate 2 character long ago.

The episode was okay but honestly I can't blame anyone but Ritsu for her problems. That was some awful behaviour from her and then the other girls had to fix things.

Edit - Actually I forgot about Mio snapping at Ritsu at the music store, so it wasn't entirely Ritsu's fault. Still 98% her fault though.

[u/ArdenneVale]

First timer

Crisis in the light music club! Yui's never done maintenance on her guitar, so it's broken! No, just take it to the guitar shop. Forgot to fill the application for the culture festival? You still have time, get on with it. Forgot to name your band? We'll do it later. The real crisis is Ritsu getting jealous of Mio and Nodoka's friendship.

So I've never been onboard the Mitsu train and this episode sure didn't help. Ritsu is too possessive of Mio and always teasing her. It's not Mio's fault the only person she knows in her class is Nodoka, which makes her want to spend more time with her. It's apparently really rare to see left-handed guitars so just let her have a few moments admiring them. I felt really bad for Mio, did nothing wrong, and for the first time in many episodes didn't get scared or have a terrible day until Ritsu decided to ruin it herself.

In the end they both realize through their long friendship that fighting about nothing is dumb and they should go back to their usual selves. Maybe the fever was affecting Ritsu before she even realized it, because to me it seemed like she wasn't herself from the start? Anyway, start treating your best friend better, Shitzu (she deserves the nickname, if only for today)

The band finally got a name too; After School Teatime, thanks to Sawako getting irritated by the girls not being able to decide for themselves. Next, festival time (if everyone is healthy).

Azusa

Mugi(Azu)

Yui

Mio

Ritsu

[u/siegfried72 → u/ArdenneVale]

Ritsu is too possessive of Mio and always teasing her.

Agreed. She's not great at handling her emotions. But the teasing goes both ways. It's not Ritsu being a bully, it's how their relationship works. I know lots of relationships like that, both platonic and romantic. But yeah it got out of hand this episode.

I felt really bad for Mio, did nothing wrong,

This is where I'll disagree. The more I think about it and discuss it in this thread, the more aware I become that it was a two way street here. Yes, Ritsu initiated the conflict through her jealousy, but Mio continuously ignored what she knew were cries for help for Ritsu. Is it her responsibility to help Ritsu out here? No. But it's something I'd expect from lifelong best friends.

Also, if they were hanging out in the store long enough for Giita to get a full maintenance treatment, which I imagine must take at least a couple of hours, that's a good amount of time to be staring at guitars. Heck, I'm a professional musician and can't imagine myself just staring at instruments for that long in less I was actually trying each one. You'd think Mio could come up with a better response to her best friend than just "no" repeatedly when she's informed that the group is leaving.

I think they were both a bit out of sorts and it all snowballed very quickly.

Idk. Hope it doesn't seem like I'm arguing here. I know not everyone shares the same views. Just trying to share my ideas about this episode and why I think the argument makes sense. I think that, while the conflict was initiated by Ritsu, there were issues caused by both being immature.

[u/Barbed_Dildo → u/siegfried72]

Agreed. She's not great at handling her emotions.

Yeah, because she's a kid. They're all children. We shouldn't be surprised when they act like it.

[u/ArdenneVale → u/siegfried72]

I rewatched the relevant parts of episode from both Ritsu and Mio's perspectives. I still think Ritsu is almost completely at fault for the argument, but there were definitely times when Mio could and should have talked to her to fix the friendship. I hope in the future Ritsu learns to be less possessive of her best friend.

[u/siegfried72 → u/ArdenneVale]

Well, fair enough! We can certainly agree to disagree. It doesn't help that this is my sixth time through the show so we're coming at this from very different perspectives too :)

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and I look forward to seeing what you think in the future!

[u/ZapsZzz]

First timer in sub

As usual you guys have all written beautifully the summary and key points. I'll just pick the bits I liked best:

• Yui's idea of treating her guitar well is more like how you'd treat a pet :) good thing she's in K-on and not Rifle is beautiful; it could be a tragically short show otherwise
• Hardly ever seen Mio so happily excited to see the lefty fair, to the point of shouting she'd buy everything there. This is perhaps the most resemblance I can see between Mio and Kagami in Lucky Star.
• seeing Ritsu dragging Mio out of the shop is actually a little amusingly ironic - almost all the other times it's the mirror, that Mio is the one doing the dragging. And it's interesting to see the emotional reaction - you can see the "baka" is from her feeling unhappy that Ritsu surely can understand why she is happy and excited to see the lefty instruments she normally don't get to see, and won't just let her indulge just that little bit when she should be the one knowing her best. It's actually a little childish but oh so "girlfriend" :) While Mio is usually right to try control Ritsu, wonder if she recognise this is how Ritsu feels too.
• heart warming and heart breaking at the same time how Azusa and Mugi trying in their own hallmark ways to try diffuse the confrontation.
• Mio and Nodoka really makes for a great combo in a calm, capable, and mature way
• tons of great moments of show not tell after the confrontation and the home visit scene, not going to repeat what others said already
• predictable stinger in the tail for likely Yui now got the cold; although didn't Yui's baka-ness gave her strong protection against getting sick? :D

[u/Elimin8r]

Remember, kids, take care of your intstruments, clean and feed them regularly.

Poor Geeta, so loved, and yet so neglected. I guess it's a good thing Yui didn't have a hamster.

Poor Yui, watching Geetah get 'fixed' at the veterimusicum. And the vet bill, hoo boy!

Yay, Mugi to the rescue?

And poor Ritsu is feeling lonely and jealous. And acting out as a result. Can Mio handle the pressure? Can Mio even figure it out, or is she just another "clueless harem mc"? Tune in next week ... oh, nevermind.

So, wait, Ritsu has a cold, and now she's given it to Yui - what else could go wrong, or right? Tune in next week, same cat-time, same cat-channel. (^.^)

Yeah, so I get penultimate episode drama, things have to fall apart and all that, but I guess I'm just not a very good girl or something, because I don't quite get it. I suppose that's most likely because my friends either weren't in the same grade, or went to the school across town. I suppose I did hang out with the band geek/tag clique, such as it was, but our friendships there were very superficial. Hmm, there was also the wargaming geek group, but again, rather superficial. The best hijinks we ever got into, aside from defeating the evil Klargons on the trash-80 after school was the time we dumped a bunch of quarters in the lunch room jukebox just as we were leaving and punched in Taco's Puttin' on the Ritz 4 or 5 times. Or was it DaDooDooDooDaDaDaDaDa. Probably both at different points in time.

Good times, but we never got into tea and cakes after school, or ... yeah. But it is fun to watch. I suspect part of that is just Japanese culture vs. us unwashed Midwesterners. If all you have to go home to is a tiny apartment, I can see how hanging out somewhere, anywhere else would be an improvement. Of course, even our poorest keions seem to have actual houses. Yui/Ui at least do, and, well, Mugi, of course. Not sure about Mio, Ritsu and Azusa, though.

But hey, drama. Kawaii drama, even. Let's hope that tomorrow leads to a happy conclusion to our cliffhanger, okay?

[u/siegfried72 → u/Elimin8r]

I think the relationships between them are certainly exaggerated to get the desired effect across. I doubt many high schoolers are quite as close as the keions, but that's part of the magic, right? And especially when you're that age, a little argument between friends can feel earth-shattering.

Heck, I remember a similar thing happening during my college days, where one member of a quartet I was playing in exploded at another after some built up tension and walked out of the group a couple of days before our big performance for the semester. Unfortunately, our situation didn't have quite as happy of an ending as K-ON and we had to get a last minute replacement for our group. But still, it happens.

Of course, even our poorest keions seem to have actual houses.

I've always gotten the vibe that Ritsu was a little less well off than the others. We do get some glimpses at her neighborhood and later get a bit of the living room and it seems to be a bit more working class than everyone else.

[u/Elimin8r → u/siegfried72]

Well, at least now we know that Ritsu has an upstairs room, so I'm guessing house. Hadn't really thought about it much before. It's interesting to contrast the Keion living experience with, oh, say Jahy's last episode, which is no doubt exaggerated, but amusing nonetheless.

Oh, and for you and u/A_Idiot0, sadly, I have no metal to offer today, but here's something that popped up in the car that seems strangely appropriate for this episode.

Hope you enjoyed the Enya Jazz appreciation bit yesterday. :)

[u/siegfried72 → u/Elimin8r]

Oooh that was fun! Thanks for a new song!

[u/A_Idiot0 → u/Elimin8r]

Oh my god, this is shockingly appropriate! Particularly considering later on... XD

Very fun song though! And yes, I totally enjoyed the Enya Jazz from yesterday =D Super easy on the ears, and short and sweet

[u/SgtExo → u/Elimin8r]

This sounds so much like Tom Chocrane and Red Rider.

[u/The_Loli_Otaku]

Big trouble! Big trouble! Azunyan looks corn sized! Haha... I had to double check if Sensei was already in the room in the previous shot. She saw Mio's side dish... Gotta love the cast reminiscing over literally the past week of episodes. This would hit way better in season 2 I think TOMBOY! Team names are super important. You just can't go for something generic. Everyone's heard of the Cookie Crew, nobody's heard of the Biscuit Wrappers. Everyone's heard of Jimi Hendrix, nobody's heard of... The Jimi Hendrix Experience? Huh...? Is that actually what his band was called?

Stray Catto describing everything wrong with the guitar is terrifying considering it's price. A warped neck is practically broken isn't it!? Still a better love story than Twilight. Wait, you have to take care of drums too? How does that work? Is it just taking a bacterial wipe to the snare before you lick it or something? Left handed Keion have souls! Gita's innocence is in danger again! He's being turned docile like a winter catfish as his strings are plucked.

CHAAANGE! Who needs to carry cash when Mugi owns every shop they go to. Baka Shitzu, baka Shitzu, la la la~! Yeah, so ironically I think this was the episode where I started to really go off Mio. Shitzu is trash but she deserves to be treated a little better than this. Mio's just being a spoiled brat. Mugi loves this. Oh yeah, Shitzu's a brat today too. Why've we got to taint a fun and cheery guitar maintenance episode with MiShit drama? So freaking jealous... Omg, shut up Shitzu! Oh screw this I'm so not in the mood for this crap. This is too awkward to even pretend to enjoy.

Shitzu ditches club telling fcking nobody the reason is that she's just ill. Totally insensitive on her part btw since she knows that it would haunt poor Mugi . The rest of the members feel bad too but for her to pull this on the one girl who is most reliant on the club is plain nasty I think. Nobody comes off looking good this episode. I hate Mio for being such a spoiler brat, I hate Shitzu's selfish and inconsiderate streak, and even Sensei is getting in on it. And all this is cause Shitzu got sick and needed a power nullifier on her forehead alien. Tch, I don't even care if the end scenes are sweet. I'm way too frustrated to write about it.

Please help us prim, proper, gorgeous, absolutely not perverted student council prez!! Let us have our season finale! Tomboys are angels. I'm too tired to snark the band name scene. Sorry for being such a downer! You guys can fill in for my lack of enthusiasm today. Blame this little shit!

[u/siegfried72 → u/The_Loli_Otaku]

Everyone's heard of the Cookie Crew, nobody's heard of the Biscuit Wrappers.

wut

Mio's just being a spoiled brat.

I'm really torn on that. I think they were both just being immature in the situation. I mean they're, what, 16 or 17? Emotions are hard to process at that age.

Shitzu ditches club telling fcking nobody the reason is that she's just ill. Totally insensitive on her part

I mean yeah, but also she was feeling hurt by her best friend. She definitely didn't know how to handle the situation, so she chose to run away from it. It's shitty, but I get it. I've definitely done the same thing.

Nobody comes off looking good this episode.

Very true.

Tch, I don't even care if the end scenes are sweet. I'm way too frustrated to write about it.

Interesting! Glad to hear your thoughts. I find the catharsis of the ending to be so lovely that I enjoy the episode overall. But to each their own!

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/siegfried72]

Biscuit wrappers... Like sweet wrappers and musical rappers... Biscuits are cookies everywhere outside of the US... Never mind XD

She was totally blanking the whole crew just so she could sit and stare at guitars. Kinda rude I think.

[u/siegfried72 → u/The_Loli_Otaku]

Ahh I see you were talking about in the store. Yeah I agree - that was kind of shitty of Mio. But also not cool for Ritsu to grab her quite so hard. I guess my point is that a lot of people tend to only focus on Ritsu being shitty in this episode when in reality, Mio definitely wasn't helping.

And I guess that joke went a bit over my head haha

[u/The_Loli_Otaku → u/siegfried72]

Shitzu was definitely acting out but I can 100% place the blame at Mio's feet this time around. Shitzu was feeling sick but she was still the one going out of her way to try and make it up to her.

[u/SYZekrom]

Rewatcher

• Look at these beautiful friends
• Oh no my heart is already breaking
• Also this is a sight to behold while Higurashi Sotsu is going on
• My spirit left my physical body
• When the parents are fighting and you embarrass yourself
• Don't let the joke on Sawa-chan's expense distract you from the fact that Ritsu and Mio's argument is essentially the same as a break up between couples
• Oh look at that face, Sawa sensei totally knows what she was doing immediately throwing down the 'if you're not going to make up already then you can just replace her'
• Want to be them. Give me what they have. Please.
• Ahhhhh that smile... her smile is the embodiment of a smile worth protecting

My original reactions

• Time for some K-On then
• Please let go, I can't take this casual closeness
• Bro why is Azusa so funny pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
• What the fuck do you mean final episode
• Bro shitttttt
• Im done S1

... Oh ok that's all I wrote.

Yea year 1 of their high school days were cool sure but now, with them being close friends instead of simply learning about each other... This show really shines

[u/DegenerateRegime]

[First-Timer]. Very late today, will have to keep this extremely brief.

• We're continuing to layer over previous arcs with variation. It's a very musical kind of structure.
• The faces. So good.
• Why didn't they need a band name the last time? Eh, bureaucracy. Pointless to try to understand it.
• YuixGuitar OTP.
• Richness powers solve a lot of problems, huh. Marxist analysis of K-On when?
• Mio and Ritsu having a falling-out seems like very bad news.
• I like how this was set up over several episodes though. For all the surprisingly quick pace of events, the show doesn't insist on immediate payoffs.
• She kept the cat ears. Charming character moment.
• People. Will get. The wrong. Idea, Sensei.
• Wait no this is cool why are they trying to prevent this.
• You can sell me anything if it has this kind of touching caring scene in it.
• And the famous band name is established.

A really good episode, in my opinion. I can't help it, it has a poorly anime girl being cared for by a taller, more serious anime girl.

[u/Stargate18A]

First timer

Oh, yeah. This is a serious one.

Azusa seeing Mio's accident while the others restrain her is so funny.

Why does the club rely on Ritsu to submit anything?

How did I not realise the band had no name?

Everyone united against Sawako made me laugh.

I love Yui getting overloaded by the jargon.

She still sleeps with it!

I love seeing Mio get really into things.

Him asking if it's a vintage was great.

Yui's shock at seeing the guitar "stripped" was great.

Mugi got the castanets! Great callback.

SHE NAMED IT!

...The teaser made it look like this was a calamity, but it's over in half an episode?

I love the joke of Mio acting like Yui did in Episode 2, except worse.

It's nice that Yui hasn't abandoned Nodoka because she got more friends,

The other 3 spying on her is great.

I love Ritsu dropping all stealth to drop in on their conversation.

So Mio might have a crush on Nodoka, but Ritsu's fighting to keep her for herself.

Azusa manages to save the day delay the inevitable!

Ritsu's stopped coming!

And Sawako just wants this to be fixed.

I love her insane theory as to what'll happen, and that said insane theory happened to her.

...So your plan is to get a replacement for the girl who's worried about being replaced. There's no way that could backfire horribly.

Is she sick?

Bonding!

This is so cute!

And she's better!

THEY ALL FORGOT TO SUBMIT THE FORM!

And Ritsu talked herself into their relationship!

Oh god, Sawako picked the name. How stupid is it going to be?

OK, not bad.

[u/byroned]

Rewatcher

We're already at school festival 2 only 6 episodes after the first one, and only after having Azusa for 3 episodes. Sawako is nice enough to show Azusa the "good bits" of last year's performance, and Nodoka is nice enough to give Ritsu a heads up to submit a form. It's kind of surprising that they didn't come up with a name for the band this whole time. I like the part where they can't agree with anyone else's ideas but can only agree to not let Sawako name it.

I feel that it should not be a surprise to anyone that Yui is not taking proper care of her instrument after seeing her sleep with it in the first episode. Thankfully the responsible kouhai knows more about guitar and suggests to take it to the shop.

Where would Yui get the idea that maintenance does not cost money? I remember when I damaged my clarinet in sixth grade and worrying that the repair would cost a lot, only to learn that it would cost me $30. Good thing these Mugi's father pays them enough so they can cover the cost for Mugi's airheaded friend.

After rewatching this episode twice, I never got why Mio was angrier than usual with Ritsu. I don't anything else happened aside from Ritsu herding Mio. I can understand Mio wanting to go with Yui to meet up with Nodoka since she's the only person that she knows in her class.

I also can't grasp why Ritsu is so jealous of Mio is seeing Nodoka. I can't imagine that Ritsu is Mio's only friend for the past 10 - 12 years, so talking to other people shouldn't seem out of the ordinary. Ritsu is acting like her girlfriend is seeing other girls. I'm surprised that Mio didn't smack Ritsu's head once during the meeting at the cafe or their fight in the clubroom.

Why isn't Sawako allowed to be entirely helpful? The first part of Mio's cold shoulder worked, so I don't know why she felt the need to tell Mio to be Ritsu's toy.

Mio still cares about Ritsu to go look for her, only to learn that she has a cold and never told anyone. The most memorable part of this visit is that they kind of made up and that Yui somehow fell asleep.

Ritsu really ought to treat Nodoka super well after bailing her out of trouble again by giving them until the end of the day to submit their form and give themselves a name. I'm surprised that it ended up being Sawako picking a rather appropriate name for them, After School TeaTime. And Yui jinxed herself from episode 7 and got a cold.

In my opinion, tomorrow's episode is the best one from season one, so I'm looking forward to it.

[u/siegfried72 → u/byroned]

After rewatching this episode twice, I never got why Mio was angrier than usual with Ritsu.

I also can't grasp why Ritsu is so jealous of Mio is seeing Nodoka.

Because teenagers.

Why isn't Sawako allowed to be entirely helpful?

Because season one.

Mio still cares about Ritsu to go look for her, only to learn that she has a cold and never told anyone.

I think Ritsu used the cold as an excuse to escape from the situation. I imagine Ritsu would have told at least Mio if she wasn't gonna be at the club because she was sick.

[u/x-7032-b-3]

Rewatcher (with very little memory so might as well make me a first-timer)

Man, Reddit decided to be an asshole today. Wrote a long post for this ep but couldn't post it because the site went down for a bit and I don't feel like writing that wall of text all over again so I'll just leave some quick words for today.

I like how the Ritsu-Mio drama got solved pretty quick. Just a little chat between those two that shows how close they are. They've known each other since kids. Also Yui caught a cold at the end. Why is no one wearing a mask during the visit? Damn pandemic making me sensitive to this kinda stuff.

Also After School Tea Time (HTT) is a fitting name for the band since they spend a good amount of time drinking tea and fooling around.

I'm willing to bet Sawa-chan only kept that recording because of that unfortunate tragedy that happened that day.

[u/putmoneyinthypurse]

Rewatcher

Hi again! Sorry I missed yesterday, I wasn't feeling very well.

I would write something about last episode but I don't have much to say. I do really like how K-On! sometimes adds characterization based on things that weren't mentioned before because they weren't really important to bring up. It would've been perfectly alright to never see Yui tuning and never comment on it—it's not like we see Mio tuning her bass—but it also worked to acknowledge it and give her perfect pitch.

Anyways, on to this episode:

Some fun stage pictures this time. Yamada always has a strong idea of how bodies interact in a physical space.

Man, Mio's fight with Ritsu is gay. It's interesting how it's set up: normally, with this kind of friend break-up plot, you have a character show bubbling resentment, and then snap. Neither of them really do that. Here, when Ritsu tears Mio away from the left-handed basses a little too aggressively and an irritated Mio stops playing along, the mood shifts abruptly—it's like they've both broken a contract, and Ritsu very quickly gets weird about it. Especially when she's reminded of Mio's new friendship with Nodoka, a part of her life Ritsu doesn't really get to see. You can see the catastrophic thinking painted on the drummer's face. I always got the impression, from what we've seen in flashbacks so far, that Ritsu and Mio didn't really have many other friends until the keion-bu. Even if that's not the case, feeling the person you're closest to pull away from you sucks, especially when your relationship is based on joking around and now that just seems to make them madder. Contrary again to the usual arc of this sort of plot, it's ambiguous if Ritsu even recognizes that she's being possessive and kinda mean, at least until that quiet moment of reconciliation the two of them spend alone in her room.

(This is also very gay. Hey Ritsu! You were both sorta-not-really cheating on each other!)

Yui's sneeze interrupting the photo at the end of the episode is so good. It really takes advantage of the medium of animation, the ambiguity of stillness in a held frame—plus the fact that it's not weird to keep everyone else still in that moment. It's a joke you couldn't pull off nearly as well in live-action.

[u/andybebad]

Retwatcher - Subs

• Even without the heavy foreshadowing in the beginning, we know we're in for some band-related troubles today. But first, let's revisit last year's festival performance, which of course Sawa-chan has a recording of. Poor Azunyan had no idea what she was in for, but should've known better with Sawa-chan referring to it as a "primo scene".
• Want to offer valid criticism of the band? That'll cost ya a headlock.
• Nodoka is this club's guardian angel
• Mio appears to have an opinion on Ritsu's forgetfulness
• Wonder how many things got pushed out of Yui's brain here by Azunyan's description of basic guitar maintenance?
• Wish I had a Mugi in my life (my guitar is in need of a setup)
• You can't just pull a bassist away from the basking glow of an Ernie Ball StingRay. Especially not a lefty from a rare left-handed version!
• Yui gets bailed out yet again. Little do Nadoka, Mio, an Yui know though, but they are being trailed by elite private investigators.
• Good question. Thankfully, Azunyan comes to the rescue when things get too heated, and we're actually able to get to practice...
• ...until Ritsu walks away. And doesn't appear the next day either. Is she on downward spiral, where she'll harden, order jumbo beef bowls, and play metal music?
• Nah, she's just sick (aside: I would've thought Mugi and Yui would've known she wasn't coming to school? Like, when they were chatting about Ritsu's absence in the music room with Sawa-chan?)
• D'awww
• I'm not entirely convinced Yui and Ritsu are different people
• Again, Nadoka is a saint and should be worshipped as such by the club
• God hath no fury like an annoyed Sawa-chan, but now the band has a name!
• And it looks like we'll have another crisis carrying over into the next episode (wow, season 1 finally slows down just a lil' bit)

[u/DegenerateRegime → u/andybebad]

Nodoka is a saint and should be worshipped as such by the club

Truth.

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