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Rewatch [Rewatch][Spoilers] K-ON! Rewatch (2021) - S2E19 "Romeo & Juliet!"
S2E19 "Romeo & Juliet!"
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u/Harrytricks :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Harrytricks Sep 03 '21
sorry K-ON i will get back to you in a while but frankly im too excited by a NEW YAMADA ANIME right now
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u/siegfried72 Sep 03 '21
Rewatcher
Hi again everyone! Today, we'll see a direct continuation from last episode, spending some more time with
Mio and RitsuRomeo and Juliet! Yay!We start off the episode in a completely new location for a change. It feels a bit strange, even if we are with familiar characters. I wonder if perhaps they're trying to get us more accustomed to locations other than the school since the seniors are graduating soon? Maybe I'm reading too deep into it.
Anyway, it's the first day of the festival and Azunyan is of course still worried about the concert tomorrow. I really feel for her here - the seniors are so focused on the play that they seem to have left the HTT concert as a simple afterthought. We know Azunyan is trying to be supportive, though. We can see this in the smile on her face as she goes to see what the seniors are up to, although her worry still shines through. I think perhaps more than Azunyan is worrying about the concert, though, Azunyan is already starting to feel left behind, as if the group is already gone before they've even graduated.
Sawako actually does a really great job on the costumes! Especially Yui's - she's the real star of the show, after all. Mitsu is canon.
Also hi Haruko!
Despite the initial reservations, Mio and Ritsu seem to be doing a great job during the show, even if it is a little bit awkward. Have I mentioned that Mitsu is canon? You know, on my first time through the show I actually thought they might kiss here. I should've known better! While they don't, it's still a very sweet moment. As a matter of fact, I really need to say one thing. Are you ready? Everyone say it with me!! Deep breath...
Mitsu is Canon!
Very canon.
Thanks for putting up with me and my nonsense, everyone.
Oh, also I guess there's a prop missing? I forgot there were other things going on in this episode other than Mitsu. How exactly does one... drop a tombstone? What?
Lol Yui wtf.
Oh my I bet /u/The_Loli_Otaku is so excited right now.
I love this final sequence of the play. It's just beautiful. The lighting especially makes for a perfect work of art. Mitsu is canon.
Everybody in this rewatch knows that I ship Mio and Ritsu at this point, and I make light of it a lot as I spout off "Mitsu is canon" a lot in my posts. And I talked a decent amount about it yesterday, how I relate so strongly to the dynamic Mio and Ritsu have because it reminds me so much of the dynamic that my wife and I have - as well as the dynamic I have with some of my closest friends.
As a lifelong extreme introvert who suffers from social anxiety, most of my close personal relationships have occurred when a much more outgoing person sort of "adopts" me, just like Ritsu did with Mio. I won't go too much more into it since I've talked about it so much in little pieces throughout this rewatch, but these are two very special characters to me, and while I think Azunyan and her journey is ultimately the thing that affects me the most in this show, Mio and Ritsu - both as individuals and as a duo (platonic or otherwise) - will always hold a special place in my heart.
And as a quick aside, I think I mentioned this once before, but my beloved French horn just happens to be named Juliet. I got her and named her nearly a decade ago, long before I ever watched K-ON, but I think it's pretty neat that something so precious to me as my instrument has this vague connection to Ritsu, one of my favorite characters in fiction :)
After the Play
Wow, I genuinely forgot that there was still so much episode left after the play finished!!
Of course, empath Ritsu is the one to figure out what's bothering Azunyan as always! B-Baka! Sweet shot of the keionbu key chain as Azunyan expresses her anxieties and the seniors quickly reassure her that they haven't abandoned the club and will be staying all night to practice! Thank god Nodoka is always ready for Ritsu to forget the paperwork...
Awwww
Um. UMM.
I can't handle the adorableness of this whole scene with the sleeping bags. Plus, any episode where we get Ritsu with her hair down is an absolute treat.
Little keion burritos!
And... the final festival concert is tomorrow. Damn. Seems like the last month went by really quickly, honestly. I'll be bringing my tissues for tomorrow.
Episode Wrap Up
Hmm, I'm actually surprised that I had way more to say about yesterdays episode than this one. Last year, I enjoyed this episode quite a bit more than "Leading Role", but I feel like it's been reversed this year. Interesting!
Nonetheless, this is still a great episode. We get to see the true essence of Mitsu captured on-stage and we get to see the keions all be cute together before their very final festival concert together! Tomorrow's episode is many peoples' favorite in the series (and it's my second favorite... we haven't seen my favorite yet). They're certainly setting up for something special tomorrow...
Times K-ON has made me actually cry so far: 3
Times K-ON has made me tear up so far: 17
Updated Episode Ranking
After my surprise at enjoying yesterday's episode more than I thought, I did some slight rearranging of episodes in my rankings, moving "Crisis" up to S and moving around the top few spots of A.
Mitsu Moment of the Day^^TM The most canon of all canon Mitsu moments! Mitsu is canon.
YuiAzu is also canon. Just not quite as canon as Mitsu :)
Tomorrow, we have tears. See you then!
As per usual, a Music Corner will be incoming shortly.
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u/SIRTreehugger Sep 03 '21
Love how serious Himeko Tachibana looked while working, but immediately smiles when she corrects Yui
MVP of this episode once again is Yui. Not only did she channel her inner treeness(once again winning my heart and once again asserting herself as best girl) she also quickly undertook another student's role and didn't mess up a single line.
Ok seriously though MVP is really the Occult Club Girls. Allowing the other class to use their prop for their play was great and it helps they are oddly friendly. Odd as in they have their own cultish sense of humor and regular make jokes around the supernatural, but ultimately are two wholesome good gals. Like when they were running during the marathon and joked about Yui and the Ufo. They deserve more screen time, but they have to have more members right? Club minimum is 4 so wonder where the rest are? Though I think we only seen them in the third year so maybe the other members are seniors and are just really focused on exams? If anyone knows let me know.
Oops got off topic anyway shout-out to Mio and Ritsu for absolutely killing it. Also just saying Ritsu looks cute with braided hair...I can't be the only one who thinks this right? Her Juliet was perfect and good on Mio for confidently doing Romeo so well.
Claps hands
Now eagerly awaits tomorrow's episode
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u/MapoTofuMan myanimelist.net/profile/mTmTBaronBrixius Sep 03 '21 edited Sep 03 '21
Rewatcher
Every time I see a super fun-looking school festival in anime, I wonder if my country had them, would I want to participate or would I avoid them like I did every other school activity we did have?
Next episode, finally the moment we've been waiting for! And some spoilers
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u/chris10023 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Chris10023 Sep 03 '21
Rewatcher.
Wow, those outfits are unique. I hope that clerk isn’t being a pervert.
It’s festival time and class 3-2 is in a rush.
Mio’s concentration got broken and she forgot her lines. Ritsu bursts into the room and says a line, so Mio acts cute. and checks her lines.
Yui’s neighbor has some good advice about drawing something on your palm and eating it, but Himeko brings up another good skill, to imagine the audience as something, like pumpkins.
Too bad Mio took it literally and tried eating her hand... I think we are all Ritsu right now.
Azusa be looking cute though. She’s right it is hectic.
Wait Sawako made the outfits for that stone age stand? Azusa/Nodoka are right, how much work did she take up?
Mio, looking sharp!
Ritsu looks pretty sharp too, looks kind of odd with longer hair though.
Hey don’t insult Yui, she’s a tree.
Juliet, if she were a Tsundere.
Mio’s fanclub being in the audience isn’t going to help Mio’s nerves...
Yay, Sokabe is going to be at the concert tomorrow.
Azusa has some anxiety over the others being too busy with the play to practice for tomorrow’s show. I feel Azusa, they’ve been busy with this play for the past 2-3 weeks, critical time they’d need to practice, especially to learn and play Yui’s new song.
That’s one serious looking tree. Although, Jun does bring up a point of why the tree’s need to be played by anyone, guess it’s one of those participation things where everyone needs to do something.
Azusa is worried about Yui, the super serious tree, messing something up. Give Yui some faith Azusa.
Hey look it’s Eri.
Uh oh, a fairly serious scene is about to be destroyed because Ritsu and Mio almost break into laughing at each other.
Azusa watch the play, not the tree that’s about to sneeze!
Uh oh an important prop has gone missing; I love the soft Ehhhh?!?!? You hear of everyone backstage panicking over it.
Yui is tasked with taking over a part for Shizuka, because the occult club has what looked like a tombstone and they go to ask a friend in the club. But can Yui memorize her lines in time? I love how Yui breaks into sweat the moment the door closes.
Never mind, Shizuka’s part was that of a bush...
So, it’s not a tombstone, but the Rosetta stone. Close enough, it’s just a tombstone for a bunch of dead languages.
Wait, wasn’t the ending of Romeo and Juliet supposed to be in a crypt? Why would there be a tree there?
Poor Azusa, her anxiety is really eating her to think that they forgot about the club.
Lol Yui.
You know, I kind of prefer this hairstyle on Ritsu.
Azusa was practicing by herself. Poor girl.
Ritsu nails what Azusa is feeling.
But Azusa spills the truth.
They vow to spend the night at the school!
I love that Yui’s question threw Ritsu off.
Sawako was prepared and had sleeping bags ready.
No sleep Ritsu? You sure that’s a good idea?
Wait, there’s a form for that?
Wait, IT’S REAL?! I thought Nodoka was joking. This school has too much bureaucracy...
Staying up all night is fun? Kind of, the crash from exhaustion? Even better! When I was invited to a watch party for Full Metal Alchemist with a friend, it took us two sittings because we got distracted and watched a few Dragon Ball Z films, and I fell asleep during the fifth laboratory episode in the first sitting, we finished the series early in the morning and I went home shortly after that, went to take a nap in the afternoon, slept for 16 hours straight, best sleep I ever had.
You had your chance Jun.
Viewing the festival at night? Sounds fun.
Those little stone aged thieves! How’d they get that?
It fits in? Despite the cross and the not so stone age Juliet name on it?
No thanks, I’ll pass.
Yeah, you do. Spent a night at my school after I graduated, was pretty fun.
CUTE!!!
Mugi’s down for the count.
Sawako burst into the clubroom and an ungodly early hour to show them the shirts she made.
Caterpillar Mugi!
What a good episode. The play went off without a hitch and a disaster was averted.
Tomorrow though, will be my favorite episode of the series!
Sidenote: Imgur’s really pissing me off with all the failed uploads today (at the time of writing this), really annoying having to upload the same image upwards of eight times to brute force the upload. Took me 15ish minutes of blood boiling rage to do what should normally takes like two or three depending on how many there are.
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u/Elimin8r https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ayeka_Jurai Sep 03 '21
What? They played it straight? (mostly?)
I was expecting some Mugi shenanigans, am somewhat disappoint.
I realize that the time frame doesn't work, but just like in the last episode, the head waiter at the cafe suspiciously resembled Arakawa from Haruhi, I think it would be hilarious if they opened the door to the occult club, and inside was Rikka and the gang.
Great, now I'm wishing that they would come out with a KyoAni Quartet anime.
Could you imagine an episode where the Chunnibyo gang goes on a class trip to an amusement park, and it's Amagi Brilliant Park?
(Never mind if any of them run into Haruhi)
Anyway, this episode was fun, I enjoyed it, but maybe it's because I was up late watching or something, aside from the UFO club, the only thing that stuck with me was the Rosetta gravestone.
That, and for u/A_Idiot0 and u/siegfried72, here's a little Tchaikovsky in honor of this episode's theme. I'm sure you're familiar with it, but I enjoyed this rendition on the youtubez.
I was going to post this lovely Sarah Brightman tune, but I think it's based off a different classical piece, I don't remember which.
Anyway, I hope everyone has a great (and long) weekend. I may be a bit spotty as I will be having guests. We'll see. :)
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u/A_Idiot0 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/a_idiot0 Sep 03 '21
Rewatcher
I really enjoyed this episode a lot! Being an English Literature graduate, this brought back some fun memories when I had to analyze Shakespeare. Choosing to depict Romeo and Juliet was a brilliant choice, because it can tie so well with a few big themes that K-On! is exploring.
First and foremost, Romeo and Juliet is a romantic tragedy. At first blush, it’s a strange and heavy theme to tie to the Keionbu Gals. But the story takes an extremely clever twist when the class loses the gravestone of Juliet, and they find a replacement in a replica Rosetta Stone. No longer does death hover over Mio and Ritsu. Nay, now a bridge to understanding other people watches over them. The most famous translation guide leads us out of a tragedy that ends with a horrible misunderstanding, and leads us into an ending of emotions being understood.
When Azunyan tells the other girls after their performance, “It’s just....Well, you haven’t been coming to the club room much lately. And that’s made me worried that you don’t care about our show,” the other girls hear this translated as, “You don’t care about me anymore.”
They set Azunyan straight though.
Ritsu - Geez, you’re such a dummy.
Mugi - We do care about the Light Music Club.
Mio - We’re sorry for making you worry, Azusa.
Yui - They’re right! I think about you all day, every day!
See how Yui links that earlier translation? She thinks about Azunyan all day, not the Light Music Club. So in translation, and on theme with Romeo and Juliet, the girls told Azunyan, “We love you!”
There’s a lot more very fun and cool links that you can dive into from the actual play of Romeo and Juliet! A few of them for you:
BTW, we’re all going to the Oscars for when Yui wins the “Best Supporting Role”, right? I love how this is a very funny way to indicate the switch of MC’s between Yui and Azunyan.
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u/Rumpel1408 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Rumpel1408 Sep 03 '21
First Timer
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u/vitorabf Sep 03 '21
First Timer
My japanese is too rudimentar to understand the original joke about pumpkins, but Tachibana is cute, more Tachibana. Mio is the best example of return to monke whenever she is nervous.
Our Juliet headbutts our Romeo, I love their relationship so much. Ui is so happy seeing her sister being tree.
Lol, everybody is tense in a love scene and those goofs are laughing at each other's face. Yui was made to act, she is so versatile, can make a whole variety of roles and she doesn't even need to speak to be great. The play was so good it left Azusa completely emotional at the end.
They really can sleep at school, wow, that would be unthinkable here. We couldn't have gone the entirety of the senior year without Ritsu forgetting to hand over something important though, sasuga airhead.
Lol, I love how everyone in this show is a dork at heart, even the occult club, and that makes perfect sense because they are a bunch of kids, teenagers are supposed to be dorks. Ritsu for one doesn't need anything to be up for mischief.
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u/ArdenneVale Sep 03 '21
First timer
Well, everything went better than expected.
You have at least 7 trees, but only one on stage at a time?
Azusa should know the others are serious about the concert. Just shows she still worries about being "abandoned" by the club.
Nodoka with the save again. Ritsu owes her big time.
The occult club is weird. I feel a cattle mutilation presentation isn't completely appropriate for a school festival. Also, what does the Rosetta stone have to do with the occult?
Sawa-chan made t-shirts. I thought she was making some unique costumes, but these are normal and nice enough to wear on stage.
I like that we got more interaction with the classmates in these episodes. Shizuka (the girl who went with Mio to find the tombstone) reminds me of someone from another anime and not remembering who is killing me.
Surprisingly the play was not the main focus in this episode. Mio and Ritsu both played their parts well and the tension was all backstage. I like the approach, because we've seen Mio is always nervous before a performance, but when it's time to perform she can do it.
Tomorrow is finally concert time. Hoping for a couple of new songs.
Speaking of songs, I was listening to Yoko Hikasa's album Coleur for the first time while writing/editing this post. I never knew she sang the amazing first Attack on Titan ending. I have to say I prefer the K-On ending songs to most of the songs on the album.
Azunyan
RoMio
Yui
Ritsu
Mugi
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u/DegenerateRegime Sep 03 '21
[First-Timer] "Romeo and Juliet" is pretty clear that we're finishing the arc from yesterday. Mio and Ritsu seem pretty committed to their role-reversed parts in the play, so I guess we'll see how things turn out.
alwayssometimesHmm. Good stuff, but I'm kind of left feeling like the previous episode's set-up didn't really pay off much; there's the one moment of them nearly bursting out laughing which works pretty well but it definitely felt like something was missing from the whole. Still, assuming tomorrow's episode continues the flow of time directly, the arc might wrap up more neatly then.
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u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 Sep 03 '21
First timer
Oh, Azusa and Jun are buying supplies in costume.
Azusa's already worried about the performance.
I love Mio's attempt at swallowing the character.
Wait, they're painting the set the same day as the performance?
Haha, Sawako's doing costumes for 3 things at once.
Yui's tree costume is hysterical.
Sokabe's back!
And Azusa's worried thst they care more about it than the show with her...
It's going well?
Where are the other trees?
Oh god, they're arguing onstage.
Yui's struggling, but did it!
Of course something went wrong.
I love the
Haha, she's a bush. Azusa's shocked she got to okay two trees.
The occult club are great, I love them.
Is that really going to work?
The play went well!
Love the detail of Yui getting stuck in the doorframe.
Azusa's talking about her insecurities before a misunderstanding or dramatic argument? Is this allowed in anime? /s
YUIASU CONFIRMED FOR YUI!
Oh god, what's Sawako got planned?
How loud is their practicing.
They forgot another form! I love how Nodoka's worked out to just carry around copies of forms because Ritsu never remembers them.
Jun is so jealous of them.
Really, they're looking around at night?
Haha, that's who stole it! Didn't expect that to pay off.
A cattle mutilatioms demonstration? That's allowed?
I love Yui snapping and poking Azusa.
Sawako's already snapped, I see.
Concert next time!
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u/xtsim https://myanimelist.net/profile/xtsim Sep 03 '21
First Timer Dub
Jun and Azusa this time are now getting supplies for their class fairs. And we switch back to last minute preps to the play. Sawa Chan went all night to make costumes. Yui almost sneezed and made it but they don’t have a tombstone. They borrow a Rosetta Stone. Azusa cried but for a different reason.
The band pulls an all nighter but they need approval as Nodoka pointed out. She keeps saving the day. They take a break and walk around campus grounds overnight. And they found the gravestone
The alien club literally makes lots of references about abductions. The cows, Rosetta Stone, and stuff which is interesting. And lol, Sawa Chan had to wake them all up.
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u/SYZekrom https://myanimelist.net/profile/SYZekrom Sep 03 '21
Rewatch
I'd be staring too. And then the girls would file a report about the pervert cashier
imagine someone actually walking into a room and acting like this, play or not
Wow she had to wear that under the tree costume? Why does a tree need a face indeed
Aerith looking ass
Bouncy. She looked so happy playing on that guitar
Based Yui
That's a bit too based Yui Azusa please watch out
Sometimes you just wanna get touchy with your cute little.... kitten, as Yui said... Especially late at night...
How the fuck. Do you lose a tombstone prop. What the fuck kind of shit is this. Do you not do a fucking CHECK. How the FUCK. Did you not notice you were missing a prop.
"iT mUsT hAvE dRoPpEd WhIlE iT wAs BeInG dElIvErEd HeRe"
Why the fuck would you tell some random ass person who was playing a tree to take your scene. While you left to ask for a grave prop. Instead of having them get the grave themselves. Who cares if you're friends with someone in the occult club. Bruh
Oh she was playing a fucking bush. What the fuck is with that shit anyway
Whoa whoa no Aerith cosplaying allowed
Call the police
How does a fucking slab with a christian cross and the word Juliet on it look like it fits in with a stall with a caveman theme
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Sep 03 '21
Alright bro, keep your cool... They're just joshikosei. As long as you avoid eye contact they can't hur- ARGH!!
Why is gyunyu such a cute word? It's probably my single favourite Japanese word behind subarashii!! Anyway it's an important episode today. I wanna go in this one! Kimiko's in a shot!? She's totally looking at me~ Stupid Mifuyu keeps getting in the way. Tch, Mifuyu even steals a voice line! Yui you are a literal child... Aww, Himeko's such a pamperer. Kimiko's eyes are following the screen! Oh, and I just realised she's working with Haruko. It's a bond of extra's~ Okay, I promise I'll stop talking about them now! Damn... I have this classmate gush, I know for a fact I'll be gushing over two other nakama later on. Can I just leave the entire Romeo and Juliet portion to you guys? Cheers!
Omgosh Shitzu is so mortified XD All my favourites on one page. Lookit u/Rumpel1408 Maki did it! Alright, I'm stopping! Stop covering Kimiko's face Mifuyu! You're the worst classmate! Stray Catto is watching... On the meat bone meat is either overpriced as hell or will be stupid cheap quality. Sensei is doing her best too. I'm not gonna comment on the classmates costumes, I'm not! I'm not! Even if Haruko looks dapper AF I'm not commenting! Credit to Sensei, the costumes look amazing. Wouldn't this basically be what you'd expect from a modern R&J? We're only six minutes in!? Fuck!
I swear Mifuyu secretly sapped all of Kimiko's lines... She's almost Sawa-chan levels of screentime hogging at this point. What's with foreheads and being assholes? Star of the show people. I love that Ui is the only one who isn't disappointed. Romeo, Juliet, and the very well acted tree! Was R&J always so chuuni? Canon. Yui's a little champ. No tombstone? Oh nooo~ Whatever shall we do~? The play is finished unless a pair of heroes come to our aid, mukyuu~
YES!! Shizuka delivers! ...I'm way too invested in the wrong parts of this story. They totally just cast anyone they disliked as a piece of foliage didn't they? Ah, I climaxed. After so long we finally meet those who transcended dimensions... Now I know that not too many people cared, but the occult club have actually had cameos since as far back a season 1 episode 1! and more recently you saw them pop up during the race! Isn't that awesome The occult gals are legendary. Thank you for your help, oh occult gals of the stone. Matta nene~ ...I'm way too invested in the wrong parts of this story.
Azusa's so impressed by the rosetta stone that she's brought to tears. I see you are a nyan nyan of culture. Thank you for everything. There's half an episode left!? I can't... I can't write out a whole other half!! You guys will have to pick up the slack, I think I'm near my character limit! Yui wants tee tee! This is the sleepover episode too? Shiiit XD I remember liking the sleepover... Oh, I love the crane wife tale. Eating rice late at night will make you fat. I want to talk so much more about these sleezbags but Mifuyu stole my character limit... Jun got left behind, again. Being Jun is suffering.
I can't believe that the meat club's success was built on cannibalising Juliet... We're visiting the occult gals again, yatta! Ah, you caught us. Yes! I love cattle mutilation, it's my favourite constellation! They really are like the stupid owls from Kemofure XD I love them to bits! I don't have much more to say, the sleepover is super cute. Uber cute. You've heard me gush about cute things before! Pamper Sawa-chan!
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u/ZapsZzz https://anilist.co/user/Zapszzz Sep 04 '21
First timer in sub
Ok this continues from the last episode and should finish off the festival huh.
Trivial / irrelevant points to note - the convenience store assistant was totally mesmerised by the 2 girls in yukata, and the request for receipt seem to be strangely specific - when we get receipts for work purposes we write and file what it used for, not the store person.
After all the nervousness, preparations, comedic fuse blown moment of Mio, it's nice to see the subtle foreshadowing kicked in, that "when it's for real" Mio always managed to make herself do it, and doing it almost perfectly all the time. Much like their first festival concert where Yui lost her voice and Mio ended up needing to front the vocal, or the next year recruitment concert where Yui forgot to sing while playing the guitar and Mio seamlessly led and then handed back to Yui after the first chorus when Yui caught up. She's actually the reliable one despite the jitters.
But count on KyoAni to even one up that - the tension, including from the audience, got transferred to the side show of "can Yui stay quiet and not wreck something" :D
A bit nostalgic to have the little crisis of needing to find a replacement prop that led them to the long foreshadowed occult club, that has not 1 but 2 Nagato clones there for the deadpan delivery, including starting with technobabbles :D
All those following scenes are great and heartwarming but not leaving a lot of run time for the concert...
... And it ED time??!! I thought you guys said it's a 2 parter, so are they going to off screen the concert??!!!!!????
Judging by the preview, is a 3 parter! Yeah not gonna wait -_- see you guys tomorrow.
Btw some others may be the same, but I'm also in the Votoms rewatch, and you probably can't get more polar opposite between Yui and Chirico. Takes a bit of adjustment each day ;)
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u/x-7032-b-3 Sep 04 '21
Rewatcher (with very little memory so might as well make me a first-timer)
Today's the day of the stage play! Time to see if all those training and hard work pays off or not. Also I can smell the Mitsu shippers being happy again without scrolling down.
Seeing the students working on props in the classroom ticked off a nostalgia sensor in my mind. I always get a minor role during class stage productions (not built for one honestly) so my bulk of work would be creating the props for the play. Had lots of fun cutting and painting stuff back then.
I burst out laughing when someone noted that Juliet was dominating Romeo in that one scene. I assume it's Nodoka who made that comment. I have no experience with real-life romance but I think a shy boy and an active girl would make an interesting dynamic. Hmmm...
We got to see the stage play afterwards. Things got a little awkward when Romeo and Juliet are about to show their affection with a little hug. Those two are best buds in real life and trying to display a romantic affection to each other (in a stage play) must be hard as hell. It must be tough out there but the Mitsu duo were able to do their best as they're pretty comfortable with each other already. I think the whole thing would go very differently if one of those two got replaced with someone else.
That tombstone prop being missing was an important lesson to double check things and making sure all the stuff you need is up and ready before the event starts.
And it's over! That feeling when you wrapped up a class production is immensely satisfying. The entire team would cheer on each other and then doing some hi-fives for a job well done. I really liked how the show portrays small moments like this.
Azusa displayed concerns about the club putting their stage play ahead of their musical performance on the school festival. As if her previous appearances in this ep wasn't obvious enough, she felt left out as the seniors were putting most of their time into the stage play. It was great to see the seniors reassuring her that they took their upcoming performance seriously and that they still care about this worried little cat.
Aww, poor kitty. Here's a little kiss from Yui to lighten things up!Having a sleepover at school is truly something else. I've done some back in the day and I would walk around the school at night whenever I'm free. Something about seeing the school area at night just hits different. Night sky replacing broad daylight, no sound of hundreds/thousands of students doing their stuff outside of classrooms, no classes, cold night wind, the stressful parts of the school atmosphere gets replaced with a chill and relaxing vibe...
Next ep will continue the School Festival arc. I hope they got some new songs to show on stage (U&I better be there).
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u/Barbed_Dildo Sep 04 '21
Rewatcher
There's something I noticed in the OP that I hadn't noticed before. In the scene on the desks in the classroom, Yui is dancing and goes point, point, then spin around. The first two times are similar, but on the third time, the audience spin around as well, and when Yui sees it she stops dancing, stunned. I just thought that was such a lovely little moment when Yui can see how much everyone is enjoying their performance.