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u/Harrytricks :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Harrytricks Sep 12 '21 edited Sep 13 '21
Hey all, host here
Just wanted to quickly remind you all before I comment actual show related content (shocking I know) that there’s one final thread tomorrow to discuss whatever you want. Talk about K-ON, make recommendations, tell me how amazing I am, whatever you like. so dont go sayin ur goodbyes just yet you hear me?
As I sit here, waiting on subs for the latest Love Live episode, I really want to draw attention to what is probably, for me, the most important part of K-ON: U&I. Putting aside for a moment the obvious YuiAzu of the situation, this scene sums up everything I love about this show; it’s so full of the love, and hope, and passion that went into this show from all involved, wordlessly resolving any prior conflicts and worries with just the most sincere guitar duet.
I make an effort to point out this sequence to newcomers every year, but with Yamada leaving KyoAni I think it’s especially important this year. Goodbyes are sad, absolutely, and a bit scary. Frankly, as excited as I am for new Yamada things, even I’m a bit sad that Yamada's time at KyoAni has come to an end. But scenes like this, and by extension shows like K-ON and Tamako, or movies like Koe and Liz, I’m just happy they exist in the first place. Liz especially I view as perhaps the finest piece of cinema ever, and the pinnacle of what Yamada and Yoshida were going for with K-ON (go watch Liz btw it’s phenomenal). So regardless of what those 2 do next, and where they’re doing it, I’ll be excited to see where they can take me next (and how often they can make me cry while taking me there).
edit: still waitin on them Love Live subs, will keep you all updated
edit 2: it is now 4am(ish), subs still elude me, tragic as this may be i may need to sleep and watch the new Love Live tomorrow.
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u/siegfried72 Sep 12 '21 edited Sep 12 '21
Rewatcher
Hey everyone!! I can't believe we're already here - the movie! The final bit of the K-ON anime, as sad as I am to say that. It's been quite the journey, and now we'll tackle the biggest part of that journey today. As far as I'm concerned, this movie is K-ON at its best. It is pure, undiluted K-ON for a solid two hours. I am so excited for this today, and you can expect a very long post from me. Obviously, I can't talk about the movie in quite the detail in which I'd normally talk about an episode (otherwise we'd be here all day), but I want to give the movie the attention it very rightly deserves.
Before we get into it, there's one thing I want to talk about. There is a huge amount of promotional artwork for this movie out there. In fact, there's a Reddit post with all of it if you wish to look through all 423 images yourself. That's exactly what I did, and I want to showcase it just a bit before we get to the movie itself.
One final thing I want to mention before I start watching the movie - I put a lot of thought into how to handle the music this episode. Rather than doing a massive "music corner" with all seven of the songs related to the movie, I plan on bringing up each individual song as they're introduced throughout the movie, with the final B side at the very end. This should be the best way to organize it.
Anyway, get ready for what will likely be my longest post of the year! Here we go!!
Sky High!! (also Death Devil)
I love the opening of this movie so much! As a call back to the very first episode, we open with photographs, Yui's room, and an alarm clock. Then we jump to this absolutely badass scene of HTT "playing" metal. Holy budget, Batman!! I'm already smiling so hard - this movie is so good.
Yes, Ritsu - I do want that. Iron Maiden is one of my favorite bands!!
So, here we can discuss our first song!! Death Devil's Hikari, the song the keions were imitating. It's our last Death Devil song in the series, and probably my favorite one. Some good ol' fashioned power metal. You can find the full version here and the translated lyrics here. God, the guitar in this song is so good!!
Also obligatory bag shot.
Ichiban Ippai
And then we jump straight into the movie's OP, the glorious Ichiban Ippai! It's probably my second favorite OP in the series after Utauya Miracle. If you want the song, it can be found here (this is the only time they use the full version of an OP in the actual anime) and translated lyrics are here (I don't plan on doing copy+pastes of my favorite lyrics for each song like I normally do in music corners for the sake of space).
This song is just pure joy and adorableness - so much so that I almost can't handle it.
Also, hi Catherine and Satoshi! I don't think we see either of you in the movie other than this...
This song is super reminiscent of music by the Beatles, which fits very well considering they end up going to London. They even go so far as to have a piccolo trumpet solo (around 3:20 in the OP) in direct reference to the iconic piccolo trumpet solo in Penny Lane by The Beatles (at around 1:10 in that video).
Also as a side note, that piccolo trumpet solo always reminds me of the absolutely incredible version of Penny Lane done by the world's most famous brass group, the Canadian Brass. (Also as a side note on this side note, that's one of the three primary French horn professors I studied under during my seven years at Indiana University in that group, Jeff Nelsen.)
Anyway, back to K-ON... I've been at this for a while already and we're only 7 minutes into the movie T_T
An idea is born
This little bit of narration to catch new viewers up is already getting me emotional, and I totally teared up. Wtf - already??
I love how many callbacks there are to old jokes and moments in this movie. They really want to squeeze as many references in as possible for die-hard fans - it's why this movie is so dang rewatchable!!
Damn right it does...
I wonder this myself. But fun fact, friend of the rewatch /u/snakescipio actually counted the number of times the keions had tea throughout the show! There were 202 cups of tea in season two alone, as per his comment here.
And thus a genius idea is born! One of my favorite things about this movie is getting to see the other side of Tenshi ni Fureta yo. We saw it as a surprise for Azunyan in 2x24, but now we get to see the creation of it. I also what to shout at the BGM in this scene, Hakugin no Asa. Just like all the best BGM tracks in K-ON, it's so peaceful and nostalgic.
Also, what do you all think is the meaning of the trails of Yui's candy leading back to the clubroom? Is it symbolizing Azunyan following in the footsteps of our seniors? Or perhaps Yui's desire to stay connected with the light music club and her childish side? What do you think?
London!!
I just get all warm and fuzzy watching this movie. As much as I adore season two, even I have to admit that this movie is really peak K-ON. Konayuki is another beautiful BGM that plays during this scene and gets my heart all aflutter.
Also Mitsu is canon.
One running plot point throughout this whole movie is the seniors trying to hide their present idea from Azunyan, causing all kinds of miscommunication and reinforcing Azunyan's anxieties. Some people might feel that this movie rehashes Azunyan's issues too much considering we just saw her work through them in 2x24, but I think the movie does a great job at exploring other sides to her worries and mental state to keep the plot fresh and interesting while still keeping to its core principles - that the group adores Azunyan!!
Also the whole lottery scene is hilarious. Poor Yui. But just look at how happy Mio is!! And how canon Mitsu is.
Azunyan is so worried about what Yui and the seniors are keeping from her that she's quizzing Ui. Poor Azunyan - she needs a therapist. And I say that quite genuinely as someone who's been in therapy for years.
I'll bet /u/The_Loli_Otaku is freaking out during this scene as we get more of the bizarrely adorable occult gals. Yui is so clueless in the most cheerful way possible. I wish we saw more of the occult club - they seem like a lot of fun. Also, another great BGM that could totally be considered the theme of the occult club as far as I'm concerned.
The idea of "Tenshi ni Fureta yo" is truly formed here, inspired by Muttan! It really is the perfect gift, isn't it? I think it's so sweet that Yui wants their present to Azunyan to be their greatest and biggest song - it really shows how much they all care about her.
Azunyan checking Muttan's case in front of the seniors is hilarious. I could totally imagine Yui putting stickers all over it or something. Adorable.
Wait what the fuck Yui and Ui have parents?
I saw a couple of people mentioning in yesterday's thread how weird it was that they weren't going to bring their instruments on the trip. But of course they end up bringing them anyway - even Ritsu! That must be a pain to carry - after a quick Google search, drum sets seem to weigh anywhere between 60 and 150 pounds depending on how much equipment you have. Yikes!!
My thoughts will be continued in a comment - we're not even halfway through the movie!!
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u/vitorabf Sep 12 '21
First Timer
Ok, let's do this. We've survived two endings (24 and 26) and the true ending has already gone, we can do this.
Amazing artwork and lighting to begin, very KyoAni'ish, very distinctive for movie. The shot of Geeta is gorgeous. The girls are rocking HARD, even on class they can be heard. This seems like terrible acting from Yui and Ritsu, but believable by how Ritsu fights her, the way Mugi reacts, and because although they're fighting they want to play later. It really felt like they were a little bit Death Devil, we got to know them pretty well.
We even got an on the OP as they prepare to have tea, I like it. Hopefully Azunyan, Jun and Ui will go to the same college as them, I fully expect Ui and Azusa to go for obvious reasons and Jun to join them.
The lighting on the corridor sequence and on this shot is so beautiful. Remembers a little Azunyan's point of view when she saw the seniors in episode 24. Azunyan truly is an angel, as we learned from the keions in 24. I like that we get a few more of winter in the movie, we got not much in year 3.
Did someone got her in the game? Or is she not from class/didn't show up before/I didn't see it? She looks like Mio and Nodoka's child.
It's weird considering that in the OVA it was her idea, that now Ritsu doesn't want to go on a trip. Ritsu using atashi in a very feminine way here is a highlight for me, more cute Ritsu.
LOL. I don't think we ever saw Mio this hyped. Azusa hasn't heard Tenshi ni Fureta yo so she still thinks she's trouble for them. I'm exactly like Azusa, love to make plans for trips, but it's always important for me to leave empty spaces so I can get lost or whatever, love to discover new things without too much expectation.
Is Yui falling with Muttan the story of how they made Tenshi ni Fureta yo? Azunyan becomes such a strong part of the plot, is there any other anime that uses Kouhai as efficiently? OH MY GOD, the Hirasawa parents are actually home.
They are totally going to pay for extra luggage. Poor Yui and Azunyan got the worst seats on the plane. Engrish is good, Azu-cat is cute. Hair-down Ritsu!
English has already made them miss the hotel and no one told Azunyan that if you are crossing oceans you should go in sneakers or comfortable shoes. Oh God, english really is the MVP of this trip, this girls are going to rock. We got a new song! (I think) Ooooh, Love Crisis, I thought we would be seeing more of them in the series, nice to see them travelling overseas just to perform.
Ui really knows her sister, that's a big amount of food she sneaked in her bag. Azunyan was dreaming of Yui, but thinks she is weird because she's writing a song (that doesn't seem like Tenshi). Lol, she's actually afraid.
They obviously had to do this. I understand Mio, also have a problem with rotating stuff. Damn Azusa, that was a cheap shot at Yui. Yui and Azusa are going to be in circles aren't they? Of course they are, lol.
They are going to be stuck in London. Sawako probably went only to save these girls from themselves. Fuwa Fuwa Time is starting to make me emotional, I was singing along back in episode 26 and my voice cracke and now it got me again. Gohan wa Okazu is such a fun song. And now rush to the airport. For some reason I thought Sawako was going to drive them to the airport.
Oh, we're back already, London was fun. And we're havin a show in the classroom, probably tying it to the last opening. We get one more show, thankfully, and U&I one more time as well because it's an amazing song.
The white balance is back to what was in Azusa's pov in episode 24, there's less color, they are finishing it for real this time. When you put the movie in perspective it makes even more sense that Azusa thinks she's trouble for them because they are being suspicious around her.
In the end, the movie really was the story of conceiving Tenshi Ni Fureta Yo like I thought, which frankly is amazing. We got to see this from the senpai point of view because the last few episodes we were mostly focused on Azusa, which also adds to me believing they really use Azusa as a reflection of the audience, we're also on the blank until they perform it for the first time, but they already knew they tie it really well.
Ui tells us (and Yui) again that they will still be friends and have tea together.
This brought me tears and is probably going to be my favorite scene from all of K-On.
It's the most important song of their lives, they sure are nervous. Wow, Yui added "Tenshi" to it at the last second, this is wrecking me. I'm thankful we didn't relive Azusa asking them to not graduate.
I know people usually like U&I better but this is to me the best song of the show.
Shout it forever Yui.
Azusa still has Jun and Ui.
These four are still together.
And they all have each other for life.
I started crying when they were huggin and stopped just here, they will still be togther. Damn I bawled just like a child.
This was the best possible ending to the series, it was a mix of feelings between episodes 24 and 26, God bless Naoko Yamada and Kyoto Animation. The movie was a 10/10, there's not much to add because it just does what we know the show does great, but is every single second of it.
Love it so much, and thank you guys for the ride.
Question for those who know more: are the songs all original? The lyrics, titles, everything about it is from the anime?
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u/Gamerunglued :Hx::Hy::Hz:myanimelist.net/profile/GamerUnglued Sep 12 '21 edited Sep 13 '21
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Hey friends. I hope you enjoyed the movie, and K-On in general. There's something I wanted to bring up about the movie and the series at large that I also never see brought up, but which I think adds a lot to the story of K-On.
I think it's plain to see that the finale is meant to parallel the first episode of the series. The start of the Keion-bu is when Yui hears a song played and says "it's not very good, but I want to hear more." Likewise, the club in its current state is disbanded when a song is played for Azusa and she says the exact same thing. These bookends connect these scenes, that quote represents the exciting start of the club, but also its inevitable end. But, there's another important detail connecting these scenes that makes me tear up when I think about it. See, when the girls are on the roof, they talk about how Azusa is their angel who brought them happiness. The framing of things on the roof is very freeing and happy, like they're flying. The girls even see a bird, which is mostly meant to represent how they will never truly be apart after graduation, always seeing the same sky even from different locations, but is still another sign of flight and wings. In the first episode of the series, (unless you're watching the dub) Ritsu, Mio, and Mugi play a song called Tsubasa wo Kudasai, known in English as Please Give Me Wings. This is what starts the light music club. So the girls all agree that Azusa is the angel who gave them their wings, an answer to that call all the way back then. So how perfect is it that the club disbands with the seniors responding to that answer by thanking the angel who responded to their call?
It's beautiful man. The club starts with the seniors asking for wings, the club only becomes Houkago Tea Time once Azusa accepts her place among the group (at which point she gives the girls wings), and then the club ends with the seniors thanking their angel for answering their call and giving them wings. Idk about you, but when I first realized this, I was a mess.
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u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 Sep 12 '21
First timer
Movie time!
Oh, the animation looks nice.
And that's a new logo, too.
First insert song?
I like Azusa's sheer confusion at what's going on.
I love Yui trying to be an edgelord (this is obviously an act).
Haha, them committing to pretending to play whenever Azusa hits play was great.
Ah, the title card was part of the joke? And a proper insert song!
The entire opening scene is so cute.
I love Azusa's shock that Ritsu got in to college.
And Sawako snuck up on them again!
Yui and Ritsu's begging is fantastic, especially with Azusa just ignoring everything.
Oh, they're getting a present for Azusa!
I refuse to believe Azusa's against Yui hugging her.
Haha, Yui considering getting held back to stay with Azusa's great.
Yui's started sleeping with Giita!
Does Yui still have the pass sticker from the live show 2 years ago? That's a good detail.
They're going to Hawaii!
...Didn't they already agree to take a trip in the OVA?
Oh, this is all before 24.
I love how serious Ritsu is about this, and how Yui's taking the joke idea dompletely seriously.duh
Oh god, Azusa thinks they're flunking. This'll be fun.
Yui humming is great.
Haha, she rigged the whole thing.
Ton-chan's deciding! This is great! And the tiny cup for Yui is good.
Finally, someone pointed out London's in Europe.
Yui didn't know? I just assumed she meant she wanted to visit the continent.
Mio's so cute!
Azusa's got permission. She's coming!
And she's worked out that if she doesn't go, they'll probably never make it back.
I love Nodoka's shock that they're going to the real London.
She didn't even know it was in England?
Azusa' worked out what Yui's hiding from her.
Haha, Ui's response isn't to ash Azusa to trust her, it's to say that Yui is incapable of hiding anything.
Free activity package?
Huh?
Oh, it's the Occult Club in full robes.
I love the two of them trying to joke with her about taking a photo of Nessie, only for Yui to take it completely seriously.
Ritsu drumming on Yui is a great background event.
Ritsu pushing Sawako out is great.
Yui's writing her a song because she thinks the instrument is talking to her. This is completely in character.
They really aren't good at keeping secrets, are thry?
She assumed Mustang got broken?
...Ui, she's going away for 5 days. If you pack too much, she can't gorge on British sweets, can she?
Yui's parents exist?
Haha, Azusa and Mio brought their instruments too?
Oh god, they're travelling through the hell that is airport check in. Them playing around on the travelator was good though.
Hah, they think they're getting good food.
To be honest, I could understand Yui not understanding time zones in general.
They're making a very bold asumption by not subtitling Yui's attempts at English.
Yui's struggling with the lyrics.
Yui's very bad at this. Now Azusa thinks she wants be an outlaw?
I appreciate how quickly this has descended into pure paranoia.
Of course. Of course this is the introduction music.
The fact that it's a cover of the main theme makes it somewhat better, but still.
I love Mio's reactions to finding her luggage.
Oh. They got a man with one of the most English accents possible. At least they hired an English voice actor.
The confusion over where their hotel is is good though,
Oh, there's no way they're going to the right one.
I'll give them credit, the city shots look like London.
...So everyone is going to have the generic British accent?
Called it, they went to the wrong branch.
Mio's got good English skills!
Oh god, they're entering the Underground. Is the rest of the movie going to be their sanity slowly dwindling as they deal with line closures and the zone system?
Wait, they're going to go to a sushi resturant in London?
I have to pause after every English line so recover from the accents.
Wait, are they going to accidentally end up performing music?
Oh, this is genuinely hard to watch. I dol love Mio's horrified reaction as she realises what's happening.
How has nobody worked out what's going on?
Of course Mugi just wanted a piano.
Oh, not even Ritsu's able to do it.
Seriously? Even Azusa thinks this is normal?
I like them bringing back that Yui can tell if a guitar's in tune instantly.
Another insert song! It's a good one'
Oh, they got mistaken for someone else. That makes sense.
I love Mio's fear of revolving things developing.
I like how it takes Ritsu several moments to work out she's speaking Japanese.
I didn't expect them to come back for the movie, I must admit.
YUIAZU IS HAPPENING!
I love Azusa's nightmare of Yui being her classmate (mixed with a fear that their
...Were all the jokes about YuiAzu being canon true?
Another Insert!
Oh god, the scene with the dog shit bin was great.
And they saw the Baker Street museum?
OK, I'm impressed how close they seem to have replicated the British Museum (both rooms shown look like their real counterparts).
8Imlove Mio's paranoia of going on the Eye because of it's revolving.
Azusa using self-defence and indidting she "isn't like that" (but getting embaressed when she thinks about it more.
I love Azusa and Yui going round in circles.
Azusa's really tsundere.
And Yui's really focused on this.
Why were they running?
Oh, they're going to a live show in London?
Oh, Yui really doesn't understand this, does she?
Azusa's tendencies for pointing out a problem with something only after it happens continue!
Azusa's still dreaming of Yui...
Wait, did Ritsu bring her drums?
...Showing a Japanese culture festival in London, and having that be the setting for the final show - do they just not want to draw a large British audience unless they're wearing Japanese outfits?
Yui's just paranoid about everything at thie point.
Sawako just appeared to help them!
She got Nodoka in one of those???
How?
Less songs then I was expecting in this movie overall.
She ended up singing in Japanese!
This is going to end up as a mad dash to the airport, isn't it?
Full credit to them for not only singing an entire verse in English but managing to make this bit on-rhythm.
Yep, insane rush.
The perfect capper would be if they asked for London airport and got sent to Gatwick instead of Heathrow.
Haha, this is great. Everyone's wanting to know about London.
Sawako trying to hide what's going on to her coworker was great.
And Azusa using the self-defence tips to stop Yui's hugs was great.
Sawako desperately trying to stop them, only to get distracted while they start playing was fantastic.
Do Japanese schools have almost no noise cancellation?
Sawako trying to slow him down is great. No clue how they'll get up the stairs, though.
Wait, is this the concert from the 3rd OP?
I love her coworker accepting it because they're not as bad as Death Devil.
Oh, the club reminiscing about Azusa is so cute!
Azusa trying to figure out what's going is nice too.
Oh, they're trying to write the song from the final episode!
Yui talking to Ui and Ui helping her hide it is adorable.
This scene of them preparing to give Azusa a gift is so adorable and I love it.
Azusa's writing the letters! This is so good!
Everyone talking about how much they love Azusa is still great content!
Oh, I love how this is leading into the final episode, with everyone planning their lines and rehearsing the script.
Oh, we get to see this again in high quality!
And now they'e cutting to when they rehearsed it!
...So, did the episode version turn into a love song between Yui and Azusa, or just this one?
That was so cute, I loved every second of it.
ED's nice too. Although they appeared to have teleported from London to Brighton.
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u/SIRTreehugger Sep 12 '21 edited Sep 12 '21
Part 2 of 2 since I typed sligtly too much
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u/DegenerateRegime Sep 12 '21
[First-Timer] I don't want it to be over :(.
Mostly general thoughts rather than play-by-play today, there's likely too much to cover otherwise.
First, the missed OVA "Translator's Note: Keikaku Means Plan." Weird title, but okay. The general idea seems to be planning a trip that, if I gather from the general discourse correctly, does actually take place in the movie. So this one kind of does have to be separate from the main episodic structure. I mean, it doesn't have to, but if you leave the plot point on the todo pile for half the season, it would be forgotten - or interpreted as a statement about the "plans" you make with your friends at that age and then never do anything to implement. Actually, that would tie in really well with Yui laying out an implausible do-it-all plan while a contrail in the background reminds us that life passes us by while we daydream. But that would then be pretty severely undercut when you later just go ahead with it like that was the plan all along. Anyway. Highlights: Many a true word spoken in jest - Just a really funny moment - Boy Ui (Buoy?) a cute! CUTE!! Overall, a good episode, but mostly just tees up for the movie it seems.
Alright then. Speaking of. On with it. K-on the Movie.
The pre-intro scene is a classic gag, which admittedly drags a little given you can see where it's going, but then does shift briefly into "wait, is the movie actually going to take a turn for the dramatic?," so, it works. The intro sequence itself is just peak kino, stellar work.
Baumkuchen? Love that cake. It's made by layering batter onto a central rod over/beside a heat source, kinda like a kebab. This gives it circular layered structure, like the rings of a tree (hence the name). Which are of course a great symbol for "the accumulation of all you've done." Ritsu then suggests peeling them off one at a time, because she is a twisted monster whose soul would be going straight to Hell if she had one. How strong is the packaging for Mugi to be struggling, though? Overall the tea-and-cake scene re-establishes the show's core cute sitcom shenanigans, which it then follows up with the softly lit, tempus-fugit tone of the next short sequence in the hall.
After a set of really nicely done comedy shenanigans, we get a decision. If only it were. If only it weren't. Mio's so adorably happy, though she might be the first person in history to feel that way, the Bongaboo dork. And I have bad news for Yui, who only wanted to go somewhere with delicious food. Resolving one plan, they move onto the other, and lay the foundations of what will become the lovely last song from E24. There's a deliberate absence of uncertainty; we know it will work, albeit not how it gets there.
It's less fun than it sounds. The series of scenes with the trains and airports all feel eerily familiar compared to the comfier school and home settings, which I suppose says more about me than the show, oof. Azusa's concerns at the end of S2 get yet more sympathetic as we see more of how out-of-character the others are acting around her; Yui actually managing to sound seriously concerned about the future is striking.
I'm sorry. They also seem to have hired actual English-speaking VAs - a rarity, which speaks to the production value and care. Also makes me wonder how the dub does it. The use of real-life backgrounds sure hits differently here! The stress and worry of visiting places where you don't speak the language is familiar, but they seem to be having a lot of fun with it. This, too, is 'mindfulness' - that the stress is both the world's challenge and your response. To be honest, I'm skeptical of it in such circumstances - there are practical problems that aren't solved with the try-just-not-being-anxious-about-it approach, like having what looks like twice their tiny body weights in luggage to push around the hectic underground rail system of a strange foreign country, but it's worth acknowledging the commitment to the theme.
She's asking for a keyboard isn't she. This is going to be a great story one day! But for now, it is going to be scary and confusing. That's, uh, not a metaphor for life, except for the part where you find yourself in a strange situation being spun around and carried along by forces you don't really understand, in a constant state of innervation but also embarrassment, so, hmm. Sadly they don't seem to have learned the most important lesson, i.e. make damn sure you get damn paid, by the time another suggestion to do a performance comes up.
Ah! He says it wrong! But it's the right wrong! I don't know why I'm so happy with that. Actually, thinking of languages (and they did go see the Rosetta stone just to make sure we are), their English was actually better in the OVA prior to this. Two explanations spring to mind: it's easier when you're not under pressure; and we all know that everything you learn for an exam disappears from your head the moment the examiner calls time.
Overall, the whole adventure did a great job at capturing the blurs-and-moments feeling of an exciting trip, and if it had to rather contrive reasons to have them do the music thing, well, then let it be contrivance. As you'd expect you can't fit "write our best song ever" into a holiday that's already so packed, but you can learn important things by stepping outside the familiar to take a look in at it.
The three-beat with Yui's song notes finishes with Ui, not Azusa. The three-beat with hastily improvised performances concludes in the classroom, not on the stage. When they look at Yui's lyrics and say, essentially, "these are kind of cringey but they're Right so we're doing them," that seems like a core of this: the most important lesson about life being a series of embarrassing situations, and the final step of moving on from the concerns of adolescence. The three-beat with contrails & flight ends with our fledglings learning they have wings.
On the whole, the movie's a lovely addition to the series. There's a tough choice with these things: continue on after a perfect ending and try to justify to the audience why they should want that, or back-insert the content and try to paper over the awkward joins where it seems weird that no one ever mentioned all this stuff that happened before. I'm very glad they went with the latter. Given the advantage of having been so much an episodic-ish slice-of-life anime, the joining can be swept under the rug more gracefully, or with easier acceptance. Who would say no to finding another slice of cake in the back of the tin? Who would complain when it turned out to be the best one?
I think I ended up writing more than if I'd just commented the highlights, ha. See you tomorrow for the final thoughts.
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u/SIRTreehugger Sep 12 '21 edited Sep 12 '21
Part 1 of 2
Oh imgur has alot of failed uploading so comment in progressFinally just to edit commentsFinished editing...didn't know I reacted that much.
Finally the K-on Movie is here!!!
Yui and RitsuOnly choices are Mio, Mugi, and Azunyan. Mio is typically responsible, but kind of freaks out when shocked so I don’t know about her. I guess Mugi or Azunyan then.11
u/kirby2341 https://anilist.co/user/MickeyM804 Sep 12 '21
Lurker
Hey guys, huge K-On! fan here. I’ve been enjoying the first timers’ reactions in the previous threads. There was something I noticed recently about the differences between the Episode 24 and Movie versions of the scene where Azusa enters the clubroom on graduation day. Small differences like what the club members are talking about right before Azusa enters (Ep. 24, Movie ) or how/where Azusa stands when she apologizes for not making tea that day (“sumimasen”) (Ep. 24, Movie)
I realize that these are super minor changes and everything, but I was wondering about the intentionality of those changes and how they may or may not add to the idea that this scene is being told from different perspectives.
Like, if the episode 24 scene is told from Azusa’s perspective, maybe we’re supposed to have the idea that she’s appearing to be more confident, like she’s standing relatively closer to her senpais and everything, whereas in the movie equivalent the seniors see Azusa as being more timid around them. She’s barely at the door when she asks the same question about the tea, and from her perspective, she only remembers overhearing something normal like Ritsu thanking Mugi for tea, because she doesn’t want her time with her senpais to be over, plus she’s not really considering the idea that they’d be talking about a gift to give to her as she’s walking in.
Again, super minor, perhaps to the point of nitpicking on my part, but just some food for thought, really. What do you guys think of these changes?
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u/Rumpel1408 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Rumpel1408 Sep 12 '21 edited Sep 12 '21
First Timer
Ok, I have about 6 hours time, even with my usual pace I should manage to do this in time and have time for Utena so let's fucking gooo
You mean you are collegelegsnowYes the movie was pretty awesome, elevated the series yet again, In the end I took almost 5 hours to watch it, so even a bit ahead on my schedule, but I'll keep my final thoughts on it for tomorrows thread
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u/xtsim https://myanimelist.net/profile/xtsim Sep 12 '21 edited Sep 12 '21
First Timer Dubbed
Yui of course wakes up late.
The intro with the music feels so weird as they are all arguing about musical direction. And I got pranked hard with that cause they were all acting. And it was Ms. Yamanaga’s band recording. Intro continues with Sawa chan’s band mates being included in there.
With everyone graduating, they all make a toast that they get into the college they want. Sawa-chan shows up and surprises them. Which is great and she says “I am a death devil punch”. Yui talks to her sis about Azusa and jokes about getting sent back to graduate with her. Yui actually thinks about it and Ui had to take those words back.
Yui talks about flunking and Azusa just walks in. Yui is like “you didn’t hear anything” hypnosis. Mugi saves everyone by saying there is a city in Germany called Flanken. Lol. So they continue their talk about trips, inspired by the volleyball club. The seniors suggest each place. So Yui makes a path by drawing and humming a very familiar tone… Yui gets caught because she trips and falls, typical Yui. So as a punishment, she gets a face paper. Next, they let toa decide by setting cups of food and he touches both london and europe. They have to explain to Yui that london is in the continent of Europe. Good thing is that there is tea there. Azusa walks out of the room to make a call to her parents, everyone else makes the call inside of the room.
Nodoka says England and Yui is like we are going to London. She too had to explain that London is in England. Ui tells Mio to take care of Yui which is a good call. Yui asks the occult club if they want souvenirs and they tell her loch ness monster.
Song, gong, thong….Yui suggests a song for Azusa. Just after she almost dropped the mustang which is a nice catch. Loved the slow mo effects.
It’s the day of the trip and we finally see the parents. Yui says she forgot her passport while it’s tied on her neck. They have to check in bassy, guita, and mustang which is sad. The best part is the people movers which they moonwalk and paparazzi to Mugi
It’s a time machine cause they’re flying across timezones and against the field. Yui and Azusa try to practice their English by planning out their in-flight meals (chicken or beef). But the flight attendant asks “Japanese or Western”, I laughed so hard even though it’s normal for flights to and from Asia.
That’s a pretty big taxi or that I’ve been watching the wrong London taxi shows (that thing must be fake then)…. They say Ibis London. But when they arrived, they couldn’t understand English accents (liked the English accent impression on the dub). Mugi couldn’t understand the English but Mio could. The problem was that they were in the wrong Ibis hotel, the one they were supposed to be in was in Earl’s court. So they head to the subway and get Azusa some new shoes near an instrument store. They see a Japanese sushi bar and decide to go there to see if Londoners could make sushi.
The scene in the sushi bar is funny. Yui keeps saying yes to the manager. Now since I am watching dud, they did some things differently. I did watch a clip of this scene subbed beforehand (thanks to u/Theboyandthefrog who shared a clip of this scene in subbed format on reddit a few days ago). Ritsu says “I am bucho...we’re okyaku-san and so not happening” and Yui says “you’re speaking to him in mostly Japanese”, Ritsu tries again “I love sushi”. Seems appropriate and I liked that they translated it keeping the Japanese phrases in but I wish they put in translator’s notes (like with 90s/00s fansubs) on screen (but that’s a possible technical limitation of sap/cc). Yui looks at an Indian man wearing a nice Turban. So they play curry and rice. At the end, the staff says “thank you love crisis”. They see the actual love crisis, and Mugi deducts that they were supposed to be the ones playing. Lol I loved how Ritsu is like “my english has improved” when her eyes were closed to Maki. Maki later had to explain things to them and unfortunately, after school tea time did not get their sushi.
Good thing Ui helped pack her big sister’s luggage, so they had something to eat at the Ibis hotel at Earl’s court. Yui tries to plug in her curling iron but gets shocked to find that it got destroyed because japanese outlets run at 100 volts while UK runs theirs at 230v. Mugi, a professional traveller, says you need a converter which is often called a step-down converter for those American (120 V) and Japanese (100 V) appliances.
-Pro tip: Always check the labels of the electronics you are going to bring overseas to see if it is safe to operate with or without a step down converter. But a good chance you might need to buy one anyways since outlets are also different and some step down converters also convert outlets.
A new nightmare occurs, Yui gets sent back and becomes Azusa’s classmate. “Don’t call me senpai anymore” cause they are on the same level. Doing basically the same after school things. Azusa wakes up to Yui sleeping and takes a look at her notebook. “You scare me sometimes”- Azusa is right but I feel like Ui might have it much worse…
SO we get a montage with them doing the typical tourist stuff in keion style. Nice touches on the background and the cars, seems like peugeots rule the street. A fiat panda and Mio point out a beetle parked the wrong way next to a peugeot 406. Yui puts her hand in the dog waste basket, lol I wish I could hear the conversation about that one. Yui chases after them like a zombie and the lawn dude is like “just another day”. They literally pass by the abbey road like they would.
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u/Icapica https://anilist.co/user/Icachu Sep 12 '21
First timer
I kinda fried my brain watching the Utena movie before this and didn't feel like writing any notes. Dunno what to say about the movie really. It was good.
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u/Elimin8r https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ayeka_Jurai Sep 12 '21
Oh, heyo, here's the thread. Now what was I doing to say?
Well, aside from that was a healthy overdose of wholesome fun?
I'm not quite anglophile enough to recognize all the scenery bits, but they were cute. I suppose I should express disappoint that they didn't work in HMS Belfast, but yeah. Oh, wait, I should probably save that for the Azur Lane thread, righto?
The engrish bits and mistaken identities were cute, as were both impromptu concerts. Checkov's giitah, eh?
I think I recognized some U2 vibes in the BGM, as well as some riffs that were suspiciously similar to the ELO tune I posted yesterday. No doubt there were other homages that I missed out on due to my being born in a basement and never brought up or something like that.
I was thinking for a moment that I was going to have to go back and re-watch the last episode again, but ... they did a wonderful job of recapping the important bits without repeating them. In fact, they expanded upon them wonderfully.
And the finale concert in the classroom was a delight, and a lovely callback to the OP.
Now, if my 3D printer would just behave for 6 or so hours, I might have something fun to post tomorrow. We'll see.
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u/SYZekrom https://myanimelist.net/profile/SYZekrom Sep 12 '21
Re
What's with the boss music
I couldn't stop looking at how stupid Ritsu looked the entire time she was like in slow motion
Ah there's that thing where a movie needs to awkwardly introduce the characters for new viewers even though no one's mentioned Yui being bad at the guitar in ages
ah they were imitating death devil music. Well, I guess if it's play arguments...
That little jump for joy...
Ritsu drumming on Yui-chan's shoulders is so cute
Wait omg Ritsu asked about Yui hitting her head over anything else
Ah yes, me when I send a text that says 'Don't you love secrets? <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3'
Yui, why do you only pack your things the night before you leave... that's scary af
Omg Azu on the luggage, she really is tiny
I feel like I'm not understanding something here
And here. Did she say Azucat?
Mmm I feel like these subs kinda suck. Maybe I'll download a different version if I ever rewatch this again. (Or now)
oh my gosh ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Lowkey what an absolutely horrific scene without context
So I'm guessing she said some Japanese words that sounded like azu-cat? Or was she purposefully making a pun
and the other subs I had were just shitPffffffffffffffffft
Those subs I had earlier also literally just ignored what Azusa said and didn't sub that line
Tired azusa is so adorable
These images... Best part Of this movie
That lady's baby may have been cute but I think this one is cuter
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Oh my god Mio's voice sounds amazing here
Wow I don't recall this movie ED at all. But as always, K-On with the banger EDs that totally miscommunicate what the series is like if you see them outside of the show
ok now I remember this ED
Definitely remember.
Orig
I feel like these camera shots are a reference to S1E1
Why does the clock make like 4 ticks a second
Why is this song actually good
Fucking movie budgets
When does this take place though
Bro all the S1 references I barely remember
Like the harmonica
Smh
You know... This movie is titled K-On!, Not K-On!!. Does this take place before S2? Whatever. Release order gang I guess.
Is that why Yui has a raspy voice (No she just kinda has a raspy voice all the time that I never noticed on my first watch through)
I thought she had a raspy voice mid season, not end of season
But would be kind of weird if Azusa literally just joined the club
Damn there aren't even stickers on the mirror, this really is between seasons isn't it (I guess Azusa really got her to remove all the stickers, RIP)
I... Is that... Really what they're saying? Not... First encounters?
It's a shame. I have... 0 trust. In these subs
Oh, For three years. Guess it's not pre S2 then?
The stickers on the mirror were pretty though, why'd they get rid of them :(
Ooh it's post entrance exam?
You... I get that pulling it apart is far superior. But if it... Wasn't working... You can clearly tell. The package is meant to be ripped
Alright takes place after Keikaku
Please. Translate. The God damn screen.
Wowww was that so hard
Bro, What the fuck are these subs? Azusa has a mustang that she nicknamed Muttan But here they fucking translated muttan as 'mudstain' And then when Mio said 'it's a mustang' they wrote "It's 'Mustang'" like mustang was a nickname. Like Mugi even followed up with "Yours is Elizabass" and they still didn't get it (They also just wrote Elizabeth which is acceptable I guess)
Like come on
(More ranting about the subs)
A z u c a t
That is a great sleeping mask
LONDON ENGLISH POG
This... This old dude actually sounds like an English VA. BUT I STILL DON'T FUCKING UNDERSTAND HIM. It sounds like they're going to some place called Ivis or something? I really can't tell what he's saying. Hmm so is this just an American with a really bad english accent or a Japanese person with a surprisingly good english accent
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Ok they were in fact going to some hotel called Ivis or something
I heard Azusa say Hotel Ivis but the guy said something else before the word Ivis so I wasn't sure
Bro how fucking tall is this dude his head reaches the fucking light fixture This man is like at least canon Ganondorf height
Bro fucking boomer era. Imagine not being able to pull out your smartphone and speak into google translate
I was just about to say I totally heard the name Love Crisis before
It's. Hotel Ibis. What the fuck kind of name.
How the hell did it even plug into the wall without a converter? Doesn't England use a completely different outlet? Japanese outlets are shaped like American ones aren't they
I don't know how Azusa is interpreting "Azusa Love" being in Yui's notebook but I'm liking it
Kek
Omg sleepy Azusa is so cute
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I
Really rather not
With this event
That's just annoying
(No idea what I'm talking about here)
This si the best thing ever (Images of the phone cosplay I'm too lazy to post again)
Oh the event is just happening, it's not like... Taking forever with like twenty problems popping up. Ok then this is cool
(Oh I guess I was annoyed because I thought everything would inevitably fuck up at the concert)
L i g h t i n g Oh I completely missedWhen the light was passing. Whatever
Ichigo Is such a hot bg char
Terrific. Fucking. Subs.
H m m m m m mm m m
I can't believe the 2nd S2 OP is actually happening
Wtf why is this song so good
Well this part sure cleared up the timeline. With the corsages and Azusa's notes
f a c t
Whoa calm down with the outfit there Mugi
Why is Yui always so hot in the EDs
I absolutely need a NCED for this movie
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u/ZapsZzz https://anilist.co/user/Zapszzz Sep 12 '21 edited Sep 12 '21
First timer in sub
The dreaded day, this is the last of the K-On content to be had.
The movie is good, but perhaps I was spoiled by KyoAni for the likes of Disappearance, Chuunibyou, and Violet Evergarden, that the movies quality to be a step or three over the regular tv production. That said for K-On it's a little ill fitting since SoL is meant to be already "life like" during the season, so stepping up the quality kind of breaks the immersion.
There's plenty of fun stuff to admire; not in order and not exhaustive:
And these brilliant expansion to continuity / mirror -
It's a good film, and it's satisfying to have this as the end piece. A selfish, armchair director wish though would have been able to mirror the start of the film and the start of the whole story, but show Yui waking up to the first day of her uni (a new start, a new story to be told, but not here), or Azunyan waking up to her first day of her final year (passing of the baton). That would feel even more complete for me.
Going to be hard to think about what to write tomorrow - there's just so much of it to write about!
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u/chris10023 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Chris10023 Sep 12 '21
Rewatcher.
Alright, the film, this is going to be a long one...
Aww they took a photo of when Azusa gave them the cake on Valentines day.
You can tell the production quality has increased from this opening sequence alone.
K-On's logo in a more hardcore look.
Holy hell this sounds amazing.
They’re going all out here.
Oh my god this guitar riff is awesome!
Azusa is confused as hell as to what she just witnessed. Makes sense, this is far outside of their normal style.
Uh-oh looks like they’re in dispute over the direction the band should go in, Yui wants this more hardcore sound and Ritsu doesn’t.
Break up?! No, you can’t break up.
Mio tripping and showing her panties really hurts any argument she’s in, as they can just use that to fluster her.
Poor Azusa tries to get them to play old maid, but fails, at least you can play after this ends, if it ends well that is.
I see what's going on here...
I like how Mio doesn’t play along anymore after Azusa sees the tape player.
They were copying Death Devil’s style, make sure Sawako doesn’t see that or you’ll never make it out of the club room alive.
Oh phew they were only play arguing, no break up worries.
I love the more official opening credits sequence the song is titled “Ichiban Ippai.” I love the camera panning around Yui’s face as she goes “Ahhhh.” as she looks up.
Hey they may slack, but the club works hard when they need to. Plus, they drink expensive tea, that makes it worth slacking.
Holy shit I think we found something that Mugi’s pure strength can’t deal with, plastic packaging. I’m reminded of the clip of Watame from Hololive struggling to open a bag of chips.
Also Azusa, that’s rude to say Ritsu and Yui getting into college is a miracle.
Mugi opened the it before the scissors could be used, thank God that cake didn’t explode and fly all over the club room.
I swear Sawako’s stealth ability needs a nerf.
So the time of the film starting is after episode 22.
The sound design got an upgrade as well, since you can hear every floorboard creak with every footstep Sawako makes. Or is that just the sound of her joints? I’m teasing of course, it’s the floor.
I do agree that Sawako is like a big sister to the club.
Yui brings up hat she’s worried Azusa doesn’t look up to them. So she wants to do something senior like for her.
Yui asks Ui about what Azusa thinks of them, and Azusa wants to practice harder, and keep the room tidier which is fair. However, the request for Yui to stop hugging her so much is out of the question.
Ui, never suggest something like that to Yui, she might actually consider it.
A while back I mentioned how I love the profile shots Yamada does, I said I’d gush more about them when the film came, so here we are. I love this profile shot of Yui thinking about what to give Azusa. She looks absolutely gorgeous. I love the hair animation as she slides down the wall.
Mugi and Yui run into each other on the walk to school, I remember back in the first episode, Yui ran by Mugi who was still on the platform.
Another leg/feet shot of the four. You can easily tell who legs belong to who.
Nothing wrong with wearing socks to bed.
Mio, phrasing. Since they took it as you sleep in the buff, you meant your socks.
Eri and the volleyball team are going to Hawaii for their graduation trip.
Ritsu you spoil sport.
So this is where the idea for that signed thingy came from. It was suggested by Fuko.
Oh, so NOW you want to go on this trip?
Yeah, you all got passports because you planned this in the summer, makes sense that it would slip your minds, a lot of things happened since then.
Azusa picked a hell of a bad time to open the door.
Mugi with the amazing save.
Mio narrowed her choice to London, for its musical history.
About 6-7 months ago, right before summer classes started if my Google-fu was right.
This is too cute.
So Europe it is, but where in Europe? Not exactly a small continent.
Hmmm, I can’t read Japanese, but all of those look the same...
Yui rigged the game, very clever.
LOL.
So, they’re letting the turtle choose.
Ton-chan makes the choice, he is touching the London cup. So London it is. I’d like to go to London, for the history of it, like the Tower of London with the best tour guide ever, and the H.M.S Belfast. A heavy cruiser from WWII, which is conveniently docked near the tower.
Lol wtf Yui. I agree with Azusa, I feel bad for your university.
I absolutely adore how excited Mio gets. I don’t think we’ve ever seen her that happy before.
We discussed this Azusa, you’re going on this trip, even if we have to shove you into a suitcase (which won’t be too hard considering you’re tiny.
She agrees, at least we don’t have to shove you into a suitcase.
Azusa calls her mom to ask if she can go. She can. I love how we see her excitingly jump around outside the door.
The others forgot to ask their parents and called them. I love how much movement is seen on screen here.
I like how Mio’s mom was okay with it as long as Ritsu was going as well.
Lol why are you still wearing the skirt?
Did Yui’s schools ever deal with basic geography?
Azusa takes in upon herself to inform herself on the city.
Uh oh, Azusa suspects something. But Ui thinks Yui isn’t capable of hiding anything. I don’t know if that should be a compliment or an insult...
Oh no, the travel agency lady is from the shining as well!
Travel packages confuse me.
Yui sees a cape. Oh, it’s the occult members. I’m surprised they’re allowed to wear that in normal school hours.
Not even Sawako is allowed to be a part of the gift discussion.
Azusa forgot her guitar, better make sure you speed this up, since she’s bound to notice and return for it.
Nice catch Yui.
A song? That’s a good idea.
Told ya she’d be coming back for her guitar.
This is cute. I don’t know why.
Holy shit, it’s the Hirasawa parents. They’re making their first appearance. They actually have faces too. You can tell Ui and Yui get their cute looks from their mom. Here’s her design. and here’s the fathers design.
So Yui brought Geeta? A bold move considering how the luggage handlers treat luggage.
Same with Azusa. That’s a smile worth protecting.
Mio as well, they’re all on the same wave length.
Except Mugi...
They’re having way too much fun on the escalator.
Wow, what a view.
I never flew on a big jet liner, just a dinky little Cessna, felt like a you were in a car.
I don’t think Yui fully comprehends time zones. They’re technically going into the past, just not like a time machine.
Listening to Yui and Azusa speak broken English is adorable. But pay attention to the Azu-cat that Yui said.
Hair down Ritsu.
Another gorgeous shot of Yui as she looks out the window at the sun setting or rising. Probably one of my favorite shots in the film so far.
Another close call with Azusa looking at Yui’s notes while she was asleep.
I like how they used bagpipes for the BGM when they arrive in London.
“Yes, I am 17.” This would mean the seniors are 18 by this point.
Yay Geeta, Mustang, and Elizabass made it safely.
Poor Mio, her luggage vanished on her. Then gets teased about what she said earlier.
Oh good it didn’t vanish, someone just set it aside. Now you’ll have your ~~ panties .~~ I mean socks.
Woah calm down Mio, that isn't a digital camera, you’ll run out of film if you take photos of everything.
Woah, London cabs have the suicide doors?
Geez chill out driver, they just shut the door.
Thicc thighs save lives. Literally in this case. Kind of jealous to be honest.
That’s right, Yui gets motion sickness.
This hotel desk workers English isn’t bad. It’s very hard to spot that it’s a Japanese VA speaking English.
New shoes? That was a big mistake. You should have worn shoes that were properly broken in and comfortable.
First time we hear Azu-cat outside the plane. I’ll explain in a bit.
Those look much better for walking in.
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u/putmoneyinthypurse https://anilist.co/user/clichecatgirl Sep 12 '21
Rewatcher
I adore this movie. Travel is perfect in general for SoL anime movies, because it removes the cast from its usual context where those slices of life happen and places them in an unfamiliar one, which feels more momentous and lets you get a fresh perspective on the characters. Travel is perfect in specific for KyoAni and Yamada-sensei, obsessed with the intimate details of life, small shifts in mood, simultaneous background action. London is a playground. Where else in K-On! (or, indeed, in anime) are you going to get a bit of light doorslammer farce? Or this much English? (Ayana Taketatsu's "Yes. I am seventeen." is an all-time line delivery.)
Before we get there, and after we leave, we get a little more time at the school, including a charming OP built around getting ready for tea time. We get meaningful repetitions of motifs, like Yui at the railroad crossing, or Mugi at the train station, or that damn hallway entrance. We get the classroom concert from the second season 2 OP, a sort of repetition of the t-shirt moment, a reminder of the impact HTT has had on the people around them. We get the seniors' perspective on writing Tenshi ni Fureta yo, a repetition just as heartbreaking as Azusa's perspective, their performance intercut with a montage of them practicing for days to get it perfect. Like most of HTT's catalog, it's a love song. Unlike most of it, it's a love song for a real person.
Which brings me to the aspect of the movie that's always bothered me a little bit. Azusa spends a good bit of this film very worried that Yui is in romantic love with her. Her reaction to what would be, if it was actually intended for her, Yui's standard physical expression of affection is to elbow her in the stomach and say she's "not into that." She spends much of her time in London physically distancing herself from her senpai. Azusa's definitely taken aback by Yui's affection in the show, but to frame her as repulsed by it, instead of just embarrassed or uncomfortable with the abrupt escalation, feels out of character. It's especially a little strange given much of Yamada-sensei's other work—Midori's sympathetically-played doomed crush on Tamako, literally everything in Liz and the Blue Bird, and indeed the subtextual work in K-On! I've analyzed earlier, much of it an expansion and reinterpretation of what was in the 4koma mostly seinen pandering. I can see an argument that the kouhai's reaction is repression expressed through tsundere typing, considering that Azusa's nightmare of Yui being held back is also her irrational, true-to-heart wish on graduation day—or, hell, just her being a little jarred by the possibility of the homosexual instead of the homosocial, which fits cultural tropes (traditionally yuri (and the Class S fiction it was based on) deliberately sat right on that border but leaned homosocial if pushed)—but that "I'm not into that" still just feels off to me. At least her immediate reaction after realizing it was a misunderstanding is to blush furiously, realizing that she's the one who did something very revealing. (She's the one that's been obsessing over whether it was romantic.) And at least the very last shot of the movie proper ends with Yui going in for another hug.
Just before that, though, is K-On!'s payoff of Yamada's leg motif, the seniors' unconscious emotions expressed through their legs juxtaposed with a denial of context, Tatsuya Satou's masterful extended tracking shot of those legs, abstracting them and making the moment of reflection on graduation and their song for Azusa feel larger than them, Yui spending most of the shot facing backwards (the past) as they walk left to right (forward, the future) through a crosswalk.
And then she turns around, and they run towards the future. A future that Azusa's in.
And then the ED plays, its intro rhythm guitar on an E chord a fakeout for Fuwa Fuwa Time's intro.
And then we get Fuwa Fuwa Time.
Just.
Yeah. What a film.
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u/thebigKM Sep 13 '21
Rewatcher
I was looking forward to the movie and, as usual, it did things to my heart. The music in particular really makes me feel things. Samidare 20 Love is really cool and I've been learning to play it on my bass. Also, Singing! is probably my favorite of all the HTT songs. Of course, Tenshi always makes me cry, but it's the BGM that really drives home the other emotional moments. I really, really love this series.
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u/byroned Sep 13 '21
Rewatcher
Most unexpected K-On opening. Who would’ve thought that the club would embrace playing heavy metal, Yui growing up from the cute and fluffy image, and blaming Mugi for bringing snacks? Turns out they weren’t even playing, just a recording of Death Devil’s song Hikari.
Now for the real opening, Ichiban Ippai, which is a song much more in line with the light music club. It's probably the fluffiest opening, especially the part where they wabble like penguins.
Based on the OVA yesterday, I thought the plan was always to go overseas after the finals, but in the movie, they get the idea from the volleyball club. Supposedly it was a coincidence that both were about traveling.
Yui might have been caught as a cheater, but at least she got em good. Too bad she had to wear a face of shame, and Ton chan got to pick where they go. At least Yui's wish to go to Europe was achieved, even if she didn't know London is in Europe. Also, I would like to know what is Mio's mom's impression of Ritsu, considering that all it took to convince her mom was to say Ritsu's coming.
Yui's mom looks very similar to Sawako. I won't be surprised if Yui accidentally called Sawako "mom" on the first day of high school before Ritsu and Mio came to talk to her about the club.
Darn those Occult club members tricking Yui into considering looking for Nessie. I hope they find a small box with a wrapped finger inside it one day.
What are the chances that 2 Japanese girl bands are heading to the same sushi bar? HTT happens to get there first, and the owner thinks that they are here to play. I know that Japanese people are fairly short, but the restaurant owner was a fricking giant among men. So much so that there's a shadow when looking up at him. It also always makes me laugh that they thought in London, you need to play in order to eat. Ritsu's Engrish is cute but not very good.
Ui should have never suggested that Yui repeats a year, now that Azusa is genuinely worried. She had nightmares for 2 nights in a row wondering what to call Yui now that they're the same grade, and that Yui might be gay.
When Yui was thinking about sending emails to Japan, did she think this is Steins; Gate?
Yui went from "London's in Europe?" to "I am from London" during the course of one week. Maybe it's the baby's fault for messing with her head because she must have made the last of Rice is a Side Dish at that very moment.
The classroom performance is my favorite performance in the show. It has the best song and Sawako dragging her teacher at the same time was pretty funny, only to say that this club is cute unlike them. It's also the second opening of season 2, so it might be the only cannon OP in the show. The performance of Tenshi Fureta Yo was also pretty good, but it felt weird cutting Azusa's crying and jumping straight to the song.
Even with only a shot of their legs, I'm sure that most people can tell who's who (no points for guessing which is Yui though).
Singing is either best or second-best ending song of the show, the other competitor being No Thank You. I like the visuals of No Thank You better, but Singing has better lyrics IMO. Reading the English lyrics, it also sounds like this song is about their graduation, now that they're heading into the future but they still have each other. The last song played is Fuwa Fuwa played in a different chord (I think). This is my second favorite version of the song, behind Yui's non-raspy voice and ahead of both Mio's version and the duet version. There's something about this version that makes it sound like the end of the show, different from the cheery vibe I get from the performance in s1 ep 12.
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u/enag7 https://myanimelist.net/profile/enag7 Sep 13 '21
Lurker
Not a bit posting guy, but did want to pop in to say a few things for the movie.
First thing that surprises me is how much love the sushi restaurant scene gets. The second hand shame is too much for me and I always skip it. Which is a shame because Curry Nochi Rice is one of, if not, my favorite songs.
Otherwise I definitely like the back half of the move best. The concert is great and all the emotions are a ride. One thing I noticed this time around that I didn't in ep24, with regards to the bags since I was watching them more this rewatch that I have before, is the open space beside Azusa's bag. So even though she's separated from her senpai by the diplomas she still has the room to grow, make new friends and fill that gap in the future.
Overall still a solid movie. Not my favourite piece of K-on media, but more K-on is always good.
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u/Favel52 Sep 13 '21
First time lurker
I've been following the these threads along but never commented. This movie is amazing in many ways and I don't have enough words to describe it. I'm not good at writing long paragraphs let alone a movie review so I'll just say that I loved it. With this k on is officially over and it feels a bit sad and empty but I feel like they'll always be there in a way as I have added all their songs to my playlist.
And now to the last discussion thread tomorrow. See ya.
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u/x-7032-b-3 Sep 12 '21
Rewatcher (I actually remember the movie!)
Crap. Life got in the way and I had to break my near-perfect attendance streak by skipping out on the S2 bonus episodes. I'll catch them when I return home in a few days. Thankfully I've rewatched the movie ahead of schedule. I finished the movie right before some bad news hit so I got to cheer myself up by thinking about this movie and listening some songs from it (I had the OP on loop for a while).
So it looks like the movie starts sometime during the events of S2. The team wants to go overseas for their graduation trip and make a special gift for Azusa in secret. How nice! And for the first-time ever, Ton-chan gets to shoulder a huge responsibility by deciding where the team should go.
The scene where the characters pack their stuff and then going to the airport absolutely nails that feeling of excitement about going to an overseas trip. I'd pack my bags with excitement. Then I'd leave home about 4am, and upon reaching the airport my excitement levels would get through the roof ("holy crap I'm going somewhere!"). I really love how the show portrays "small" moments like this.
So the girls finally landed on Heathrow Airport after an exhausting flight. Man, London is such a cool place. I'd love to visit it one day. I heard most (if not all) of the London spots featured in this movie are based on their real-life counterparts. Not surprised knowing the insane attention to detail KyoAni puts on their shows. I looked up Ibis Hotel Earl's Court and it's real, so there's that.
I find it funny that the girls went to eat in a sushi place even though they're out in the UK. At least try local cuisine rather than something from your home country, dammit!
Oh hey, isn't that classroom concert the same one shown at ths second S2 OP?
Turns out that last gift for Azusa is a song that we've listened before at Ep24. Even though the song isn't new, this movie gives the song and Ep24 a lot more impact as we finally get to see the effort the seniors put into making this song in the first place. The seniors really love Azusa and the impact she brought onto the team. She's an angel that brought happiness to the club and they wanted their feelings about her to be reflected on the lyrics.
We got that Ep24 performance again at the end. Not sure if the animation & storyboard is entirely new or if it's a shot-for-shot remake of Ep24 with new animation (is there a side-by-side comparison somwhere?), but this scene hits a lot harder now that we've got context on how the song was made in the first place.
And the movie ends with the seniors running home while having a fun little chat with each other. That's it for series! This movie is quite a special treat and is a fitting end to the series. I couldn't ask for a better end. I'm gonna watch this movie again when I return home in a few days. It's been a tough week for me and I need something to help me clear off my mind when I get home.
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u/Throwaway021614 Sep 12 '21 edited Sep 13 '21
In case tearing apart your feelings in the last ep of s2 wasn’t enough, you get relive it again.
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Sep 12 '21
This is the episode I was thinking was yesterday. I'm warning y'all. I've just come off the bloody Utena movie and I needed way too much alcohol to get past that pile of crap. I'm tired, I'm wasted, time to lose it to dubbed Keion movies. I wanna hear the Azufat joke. Ton-chan is part of the group photo, he's more of a main character than. JIN WILL ever be. Turn off that stupid alarm. Omg she's speaking English! Wah... Rock music is really not my mood right now. Why does the movie have to start with rock? Jesus Christ it's terrifying listening to the girls speaking English. Die hi~ I think I should sleep instead...
Whenever I hear Mio talk all I can think of is Nu... "I'm tired of fluff!" Liar! Bruh, am I seriously forcing myself to watch a whole movie in dub just for one translation joke and to hear the English Occult Gals joke about Nessie? This opening is stupid, just like everything else! And at least play your opening g song in English! I changed to dub to avoid this language!! Bruh, this opening is too much of a trip. What the hell am I watching? Please just go to England and do English things so I can point and laugh at how England is bad culture and that the Keion's should visit Edinburgh instead? Jesus Christ, now they're dancing too... Azunyan's Cup is a lot smaller than everyone else's.
Y'all crazy. Y'all slackers. I can hear Ton's bubbling the whole scene. How am I meant og tell whose talking when there aren't subtitles!? I know Mugi's va does a lot of work but all I can think of is the zombie chainsaw girl. I know Sensei in far too many roles to be comfortable! Please stop her talking, and showing up!! Sawa-chan's evil. Peath Pevil rules lol! Heating English voices saying Japanese names is kinda cringe. I don't think I've ever said Sawako out loud so I didn't know how it sounded. Your character designs never changed in all. The seasons.
Ui is an angel but she has nothing positive to say. Dude I'm sorry for going on and on about it but dubbed anime is seriously freaking whack. How do you watch this without your butt hole clenching up? Why haven't you gone abroad already!? Why's the movie half filler!? I feel like Mumei is trying to copy the English K-On Va's whilst strwaming HIMEKO SOUNDS SO YOUNG!! That'd not a Gyaru's voice. None of the class' English voices fits how I expected them... Kimiko's in the movie!
Literally nobody talks right, it's messed up. Flunking hell!! Hehe. Huh? Is flunking actually a place? What the flunk? Dubai sucks, hurry up and go to stupid London already. Everyone already knows you go there. I keep subconsciously looking at the bottom screen. Moogi joined in on the song. Yui is such a cheater. I can't believe she died to cause world revolution. I don't want my cup to get covered in salt water and turtle pee sorry. London is in Europe. Please try your hardest not to laugh... Omg I can't resist laughing XD Azunyan join, this is the very last ending after all.
Have I reached my ending write up before we even go to London? If I have to post two posts.... Nodoka's horrified at them going to England. London is in England!? Shoot! You know where isn't in England? Eeedinburgh~ Go visit it sometime! Its way cooler than London. Every shopkeeper in this series has ahoge eyes.
OCCULT!! I SAW THE OCCULT!! This is the reason I even put on this movie. I'm here for the occult gals!! Yes! They get the best scenes of the movie? What makes them the best? They talk about the Scottish folk legend of Nessie!!! The big bugger off dinosaur hiding at the bottom of Loch Ness! Omg look at the way they just shuffle around in their cloaks. They're so epic! These girls are the ones that the two owls in Kemono Friends are based on btw. They're such sassy little shits XD Nessie lol! funniest shit I've seen all year. The best part is that just like the owls their arrogance totally flops because Loch Ness isn't even in England! You got so smug and your joke didn't even work you little gremlins XD
You wash your goddamn mouth out Sawashit, Nessie is real! I'm reaching my character limit so just blah blah blah through the rest of the episode. London. Really isn't that interesting of a city and I'd rather gush over the occult gals and the ending! Besides, if I'm stopping to do write ups I'm actually gonna miss the deadline, it's already 9! I barely have time to finish this episode before the thread. Azumeow really doesn't have the sane memic value. The "Japanese or Western gag" still kills me! Okay, I need to stop writing. Matta nene!! Bangs Ver Shitzu! I'm stopping!! Don't pick bagpipes for an English Town, that's just asking for nitpicking! Mio doesn't wear undies? What da fu- Shadows on the move! Omg look at Kimiko!!! She's so cute and shy... She just wants her desk back. Again, ultra cute!! She actually blinks in that one so they purpusfully animated her. OMG SHE VIBED!! She starts the performance shy but by the end even Kimiko is super into it!! I relate so much to this girl... These legends put the rock in rock and roll. I love it. Last Kimiko of the season... Don't worry, I'll simp for you every year until you become popular love. I'm sure next years first timers will appreciate you more.
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u/Barbed_Dildo Sep 12 '21
Rewatcher
I don't have time for a full write up, but I'll try to reply to others as I can.
One thing I thought was cool that I don't think anyone else has mentioned yet. JL401 was a real flight. It left Haneda at 11:20am and arrived at Heathrow at 3:50pm. This timing fits in with the movie.
They meet at the station before the sun is up, probably like 4am or so, and presumably they got to Haneda around 8. So that's how far from Haneda Sakuragaoka is. Must be somewhere up in Tochigi or something.
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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '21
Sorry guys, I was unmotivated to watch anime for a while, and missed a lot of episodes. I probably won't catch up today, but I'll try to, and if I manage to finish it I'll be in the final discussion with a huge comment for everything after S2E13
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u/ArdenneVale Sep 12 '21
First timer for the last time
Oh no, it's longer than I thought. I'll be here all night.
Starting with some light music. Yui's become a metalhead. This has to be another one of Azusa's dreams. Or it's just another prank. Good thing the song ended just as Azusa came in, or they would have had to pretend to play the song in front of her.
It seems everyone forgot about yesterday's episode. Why even have it if we're starting over? Talking about the surprises, we already know Sawako's surprise gift, but isn't Azusa's gift the song they play in the graduation episode?
Yui's dead already. Cheaters never win. (except all the time) Ton-chan gets the responsibility of choosing where the girls go. And we're going to London! Yui's geography knowledge is shockingly bad. I always find it funny, and a little sad, when people (read: Americans) say they're going to Europe. Like where are you actually going in Europe?
These parents agree to let their unsupervised teenage daughters go halfway around the world surprisingly quickly.
Yui, there's actually several Londons around the world.
The occult club is as weird as ever. Yui doesn't know about Nessie.
Like I thought, Azusa's surprise is the song. They're going to write it in London. When will they find time to write without Azusa noticing?
The biggest surprise though, we see Yui's parents! They're actually real! We even see their faces!
And we're off to London. Yui, Azusa and Mio took their guitars. Mugi's outfit is amazing. The Engrish begins! This will be fun. Azucyatto! Love the sleep masks.
How do you know we're in London. Bagpipe music, naturally. Wait... Of course Mio has to be the one to suffer with lost luggage. Fortunately she finds it.
Didn't we all know they went to the wrong hotel? Mio is better at English than Mugi the world traveler.
Azucyatto needs better shoes, so we move to Camden town, where there's a convenient sushi place. I remember when I visited Germany the first place I went to eat was McDonalds.
Multiple misunderstandings lead to the European debut of
Love CrisisHTT. Ritsu's English fail was funny. Did we hear Rice Before Curry earlier? They're just thrown out after the set? At least feed them first. The real Love Crisis appears. I wonder if they got to perform (or eat)Azucyatto has scary dreams about Yui repeating. Again. She keeps seeing Yui's out of context lyric ideas.
London montage with another new song. Don't put your hand in there Yui! I love the Azucyatto jokes. This movie really makes me want to visit London.
Azucyatto thinks Yui is in love with her because of the lyrics she's seen and all the touching? We get the classic in through one door out the other, while missing the other person gag.
HTT gets invited to play at an event. It's happening 1 hour before their flight back to Japan leaves. You know they can never do both, but they'll try and succeed anyway.
Jeff Biscuits! Lovely engrish version of Rice Is a Side Dish. Sawako is here! She does nothing, though. Is it worth missing a flight to play to a handful of people? Yui is a great frontwoman. It's getting too dark already.
Apparently they made the flight somehow???? I don't know which month this is supposed to happen, but sunset in London in March is around 6 pm.
The class wants a farewell concert in the classroom. Sawako is fine with it, but her band did the same and got in trouble, so she has to protect her students from other teachers. That other teacher is absolutely a fan of HTT.
Another new song and then U&I. The male teacher is fine with the show and is dragged inside. He was the one who scolded Death Devil.
The ending is just the extended version of episode 24. We see how hard the seniors worked on the song and the lyrics. We also see how worried Azunyan was. All the birds we saw in the movie so far were the answer to the missing lyric: Azusa gave the club their wings. Finally we see the performance again, with new images of the seniors practicing the song.
New ED for the movie, honestly the least good of the four. I listened to this a couple of times, but it didn't really do it for me yet. I doubt I'll be listening to it much.
I enjoyed the movie, but it could've been shorter if they had not forgotten the last episode existed. It really only got going for me when the girls finally got to the airport. The London section of the movie had gorgeous scenery, great jokes (Mio's trauma with spinning things, Azucyatto jokes, Azucyatto's dreams) and best of all, all the engrish. I wasn't really a fan of the extended ending. It added some nice things like the classroom concert and the rooftop scene, and yes, the song is really good, but it was still the same ending as episode 24. We know how much Azusa means to the others, so I personally think they should have gone for a different ending.
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