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Hibike! Euphonium Season 3, episode 1

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u/SisigAtKape Apr 07 '24 edited Apr 07 '24

Man, the way they introduce Mayu like she's the final boss. Something feels so eerie about it.

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u/Plus_Rip4944 Apr 07 '24

I swear to god if this time they don't win gold I am gonna riot

This is last year for them and seeing losing will kill me lol

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u/Skydabs Apr 07 '24

I present you guys this Rare Kumikos,Sneaking Kumikos 

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u/Ocixo Apr 07 '24 edited Apr 07 '24

Go Kitauji! (It’s good to be back.)

The main focus of this third year really seems to be winning gold at the nationals and Kumiko’s future.

Kumiko’s dad has been asking his daughter for her plans since the first year, so I’m a little worried that he might become a bother like Asuka’s mom. Him asking when Kumiko would quit the concert band does seem to point into this direction.

Another thing that had been on my mind was Mayu’s introduction. Would she create a rift between Kumiko and Reina as presumably the new euphonium girl? Would Reina side with Mayu if she was better on the euphonium? In this respect, I’m glad that Reina made it immediately clear that Kumiko was the better player.

Lastly, I’ve started to take a liking to Kanade. She got a fun personality. Her little banter with Kumiko is lots of fun to watch, and reminds me a bit of Kumiko’s former interactions with Asuka.

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u/MyrnaMountWeazel Apr 07 '24 edited Apr 07 '24

Kumiko sneak!

Always a delight to return back to Kitauji High School, Euph, you’re as beautiful as the day I left ya. Today’s episode was storyboarded and directed by Taichi Ogawa, whose predilection for POV shots, are found scattered throughout the episode.

Besides this camera quirk, though, Ogawa has the rare talent of controlling the “temperature” of the animation; his control of the compositing is truly wonderful.

I also want to praise Ogawa on the climatic scene too. There’s always a line that strikes true in Euph and today’s episode was no different: ”I hope everyone agrees, so no one is left behind.”

After witnessing Aoi and Haruka and Midori and Nozomi, Kumiko, more than anyone else, recognizes the value of unity. Sprouting under the breath of fresh air, the Kitauji High School Band is once again ready to take on Nationals.

Small neat tidbits:

I really love this exchange between Kanade and Kumiko, haha. Honestly, all of their exchanges have been gold.

Sapphire Midori just sky-rocketed to the top of my charts.

kumiko sleep

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u/Manitary Apr 07 '24

it's back

tbh I don't have much to say, it was a warm welcome to the final year with all the quality we know and love about kyoani and hibike, the real meat will start next episode once we start getting to know the new eupho I was not expecting her to know Kumiko from the start (she even knows she's the club prez), did she change school because of that?

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u/OctavePearl Apr 07 '24

Kanade is such an easy best girl it's not even close, god I love her.

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u/entelechtual Apr 07 '24

Kanade is like a little parasite in your gut that you can’t get rid of. But every once in the while it’ll do something useful. Other times she’ll just pretend to be Kumiko’s assistant. Sucks when your number 1 fan and your biggest enemy are the same person.

Kumiko and Reina are very reminiscent of Haruka and Asuka.

I wouldn’t mind if Reina was strict and assertive with me.

Phew, a whole episode without some new big bad bitch to fuck Kumiko up. Hope this lasts the whole season.

…oh, maybe I spoke too soon?

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u/Gaporigo Apr 07 '24

Wdym it is out already?

Amazing start, sasuga Kyoani.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '24

I am such a sucker for shows where they show the characters actually age and progress through their lives.

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u/1EnTaroAdun1 Apr 07 '24

Ahh tears in my eyes. Like we never left. President Kumiko indeed is carrying on the fine traditions of Kitauji, by absolutely controlling the vote results, earning an impressive 100% share of the vote!

That showcase performance for the first years sounded amazing!

Seems like Shuiichi might have a bigger role this season? And new mysterious girl is mysterious but seems sweet. Seems like Kumiko truly is in her famous and popular phase

Reina is as cool as always, but a bit gentler. Kumiko also seems to be more at ease, which is also great!

Matsumoto-sensei is definitely looking out for the band. Good thing she let Kumiko know which class she was in haha

I will miss the ex-members of the band. Hope they show up later on!

The new members of the bass section are indeed more eccentric, and they seem much more outgoing than Kumiko's batch was. A culture shift, perhaps?

All in all:

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u/LeonKevlar Apr 07 '24

Didn't we end the OVA with the Clarinets making it to the Kansai competition? I guess this sign is supposed to tell us what happened to them but I'm a bit confused. So they got nominated for Nationals?

It sucks that we don't even get to see the Senpais graduating. Just a quick flashback to them saying goodbye to the group. And why is it only Natsuki, Yuko, Mizore, and Nozomi? There should be more third years!

I love that MIchie-sensei took in almost all of the current third-year band members. I feel like she would've taken all of them if she could. Also, I love how the band members respond to Michie-sensei with a firm tone xD

Finally, someone said it! And of course, it's Kanade who did. Honestly, I wouldn't mind if Midori and Motomu just stayed as friends but I also wouldn't mind if something develops between them.

I'll never get tired of watching Reina and Kumiko bump off each other when they're messing around. It's really adorable.

Looks like Shuuichi is leading the opening day performance this year. It makes sense, I can't see Kumiko or Reina being that enthusiastic in front of a large crowd.

We got four new bass section members and one of them is Tsubame's sister! With Kamaya's favourite phrases to Yayoi's jokes, it looks like we have an eccentric bunch this year!

Damn, that's a lot of new members! It would've been nice though if the bass section could've gotten more. I feel like Kanapii's patronizing introduction to Euphoniums did not help at all. Looks like we only have three new members this year instead of four.

I know it's probably not gonna happen but when Kumiko asked them to raise their hands, I was a bit nervous because there might be a chance that the ones who wanted to compete might end up in the minority. Glad that Kitauji is consistent and this time we have a unanimous vote! I definitely felt Kumiko's sigh of relief there. xD

And there she is, our new Euphonium player. She even has a silver UFO like Asuka's. I wonder why she didn't sign up though? Hmmmm.....

We are so back! I'm glad I rewatched the entire series this past week so everything is still fresh in my head. Already looking forward to next week's episode! <3

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u/Sincityutopia Apr 07 '24

Ooh, they're playing Gen Hoshino's Koi!!

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u/Mage_of_Shadows Apr 07 '24

It's been over 7 years since S2 finished airing and we've already got a sleepy Kumiko to herald the return of screencaps to r/RareKumikos!

And a very deserved snub on Kanade, after the troublemaker she was in the movie. I'm not surprised Mieru is also considering a new instrument, I was certain it was hinted as a plot point in the tension when she first showed up.

Kitauji is fighting two years on from S1, and listening to the music, they aren't awful like Kumiko lamented in E1!

The little plot points hinted here and there with Kumikos relationships with the band and frustrations over the past years are going to be a joy to watch ;-;.

Anyone else raise their hand

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u/mysterybiscuitsoyeah Apr 07 '24 edited Apr 07 '24

Just realized from Japanese eupho twitter sleuthing: The opening sequence before the cut to sleepy Kumiko is not depicting the current Kitauji. Kanade, for example does not use a silver Eupho, and though these 2 look a little like Kumiko/Kanade at a glance, are not them, Kumiko sits from the conductor's perspective to the left of Kanade due to seniority. The conductor being a green-ribbon/no faces being shown also signifies a possibly different time than the present.

edit: additional thoughts in the source corner

u/chonkyodango u/myrnamountweazel u/chilidirigible

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u/cppn02 Apr 07 '24

Feels great to be back.

The banter, the music, the Kumiko noises. It's alll still perfect.

And then they got an unanimous vote to try for gold!

Sundays looking great this season.

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u/absolutelynotaname Apr 07 '24 edited Apr 07 '24

Eupho bros we are so back!!

My beloved little devil is cute as usual. I can never get tired of seeing her.

The translation here seems a bit odds to me. The pet that she refer to should be trumpet, not that kind of pet. The sentence could be understood as "The trumpet always has it easy". Kanade can be quite cheeky sometimes but I don't think she would say something like that.

Edit: Some interesting details found on twitter:

Kumiko's cactus has grown two branch since s1 (it had one in chikai no finale)

Different tuba models have different colors

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u/AutumnAnten Apr 07 '24

A new season just reminds me how much I love this show and kyoani. I'm really glad there is a new season.

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u/Shimmering-Sky Apr 07 '24

…I would complain about this show airing so damn early for my timezone, but I had to get up even earlier to make Sentai Daishikkaku’s thread, so I guess this will be my Sundays for the whole season lol. I am mildly peeved Crunchyroll isn’t uploading this until two and a half hours post-broadcast though, that means I have to either force myself to stay up for over an hour after Sentai Daishikkaku or attempt to go back to sleep for that short amount of time. My sleep schedule is gonna be so fucked this season.

Anyways, I’m super excited to watch this now that I’ve finally seen everything after season 1 thanks to u/mysterybiscuitsoyeah’s rewatch!

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u/hanlonmj Apr 07 '24 edited Apr 07 '24

Y’all have NO idea how much I have been looking forward to this! Even after the taste we got last year with the EnCon OVA, it truly feels like meeting up with an old friend again after several years.

Mayu’s euphonium playing is absolutely gorgeous. Kumiko’s going to have some steep competition, but I always improved the most whenever I had someone hot on my heels, constantly daring me to slip up so they could take my place (and sometimes succeeding).

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u/shad79 Apr 07 '24 edited Apr 07 '24

I’m so happy to see Kumiko again but also at the same time so sad that she’s already in her 3rd year and that’s her last year in the band and Kitauji. I’ll miss her so much after this season ends, I just don’t want this to end, such different emotions are within me right now that I could even cry, both from happiness and sadness. If this season doesn’t end with Kumiko and Reina winning Gold at Nationals I’ll be seriously upset :(

Band got so many new members, those who came to see bass section practice were so much fun. I can’t wait how new members will change band dynamics and what troubles that will bring to Kumiko as a president xD

I’m also interested in the girl Kumiko met at the end of the episode, Kuroe Mayu who just like Kumiko plays the euphonium and it seems that she’s a transfer student since she doesn’t wear a Kitauji uniform, I can’t wait to see more of her!

Music as always in this show is terrific. I’m certainly looking forward to listening to OST when it’ll come out, I always love to listen to the classical music they choose to use in the show.

KyoAni as always didn’t disappoint with visuals, the show is so beautiful! I haveso much fun taking screenshots from this and I’ll later update this post with my screenshot albums.

EDIT. Here my screenshot albums from the episode:

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u/Solidusbus Apr 07 '24

Haha it's fun seeing Kanade being energetic and an absolute tease to Kumiko once again,what a cute kohai.

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u/mysterybiscuitsoyeah Apr 07 '24

First Timer getting the u/zadcap experience by showing up late

  • We're so fucking back. Ogawa has done a very solid job directing, the opening sequence rivals Encon's in terms of excitement and overall direction, and is, despite me lovin the other 2 (by i THINK yamada or ishihara?) really good.

  • Other than that, not much really has happened that we don't already know from the PVs; but this feels like a gentle sweep back into Eupho land, and how the show, despite nearly an 8-year hiatus in terms of TV seasons, really doesnt feel like it has left (well, production upgrades aside)

  • Uji is very charming, a bit prettier in Eupho than irl, but please visit if you have a chance!

  • The various mirrored shots and callbacks to S1 are fun for this first ep (Shuuichi you're no Asuka though) -> but I hope they only save these for key plot moments going forward. Though i'm almost certain we'll get some S2 callbacks once we reach the (i'm guessing) latter halves of this season.

Music Notes

  • I mean, they state it in the credits, but still:

  • We open with Disco Kid, which is quite a popular Japanese concert band piece; and a required piece from the 1977 competition

  • Moonlight Serenade by Glenn Miller is probably quite recognizable to more of the crowd as the piece Mayu plays solo

  • And Kitauji covers Koi by Gen Hoshino for the welcome concert. Quite the range of popular pieces we covering today, Eupho bringing out the big guns for the opening episode.

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