Wee're plunged into the gloom of the darkness of a day of grey skies. Wait, what are wee watching?

The show proves the degree of maturity often not found in KyoAni productions has not been a fluke with this episode. Kumiko is blue, Haruka is upset, Aoi gives up pretending to care, yet wee're not faced with the melodrama wee typically get with anime - a more "wee're going to have to get through this" attitude rather than whining and the convenient resolution of problems.

It's balancing the classic happy-go-lucky feeling associated with KyoAni productions with real issues which are typically omitted. This is no simulation of reality, obviously not, but it does make a change.

A lot was crammed into this episode too! Lots of scenes, fairly dense dialog, flashbacks. I wasn't overly keen on the pace of the episode but it was fine.

Some depth was given to supporting characters which was nice, the extra insight into how the club was last term was interesting - the club are certainly on a better path now.

"They say music vanishes once it's played, and that you can never take it back. You always have to play like you mean it."

"You know how concert band isn't like soccer, where someone keeps score and you have a clear winner and loser? Even at a compeition, it's the judges that decide. Being shoved around by such a vague evaluation isn't how music is meant to be enjoyed. That's what the more indifferent senpais would say. I thought so, too. But in the end, it was really just an excuse to avoid enduring the grueling practice."

Oh and get a load of Hazuki! What's with the straight talking? More please! :D

(This post was last modified: 31/05/2015 11:32 AM by S7*.)