K-ON!

Anime series adaptation the K-ON! Manga. Includes both seasons.

Tribute to Kyoto Animation and How Their Works Rekindled My Interest in Anime

July 21, 2019 by Chikorita157 6 Comments

On July 18, 2019, tragedy stroked as an arsonist set on fire the main studio for Kyoto Animation. About 33 people died from the incident along with several injured. In addition, the fire destroyed all their production materials in the first building. However, the second animation studio and headquarters were not affected.

This tragedy is heartbreaking to not only to the family members, but also the anime industry and fans of anime. It’s not too surprising since Kyoto Animation’s production values are regarded highly by most people. It’s mostly thanks to the talented people who worked on the productions. Not only that, they are treated well compared to other studios.

In the past, I shared my thoughts about the studio. In this post, I want to share how the productions from this studio influenced me to start blogging about anime.
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Category: AIR, Clannad, Editorials, K-ON!, Kanon, Suzumiya HaruhiTag: essay, kyoani, personal thoughts

The Power and Popularity of Manga Time Kirara

May 9, 2019 by Chikorita157 7 Comments

Back in the late 2000s and early 2010s, there has been various debates about moe. Despite the critics, moe in general has eventually became mainstay in modern anime

I feel the main reason moe actually saved anime is of course the adaptations of Manga Time Kirara series and Houbunsha, a Japanese book publisher that is behind it all. The first few series in 2007 started receiving anime adaptions. The first being Hidamari Sketch and Doujin Work. After that, the rest was history after K-ON aired and became wildly popular.

Since the 2010s, there are usually anime adaptations of series from the family of Manga Time Kirara family of magazine air almost every season. Sometimes, there might be two that air in the same season. You might be wondering why I think Manga Time Kirara is the savior of anime and why these magazines are popular? I will explain why.
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Category: Editorials, Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka?, Hinako Note, K-ON!, Kiniro Mosaic, New Game!, Tonari no Kyuuketsuki-sanTag: analysis, manga, Manga Time Kirara, opinion

K-ON! The Movie – Movie Review

July 28, 2012 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

Since the London Summer Olympics began just a few days ago, I feel the need to finally watch the K-ON movie since it takes place in the same city. As hinted in the Episode 27 special, it’s quite obvious that the Light Music Club will go on a Graduation Trip and it actually happened. (Image Source)
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Category: K-ON!, Movies, ReviewsTag: comedy, drama, final impressions, kyoani, london, moe, music, opinion

K-ON!! Second Season – Episode 27 (OVA) – The Plan to Travel Abroad

October 12, 2011 by Chikorita157 2 Comments

k-on-s2-ep27-scr1 — Gitah Reunion, here I come!

It seems that the releases won’t come fast enough, so I finally decide to watch the OVA from the second season of K-ON. Although nobody knows what the movie will be about, this OVA gives us a hint… they are going to travel abroad!
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Category: K-ON!Tag: comedy, kyoani, moe, mugivision, music

Twelve Moments in Anime 2010 – #10 – K-ON! (OVA) Live House

December 15, 2010 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

Besides the second season of K-ON, which I will be covering in a future Anime Moments post, there was an OVA that released in the first season. Basically, the Light Music Club decides to do a live house performance, which they are very excited about. They met many girl bands they haven’t heard before and had lots of pleasurable time with them. (Image Source)

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Category: 12 Days of Anime, K-ON!Tag: 12 days, comedy, kyoani, moe, music

K-ON!! – Extra Episodes Part 1 and 2 Final Thoughts

October 8, 2010 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

k-on-ep25-scr1 — Azu-nyan is working hard on making the promotional video successful.

After the final performance from the four girls that left Azu-nyan in tears, we are now left with the Extra Episodes.

The extras are what you expect if you watched the last season; they are fun and enjoyable stories to look at. The first extra involves the Light Music Club producing another promotional video since the last one is shoddily done. The second involves a visit to Sawako’s apartment to get her approval on the final copy of the yearbook. In addition to visiting her, they made dinner and done the laundry while she recovers from the cold.
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Category: K-ON!Tag: cat ears, comedy, extra stories, HOLY CRAP A K-ON MOVIE?, kyoani, moe, music

Guest Review: K-ON2! Character Image Songs – Hirasawa Yui

September 25, 2010 by Chikorita157

c3dcad626b3a365b454e5d9297aa345a — Azunyan~

Since the girls in K-ON!! finally graduated from their high school, I decided it would be fun to review the most popular girls’ character sing, Hirasawa Yui sung by Toyosaki Aki.

This review was a bit different experience compared to my previous reviews. Reviewing music singles are not easy as it looks since you have to convey what you heard into words. Even though I have a musical background, it took me some time to get it right. So, if you are interested, you can read the review by following the link below.

Read it at Anime Instrumentality > (Discussion about this single is done in this post only)

For those who are wondering, I will be contributing more reviews in the future (as in the coming months). These may include:

Misoji Misaki – For more bile fascination
Additional K-ON singles

I will not review any more Girls Dead Monster singles/albums since they really suck and I don’t want my ears bleed more.

Note: Fanart used in this post is made by ぽにし。

Category: K-ON!, ReviewsTag: final impressions, guest review, music, opinion, review, Toyosaki Aki

K-ON!! Second Season – Episode 24 (END, Main Story) – Final Thoughts

September 22, 2010 by Chikorita157 6 Comments

k-on-ep24-scr1 — You forgot to sign it, Yui!

I have to admit, it was a pretty emotional episode as the four girls are finally graduate and leaves their school behind for college. In addition, it was quite funny for Yui to hide the gift from Sawako to give for appreciation. This pretty much makes her worry about Yui a lot during the graduation ceremony. In the end, it seems that she loves the gift she receives from her students a lot.

As for Azusa, she has not gotten over the graduation anxiety and she broke down towards the end. Yui gives her some mementos (the four girls freshman picture and a five petal flower) to her. Afterwards, the four girls played a “thank you” song to Azusa with the four girls singing. It was one of the best songs in addition to U&I. It was emotional and a happy song that pretty much marks the happy continuation of the friendship even though Azusa still has a year left in high school. After they played the song, they do an encore and it sends happily ever after.

I have to admit; K-ON is probably the most emotionally happy comedy slice of life ever. Forget the haters, I enjoyed and liked it since it brought nostalgia when I was having fun with my friends in high school. It even surpasses Lucky Star over its random comedy. K-ON in my opinion shows the good and simplest things in life, friendship and living life to the fullest. It’s also fully evident in another familiar slice of life show. I’ll keep that a secret. :p

Next Episode: Time for Azusa to get some new recruits… Final Review will be written after I watched the second Extra Episode.

Verdict

10/10

Overall Rating

9.45/10, A, Masterpiece.

Category: K-ON!Tag: comedy, drama, fanboying, final impressions, friendship, haters gonna hate, kyoani, moe, music, oh no you didn't, opinion

K-ON!! Second Season – Episode 23 – Overall Thoughts

September 15, 2010 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

k-on-s2-ep23-scr1 — Saving the memories...

Even though the four girls seems to be a bit nervous about leaving the school behind and entering society by going to the same college, there is a reason to feel like that. The fun memories they had together in the Light Music Club bonded the friendship together. That friendship allowed the girls to decide on going to the same college to learn, play, and socialize together in their eternal and happy friendship.

After I looked at this episode, it reminded me of my senior year. I had fun with my friends when I went on a field trip with the bands or the time I socialized in the lunchroom. When graduation came, I know that the real world is going to be different and my friends would be going separate paths. Three years later, I am still surviving college rather well with a good outlook in my life.

For the girls, I think they will have an even brighter feature considering that they are together. It makes me wonder if they going to continue having a band right into college. They most likely will since they enjoy making music along with drinking tea and eating cake. As for Azusa, there is no doubt that she is going to miss them. Nevertheless, I think she will survive considering she still has Ui and Jun as her friends. Later on, she can apply to the same college once she graduates and reuite with her other friends.

The tape recording of all their music is very significant at the end of the journey as a memento. This allows them to treasure the fun memories through their songs and give inspiration to the newcomers who want to carry on their legacy.

In the end, these kinds of moments is what caused whole perception of K-ON being just a moe comedy change into something of a life lesson. Strong and good friendships is what makes life a beautiful thing and the girls are living proof of it. They are ambitious with their studies while having a fun time. In my opinion, this is what friendship is all about and there is no doubt that the last episode will leave us with an emotional and joyous impact once they graduate and start their new chapter in their life.

Category: K-ON!Tag: comedy, drama, kyoani, moe, opinion

Anime Digest: K-ON!! Episode 22 and Kaichou wa Maid-sama Episode 21

September 14, 2010 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

k-on-s2-ep22-scr1 — You might be asking, what these episodes have in common? They both feature sweets and junk food!

Over the course of last week, I kind of got caught up writing editorials, reviews and homework that I completely forgot about writing my thoughts about K-ON!! Episode 22 and Kaichou wa Maid-sama Episode 21. Since there isn’t really much to say about them, summing my thoughts in one post is enough to satisfy.
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Category: K-ON!, Kaichou wa Maid-samaTag: cake is a lie, comedy, drama, JC Staff, kyoani, love triangles, moe, tsundere

Opinion: Angel Beats and K-ON!!, the Day and Night Differences of the Bands

September 10, 2010 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

It has been nearly two months since Angel Beats have ended and after listening to the whole Angel Beats OST, I was impressed by how surprisingly well ANANT-GARDE EYES and Jun Maeda songs sounded. I mentioned this since there was a discussion about the composition of the soundtrack a while back on Twitter between me, zzeroparticle and Aorii that happened last week over how long it took to compose the music for Angel Beats, which was rumored to be 3 days. Because of the discussion, I brought up the fictional school band, Girls Dead Monster since it could explain why the songs sounded so lackluster because of the composition and the vocals. The responses I got is that the songs would sound better in the Anime opposed to just listening it as a lone track and that Jun Maeda isn’t exactly cut out to make pop songs that involves guitars.

After watching the last performance of HO-KAGO TEA TIME at the School Festival in Episode 20, it have gave me some thoughts about Angel Beats’s Girls Dead Monster and if they really can compare to K-ON’s HO-KAGO TEA TIME in regards to vocals, composition and its message, which will be discussed in this opinion piece.
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Category: Angel Beats!, Editorials, K-ON!Tag: key, music, opinion

Opinion: K-ON, It’s more about Good Friendships than Girls doing Cute Things.

September 2, 2010 by Chikorita157 1 Comment

Friendship is one of the most desirable aspects of life since it allows us to interact with people that share the same interests and have a fun time. Without friendship, people would not be enjoying life and be setting in a corner with a feeling of boredom. In addition, having many friends can increase the chances of getting a job depending on how good your friends are.

K-ON is probably one of those shows that most people wouldn’t know about the friendship theme because of its reputation of being a girls doing cute things kind of show. If you look deeper in the activities and the songs they do, you realize that they are enjoying themselves because of their strong relationship between them. That feeling of friendship is what brought some of the nostalgia explained more in the last editorial when I looked back in my high school years.

Fanart used in this post is made by n@tu
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Category: Editorials, K-ON!Tag: editorial, friendship, kyoani, moe, opinion

K-ON!! Second Season – Episode 21 – Yearbook Pictures!

September 1, 2010 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

k-on-s2-ep21-scr1 — I always wanted to hug Azusa like that!

As the four girls’ high school year come to an end for good, they must overcome the second to last thing before graduation… Taking yearbook pictures! I remembered this time 2-3 years ago when I had to take senior portraits and it turned out to be pretty good. Yui on the other hand… Thats another story.
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Category: K-ON!Tag: cake is not a lie, comedy, kyoani, moe, yearbook pictures

K-ON!! Second Season – Episode 20 Brief Thoughts

August 26, 2010 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

kon-s2-ep20-scr1 — It ended just like that...

Surprisingly, time goes by very quickly when you are having fun with friends. After all, four of the girls are seniors and they had to perform their greatest to make the memory last forever. From the three festival performances, this is probably the best out of three and was pretty heartwarming. Some observations:

Sawako worked overnight to get the HTT t-shirts out to everyone. That is pretty nice.
The audience seems to be excited.
The first song was very light-hearted, but the last one seems to be heartwarming.
And of course, we got some stage comedy that took a chunk out of the time including Mio and Ritsu reciting lines from the play.

The sad realization is that it’s their last year they would be performing in front of the crowd. We know that good things have to come to the end, but never let go of the fond memories they had with each other. As we let the festival go away in the sunset, we should realize that K-ON is not all about girls doing cute things or eating cake and drinking tea. Its all about friendships, which is one of the simple things in life. Most people might have even gone through this feeling after graduating from High School or College and leaving old friends behind. In the end, as the girls did in this episode, we should remember the times we had fun with our old friends and never let them fade away…

Next Episode: Time for the Yearbook pictures!

Rating

9.5/10

Category: K-ON!Tag: comedy, drama, kyoani, moe, music

K-ON!! Second Season – Episode 19 – Romio and Jurietsu

August 18, 2010 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

k-on-s2-ep19-scr1 — Azusa's spacing out...

The school festival for the girls have now arrived! How does Mio and Ritsu perform in their class play of Romeo and Juliet? We will find out soon enough.

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Category: K-ON!Tag: comedy, drama, moe, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare

K-ON!! Second Season – Episode 18 – Stage Fright

August 15, 2010 by Chikorita157 1 Comment

k-on-ep18-scr1 — Someone get the defibrillator!

Nobody has stage fright as Mio does… She is scared out of her mind!
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Category: K-ON!Tag: comedy, kyoani, moe, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, stage fright

K-ON!! Second Season – Episode 17 – No Clubroom?!

August 2, 2010 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

k-on-s2-ep17-scr1 — I think Ui would make a fine lyricist.

Imagine that your club room, gym or field became unusable because of some accident or rare occurrence. You have an important event happening in a few day and need to practice or you won’t perform well. You soon find out that the other rooms are being occupied by other club activities that are preparing for the same event… Then what? The same exact occurrence happens to the Light Music Club and they really need to practice to prepare for the festival.

Since when the Light Music Club ever practiced? Every time I see them, they are drinking tea and eating cake… They will do fine, except in this instance…

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Category: K-ON!Tag: florida orange juice keeps the cold away, kyoani, moe, music

K-ON!! Second Season – Episode 15 – Marathon… Houkago Tea Time Style!

July 23, 2010 by Chikorita157 2 Comments

kon-s2-ep15-src1 — Yui just isn't fit for this kind of activity.

Although we don’t want summer break to end, break ends for them. This leaves us with the most feared activity for Yui… Running long distances!
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Category: K-ON!Tag: comedy, kyoani, moe

K-ON!! Second Season – Episode 14 – Tsumugi’s Wish…

July 22, 2010 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

k-on-ep14-scr1 — Oh no! Mugi is deflating into nothingness!

As the Summer Break heads to the very last days, Mugi is deprived of Mugivision and wants female to female contact. Ritsu decides to help by taking her out and try to fulfill Mugi’s wish of being smacked.
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Category: K-ON!Tag: kyoani, moe, yuri

K-ON!! Second Season – Episode 13 – Azusa and the Summer Memories

July 16, 2010 by Chikorita157 2 Comments

What most people do during Summer Break? Stare at the wall or computer!

I spent most of my summer having my eyes glued to the computer with some exceptions. Now, I am on vacation in Wisconsin/Minnesota and I felt refreshed since staying at home all summer was boring and I wasn’t doing much except sitting at the desk doing programing work, blogging and chatting with other bloggers.

Azusa suffers the same fate with Yui, Mio and Ritsu having a study session in the library and Mugi vacationing Finland. Azusa spends time with Ui and Jun to get away from the summer boredom.

The dream flashback is rather strange, but silly.

Throughout the whole episode, Azusa falls asleep. In the dream sequences, we get a flash back of memories for all the four girls on what happened during the summer. They range from silly to completely funny. The flashback includes Yui eating the wrong combinations of food, Mio watching scary movies, Mugi trying to win a prize with Azusa winning a trip to Finland and Ritsu pushing Azusa down with a bowl of Yakisoba on top of her head. I couldn’t help but laugh since they did silly things.

I'm surprised they had such a movie within an anime like K-ON!… Also, the doggy was so cute!

Of course, those dream sequences that we are shown have some consequences… For instance, Azusa forget what she was doing or misses an entire movie… It happens when you are tired during the day and decide to take a nap while you were doing something like listening to a lecture. It’s not a good sign…

They had a fun time without the whole crew…

Most people think that summer is long… In reality, it’s not. Sitting in the house in front of the computer is no way to spend the whole vacation. If you want an enjoyable summer, you need to go on one vacation at least and enjoy what it has to offer. I’m doing so right now and It’s a breath of fresh air. Even though there isn’t much things to do in Wisconsin, I enjoyed some of the sightseeing in the state. I don’t regret it.

Besides the flashbacks Azusa had while she was sleeping, this episode was rather enjoyable. However, it wasn’t as enjoyable as the last episode. Its pretty much the trend where we have one episode being very enjoyable and the next… well a mixed bag. It’s not a bad thing, but I wished that the enjoyability factor was a bit more consistent. At least they aren’t repeating content like they did in the last season.

Next Episode: Time to study for those exams?

Rating

8.6/10

Category: K-ON!Tag: comedy, kyoani, moe, summer

K-ON!! Second Season – Episode 12 – The First Summer Music Festival

June 27, 2010 by Chikorita157 1 Comment

Let’s play some games!

They decide to go to a Summer Festival before hitting the training camps… and guess what? Sawako had 6 tickets!

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Category: K-ON!Tag: comedy, kyoani, moe, music

K-ON!! Second Season – Episode 11 – So Hot!

June 19, 2010 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

k-on-s2-ep11-scr1 — So hot... Can't move...

Ah, summer, it’s that time of season where you want to be at the beach (unless your beach is polluted by BP’s oil spill, damn bastards) or at the pool. What happens if you are stuck in school? Well…

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Category: K-ON!Tag: comedy, kyoani, moe, summer, swimsuits

K-ON!! Second Season – Episode 10 – Sawako’s Dilemma

June 12, 2010 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

k-on-s2-ep10-scr1 — Sawa-chan is scared if her wild past was revealed to others.

Sawako is under pressure because she wants to keep her pure image around the freshmen. However, the former members of “Death Devil” want her to participate in playing music at a wedding reception since the bride thats getting married used to be part of the band. Sawako refuses and the Light Music Club devises a plan to eventually force her to play.

You might be wondering how well they will perform without Sawako. We will find out soon enough.

k-on-s2-ep10-scr2 — We know you used to be like this in high school too, Sawa-chan!

In the last season, Sawako revealed that she had a wild past because the boy she wanted liked wild girls. However that pretty much backfired as she went too far and he rejected her. If she was so talented, why she stopped now? It’s because purity and hardcore death metal does not mix.

k-on-s2-ep10-scr3 — Time to play detective here...

Wait… Haven’t I seen something like this before?

When I saw the girls in K-ON spying on Sawako, I thought about Nogizaka Haruka Episode 4 when they were spying on Hazuki. In the the first half of the episode is focus on following this one person. It was the same, except it was a lot shorter and the girls got caught as you will find out.

k-on-s2-ep10-scr4 — Oh crap... We got noticed!

The funniest thing that happen when the girls were spying on Sawako? The short, light brown hair woman noticed them all along.

In the end, Yui cries because she spent the most amount of money. It happens because sometimes, we want the best and the greatest that we sometimes spend too much money.

By the way, that girl… isn’t she…

k-on-s2-ep10-scr5 — Oh crap! That scared the crap out of me...

Actually, she is a nice person. Her name is Norimi and she finally tells them what is going on. She wanted Sawako to play with the former members of Death Devil at a wedding, but Sawako declines. It’s pretty difficult since Sawa-chan had image problems.

k-on-s2-ep10-scr6 — I never knew passing notes could be so much fun.

This scene is probably the funniest scene in the whole episode. Passing notes during class is somewhat typical when students are up to no good. Mugi passed notes to Mio. then to Yui and Ritsu. The reactions from Yui and Ritsu is hilarious. Yui says that Mio’s handwriting is cute and Ritsu draws some scary shit that would make Mio laugh. The response is pretty obvious. Sawako catches them and they get time out in the hallway as Mugi had wished for…

k-on-s2-ep10-scr7 — Mugi's wish was granted...

Usually, standing in the hallway is a punishment like shitting in a corner… It’s so elementary, yet the girls make standing in the hallway a fun punishment. I highly doubt it will happen in real life, but it was pretty funny.

Now that they were unable to get Sawako to participate, they help Norimi and dress outlandishly…

k-on-s2-ep10-scr8 — Unfortunately, moe and metal does not mix.

Whose idea was this? Well, of course, Norimi’s!! You know when something doesn’t feel right, but you don’t want to blow your image, but you have to do something… Sawako flips, went on stage and started to play. She blew everyone’s expectations away on Death Devil. After performing, she realizes that she had done it and her image is completely ruined!

In the end, I knew that the girls couldn’t pull it off because it’s not their type of music. It seems that they do better with fluffy J-pop music instead of metal and I don’t blame them. Some people are simply better at a niche than others.

k-on-s2-ep10-scr9 — Ironically, Sawako remains popular.

Well, I guess Sawako would be popular either way, so it’s no use of holding what you like most back. Sawako shouldn’t be so worried about the past because she is so talented. People change and grow up once they graduate in high school. The students aren’t going to make fun of her just because her past. Heck, they might even be amazed about it. Lastly, people look up to others who are talented, so she take advantage of that. If she does, she will remain a good role model.

Next Episode: It’s so freaking hot… can’t move… Yep, summer is in full force and you might be wondering… Where is the Air Conditioning?

Verdict

8.9/10

Category: K-ON!Tag: comedy, death metal, kyoani, moe, music

K-ON!! Second Season – Episode 9 – Final Exams Dilemma

June 5, 2010 by Chikorita157 1 Comment

She got distracted…

Final Exams… Does this remind you of something?

Final Exams seems to be the period of time towards the end of the school year or semester where stress levels goes to the max. Last minute studying and/or the pressure that if you don’t do well on the finals, your final grade will tank adds more to the already high stress…

As finals approach, Yui forgot about it and panics. Yes, I to admit that I was goofing off on the internet when I was studying for various subjects. The end result is that most of the grades turn out great, except one that I won’t go into since its embarassing. It’s somewhat difficult to focus on studying the material when you have several distractions like your mobile phone, laptop, television, etc. Believe me, I don’t have the study habits of Yui…

Study Groups are usually helpful, unless they goof off…

Note taking is probably the most boring thing to do. In most of my classes, teachers usually teach out of the book, which makes little sense of taking any notes and just study from the textbook. Sometimes, I record the lecture, but I forget to listen to them after I recorded them. However, there is an advantage of note taking because you study what the teacher covers so you don’t have to study the whole textbook. Also, there could be things that the teacher covers in class that isn’t in the textbook.

Going back to the show, there are funny differences on how these girls take notes in class. Mugi seems to take the neatest notes (Yui gets a copy of them), Mio draws cute things on hers and Ritsu sleeps in class like with Yui… Guess who seems to have the higher grades? No need to guess… While they are studying, Yui fools around with a crossword puzzle and distracting the whole study group. What was the purpose of having a study group if they are going to fool around?

Hyper Ultra Sadistic Mint… I don't want to know the taste or feeling of it…

Yui rans into the grandmother and she gives some snack… Yui also introduces her to Gitah.

They were so cute….

I have remembered my grandmother on my mother side taking care of me and my sister. She use to do stuff like taking us to places and doing stuff when my mom isn’t around… until 3rd grade when she got a stroke and unable to look after us anymore. By then, we are a bit grown up. She is still around living by herself in senior housing that is a few miles away from I live.

I’m guessing that Yui had a great childhood by looking at the flashbacks. Also, you see Nodoka in the last scene of the flashback. Lastly, this is the second time I saw Ui as a child which she looks really cute.

When Yui got home, she doesn’t study and practices guitar instead. Great study habits since it won’t get you very far. So, she studies more at school, but like aways seem to drift way when something distracts her.

Oh dear lord… No normal person would mix up soy sauce with sugar.

Like Azusa says, no normal person would mix up soy sauce with sugar…

Yui decides to do the talent show for Grandma as solo because she didn’t want to distract the others from studying for finals… Azusa agrees to help, but on one condition…

Azusa forces Yui to study on a schedule…. No breaks whatsoever.

And the result…

Yui still goofs off… drawing Azusa as nekomimi… Does this signify anything? Absolutely Nothing…

They practice and Grandma comes over when she notices Yui. Yui introduces Azusa to her and the Grandmother leaves. They decide on the duo name, which is YuiAzu. Next day after Yui studied all night, she finishes her exams and a day after, the talent show.

They look cute, but this is just funny…

After cracking up some jokes from Yui, they started to play a song. This pretty much reminded me of slap-stick comedies like Angel Beats… oh wait…

They play a different version of Fude Pen, which is a song played last season and also in the Houkago Tea Time single. Overall, their version of the song sounded okay. Half-way through, they ran out of time and they got the concession prize. I find the whole thing funny, but if Yui hadn’t acted so funny, we could have heard more of the song. Anyways, Grandmother was happy even though they didn’t win and they had dinner with Ui.

Surprisingly, Yui passed the finals with high scores, even though she was goofing off!

This was a rather enjoyable episode. It simply proves that there are people out there that are a lot smarter than they act. Yui is one of these characters, which seems to be this childish genki girl and manages to pull through even with the talent show. However, don’t do this in real life, especially in college because every grade counts in the end.

Next Episode: Sawako and hopeless love? Oh, this is going to be interesting!

Verdict

8.8/10

Category: K-ON!Tag: finals, kyoani, moe, music