Pencilsharp333

Pencilsharp333, 5 months ago to music

My #MyGO cover
#music #cover #anime
https://youtu.be/ajiZIyocT_Y

tobleh, 8 months ago to Anime

Don't have too much to mention here, except that episode 4 is a continuation of the hill that the concert band has to get over regarding being able to play the Marine's Hymn properly.

It takes a lot of work when it comes to maintaining yourself as a musician. As Taki shows, the fundamentals are just as important, if not more so than the music itself, as it's the foundation on which your music stands. However, the somewhat strict regimen (especially when compared to what the concert band used to do for "practice") can be stressful for people too.

There's also a good chunk of student gossip and drama too - which isn't too out of the ordinary. People gossipping about Taki's learning style, and people experiencing the worst of it feeling as if they were "questionable". But it's both cool and also funny (in a good way) that this anger towards Taki-sensei taking away their SunFes tradition got people inspired to follow his practice regimen just to prove him wrong. Whatever works, I guess.

And it does work, when they "sounded like a proper ensemble" playing the Marine's Hymn; afterwards, he quickly gives them the jam-packed practice schedule for SunFes, and tells them "I think we can". He didn't push them to become good; the concert band banded together to become good, because they collectively agreed on a goal to impress Taki-sensei - and Taki-sensei basically tells them that they'll be able to get through SunFes, because they have a shared goal.

We do get some interesting character developments, though. Reina catches Shuuichi gossipping with Kumiko about Taki's "questionable" methods; and chastizes mostly him over everything. Despite Kumiko's anxieties regarding how Reina felt; we see Reina apologize herself, and then Kumiko - feeling that she shouldn't let her slip away - apologizes herself and complements her playing of Dvorak as being uplifting and motivational - an inspiration for Kumiko to practice hard as well, as if Reina's working hard, she might as well do so too. Kumiko first worries if what she said was "creepy", but then clarifies "And yet, what I did felt neither strange nor wrong. In fact... it felt nice" - as if she's slowly closing the gap between her and Reina.

Plus; we do get a few more subtle hints of what may be to come - mostly Asuka dipping the parent-teacher conferences quickly, with her only explanation being that "five minutes is more than enough"; along with Aoi's concerned expression at the end of the episode after Taki reaffirms the concert band's goal to make it to nationals.
#Anime #HibikeEuphonium #SoundEuphonium #anime_eupho

Pencilsharp333, 10 months ago to JapaneseMusic

Some of my favorite #AnimeEndings for #JMusicFriday !

Tomorrow Song (Heartcatch Precure)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7x5jn6y0Js

No, Thank You (K-ON Season 2)
https://youtu.be/_FDEH7hWb8c

Nightjar (Birdie Wing)
https://youtu.be/ilAUa3_6ME4