k-on! 8
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Amazing in many ways.
Fuwa Fuwa Time, Curry After Rice, My Love Is a Stapler, Brush and Ballpoint Pen… with lyrics like “It’ll be nice if I had an equation to describe my love”… I’m beginning to think that Mio eventually grows up and becomes Sunrise’s head writer. How else can you explain Mai Otome and Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo? Yikes. Even Puff Daddy thinks those lyrics and song names are over-the-top.
(It’s obvious that Don’t say “lazy” isn’t canon to the club… it’s just such a tremendous difference between that song and My Love Is a Stapler. It’s like the difference between LeBron and JR Smith.)
But you know what? I enjoyed My Love Is a Stapler… I liked how they didn’t cut to a random music commercial (thinking back on it, my issue with Fuwa Fuwa Time was really they went with the girl power theme, which is so cliche and predictable… they should have gone glam or visual band or hip hop instead… hip hop Mio… anyway…)… I liked how wonderfully cheesy the lyrics were… I liked Mio’s save of Yui… I liked Ritsu’s commentary in the back… I liked Azusa having an orgasm in the back. Fantastic.
(The only thing I would change? Costumes. Don’t say “lazy” set the bar. I know they can do better. You know what’s an underrated costume and concert performance? At the end of Full Metal Panic, Tess and Chidori put on an impromptu concert singing Tomorrow, and it was fantastic. Definitely a vibe similar to Ranka and Sheryl’s What ’bout my star, and both were wearing slightly undressed military dress uniforms. Wonderful. I’m digging Kyoto for K-On!… can’t think of another studio that secretly does concerts better.)
(Though that was half Gonzo. Pains me to admit it.)
Loved Mio saving Yui. Mio needs to be the second option, much like Chauncey for Denver. But I was disappointed that when Yui recovered, she didn’t pull a Bruce Springsteen and start sharing a mic with Mio as spittle flew everywhere. Kyoto, if you’re reading this blog entry, please watch some old Springsteen concerts.
If you’re looking for the exact opposite facial type to Haruhi during God Knows… here it is! Dozo! Have a starfish!
Awesome sisterly love and awesome waifu material. Though I’m positive that Yui is partly happy for Ui because now Yui can cheat off Ui’s homework. Yes, I know Ui’s younger.
I suddenly feel like some KFC. I can’t believe Sawa-chan whiffed so badly on these outfits. She was doing so well then self-destructed in the end… crap, I just had a Gundam Seed Destiny flashback. Sawa-chan needed to do animal costumes, but naughty, sexy ones… not reprise Tomoyo’s bear.
Kept expecting Mio to go “pony pony pony!” like the ponytail fetishist from Fumoffu. Actually, Mio with Kyon-killa ponytails… *drool*… wait, what was I writing about again?
But Sawa-chan abducting and subsequently costume raping Mio… well… glorious. *angel choir sings*
I give Meido Mio a free space impedance of air out of 10. Now I can die in peace.
However, I was so disappointed that they failed to perform in their matching meido outfits. (Yes, I know they don’t either in the manga.) If they did, it would have been the single greatest concert ever. Sawa-chan, I blame all of this on you. You have to train the girls on how to play their instruments while wearing the meido battle armor.
(And why doesn’t Guitar Hero World Tour let me deck out my bassist with a meido bonnet? Or a mini top hat? What the fuck, Activision? Also, highly disappointed that I see nothing but video game themes in GHTunes and zero Don’t say “lazy”.)
Liked the “show off the brokenness of the K-On! members” montage. Though I’m beginning to think I’d rather see Mugi, Ritsu, Yui, and Mio pilot Gundams while Setsuna, Lockon, Haptism, and Tieria form a boy band. Let’s make this happen.
Cowering Mio is always fine. She has taken the baton from Mikuru like how LeBron took the baton from Kobe. That is the order of life.
(And, yes, I saw LeBron’s awesome desperation shot to win over Orlando today. Shades of Jordan’s buzz beater over Cleveland almost twenty years ago. Twenty years?! It’s been that long?!)
The way I see it, Azusa just gives Sawa-chan another girl to dress up and costume rape. This is a good thing. Though with Mio, Sawa-chan, and Mugi full of hopes and dreams, did Kakifly decide that the cast needed a full-on DFC to balance things out?
(Knowing Kyoto, they won’t redo the OP/ED to add in Azusa… Sunrise would have done so in a cocaine heartbeat and put in Ui for guitar over Yui. Though I still think the rock band club should have recruited Kotomi-chan as their newest member.)
Notice anything about these screenshots?
Everyone in them is a girl! I think I remember seeing a boy or two during Fuwa Fuwa Time back in 6 and there’s male teachers, but almost all the background students in K-On! are all girls. Is this Ame no Kisaki?
iSlug 4tw! Oh wait, that’s not a cell phone?
And, finally, the count for this week… k-on @ 1,936, Mio @ 1,219, Ritsu @ 482, Mugi @ 471, Yui @ 625, Yamanaka Sawako @ 32, and Ui @ 44.
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Insert song with ALL FOUR SONGS on it needed on TT RIGHT FREAKING NOW.
But I’m too lazy to tab Fuwa Fuwa Time…. too afraid it might have Yui’s atrocious sick vocals oh wait what
Pretty certain it’s an all-girls’ school. I looked back through and couldn’t find a single male. There might have been some during Fuwa Fuwa Time, but if so, this would have been for the culture festival.
All girls school. Why else would Mugi attend?
The thing is, that the fact that it is an all girls school isn’t mentioned anywhere, nor in the anime, nor in the manga, at least till where I could sample it. But, you don’t see a single male student there aside from the culture festival two weeks ago.
I think it’s nice to have this sorta thing. It’s just well… differentl… it’s the first time that I don’t see in the name of the School something like “Sakura High All-Girls School” in an anime. Usually is there every time they mention but we can find a few things that support this idea.
Mugi is an ojou and is attending this school instead of going to a more prestigious one and Mio is there because she is a pot of embarrassement, and a co-ed school would be unthinkable for her.
I think that it is interesting to see that despite being an All-Girls School, this gimmick wasn’t played out yet. At least, not openly.
Ithekro has an unrefutable point. Mugi’s certainly not hanging around to snip off ‘Johnnies’.
After episode 8, my course of action is clear.
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First off, I’d marry Mugi. We’d move into one of her moderate sized mountain villas We’d have a passionate and active affair with Mio, both Mugi and I… at the same time. We’d capture Yui, Ritsu and Azusa for our rare animal (heavy) petting zoo. Ui would be hired a head Meido, the villa would be spotless, the food exquisite, and the pets well groomed. Nodoka would be kept on retainer for any disciplinary action that is required for the pets. Cake would be served.
Of course there are no men in K-ON, how else would you explain the unrealistic sisterly love, pure hearted friendship, and NO ONE having a date on Christmas?
Sisterly love is so opposite of how most siblings interact that it sometimes disturbs me.
LeBron is legendary. Although Cleveland still has no chance against Orlando.
Tsumugi is still awesome. Although everyone will now be eclipsed by Azusa.
Isn’t Azusa about the same design as Jason-ko? Except without glasses?
Damn it, LeBron did it again… still Jordan is the best.
Too bad Sawa-chan, you’ve to train well those kids. The maido outfit is an unspoken rule in anime, so if you’re going to do it, make sure you do a good work.
Would be nice if someone can tab watashi no koi ha hocchikisu!. be waiting for it :D
Hmmm…. then what does Mio have to be embarrassed about?
“Liked the “show off the brokenness of the K-On! members†montage. Though I’m beginning to think I’d rather see Mugi, Ritsu, Yui, and Mio pilot Gundams while Setsuna, Lockon, Haptism, and Tieria form a boy band. Let’s make this happen.”
YES WE CAN!!!
I love how consistent Kyoto is in adding little details to Mugi’s personality. Look at her expression while Ritsu is tackling Asuza versus Mio’s. Mugi is clearly anticipating some ‘female bonding’ here while Mio is sensibly concerned about Asuza.
The one thing that isn’t clear is if Mugi has a crush on any one particular girl. She seems to get cheery whenever she see’s ANY girl on girl ‘bonding’. I’d realllly like to see a dere dere Mugi in the future.
i think in one of the previous eps Ui mentioned that she wanted to go some all-girls school together with Yui, so yea its definitely an all-girls school.
Well, now we know why she’s Sixten’s favorite character…
definitely all girls… just like how Kobe will definitely beat the nuggets by game 6.
kudos to the basketball commentary btw. its just so interestingly random in a k-on review blog.
Am I the only one who kept expecting Bible Black faces from Azusa? Also, Yui continues to be my favorite band member. When they do a K-On: Behind the Music she’s going to be the one ends up with her own show on VH1.
Sawa-sensei and Oharuhi are currently in a dead heat for who is the better costume raper. But no matter who takes 1st place, we all win.
If you’re going to mention the count on gelbooru, then atleast give the score on Azusa too! Well at least I did, ant it’s now 53 on 25/05/09. Im sure it will be a 3 digit number soon :D
Oh God, this is getting better and better. Im all in for lovely sisterly love. And I know that Mugi approves!
looks like somebody has been watching the playoffs lately xDD