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Jan 23 2010

Categories: episodic review, k-on
Tagged: k-on

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TEA TIME 4 EVA.

A new K-On! episode… and not 4:3 aspect ratio?! Banzai! It’s good to have Afternoon Tea Time back in our lives, even if it’s a brief one episode stopover. The strength of this show has been its ensemble cast and really simple yet enjoyable nature. It doesn’t force any humor, but it comes from the characters organically. It doesn’t force any conflict, but it’s not a show that needs conflict (except, well, in the case of Sawa-chan forcing Mio to dress up as a hawt Santa). It doesn’t break new ground, but it covers the old ground with ease and grace. K-On! is comfort anime. Fuwa fuwa time indeed.

Has. To. Be. Pink.

(Odds Mio are wearing pink underwear this day? Taken off the boards at Vegas.)

(Why does Mio’s scarf in this scene look like… well… two balls?)

Awesome signature. But this is definitely getting ahead of herself… though I can’t wait for True Hollywood Stories: Afternoon Tea Time. That would be the best episode since the Vanilla Ice one. I can imagine Azu-nyan narrating things like, “During the recording session for our third album, Mio collapsed due to an overdose of methamphetamines” and “Yui started to care more about dating young Brazilian boys than improving her guitar skills.”

Wait, out of the entire Sawa-chan collection of meido, loli, classical, nurse, nekomini, swimsuit, etc outfits, they decide to go with school uniforms? This is a major failure on Sawa-chan’s, Mugi’s, and Kyoto Animation’s part. School uniform is as boring as a free throw in a blowout game. Anything would be better, even a Lady Gaga-class ridiculous outfit or if they decided to dress up like Detroit Metal City. (Which I fully approve of.)

Still wonder how Kyoto can nail the small stuff like the drops of sweat on Mio but completely miss out on the big picture, namely, this could have been nekomimi meido Mio dripping drops of sweat.

“Catherine!”

What the heck? She’s no Catherine. That’s a bad stage name for Sawa-chan. Almost as bad as naming a witch “Beatrice” or a protagonist “Battler.” What’s a great name? Naming an incompetent sidekick “Sunohara.” The only better incompetent sidekick name that exists is probably “Palin.”

(Why does Janice’s shirt sport the Wal-Mart logo?)

(Andohbytheway, high heels, leather, and fishnets suit Sawa-chan very well. But did she lose the whip?)

Things I like about this image… the floating HDTV… Azu-nyan sporting the nekomimi… the high probability that Yui’s and Ui’s parents are humping like rabbits in Argentina somewhere… Mio… Mugi trying to cop a feel like on in the night… playing Old Maid instead of Magic the Gathering (which, you know, would just destroy my imagine of Afternoon Tea Time).

99% chance that Ui put the blankets on them… 98% chance Kyoto missed a golden opportunity by giving Mio a blue and white-striped blanket… 97% chance Mugi tried to cop a feel… 96% chance she enjoyed it… 1% chance that’s a Mayoi Snail on Yui.

Is this like only girl bands for this live event? And when does Krauser and the rest of DMC come crashing this show? That would be awesome. I would love to see an anime Woodstock featuring DMC, T.L. Signal, Full Moon, ENOZ, Fire Bomber, Afternoon Tea Time, the Sora no Otoshimono band, and, of course, Chidori and Tess re-enacting their concert on Danaan.

(I feel like the obligatory band episode needs to be worked into every harem anime in addition to the standard hot spring sand pool/beach episode. At least… we need to work this into an Minami-ke OVA with Kana on guitar, Haruka on bass, and Chiaki on drums with Hosaka on vocals… and then Hosaka wakes up. Or a Railgun standalone episode with Mikoto on guitar, Kuroko on drums, Saten on bass, and Ruiko on vocals. Like you wouldn’t watch these.)

Where ever they were… it’s the complete and opposite of a sausage fest. Do we have a name for this phenomena?

I remember making wisecracks during Kanon about how it’s so cold outside the characters have to wear scarves. Yet… they’re still wearing mini-skirts. Now that’s some dedication. It’s like Roy Mustang is their principal. “My first act as principal… our new winter uniforms will be our summer ones, except with a light jacket and a scarf. I will not allow any pants, jeans, or knee-length skirts on my watch.”

(I would be perfectly fine if they got rid off Al and Ed, who, by now, have more than enough time in the spotlight, to focus on Roy and Hawkeye.)

Epic head-banging.

Epic mosh pit diving.

My favorite part of this scene is after Yui asks Azu-nyan if she’s going to wear those ears the whole day, Azu-nyan responds with a panicked “Nyan!”

(They ripped this scene off of the Alishan sunrise in Taiwan.)

When Mio’s and Ritsu’s childhood friends meet up with them and say that they’re big fans of Mio… and Mio turns red… my imagination… it cannot be stopped. It’s barreling along like Lancelot Avalon.

IZ DIS SUM BAKA TO TEST TO SHOUKANJU?

(Yui and Ritsu would be in class F. Mugi and Mio would be class A. Mio would summon a meido while Mugi would summon Maria+Holic‘s Kanako. That was simple.)

(If you haven’t read the bloodsucking chapter of K-On! yet, why not?!? I loved Mugi’s cake distribution scheme at the end.)

Dear NBC,

Now with your huge gaping goatse-like hole at 10pm primetime in your line-up, I’m sure you’re going to fill it with generic, boring doctor/cop/lawyer shows. And maybe more helpings of Dateline NBC and The Biggest Loser. That’s all fine (*tries to contain laughter*) programming, but I have a different idea for you. Something different. It’s a slice-of-life drama a la 90210 except less 90210-ish and more about the simple lives of four girls who try to start a high school girl band. Sure, there’s no gunfights, Ace Attorneys, or predators (well, we could put one in eventually), but there’s plenty of good wholesome fun. And we’ll have music. Not crappy AutoTuned music or Lady Gaga. Music that comes from the chicken soup soul. Sure, it might be a bit corny, but, there’s nothing else like it on American television today.

Let me know if you’re interested. My phone is open to you anytime.

Sincerely,
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(PS– I have another pilot idea. This one combines True Blood/Twilight/Vampire Diaries with Dateline NBC To Catch a Predator. You’ll love it as well.)

Wait… just sunk in… this is the last time I’m going to get to see Don’t say “lazy”? You know Kyoto… whenever they hit a grand slam with an ED, they’ll follow it up with some piece of seizure-inducing mediocrity.

(I just hope Mio gets to sing in season two. If she doesn’t, I really hope Yui gets run over by the same truck that ran down Akiko.)

(Oh screw it… Top Ten Things I Want in K-On! 2… 10. Delicious Mugi Snacks. 9. Crazy fangirl stalker for Mio. 8. Awesome OP. 7. Awesome ED. 6. Fuwa Fuwa Time with Azu-nyan lead vocals. 5. More Sawa-chan. 4. More dry humping of Gitah. 3. Giant mecha, witches, and headless horsewomen. 2. 16:9 aspect ratio right off the bat. 1. Mio!)