k-on!! 4
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“Wow, iz dis sum Kyoto?”
The Melancholy of Mio Akiyama?
Wow, just like a dream I had last night, right down to the facial expressions, except Mio and Mugi weren’t wearing track clothes…
(Needless to say, best part of the episode. Though I’m highly disappointed Mugi didn’t bring some fashionable nightgowns along.)
Second best part of the episode? Mio finally getting worn out and breaking down. With Ritsu making the “Hey, I’m innocent!” :3 face.
(Worst part of this episode? Lack of instruments, lack of Azu-nyan. Is it just me, or is K-On!! morphing into Raki Suta? What ever happened to episodes about being in a rock band? At least the first season had episodes about buying instruments, maintaining instruments, learning to play instruments, putting on a concert… this season? No so much. Yet. If you’re not going to feature the rock band aspect of the series, at least feature the crazy lesbian stalker aspect of the series.)
Wait, Mugi instigates a pillow fight? I would have put odds on Ritsu or Yui with Mugi as a dark horse.
(I liked how Mio didn’t turn off the lights all the way… nice nod to her scaredy cat nature.)
Significantly less fart jokes than I expected… or is that something that only occurs when guys are involved? Though Mio looks so peaceful… if only we could work Freddy Krueger into this somehow.
Mugi admiring Mio’s hair. Yes… that’s it… hair…
Giant Humanoid Robot: Now the poor jaded souls at KyoAni need things like synchronized cake omnomming, home improvement role play, and instrument NTR to get their jollies, and the rest of us are not yet far enough beyond the veil to realize the true genius of their perversion.
I almost (not quite there yet) feel like Kyoto Animation is the Vince Carter of animation studios. Once upon a time, Vince as the savior of the NBA– electrifying dunks, deadly dribble drives, unstoppable in the open court– and then he got hit a few times and got a fat new contract. He stopped with the driving. settling for bad three pointers instead of Jordan-esque dunks. Once considered one of the best in the NBA, he’s now the fourth wheel on the Magic. Kyoto, once upon a time, delivered electrifying fanservice– I mean, Fumoffu was almost on par with Sora no Otoshimono with the hot springs episode and the final nakkid episode. There was a Tess OVA that featured hawt underaged captain ass and this Haruhi Suzumiya thing. Now? We have source material– K-On!— that has fanservice, and none of that made it into the anime. Gah!
I feel like a mid-2000s Toronto Raptors fan screaming at the TV, “Vince! Drive to the fucking basket!” “Kyoto! Animate the fucking lesbian stalker episode!” Needless to say, this is not a good thing. I’m tossing my support to AIC Asta… at least they would have given up plenty of Mio fanservice shots.
(AIC Asta would definitely have tossed in scenes of the girls changing. If you’re going to add filler to the manga gags, at least add fanservicish filler.)
This is like Mugi Vision™, but only in reverse. Speaking of which, we sorely miss Mugi Vision™ this season… I hope it doesn’t go the way of the dodo like the Bible Black faces on Minami-ke.
What the hell is that doll?
Bribed by Mugi Snacks. Speaking of going Vince Carter… The Price is Right was once one of my favorite TV shows, but Drew Carey just completely ruins it for me. He just has zero of the personality or schmultzy charm that Bob Barker had. I thought someone like Dan Patrick would have made a much better host for that show, but, alas, stupider heads prevailed and Drew Carey is host. But you know what would save the show besides a host change? Yui and Mugi as Barker’s Beauties! I’d DVR that!
(I liked how Sawa-chan was just going off complaining about her life and the girls… we need to hook her up with Onizuka-sensei. That’s just a great pairing.)
The thought of Evil Genius Mio suddenly appeals to me now. Can you imagine Mio as Dr. Evil… petting a Persian cat while doing an evil laugh? That would be awesome. Even more awesome? Mini-Mio! I hope to see this scenario on YouTube one day. Most awesome? Replace that Persian cat with Azu-nyan… in the words of Marv Albert, “YES!!”
Note to everyone around the world: making peace signs in photos don’t make you cooler. That is all.
Kyoto blew their budget on wipe effects for K-On!!… I’ll give them that…
(Can’t complain about the animation. Still great. Also can’t complain about Mio-centric episodes… moar!)
Wait, did they get lost because they picked up a new band member who resembles a snail and keeps stuttering? Mugigigigi-chan?
(Only from Japan, the land of technological wonderment, can we get an anime set in modern times where none of the fashionable high school girls have a cell phone with GPS. At least you’d think that Mio would have an iPhone.)
Four high school girls in mini-skirts lost at night? At least they’re not lost in Ikebukuro… DRRR!
(And Yui has a pig theme going this season… puhi puhi!)
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While we don’t get instruments this episode, I still really enjoyed it! I liked how they foreshadowed the pillow fight by showing Mugi checking the consistency of the pillow earlier in the episode. Mugi is such a subtle character, you could just see the wheels turning in her head.
We’ll get plenty of Azu-nyan and Ui next episode assuming the promo isn’t lying.
I was hoping for a more Lucky Star-like bath scene….but I guess that’ll do for now.
Needs moar Azu-nyan and less puhi puhi!!
It didn’t come across in the sub I watched, but at least in the manga the point of the scene with Mugi explaining the Golden Palace was that she did it in perfect Kyoto dialect. http://www.onemanga.com/K-ON/34/03/
Glad we got back to the comedy this week. Hopefully next week’s left behind adventure will not be too heartwarming.
“I’m highly disappointed Mugi didn’t bring some fashionable nightgowns along.”
I’m more disappointed Mugi didn’t attempt any “female bonding” myself. Or was she just trying to measure Mio’s willingness in the bath scene?
I can picture the Kyoto employee that said “lets make Endless eight 8 episodes long!†being the same one that suggested they skip the stalker chapter “no one will care about those!†and decided to make Yui dumber “it’s MOE!â€
Dude man that’s not a pig, it’s a pink bear.
I seriously thought that Ui was Yui, until what she was saying kicked in.
Evoice, I think that it wasn’t actually given away in the Japanese that it was Ui – at least that’s how the manga seems to read.
Comparing Kyoto Animation to Vince Carter? I’m no NBA expert, but isn’t that considered a low blow? o_o Right now, dozens of animators are writhing on the floor, yelling “Stubbed my toe… can’t animate fanservice.” and they don’t know why.
“The thought of Evil Genius Mio suddenly appeals to me now. Can you imagine Mio as Dr. Evil… petting a Persian cat while doing an evil laugh? That would be awesome. Even more awesome? Mini-Mio! I hope to see this scenario on YouTube one day. Most awesome? Replace that Persian cat with Azu-nyan… in the words of Marv Albert, “YES!!—
That had LMAO (literally). Even a single photoshopped image like that would be epic.
KyoAni doesn’t even have the market cornered on epic tears anymore:
http://img189.imageshack.us/im.....apshot.jpg
Granted, Rainbow’s reasons for tears are on a whole different level than K-On’s… for now.
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PINK BEAR TAKES OFFENSE
DEMANDS A BLOOD SACRIFICE
MUGI SNACKS FINE TOO
~ a haiku
In the 4koma, the girls are wearing different nightwear and Mugi has her hair in a ponytail! And the manga definitely shows more service of Mio and Mugi during the bath scene…
I get the feeling we’ll be seeing this in the Blu-Rays.
The guys at KyoAni lost a perfect chance to do a flashback including Mio stalking! Instead of Sawa complaining we should’ve had the flashback, or at least a nude pillow fight, how awesome would that have been?
THAT’S NOT A PIG!
So, what are your thoughts regarding their music being #1 & #2 on the Oricon weekly singles chart?