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May 20 2010

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

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(Wait, is that a cutout of meido Mio from the “boost Mio confidence” chapter? We can’t skip that one too! What’s better than Mio being forced to work in Mugi’s meido cafe to boost her confidence? Lesbian stalkers? Nakkid apron? Mmm…)

This is your life, Mio-chan.

(Sorry, I can’t rank this slideshow above the one in Mad Men 13 “The Wheel”… but it’s not far behind. I just tried to find a blog that wrote about Mad Men the same way I would write about K-On!!… and it doesn’t exist. Sorry. We live in world where an anime about five high school musicians get more words in blogs than Mad Men. And I wouldn’t have it any other way. Eat it, Don Draper.)

So quick recap… one day, Kakifly created this manga featuring four high school girls in a light music club. One of the characters was made into a stupefying moe bassist. Everyone loved her, including the student council president/lesbian stalker. One day, an anime studio decided to turn this manga into an anime. It was bitchin’ awesome… so they decided to make another season. But they skipped the lesbian stalker chapter. Bloggers worldwide went bat-shit fanboy crazy.

Today we’re here to celebrate Sokabe’s arc. Even if it’s watered down and a bit less impactful than the manga, it did add a whole new dimension with the Mio Fanclub Tea Party. Which is a much better Tea Party than the political movement going on in the US.

(Actually, guys, I think they had this planned all along. If Kyoto really did read this blog, you’d think that we’d have more Mio fanservice by now. Or any Mio fanservice. Andohbytheway, remember how I complained about how one chapter was stretched into a full episode? At least here, it was only stretched to half an episode. Much better.)

So cute~~

(Moeblob Mio… we’re onto something here! Science! Work your magic!)

You know that you have problems in life when you’re moe-ing about an anime character eating noodle-filled bread. Like that’ll stop me!

Mugi has earned an invite to the Detective Girls if they ever make a sequel to Daughter of Twenty Faces. LIke Mugi wouldn’t fit in that show.

(You know that you have problems in life when you’re moe-ing about an anime character with a produce sticker stuck in her hair. Like that’ll stop me!)

That’s definitely Sawa-chan’s “I’ve had her, and it was totally worth it” smile. Though I enjoyed her comment about how if she were Mio’s stalker, she’d be doing jail time by now. I’ll put “How Sawa-chan Got Jailtime” just barely behind “Nia’s and Simon’s Seven Days” but ahead of “Jessica Simpson in Sexual Dynamite” in “Theoretical Videos I Most Want To Watch.”

Wow, flashback to Angel Beats where Naoi should have shoo’ed Yurippe out of the room and hypnotized his beloved… you just know Sokabe wanted Nodoka out of that room, and that green tea is drugged. Mio never took a drink out of it. We’ll never know, but it’s definitely overflowing with drugs.

Come on, look at the body language from Sokabe… that’s definitely a “Once Nodoka leaves and you take a sip of that green tea… JACKPOT!” face. I’ve never been so scared/delighted for Mio.

This episode excels in overmatched o_O;; faces for Mio.

Another great part of the episode… I loved how someone asked her what part of her body she washed first. Everyone was great about it… from how terrified Mio was (the BP executives seemed less terrified in front of Congress), how ruthless Yui and Ritsu were (Jon Stewart was nicely to Kramer), and…

… how awesome was Azu-nyan’s reaction (which looked like every Orlando Magic fan after the Celtics went up 2-0 on them).

(I wonder what body part does Mio wash first… damn, can we get Vegas to put down odds for this? I’d go with her legs at -140.)

Speaking of mortifying… great scene… loved the Azu-nyan involvement… needed more “Here comes the bride” playing when Mio enters the room… Mugi-chan delivered the cake as you would expect Mugi-chan to deliver the cake… but this scene… desperately needed Azu-nyan smashing a slice of cake into Mio’s face.

(And a garter belt toss. Wait, am I thinking out loud again? Banzai!)

Genius fund-raising idea for the light music club. I could so go for a Mio-chan backscratcher.

(The local NPR station has their pledge drive going on right now, and I would so be in on the twelve dollar a month level if I got a Mio-chan backscratcher as a membership gift. If you follow This American Life, you’d probably heard the Bridges episode that featured sex offenders who lived under a bridge. I’m convinced that this is the inspiration for Araragi Arakawa Under the Bridge. I’m disappointed Ira Glass never mentioned that anime.)

Mio vocals.

(Thanks to everyone who pitched in on the “I want to learn guitar” post… probably should have mentioned one slight complication. I’m a lefty. I didn’t realize this until I tried to rent a guitar… and was told there were none for people like me. I can sympathize with Mio’s left-handed musician plight now.)

I was trying to figure out what’s wrong with this image… and… my gosh! Yui’s not wearing her trademark tights! Are we sure that’s not Ui up there?

(Maybe it is because of Angel Beats that I was fully expecting Sawa-chan to flip a switch and activate a multitude of high powered fans as Mio dazzled the crowd.)

A seriously sparkling Mugi is fine too.

A tsundere lesbian stalker is fine too.

A hopelessly sobbing Mio is finest.

Kinda surprised that there weren’t more guests… free food, good music, and Mio? I fully expected a sold out Staples Center.

Why don’t I have one? You’d think that American Express would have come up with a Mio Edition by now.

Yes… it is strange. So after Mio finds out that the creepy student council president has been stalking her, the correct course of action was to throw her a private concert?

KK: The only way to fit in a lesbian stalker arc now is as a flashback, where Ritsu goes “hey, remember her?” and Mio has a painful flashback to the events of last summer…

Oh damn, so close. Who would have thunk that Nodoka would be ground zero for the flashback? But I would much rather that they just go through the chapters in order.

Highly enjoyed Mio biting her tongue, but they really needed that special Sawa-chan fashion touch. I’m disappointed that we haven’t had a Sawa-chan outfit yet, and we’re seven episodes in. This is a greater disaster than the BP oil spill.

Sokabe is now more mature because she wears more accessories and make-up? Wha? Though I’m glad “getting over an irrational crush on Mio” isn’t a prerequisite for being more mature. Whew!