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View Poll Results: K-On!! (Second Season) - Episode 24 Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 117 | 75.97% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 20 | 12.99% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 10 | 6.49% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 3 | 1.95% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 1 | 0.65% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 2 | 1.30% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 0 | 0% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 1 | 0.65% | |
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2010-09-15, 02:11 | Link #41 | |
I can has drinks?
Join Date: Mar 2006
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I'd still qualify Manabi Straight's ending to be the best to date for this sort of anime, but that doesn't make K-On's ending any less excellent. I just wish you-know-what wasn't cut. Could have made for a very nice montage and triumphant chorus - as if the song itself matured over the years. Though maybe dropping it a third time would be stealing from season 1's thunder and I promised myself if I ever heard it again I'd claw out my throat.
A little delayed reaction there, Azusa. I think many people were on her case about being unconcerned when they all started baww'ing after the school festival. I guess they were saving her's for this. Quote:
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2010-09-15, 02:24 | Link #42 |
The Voice of Reason
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: The Netherlands
Age: 47
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An epic ending as I expected it to be.
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KyoAni once again pulled through. This episode proved to be a tearjerker from the start and though it ended on a happy note, it still got to me. Anyway, it's pretty much clear what the first bonus episode will be about, now I wonder what the second one will be about.
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2010-09-15, 03:18 | Link #44 | |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Pekopon
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I also felt the whole University Exams part was better in the 4koma, but all in all not a bad psuedo end. It looks like the last 3 4koma will be handled in the next two episodes with original material mixed in. So don't cry yet folks, K-on still isn't over. |
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2010-09-15, 03:54 | Link #47 |
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Graphic Designer
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: 3 times the passion of normal flamenco
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Takanori Nishikawa is the lead singer of T.M. Revolution... or more technically, he IS T.M. Revolution
Suddenly I want to hear him cover a K-On song *KILLED*
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2010-09-15, 04:04 | Link #48 | ||
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2010-09-15, 07:23 | Link #50 |
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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And so it ends. My tears were on the same level as Azusa, only that it didn't drop on a photo.
That was a very, very sweet final performance they have. Totally set the mood of the entire series well. And there must definitely be a second K-On! live concert. Some songs are really catered to their musical level, i.e, this one for example. Forever HTT!!! |
2010-09-15, 07:31 | Link #51 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Virgo Supercluster, Milky Way, Orion Arm, Sol, Earth, Taiwan
Age: 38
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LOL, apparently some ppl aren't taking the end of K-On too well
Some guy has declared that he will end his life when the show finish. Spoiler for original text in japanese:
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2010-09-15, 07:49 | Link #52 |
Ahou ga
Join Date: Feb 2009
Age: 47
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God damn it, KyoAni, how do you excel so well at making people cry at the drop of a hat?
For all its faults that so many people love to point out, K-ON in all of its seasons is still a fun watch. I'm still not sure I'll ever outright recommend it to anyone I know, and it's far from the best thing ever animated, but it'll always have a special place in my anime watching history. If nothing else, I take one major message away from the series as a whole: Music can change peoples' lives. Without music, without Houkago Tea Time, these five girls would likely never have become such wonderful friends or had as many (mis)adventures as they had together. For Yui especially, music turned her life around and helped give her something to strive for. Now it's time to wait for the subs and perhaps hope just a little that these girls' stories aren't quite over just yet. The ball is squarely in Kakifly's court, and I imagine most of us are waiting with somewhat baited breath about what, if anything, is next.
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2010-09-15, 07:55 | Link #54 | |
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Boyzone
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Wait, does this mean K-On!! is the Otakus Michael Jackson? |
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2010-09-15, 08:33 | Link #55 |
*hic*
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: A Swede in Tokyo
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Yep, there'll definitely be more merchandise and I wouldn't be shocked if there's a future concert, but the big question is what's next for Kakifly (and how long it will be until anything is announced...)
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2010-09-15, 09:55 | Link #57 |
Komrades of Kitamura Kou
Join Date: Jul 2004
Age: 39
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The feeling of quiet solemnity in this episode, interspersed with bits of comedy here in there to lighten the mood was an amazing feat.
There are really some scenes that stands out the most in this episode: 1. Azusa's melancholic longing looks whenever she sees her seniors. 2. Sawako's speech in front of the class and the class' reaction with the template they all signed. Especially the blackboard. 3. Vulcan hand sign! 4. The camera focusing on the diploma rolls and the cherry blossom pins as Azusa is finally unable to mask away how she really feels. And the best of it all was the final song they played for Azusa. Sure it wasn't mind blowing, rocking or whatever. It was a mellow ballad that you don't always associate with a group whose ultimate aim is to rock it out at Budokan. But it was perfect. It was rather obvious that they practiced this song. They sang together, played in tune and harmony and, above all, meant it with all their heart. Even if in the end they may never play it again because the song was only ever meant for one person. Still, it was and likely will always be, their best performance ever. (I want the title and lyrics to that song) Blog post to follow. As an aside, the PV for the OVA's suggest that they will likely be about Azusa, Jun and Ui as seniors and trying to recruit new members. I didn't pick up on a lot on what was said in the PV because quite frankly I could no longer concentrate. We're not likely to see the old gang but after seeing this episode, I think I can live with that.
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2010-09-15, 10:55 | Link #58 |
Ahou ga
Join Date: Feb 2009
Age: 47
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I'm sure there are some theorists out there who'll feel Azusa's song is a tip-off that there'll be more to the series just from this part of the chorus (bolded parts are the lines I'm referring to):
Demo ne, are da yo. Suteki na tenshi ni Sotsugyou wa owari ja nai Kore kara mo nakama da kara Trans. Still, there's that, our lovely angel. Graduation isn't the end We'll still be friends from now on. I'd try to translate more of the song, but I need more time actually listening to it. And it's really hard to focus on translating when the damn song keeps making me tear up every time.
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2010-09-15, 11:47 | Link #59 |
原作通り
Join Date: Dec 2006
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Other memorable fleeting moments:
- Starting setpiece at the same old traffic junction where the girls part after club. Feels familiar and yet different today - The spring season has arrived much like back in S2Ep1 so the usage of the white flowers reflects that - There was probably a moment unseen in the episode where Yui had to pick up the flower to give to Azusa, reflecting a setpiece in S2Ep1 where she was picking flowers up for arranging on her desk - As usual, during the song the fleeting half-cuts of other graduands - the one cut pointing at the jetstream in the sky was great - Yui and gang at the stairs setpiece going upstairs to the music room with Nodoka-han heading the other way towards the student council signifying a departure which contrasted with the 'let's go home together' chat - Displaying of Yui's unseen growth through the series to the point where rather than Ui and Nodoka being her crutch through life it's now the keionbu - The non-core members respectfully giving space to the keionbu on the day eg. Sawa-han spending time just outside the music room when they were playing Azusa's song - The short riff of Fuwa Fuwa playing into the credits is also considered an instrumental closer to the series despite the song itself needing vocals. And of course contrasting with S2Ep1, this version had the band as opposed to an individual practising. |
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