K-On! - Episode 4 Discussion / Poll

[b0nyb0y]

I bet tons of ppl out there are soooo dying to be that body pillow now...

But yeah, quite a cute moment, no doubt. The pic will sell like hot cakes if it's to appear at the school festival. They'll definitely have no financial problem for quite a while after making such a profit.

[Ithekro]

Even at an all girls school?

[risingstar3110]

Watched it. Loved it. 10/10 from me

But I'm so tired now so i gonna make it short:

The episode is great. We see some characters background (Mugi mostly), more of each members personality, their worries, their anxious, their hopes and dreams.

It will be a lie if i say that Mio's moeness didn't steal the show for me (i will rant more about it tomorrow when i have time) but looking at the situation from her POV, see her thoughts from endless worrying to seeing a hoping light in her dream, is a magnificent experience.
The most impressive moment would be when she wrote those few words into the board

@Itheko: even in an all girl school!!
Seriously from what i heard, it's normal even in an all girl school


Edit: About the argument, It's not only in anime, It's also in real life. Same things happens but people experience and learn from such event differently. Even a short trip to the nearby supermarket can be a boring errant, or a once-in-a-life-time experience. You can't expect everyone who watched the show have to have the same thoughts with you

[Ascaloth]

Originally Posted by Ithekro

Even at an all girls school?

Especially at an all girls school.

[Keio]

Originally Posted by Ascaloth

Especially at an all girls school.

I sense yuri vibes incoming.

[Ascaloth]

Originally Posted by Keio

I sense win yuri vibes incoming.

Fixed for accuracy.

[Fran~]

Originally Posted by Ascaloth

Fixed for accuracy.

MugiXMio all the way!!

[Keio]

Originally Posted by Ascaloth

Fixed for accuracy.

Thanks. I've been missing my yuri fix since Maria+Holic ended.

Yuri makes any show, be it anime or live, 10x more awesome as far as I'm concerned.

Originally Posted by Fran~

MugiXMio all the way!!

Why pick pairs when all four of them can mix it up?

EDIT: Forgot to add, there's Ui, Megane-san (forgot her name) and the teacher. Heh.

[Fran~]

Originally Posted by Keio

Why pick pairs when all four of them can mix it up?

Because the truth was revealed to me seeing episode 4 ()... just watch that moment between Mio and Mugi when Mugi plays the tape of the previous Light Music Club.

MioXMugi
RicchanXYui

[Bonta Kun]

Originally Posted by Fran~

Because the truth was revealed to me seeing episode 4 ()... just watch that moment between Mio and Mugi when Mugi plays the tape of the previous Light Music Club.

MioXMugi
RicchanXYui

exactly, they are always sitting beside their other half

we have the long haired girrls on one side with the short haired on the other.

Mu-chan is always there to support Mio-chan, while Yui see Ritsu as someone like herself, its perfect pairing

ahhh I can't wait for next ep gonna be awesome!!!!!

[Kaioshin Sama]

Originally Posted by Woodchips

Nice to see K-On is starting to pick up the pace a little, both with plot and character development.

Who...what...where HUUUUUUUUH?! Where are you seeing anything like this?

[MidnightViper88]

Well, 4 episodes in, and I'm enjoying it, but not as much as I thought it was, for one aspect...Normally, I don't do "slice of life" stuff since it's usually too boring to hold my personal interests, but I made an exception this time around because it had to do with music...And while it's a recurring theme (Though for all practical purposes not the main theme), the music aspect struggles against itself...Every now and then when it pops it's head, I can forgive any shortcomings and allow myself to relax after forcing myself...

But that still doesn't mean my attention didn't wane at times throughout the episode...

It still had some things to catch my particular attention:

-An Ozzy Osbourne book in the old Light Music Club box (That's not light music!)
-Yui has the potential to become a natural virtuoso (And the rest of the band will have to do things the old-fashioned way through practice )
-Mio waking up Yui and Ritsu with her bass (Something I used to do to my cousin when he would spend the night with me)
-Mio playing a Fender bass/Peavey amp setup (I had a personal orgasm because that's my preferred bass setup)
-Fanservice (Cheap trick!)

Well, nothing ever really happens in the beginning of a series anyway...Shit just drags on, it picks up in the middle, and continues rolling until the end...But that's such a long way...

[phishn37]

I liked this episode too. It reeked a little bit of anime cliches (going to the beach, rich ojou-sama type character, breaking watermelon, maid-moe, one girl has big boobs, I think Mugi's swimsuit is the same as Miyuki's from Lucky Star, etc.) but this show is still fun enough to keep me distracted.
I kind of wish they focused more on the music, well, because, the show is ABOUT MUSIC. I feel like the plot keeps getting distracted.
But really, seeing Yui and and Ricchan rolling around on the floor kind of made the episode for me <3

[vedicardi]

Originally Posted by izmosmolnar

Well I don't wanna step on anyone's toes,

Spoiler for truly personal opinion, only read it, if you are aware I'm not trying to flame:

but I've given up on that series. When I heard Kyoto animation is going to make a "music anime", I immediately associated on the haruhi concert scene which was pretty damn impressive, and I was looking forward to K-ON.
However I didn't expected to watch another Lucky star, where aside from trying to ensnare the viewer with ridiculous ammount of moe, NOTHING is happening. Seriously I don't know anything about performing music, so I've thought it would be nice for a change to watch something completely new to me.
But bloody hell, I don't see anything new here. Just some girls doing the same things one can see in the real world. As someone else said, if I want to watch cute girls doing cute things, it would be a lot better and enjoyable to go out and meet them. I apologize, but I'm not going to wait 8-10 episodes when they finally start to perform something resembling of music, and that ludicrous ammount of moe has no effect one me to keep me interested.
Seriously I expected an anime with a plot about Music with some moe (and God forbid, maybe even some romance!), but so far I fail to see it, and my patience ran out. Also the "jokes" didn't entertained me. In a nutshell I've found the balance here is really not for my taste, so I'm disappointed as I was anticipating that series.

And no, I'm not even going to bother to watch/read/listen the sourcematerial before starting to watch an anime. I'm sorry to say that, but it doesn't even makes sense. You can enjoy 99% of the adaptations without the knowledge of sourcematerial (or even it's existance), not to mention the time/trouble you save yourself if you watch the anime first. Furthermore I reckon no one even has so much free time in their hands anyway. If I really like an anime I'm gonna buy it's products/sources even if they were made earlier than the anime, but definitely not the other way around.

Again, I apologize, most likely everyone here disagrees with me, but I had entirely different expectations regarding K-ON. Most probably it's my fault I had the wrong initial impression, so please don't take my "rant" personally.

This man brings up very very good points. If I weren't so easily entertained and into the "lazy" genre of anime I would just be like this guy.

Though I have to make a point in saying I think a bit more is going on than he says. Just enough to keep me on the edge and hoping the series will improve.

The lack of moe (as far as I can tell, I'm sure there will be a few moments that the moe-heads will drool over no matter what in each episode) and possible extreme story progression in the next episode seems promising.

[Ushio]

Haha, I love the excuse to go to the beach. Training. Fanserviceeee.


This anime makes no sense but it's about cute high school girls making music so it's definitely something I'd like. >o>.

[MidnightViper88]

Mio's complaint of "We came here to practice, not to have fun" almost parallels some of the audiences' complaint of "We watch this for the music, not for the moe"...If I could spin Mio's words right round like a record baby, it would almost sound like a subtle internal jab at the series itself, stopping short of going explicit and breaking the 4th wall with the audience...

Conspiracy time!

...or not...But just as much...

[vedicardi]

Haha never thought of it that way. Nice observation.

[Proto]

Mio's complaint of "We came here to practice, not to have fun" almost parallels some of the audiences' complaint of "We watch this for the music, not for the moe"...If I could spin Mio's words right round like a record baby, it would almost sound like a subtle internal jab at the series itself, stopping short of going explicit and breaking the 4th wall with the audience...

That sounds as logical as watching Hidamari Sketch or Sketchbook full colors because you are looking forward to the art work an art club and a art oriented high school are supposed to produce.

aka: it just doesn't work that way.

[vedicardi]

No one does that, but in Hidamari sketch, a huge part of it is the art work and the drawing aspect, at least compared to what you see of the the band aspect of this show.

Like you don't watch Spinal Tap to hear good music (even though there are good songs in it) but to see the humorous interactions of the band members on a tour discussing their music and the like. Obviously K-On isn't in the style of Spinal Tap, but a lot of people do expect the music element of the show to be larger than it has show itself to be so far, and more of the humor and such centered around it etc.

[MidnightViper88]

Well, first off, my spin on Mio's words were pure sarcasm, hardly able to be taken seriously, unless you really are a conspirasist that reads into mundane stuff as something deeper and out in the left field...

Honestly, now that I've had a debate against myself, I really couldn't give a shit if the show were as dedicated to music as a concert DVD or as waning as Bret Michaels's career...It's entertaining, and if it weren't for the recurring theme of music and a band, I wouldn't have even bothered with the show in the first place...

The Spinal Tap analogy actually does work, even if maybe not so specific to Spinal Tap; Mockumentaries don't count, especially one on Spinal Tap... But band documentaries do, and K-On! is almost like a documentary on the Light Music Club...Obviously, even the best and dedicated musician doesn't literally eat, sleep, and shit music, and that can be seen in any band documentary since even they have lives that include the mundane between gigs, practice, and recording...

The show would become extremely repetitive and boring if it focused just on the music and never on any of the random nuances of life...And when it does cut to the music aspect? It's your treat...

People complain more than they can be entertained...

Until then, enjoy your random bouts of...stuff...