The Who is my favorite band, I love Ritsu, and I'm a drummer. So this episode was one of my favorites in the series. Keith Moon is god-like, a good inspiration for Ritsu .
Could be an exchange student and doesn't have the full uniform yet. She's got a different skirt too. Only the ribbon matches (ribbons are cheap).
I have been poking around and I believe that her normal style has her tying her blazer around her waist. I can't seem to remember where I saw those pictures that pointed it out. If you look closely, you can see hints of the normal skirt design.
So yeah, I guess she's part of the normal roster afterall.
I liked the top of Ritsu's head making a subtle foreground appearance as the other are talking about Ton-chan. Ritsu also got plenty of opportunity to be overly dramatic during the episode.
Loved Azusa's guitar lesson. This is the kind of thing they can do more often: Have short moments of "this is how you make this kind of sound on that instrument", to add to the musical part of the show. Doing practice segments wouldn't be as complicated to animate compared to having to match a specific song either. Of course, it doesn't take long for Ritsu to remember why she didn't play guitar in the first place...
Sawako's reaction to Ritsu talking about how radiating she is, is to sit there and basically go "Oh yeah, I'm perfectly aware of how good I look"
Come to think of it, the photographer meant yet another male appearance on the show. The... fifth, or something...
The return of the miner's helmet is exactly on the level of my sense of humor.
Yui: "Cagayake Ricchan!"
Ritsu: *whimper*
Yui does her best to help her friends. Sure, it might not be the smartest of ideas, but she's got her heart in the right place. Poor Ritsu's brother and parents; one can only wonder what her constant drum practicing must've sounded like over the recent years...
Interesting that based on Sawako's lesson, the Kyoto trip takes place the day after this episode. No hurry to get to graduation then.
Spoiler for next episode:
I'm looking forward to this one. KyoAni getting a chance to show off some Kyoto scenery porn? Awesome. Even if they keep every scene from the manga chapter, there's still plenty of time left for other events.
Oh, and if they're true to the manga, there'll be headbandless Ritsu
Nine Things to Know About Kotobuki Minako
1. Born and brought up in Kobe, Hyogo, her family was affected by the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995. She was aged only 3 at the time but recalls taking shelter in a car.
2. Being from the area, Mina’s Kansai accent down pat and the other Sphere girls often make her recite silly lines in the dialect for fun. Incidentally, her role in Umi Monogatari had her adopting an Okinawan accent.
Great episode it was much humorous than first, or second episode especially Yui's ideas like have them "communicate" with Ritsu by glaring at her randomly during the songs . And Mio bass part was really cute and showed she's still way cute than Yui to me... though Azu-nyan still cutest .
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I see Rukia in there...:O
OMG, I didn't notice til you said that, but dam one of their classmates really does look like Rukia .
Not really much else I can say that hasn't already been said... Well I great Episode and once again Ritsu got to shine I really hope they continue this formula and flush out the other girls characters. I would love to see what makes Mugi tick.
This was easily one of the best episodes yet. A great blend of comedy and cuteness, and a focus on the musical side of things too. Ritsu crying like a baby bird and Yui's "jakka jakka" air guitar (and looking over her shoulder at a bemused Ritsu) were both excellent. More so, Ritsu trying out Giita pretty much mirrors my experience a month or so ago, when I first bought my guitar. Right down to the same chord! That damn E major caused me so many problems, the first couple of weeks...
So far, this series is completely surpassing the first. They've attained a much better balance of the cutesy moe aspects, the comedy and the musical aspect. I'm looking forward to hearing some new songs. Did Mugi really have to call the new one "Honey Sweet Tea Time", though? It's hard enough convincing friends of mine that the songs are worthwhile, without them having such saccharine names. At least "Fuwa Fuwa Time" was in Japanese!
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First we have Yui doing Guitar windmill and now a reference to Keith Moon. There's some "The Who" adoration happening here. Could Mio be a closet Entwistle fan ?
First we have Yui doing Guitar windmill and now a reference to Keith Moon. There's some "The Who" adoration happening here. Could Mio be a closet Entwistle fan ?
Could be. Mio is know to be a closet fan/fetishist (including Lumo, cute stuff, etc) for quite alot of things, which Ritsu knows most.
Which spouse doesn't know much about their partners.
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Most of all, you have to be disciplined and you have to save, even if you hate our current financial system. Because if you don't save, then you're guaranteed to end up with nothing.
I think this episode is "6 out of 10 : Average".
Yui, Mio, and various characters are so cute as always. However, I don't find the plot very interesting.
I guess those who are absorbed in playing musics can enjoy this episode.
On the other hand, I have never playing any musical instruments, so I can't understand what the 5 members say
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If you look closely, you can see hints of the normal skirt design. 
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