K-On! - Episode 4 Discussion / Poll

[KiNA]

Originally Posted by Kaioshin Sama

Well I'm sure it will do something exceptional at some point along the way that I will be able to get into. I am a very patient individual, I can wait. Plus I need to eventually get what is so outstanding about Mio's character, barring it all being a meme, which it is REALLY starting to seem like with this episode.

Hopefully, you get what you expecting for.. but expect for the worst.. Which I think, deep in your mind, you know its gonna hit you no matter what

[Justin Kim]

Originally Posted by KiNA

Then I honestly believe you looking at the wrong anime.. I dont read the manga, but as I understand it, its a 4 panel manga full of one liner punchline/ one gag per chapter.

And this wont change. Lucky Star remains the same throughout the series, In a way, Haruhi as well.. And K-On will be, I can guarantee it based on previous proven recipes of those 2 series I mentioned above, K-On wouldnt be straying off to charter your ideal kind of series.

Its a light SoL series about 4 girls in high school environment. It wouldnt change.

I can actually map all 4 girls into my sisters. real actual siblings. Maybe less moe since they are all over 30s now


Yui doesnt understand, she's a parrot. She is able to mimic something into perfection, but she's only capable of only 1 at the time. Case in point, as shown in the exam test. And again in this episode.

Lol I loved how you compared her to a parrot. I LoL'ed.

[Ascaloth]

Seriously, guys, you all should just leave certain people be. If they want to engage in masochism by watching this when they know they're not going to like it, then power to them. For the rest of us, let's moé.

[MeoTwister5]

I came into this series with some knowledge of the subject matter, part of which didn't click with me and part of which did. It's not AMAZING vut so far enjoyable.

At the very least I try to keep as open a mind to everything I see, which is really the best way to watch practically anything.

[Keio]

Originally Posted by Ascaloth

Seriously, guys, you all should just leave certain people be. If they want to engage in masochism by watching this when they know they're not going to like it, then power to them. For the rest of us, let's moé.

Those certain people remind me of some people who kept on watching Toradora even though they didn't like it and kept on bitching on how the ending was too predictable.

Seriously, if you don't like a show, then don't watch it. You're just ruining the experience for everyone else with your bitching and complaining. Unless you also like to pour candle wax on your nipples.

[MeoTwister5]

But puring candle wax on your areolas is an autoerotic experience!

[Ascaloth]

Originally Posted by MeoTwister5

But puring candle wax on your areolas is an autoerotic experience!

So you're saying that for certain people, watching this series is an......FFFFFFFFF CAN'T UNSEE, DAMN YOU MeoTwister5. XD

[Kaioshin Sama]

This S&M related conversation is hilarious and all, but let's try to get back to point shall we?

Originally Posted by KiNA

Yui doesnt understand, she's a parrot. She is able to mimic something into perfection, but she's only capable of only 1 at the time. Case in point, as shown in the exam test. And again in this episode.

That would actually be kind of interesting if it turns out to be the case. It'll also be a definable trait or skill that one could attach Yui, and would exponentially increase her appeal as a character in the process.

[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.

[Keio]

Originally Posted by MeoTwister5

But puring candle wax on your areolas is an autoerotic experience!

Damn you! You made me spit my drink.

Spoiler for vernacular:

Lilinisan ko tuloy keyboard ko. Leche.

[LoweGear]

Originally Posted by izmosmolnar

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.

I think the argument wasn't that you need to actually go through the source material to ENJOY it, but rather go through the source material (or skim) as to get an idea of what to EXPECT. It's not our fault if you came in thinking it'd be a purely musical drama, when the source material clearly doesn't portray it as such. There's false expectations made deliberately (*cough* the Galaxy Angel animes *cough*), then there are false expectations from not having seen the source material, and finally false expecations from first impressions for the anime that do not have source material in the first place. K-On falls into the 2nd though, so as noted, having false expectations of it is nothing but the viewer's fault.

Originally Posted by Keio

Damn you! You made me spit my drink.

Spoiler for vernacular:

Lilinisan ko tuloy keyboard ko. Leche.

Ito, pamunas

[Friday]

To me......
it was a good episode.....
I was hoping they would grow as a band when Mio found that tape but instead Ritsu & Yui wants to play around and Mugi made a Perfect Sand Castle!!!.
Mio I thought she make kicked their asses for them two fooling around instead of practising and in the end they probaly did we have to wait for future episode how they sound.
Well at least Yui kows how to play the "myon" sound and she looks scary.....

I loved the photo of Mio.....

[Skane]

Yes, they're finally introducing the teacher next episode!

Woot.

[Sheba]

Originally Posted by Skane

Yes, they're finally introducing the teacher next episode!

Woot.

And I am reminded that her voice actress used to voice Vita. Insert lovely mental image here.

[Coruja]

It was an OK episode... 6/10.

I liked it, but somehow I liked the other episodes better... It feels like they are trying *too* hard to keep the slice-of-life feel... And all the Mio-is-so-moe scenes kinda ruined it for me... It is as if they are trying to make people favor Mio instead of the other girls and that is a bit annoying to be honest. Yui and Ritsu are NOT Konata but yet they are starting to act a little bit like her... That sounded out-of-character-ish to me. Okay, kill me. Whatever.

[KiNA]

Ritsu just being Ritsu.. Out of 3, Ritsu is the one that most understand Mio the most and likes to see / teased her good friend Mio (especially with so many opening). I dont see any wrong in that?

And Yui is also Yui.. She's simple minded .. And being around Ritsu influenced her childlike behaviour.. Kids will be more likely to stay with like minded peoples more the boring matured/ whiny sister who keep urging her to practice

Mugi is.. well being Mugihime

I dont see any OOC to me from any character TBH.

[orion]

Originally Posted by KiNA

Ritsu just being Ritsu.. Out of 3, Ritsu is the one that most understand Mio the most and likes to see / teased her good friend Mio (especially with so many opening). I dont see any wrong in that?

And Yui is also Yui.. She's simple minded .. And being around Ritsu influenced her childlike behaviour.. Kids will be more likely to stay with like minded peoples more the boring matured/ whiny sister who keep urging her to practice

Mugi is.. well being Mugihime

I dont see any OOC to me from any character TBH.

I didn't see anything out of character or unexpected either. It's Linda Linda Linda moe, light on music version.

People go to the beach to practice and end up partying also. That's what happens in real life too.

So Mio's moe index went thru the roof? Expected also since KyoAni's and the 4-koma's target audience loves that stuff.

Yui has perfect pitch. Well, you got to have something good about Yui's guitar playing to get them to the school festival on time. This ain't BECK you know.

They'll be a concert. They are working towards the school festival.

Anyone expecting Linda Linda Linda the animation should definitely reassess why you are watching this.

As for me, I loved the episode.

[LC]

7/10- Good episode, but not as good as the previous episodes. I didn't laugh as much as I did last week, and I'm watching for the comedy, not the moe.

The scene where Ritsu and Yui repeated the "Moe, Moe, Kyun!" thing was funny though. =)

[way2slow]

lol.
Maria+Holic.
KYUN!!

[Cai Calamigarde]

\o/ ritsu's sooo right! maid mio is PERFECT!!

and another thing...

i definitely wanna see these girlz fight each other... haha =)