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| It's time for the big gun and highlight of the Regular Concert: Antonio Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, From the New World. With all expressions on the line, through its various Movements, everyone takes a reflection back at their lives and see how much they've changed just by being in the Orchestra Club, just hanging for a wee bit longer, especially for the 3rd-year students who've practiced so much for this very day. For Hajime, looking back at his practices with his father, trying to time the melodies and whatnot, and even to the very day where Akine brought him back into playing the violin, it was all for thsi moment. And finally, at the 4th Movement where it's guns ablazing, Ayukawa has gruelled everyone, and especially to the Club's president Tateishi, she was the one who's the most troublesome, yet can deliver when she's told to. Especially to Hatori who's going to succeed Harada as the next concertmaster, jumping between 2 clubs in a devil-may-care attitude, he cannot afford to be half-hearted. Even for Tateishi, her 3 years of training, and do not regret every moment of a chance she has through the mistakes and suffering she's made. Once the performance is over, tears were shed, compliments were given especially to the outgoing 3rd years, as Harada entrusts the Orchestra Club to Hajime and Saeki. A mellow, but strong finish to this show, which if you've been following consistently for the last 6 months, I congratulate you on this musical journey. There's a need for Crunchyroll/Hidive (and others) to regret that they awfully missed out on licensing this show. A good showing, all things considered, except for the rather mediocre animation. Season 2 announced? Well, that was a surprise I was NOT expecting to see. https://aooke-anime.com/news/2489728.html |
KANLen09Oct 15, 2023 4:37 AM
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| Too melodramatic for my taste. not gonna watch S2 |
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| I liked previous ep buch better tbh, but okay, this one was good and i'm waiting for S2 for sure. |
| To err is human. To purr is feline (c) |
| Nice finale This show would have way more appreciated if it had the blessing of Kyoto animation the storyline is better than Hibike however that animation wasn't doing it any favors Will watch S2 |
| The best way to describe these last three episodes is “The sound of youth” these kids quite literally poured their hearts and souls into this performance and you could feel it in every note. Loved Saeki and Tateshi’s flashback scenes. Tateshi was getting singled out so much in all those rehearsals. But it was clearly because of how much sensei believed in her and wanted her to succeed. I like how they interwove flashbacks with the musical performance. It really added a lot of emotional weight to it and fleshed out some characters we didn’t get to spend much time with. For the third years in particular, they’ve been building up to this one performance for 3 years now. I still feel like Akine got shafted down the stretch of the show sadly. Aono breaking down there at the end was such a good scene. He’s been holding that in for a very long time. The only issues I had with this concert are really the same I’ve had throughout the show. The CGI is really bad and jarring. If this show had Kyoani or A-1 or hell even a Doga Kobo behind it, it would’ve done so much better. The story, characters and premise are all excellent, just the production quality. Without a doubt the most under appreciated show of the year though. Now that it’s got a second season confirmed, hopefully a licensor will pick it up! |
Marinate1016Oct 8, 2023 6:24 PM
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| This got me a bit emotional, overall a good anime, some troubles here and there (like plot and animation) but still good enough for me. |
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| the flute sounded great as always, that's why it's one of my favorite instruments and also gave liz to aoi tori vibes. hopefully the next season has a visual upgrade though because this wasn't it. |
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| Damn what a good anime. I am not really into music anime but this one I really enjoyed. Some janky CGI aside in some scenes, I really liked the show. This definitely needs to get more recognition. Will be watching S2. |
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| Except for the CGI I loved everything else, looking forward to season 2 |
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| Although this character is not highlighted too much, I like how Tateishi is told briefly. Now I feel her struggle more with the way she let it all out in the previous episode especially to their teacher. In addition, I realized that the CGI in this episode has improved even though it's not too noticeable. I hope they continue to improve the animation in season 2. |
| The best episode in the series. The music was good and the imagery and story telling was at its peak. |
| so so boring !!! the good part from this ending episode is only say goodbye to their senpai ... |
| While the production value was not the best it still didn't stop from being a good show. Pace is kinda on the slower side, but hey better than it being rushed. Can't wait for season 2 and hopefully Akine gets more focus. Or I will read the manga, but idk if it's already fully translated in English. |
| I kinda thought his father would be lurking in the back of the audience or something but great anime |
| Their final performance together was beautiful and everyone saying farewell to the senpais made me really emotional. I'll really miss them in the next season. Things won't be the same without them. This felt like a decent anime and this could have been much better if they focused on the right elements and not waste it on Hajime, Saeki family drama for most part. Animation was medicore to bad at times but I can tolerate that. Wasn't expecting great animation from it in the first place but the way they sideline most characters was horrible. Even Akine, Haru and Yamada who are supposed to be part of the main cast got sideline after a while and we rarely saw them, specially Yamada. Barely got any focus on the third years as well. Things would have been so much more impactful and meaningful if we got to know more about them. The pacing was very slow at times, specially incase of the dramas in the middle of the series. For a 24 episode anime this could have accomplished much more with better pacing. As for the good parts of the show, whenever it focused on music it was beautiful. Liked the little bits we got about the senpais as well. Not having much of Machi senpai is downright criminal. Anyway even with all the complaining I had, still liked it quite a bit and s2 is announced so that's really nice. Looking forward to it whenever that is. |
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| Great last episode. I'd have preferred more scenes after the concert ... with more dialogue. But since there is already a 2nd season confirmed this is okay - with the full episode for the concert again. The scenes from Tateishi and Ayukawa-sensei were the best. |
| What a great performance and great finale to this season, many tears were shed this episode, not only by the characters. Really looking forward to season 2. |
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