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| MOTHER OF GOD!! I have to clap my hands just to applaud that performance. Probably, the best music performance I've seen. 5/5 |
| Holy shit, this show is now on my top shows for this year. What an amazing episode, and an amazing performance. I'm definitely still looking forward to what comes next, what's become of Brother Jun, and how the romance elements are going to develop. Expect nothing less from Shinichiro Watanabe (I know it's not his original work, but still). I was ready to dismiss it from the first episode, but really glad I stuck around. I think it should be a crime to doubt anything that man will direct or produce. And of course, how can I forget Yoko Kanno? 4 moar eps left! |
dietmangoMay 30, 2012 11:40 PM
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| It was good seeing Kaoru getting integrated to the class and it seems like Ritsuko's feelings are changing, little by little. The scene with Sen, Yurika and Jun was very well executed. The festival scene was pretty touchy as well, especially with the particular song played. (the animation in the little scenes where students are calling everyone to the sports hall was very smooth) |
| And slowly, you come to realize... It's all as it should be... |
| Oh man, true bros right there. The performance was quite exquisite and it represented their reconciling moment well. |
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| SOOO GOOD. It's the only thing that I can say at this moment. |
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| This was the best episode to date and they kept it close to the manga. This made it all that much better. As someone stated, I wish I could give it a 6/5 (well the person who started this CAN edit the first response and make it so. ;) |
| What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about? |
| I loved their music show. *-* Ahh, those two! I'm sure they'll hit it famous soon enough. :P |
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| This show. At some point in each end every episode it makes me think it's gonna go all-out yaoi. Trolls, trolls everywhere. ... But anyway, at last I got more music! Absolutely fabulous, this one was. |
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| This hit way too close to home, as I JUST had a big fight (maybe a friendship-breaking one) with my friend. And the juxtaposition of them running off cheerfully with our recent conversation was...ehhh ;/ This made me sad. |
- If you believe this place holds you, it is a prison. If you do not wish to leave, it will become a fortress. Current icon: Kusuriuri from Mononoke by pana (LJ username) |
| That...was damn brilliant. |
| What a gorgeous episode! |
| Nice. I hadn't realized this series was taking place in the 60s until this episode. I guess that makes sense I don't think average kids stare in awe at jazz performances nowadays. I'm a jazz fan and sure wish it was more prevalent then the 10k DJs that always seem to be around, lol. |
| Such junk... |
| ~music to my ears at the end |
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| I had goosebumps when Kaoru started playing "My Favorite Things". It made me think of the old days when I watched "Sound of Music" at school. Beautiful moment. |
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| Man, what a comeback. Awesomesauce all round. |
Marius2005 said: This show is absolutely wonderful and is probably the show of the season for me. The characters are all so believable and even when they are behaving stupidly I still feel for them. Ri-chan is one of the cutest anime girls I've ever seen but what's best about her is how genuine her sweetness is. I've seen so many generic moe girls with their fake cuteness and Ri-chan blows them out of the water. Her cuteness feels so realistic and not manufacted at all. Her character was created to be a person not just to cute for the sake of being cute and it makes me love her character. I love all the other characters as well, even Kaoru as blockheaded as he can be. However, given his upbringing it makes sense for his character to act that way. And Sentaro is simple a charismatic likable guy. He's not the smartest but he's so honest and forthright that I find it impossible not to like him and once again I find his character very believable. I thought this episode was great from start to finish. I love that they didn't drag out the drama to much but resolved it with an absolutely amazing musical performance. The spirit of jazz permeates this anime so it only makes sense that this is the languages these two guys communicate best with. And it was just a brilliant scene. I love how relaxing this show is to watch. It's a very simple show about growing up that executed perfectly. This anime stands out because it takes it's time and uses it's characters effectively, developing them into well rounded human being. There is no artificiality about these characters. Their actions always fit with their personalities and I never get the feeling they are acting just for the sake of the plot. It's such a refreshing so to watch after the usual more manic energy of most other anime. So yeah, lovin' it. Everything I could have said and more. |
Rating anything that you haven't finished is retarded. Don't do it. |
| Wow .. That was ... soooo good. <3 |
| I thought the drama was dragging a bit like in the last episode and I was getting a bit disheartened by the direction the show had taken. Thankfully this little mini-arc seemed to end here. The whole split seemed somewhat forced like it was there just so that they could get back together and the friendship would be stronger for having overcome an obstacle. The performance was of course amazing, clearly the best part of the show. Of course at the same time I was thinking that no way would two high school kids play like that. |
| Such impressive play! Nice how they finally loosened up the tension after that XD! |
 "I like to expose what people hide. I'm an intellectual rapist." - Furudo Erika |
| My favourite ep. KaitoDash said: The only thing that disturb me was that they were running away hand-in-hand. Why would it disturb you? D: I think that's one beautiful friendship! |
| One quick question... What happened to the rock group and their performance, did they forget the main reason why they were doing that duet? It seems he completely forgot why he was helping the dude in the first place. On a side not, kind of don't like Yurika, glad Sentarou probably gave up on her (I hope) cause she has kind of been just leading him on for awhile now. |
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| Their preformance was awesome! |
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Bias said: Their preformance was awesome! Their bromance is even better. |
| LOVED LOVED LOVED IT SOOO MUCH... best episode so far, I really liked everything, and all occurred in the previously is like it was sweep out... The performance gave me chills... Pure excitement... My score is: 11/10 :D |
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| Perfect! |
| Awesome :) Brings a smile to my face |
| That scene was superb. Although I do have a tough time believing that that many people would care haha. Good, nonetheless. |
 "It's just...a bad dream! Wake up, wake up...!" |
| Best episode so far. 5/5. |
| OMG. I love that performance! These two are really great partners. I'm so glad I picked this up. We need more josei animes. Seriously. |
| pew pew pew |
| Totally blown away. |
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| Man at this point I don't even care if they turn gay for each other, that duo performance was awesome! |
| Great episode! The end was epic! |
| "The will to live is stronger than anything else" |
| That was an epic jamming session that they did at the end there. And once again I have to give props on the animations team on making the parts where they play so fluid and accurate to the actual notes. Probably the best episode yet. 5/5 |
| This series is radiating with brilliance, the jazz is always so satisfying and it shows how actions truly speak louder, and more clearly, than words. That bond Sen and Kaoru have is indescribably perfect. |
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| Forget the Sen-Yurika-Jun drama. That performance...that performance...omg GOD-TIER. |
"May those who accept their fate be granted happiness." "May those who defy their fate be granted glory." |
| WOW, I was blown away by the performance, so cool. Yay, the duo is back now! Seriously, I could careless about Yurika and Jun, I mean, they did nothing wrong, and Jun was pretty down, people have their low moments, but meh, I just don't really care. I want some more KaoruxRitsukoxSentaro triangle!! |
| Honobono Log - best slice of life short -------------------------------------------- most kawaii loli overlord ---------------------------- Donquixote Doflamingo AMV - Control |
| Great ending, quite a lovely performance and well it seems things are regulated again so let's see what's next! |
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| FAVORITE EPISODE BY FAR had me hyperventilating and screaming "OH SHIT" throughout the whole 22 minutes |
| So beauteous *.* |
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| What a perfect episode, really glad that the dynamic duo is back with a bang! That performance was just beyond words. One of the best scenes I have seen. |
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| Shivers Shivers Shivers every second. |
| Dub = fake crap. Always. |
rsc-pl said: Shivers Shivers Shivers every second. |
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| Amazing performance. Kaoru and Sentaro truly are amazing when performing together. Such a contrast between Sentaro stiffly playing in that band and him going all out with Kaoru. |
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| The gay kid officially ruined this anime, that performance redeemed the anime though |
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VitaminCaim said: The gay kid officially ruined this anime lol in the OST, there's like two songs sung by the gay kid I deleted it instantly. |
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