We all know that Kumiko doesn't love him. Her cold piercing eyes, her uninterested responses and her 'Geh"s have shaped her relationship with him.       Can he live without Kumiko's love? Why not we love this poor soul in Kumiko's stead? But, more importantly, does he really need our love though? Well, apparently he is getting plenty of love from the Kitauji Quartet! All of their seiyuu meets bar one have been "Shuuichi this!" and "Shuuichi that!". The very first one, which was released before Todoketai Melody, ended up becoming listing all the good points of Shuuichi. The third one (the second of the Roke! Euphonium series, part of Chikai no Finale promo) nonchalantly brought Shuuichi up on how adorable he was shouting from the other end that he wanted to improve as well along with the fist bump of the first key visual. The fourth one (the third of the Roke! Euphonium series) became a fist bump mania in front of the bench of the first key visual. The fifth one (the fourth and the final of the Roke! Euphonium series) was spent on the bakery (pan) store which has a specialty bread named after the boy himself (the one we see Shuuichi eating before boarding the train) and ending with the Shuuichi x Kumiko key visual promo for Chikai no Finale. Looks like KyoAni is actually following up on Shuuichi's popularity in Japan. Hmm. |
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| @lKuroi, no worries. He won't remain irrelevant after Chikai no Finale. @Kirie-san The Roke! Euphonium continuation with a two-parter interview of the director Ishihara more or less confirmed Shuuichi to be the main character of Chikai no Finale (if the fist bump key visual wasn't enough). And... |
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Kirie-san said: shanimebib said: @lKuroi, no worries. He won't remain irrelevant after Chikai no Finale. @Kirie-san The Roke! Euphonium continuation with a two-parter interview of the director Ishihara more or less confirmed Shuuichi to be the main character of Chikai no Finale (if the fist bump key visual wasn't enough). And... Thank you very much for this information! ^^ Newtype May 2019 issue features Kumiko on the cover!  She is wearing a certain flower shaped hairpin. Was it because a certain someone going around telling people that they gave it to her so she didn't have other options but to wear it? Haha! Thought it might interest you! Also, two bonus portraits drawn by Hibike! Anime Character Designer Ikeda Shoko (池田晶子) is driving ShuKumi fans in Japan nuts. :P  |
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Kirie-san said: Do you know if the movie will have screenings in other countries than Japan? I would be happy if it could come out in France but they decided to release Liz and the Blue Bird instead... =/ Right now there has not been any announcement for outside Japan. Dunno if you have seen it already but Liz to Aoi Tori is a masterpiece in my book actually. Also, Year 3 Novel Vol. 1 cover features Kumiko, Kanade, a new girl (Kuroe Mayu (I guessed her name as there is no Kana) Year 3, Seira Girls High Transferee to Kitauji), Reina and Shuuichi. No one believed me when I said Shuuichi will become an important character down the line because he was listed as one of the four main characters in the official novel page even during the airing of the first season which was revamped during the anime aired. He will play the role of not just a love interest but something more than that which makes me happier. I would rather see him as an important character than a character of just love interest/ pity. Haters gonna hate but he is definitely going to ride the storm. Not that it matters though because fans in Japan love him and his popularity hit another level when his VA Ishiya Haruki revealed that he has mastered playing trombone by practicing it every week for the past three years IRL! That's how passionate he has been with his role as Shuuichi. If you are being a logical and coherent person with reasoning, there is no reason for you to hate his character. Mochizou from Tamako Market got the hate as well. But he rode the storm and fans didn't find excuses to hate him after his character was explored through TLS. TLS remains one of my all time fave romance stories. But I doubt Chikai no Finale will go that route. Ultimately, Hibike! Euphonium is about music, forming bonds and a story of improving oneself. It should not move away from those things, generally speaking. |
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Oh no~ How could you ruin it for me?! |
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Shiiiit is that really how it goes. Damn that sucks but I guess it's debatable how reasonable her actions were and whatnot. My niga Shuuichi mega deserves more attention |
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I meant to say epilogue instead of prologue. I hope you got that lol. I still haven't forgiven the fans who demeaned Shuuichi for acting a bit arrogant. What do they want? Shuuichi to be Mr. Perfect? That's not how Hibike! characters are and that's why I love the story, because it is relatable. People tend to think otherwise when they stumble upon my comments. Kumiko x Shuuichi is just a bonus for me. As his fan, I just want to see him given a proper role. Just being her potential love interest isn't enough for me. |
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| Just to be clear, I like both versions of the story. So, I guess I will be alright with whatever they intend to do with the franchise. The only time I did not allow kyoani to get away with a murder was for Phantom World. :P |
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Shiroanon said: he'll get multiple pity fist bumps from kumiko to help cope with being ntr'd by reina, that's enough, right? Not gonna spoil it for you but if it helps you feel better then be it! But just pray that this is the last installment of the Hibike! franchise. ps. Sorry but I had to edit your comment! |
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Archon_Wing said: A character's value should never be measured solely by chances as a love interest to the main character. Unfortunately that's how he is seen by quite a few western fans - as a bane in their path to yuri who is in love with the main character. It annoys me to no ends. Viewers seem to discard the fact that he always shares important information with her, discusses situation of the club with her, encourages her when she is troubled, gives her support from behind the scenes in her family matters, and even follows up on her family situations with her. Archon_Wing said: Oh and memes. As long as Kumiko makes Kumiko noises, there will always be a show. But that would be significantly cut if the movie goes in the other direction, no? Wait! Maybe I don't want it to go in that direction after all so that she can stick with her "Geh"s! You just opened a whole new reason for me to reconsider what I would like to see more in the long run. O_o |
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Kirie-san said: Well, that's just my opinion but I think Kyo Ani is the one we should blame for this. I am super biased so I ain't gonna blame KyoAni. :P To begin with, they are my absolute favourite studio, my next favourite studio is probably a stratosphere distance from them. I think I gave 9s and 10s to pretty much all of their anime. Although life would have been easier if they adapted the novel page by page (to put it into perspective, reading a novel is 10 times more difficult than reading a manga of the same genre. I know just around 600-650 kanji, enough to go by a normal manga but one needs to know around 1200-1500 minimum to read an average novel). But I loved both the novel and the adaptation, probably the adaptation a bit more because the fact that Kumiko >>liked Shuuichi<< was like an open book in the novel. The >>confession<< was so much better in the novel though. It was the last thing >>Shuuichi<< could have been expecting. And it was literally the final sentence of first year story. So, any reader's time would just stop if they read that part. Don't get it wrong. Shuuichi has always been well-liked even amongst anime fans in Japan. They didn't go for witch-hunting like they westerners did and accepted him as a character that has good points and weak points. But not someone as their mortal enemy, the depth charger on their KumiRei submarine. Western fans be like: Shuuichi liking Kumiko is his fault. Kumiko dropping her egg-roll is his fault. Reina liking Taki-sensei is his fault. Reina teasing Kumiko with Shuuichi is his fault. Kumiko making up with Mamiko is his fault. Kumiko grabbing his shirt is his fault. Kumiko accepting his gift is his fault. His fault. His fault. His! HIS! FAULT! FAULT!! DIE! DIEEE!! Japanese fans be like: Wa~ He is so kawaii! He really understands Kumiko, ne? Ganbare! Shuuichi! (They even have a specialty bread named after him, duh!) |
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 Run, Kumiko! Run! It's not photoshopped btw. Screencapped from the latest PV. :) |
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Happy115678 said: Heres a personal story, having watched the series first in grade 9. As a trombone player in concert band who had a crush on the baritone(eupho) player sitting next to me. The story hits really close to home. I had never saw so much about myself and what I do in an anime. Yes, we did go through the same practise routine while preparing to go to Nationals, and when you mess up it really hurts. It even semi realistically captured the drama that I went through myself. Schoolwork interfering, parents interfering, people who choose to slack off instead of practicing. These things really do happen in a High School concert band, and the show does a really good job of portraying it. Band was just such a big part of life that your friends ultimately became mostly your band mates along with your romantic interests as well. I really do see myself in Shuuichi(I'll always be cheering for him). But what I really want out of the series is for it to continue doing what it was doing so well, that is to realistically capture the story of a high school band. And honestly did I expect to marry the girl sitting next to me? Not really. But we were certainly there before the competition to encourage each other as good friends, having spend so much time toghether practicing(The lower brass section often rehearse toghether). I admit I heavily ship Kumiko and Shuuichi and wish them a happy ending. But instead of just having Shuiichi x Kumino the end. What I really want to see are the effects of their nichijou relationship incorporated into the anime as I feel like that is something that will add another layer to the already enjoyable plot. Because I bet that if Kumiko and Shuuichi does go out second year, their relationship is bound to have both positive and negative consequences. And because Kumiko is such an interesting character, by seeing how she manages that alongside her band duties, there so many places where the plot can go. I don't really want to end this off bashing stuff but I will, I understand how cute Yuri can be, and I'll even admit, the fanservice between Reina and Kumiko were nice, it's an anime after all. But what really upsets me is the number of fans that takes this bit of fanservice and pretend as if the entire anime was based off it. They think that a serious and engaging relationship between Kumiko and Shuuichi is somehow a cuckold to the Kumiko x Reina master race... Anyways maybe this is too much to ask out of a movie but I'm allowed to have wishes. (Still waiting for English translation of the novels, or honestly a Japanese version would be fine as well. Along with the new movie...) >bit of fanservice >a serious and engaging relationship between Kumiko and Shuuichi |
ORUGAdesu said: >a serious and engaging relationship between Kumiko and Shuuichi More like a disaster to happen, lol. Although, as always, it has been toned down significantly in the anime version. Despite of everything Kumiko has shown in the TV series when it came to Shuuichi, it turned out that 'Anime Kumiko' probably fancies 'Anime Shuuichi' more than 'Novel Kumiko' fancying 'Novel Shuuichi'. The whole fortress built on the notion that "Anime is Anime and Novel is Novel" when it came to the canon relationship of the novel suddenly looks founded on sands tbh. |
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Delete_me_ said: @shanimebib, I heard that Kumiko broke up with Shuuichi in the Second Movement (her second year's novel)? Is this true or not? Also, do you think there will be movie adaptations/anime adaptations of the new novels? Does what happen in the novel really matters because I was constantly told in the past that the novel is novel and the anime is anime, lol. Won't you want to wait for the movie and find out yourself? Okay, here is your answer. Technically they did break up. But then again they did not. It's not entirely true or remarkably false either. There were so many things going on in her second year. If anything Shuuichi just took the blunt of it all. The reason I said that they did not because it was largely implied that Kumiko still wanted to be with Shuuichi and she even suggested him to choose her again if he still fancied her once they graduated. It was made very obvious that she wanted to be with him in the future herself but needed more time to give her all to music. It is also made very obvious that Reina wants Kumiko's love to bear fruit.  Movie spoiler ahead: The apparent break in their relationship made the Novel Kumiko a pretty cruel person because she was the one who confessed. The reason why the Movie Kumiko will be significantly better than the Novel Kumiko because the person who confesses in the movie is Shuuichi. If you want to know more, the Movie Kumiko does the same thing with Shuuichi but the situation is toned down significantly, giving off more of an amicable break-up where the two still fancied each other to be together after they graduated. As for the continuation, there is a big possibility. I have not seen KyoAni going so overboard for any of their other franchises in the past. The meets, the events, the interviews - all gave off the idea that they want to work on Kumiko's final year in high school. Quote me at your own risk! |
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❤❤❤秀久美❤❤❤ それでも私とつきあっていいって思うたら "If you still think you would like to go out with me..." 俺も同じこと考えてた "I also thought the same way (about you)" Couldn't have asked for more! <3 |
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 The moment of truth! ❤❤ I cannot wait to see more Kumiko reactions! |
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 No, she would hate his company, actually, or so we had always been told. And then she shows a laugh she hadn't shown anyone else before. :) ImperatorRegus said: When will the movie be avariable online? If you are referring to BD, then probably 6 months from now. So, that would be around October-November this year. |
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ImperatorRegus said: What is BD? I don't get it, sorry. I was referring to "Chikai no Finale". Where have you watched it? I didn't find any streaming site with it online, so I tought they didn't released it on the Internet yet. By the way,so BD it's another movie planned for this year's autumn? BD as in 'Blu-ray Disc' of Chikai no Finale. That's the only way you'll get something before theatre releases. The movie is coming in the US theatres soon. I think I saw the news somewhere. Alternatively, you can fly to Japan. :P There has not been any announcement of any sort. But of course, if fans wants to see >>Kumiko<< getting together with >>Shuuichi<< than all they have to do is wish for a sequel to Chikai no Finale because that is pretty much set in stone. |
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Corrected for you. Takeda has confirmed it multiple times that what Kumiko and Reina share is something more precious than any other relationship - a bond formed through fellowship, a bond that is more powerful than any romantic relationship could ever be. And it is something Shuuichi himself understands. Shuuichi understands Kumiko more than anyone else. Much more than her own sister - Mamiko, her precious senpai - Asuka and certainly more than her best friend - Reina. And that is something Kumiko is aware of herself as well. Kumiko and Shuuichi have a connection that is not visible to many because that is how the anime wanted to portray it. They are imperfect together but that is how most of the real relationships are. And Hibike deals with real relationships. There is a reason why Takeda confirmed the importance of Shuuichi in Kumiko's life. Shuuichi fits the entire description of a person who would support her from the shadows, accept her for who she is, and be there for her the difficult person that she is. |
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