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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Lol, Akari. I know she can be a bit sensitive and emotional, but it really showed this episode. A solid performance on stage this episode by Mai and her team. No wonder were intensely watching them. Hopefully this episode also motivates Setsu and his club members. |
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| Shuri's such a cutie, and Yui's on the verge of her last competition. Hope she can stay around more in the club. The popular guy Ushio Arakawa not just makes a showing of his popularity, but through his repertoire skill of the Shamisen. The "Arakawa Twang", yep, what a performance, if you can call it that. And yes, what Setsu mentioned is right: Ushio's the lead player, and all the background players merely provided BGM sound for the main SFX. You could tell where the focus went to, musician or not. I'll admit that the dialogue has gotten a whole lot cheezier than Kono Oto Tomare, but in its own right, this show's cast (at least for the Tsugaru Shamisen Appreciation Club) isn't bad either with its own mix of drama filled with tangible feelings and emotions. In this case, Yui having to put her life on the line for everyone, private or public, her wrangling emotions got the better of her, and Shuri's such a great supporting character. Everyone else also has their share of problems, but this show does not make it seem like one-off issues to tackle, which makes it great. Souichi's perception of the performances is so funny lols, characterizing by food, he's such a useless guide. His sister Mai is so flabbergasted, seeing the club act like Super Saiyan with the poses, and her battle signal against Setsu starts with the engrossing burst of sound, traditional-made-modern, all-out performance. A risky move, but it paid off handsomely. Time for Setsu and the others to showcase their performance piece, and it's time to go and show the audience what they're made of. Anticipating great things for the next episode. |
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| This episode started with a bit of emotion from Yui's side. Everyone's nervous about the upcoming performance and they're doing their best to calm themselves down. We got to see how Shuri's nature was back in the days and how Yui helped her regain confidence and how they became friends. There's a lot of competition here. Everyone's going a great job with their performances. Mai, Setsu's self-acclaimed rival was amazing as well. But, she was trying so hard that she didn't think of her teammates at all and kept doing what she liked which made her performance a bit more dull by the end. Whereas, Setsu is going for the team's first strategy. He's going to keep up with his teammates rather than the other way around which is pretty mature of him as a professional. It'll be great to see their performance in the next episode. Can't wait for them to blow everyone's minds. |
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| Ushio's performance was pretty impressive. Shuri's anger at Yui's stoic nature was pretty funny. Still it did serve as a good jump off point for the showcase of Yui and Shuri's strong bond. Mai's team sure had quite the unique name as was their performance and motivation. All of which served to make their performance that much more impressive. Can't wait to see Setsu and teams performance next week. Overall a slow paced ep but one that did well to expand greatly upon the bond that Yui shares with Shuri as well as Mai's genuine skill with the Shamisen. Its always nice to see Setsu's mother experience complications in her schemes. |
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| Seems like we have to wait till next friday to hear their performance, pretty good ep. |
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| Good episode an all but man I want the performance already. |
| inb4 they drag it on for even longer and not show their performance until the last episode. Seriously, this is getting boring. Shuri was cute though. |
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| Yui showing why once again she is best girl. but now that all the backstories (except maybe blue boy) and therefore all teh character development is out of the way hopefully now it'll be the actual performance z00nex said: inb4 they drag it on for even longer and not show their performance until the last episode. Seriously, this is getting boring. Shuri was cute though. inb4 they do an Ahiru no Sora and drag the performance itself for 4 eps |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
| i like the show its great, but the last two episodes been half soup boiling on the bone dragging things out even more, since they know we want to hear them perform. The show is already slightly dragging things out, with the pacing of the story in general, and now they ad extra soup boiling And i find that ruins the show a little, that they go the modern tv serie way of dragging things out boiling soup of the bones now they hocked people to the show. If they keep doing that a great show going to end up mediocer, so lets hope this the last soup boiling we see in this show. |
| Another build up episode to the performance :v At least it seems that the time will come next episode ^^ |
Oh man. What was with that O-face?? |
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| I’ve come to the conclusion that this anime is being carried by its musical performances. I always knew they were the highlight, but this episode really brought to light how I never really cared about the characters or their drama at all. Their developments only look good on paper, not in execution. But hey, we got a couple good performances this episode and Sawamura’s team is finally performing next episode. |
| the final build up for their performance. since next ep is gonna be the teams performance im guessing episode 10 will be sawamura's solo? ep 11 will be announcements and stuff and they'll wrap things up with episode 12 |
| jeez the pace was off the place. events kept jumping back and forth. |
| Another build-up episode before entering Setsu's group play with his friends. Two major side chars group filled the duration with an outstanding performance. Arakawa twangs, and his stood out play, attracted the first attention. Maimai, and her fantastic friends finished the second wave of audience attention with her steady modern interpretations play. They stood more than Arakwa. Umeko even said a compliment, but still dislike her. Rip to Maimai, even can't see Setsu reaction for her last time. The time has come, even they already done the sentai pose. Yui also got a little flashback to conclude her characterization. You can be nervous of all you want, girls. Don't act too tough and keep focusing. The last Kai compliment to her also a nice little touch before entering the real deal. Lets see what Setsu's planning for their group play, really can't wait for the next week.... |
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| Goddamn cliffhangers, I really thought we were gonna get Sawamura team's performance this episode lmao. That was a really great episode though, we pretty much got the character development of everyone in the team, except maybe Rai since I don't think he has any deep rooted problems or something. Setsu was really awesome this episode though especially when he encouraged the team at the end there, "You've got ball, haven't you?" lmao. Ushio's performance was great but I agree with Setsu that his team was pretty much just a supporting cast in his performance, figuratively and literally. Maimai and her fantastic friends (lol) performance though was pretty good, also really like Maimai herself. Even Umeko thinks she was good, though begrudgingly lmao. I really hope we get a season 2, 1 season is not nearly enough for this, I'd read the manga but, I only find like the first chapter out there. Really looking forward to the next episode and their performance, fucking finally. |
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| A real shame, but these last two episodes have made me want to stop watching with all the Melodrama. It just feels poorly done and entirely unnecessary, a real shame because as a music anime it was good, but the drama it is so off putting to me, so I stopped watching halfway through this episode. It is hurting the characters as well for me, as now I can only see each character as a tool to create drama. |
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| I thought their performance would be in this ep. Hah well waiting for the next episode |
and according to the competitive genre the ep ends with the words "and winner is ..." hahah |
| i thought this episode we would get to see sawamura and his friends play but it was still just building up to it but it was still a good episode, it made me feel bad for yui even though im not a fan of her but i empathised with her a lot this episode |
| Ugh, drama... Less drama, more music, please. And hopefully we'll be done with the highschool contest thing, it's the most uninteresting way to treat the theme of music in anime. We already had Kono oto tomare for that not too long ago, once is enough. |
| Aomori's performance was amazing, totally unlike anything we've heard so far. As the characters said, their sound was very modern, and to be honest, it's adapting the music like that that'll keep the shamisen relevant and entertaining to younger listeners. I loved the way Setsu tried to hype everyone up just before they went on stage. He's still so awkward when it comes to interacting with others and expressing himself but his heart is in the right place and he's changing so much for his friends who are starting to understand him - wholesome af I have to admit though, this episode really wasn't up to the same standard as the other episodes. A lot of the content felt unnecessary, like it was just a way to fill the time before Setsu & the club's performance and the drama felt very forced. |
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| friggin' cliffhanger! i wanna see Setsu's performance and his group! damn! i feel sorry for Tanuma Mai, even in her greatest form, she's nothing against the current level of Setsu... 5/5. |
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| Well they are really keeping us waiting, huh. Let's hope there is some good payoff. |
| still missing the orig op. how many episodes is the competition? I was thinking we'd be at the individuals by now. I really want to hear Mai Mai's brother play. Can someone tell me wth a crank is? |
| Meh, this show continues to be my biggest disappointment of the season. No, it's not the worst show at all, just does not ever live up to the expectations created by the first and second episodes. The goofy humor is distracting and I really don't see how anyone can care very much about the other characters, whose names I couldn't even remember until last week (I still don't remember all of them but until last week the only member of the shamisen club I could remember was Kaito). I wanted to punch the teacher in the face; I am so tired of looking at her and everything she says and does is irritating. That pose thing that Mai walked in on was just cringeworthy; I had to look away from the screen and I don't blame Mai for bolting. I would have left and tried to pretend I hadn't seen it. Maybe Mail can; I'm not sure I will be so lucky. But hey, we got a decent amount of shamisen this episode because isn't that why we are all still watching? |
dragynfaerie said: still missing the orig op. how many episodes is the competition? I was thinking we'd be at the individuals by now. I really want to hear Mai Mai's brother play. Can someone tell me wth a crank is? Same, the competition is going slow enough that the season will probably end with it, I assume. I also wanna know what a crank is. Urban dictionary says it can be a crazy, eccentric or annoying person, but I'm not sure which it is. Also meth addict, but I don't think that's what they meant. lol |
| Sawamura just slapped Yui's ass like it was normal lol. Oh man I am Hyped for the next one! |
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Oho, Sawamura has a trick up his sleeve. No better man than Nagamori to have his back. Yamazato managed to get some load off her shoulders. Good for her. |
| Forced drama and too little music. |
Sheklon said: dragynfaerie said: still missing the orig op. how many episodes is the competition? I was thinking we'd be at the individuals by now. I really want to hear Mai Mai's brother play. Can someone tell me wth a crank is? Same, the competition is going slow enough that the season will probably end with it, I assume. I also wanna know what a crank is. Urban dictionary says it can be a crazy, eccentric or annoying person, but I'm not sure which it is. Also meth addict, but I don't think that's what they meant. lol All I knew was the meth addict definition. I wasn't sure which definition from UD to use either. |
| Yui kinda has a social anxiety, the nervousness caused by social anxiety can be difficult to deal with, so it's understandable. Souichi reminds me of Inumaki XD  This guy looks like that one Titan XD  This expression reminded me of Giacometti Christophe from Yuri on Ice XD |
| That was some good character development, now they'll finally do their representation next episode!! |
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| I love this episode! The pacing flows really well! I like how they cope up with their inner struggles in this ep and the shamisen performances are all spectacular I wonder how they will able to beat that or at least reach the same level of those. Finally the anime gave more backtories around other members. This probably the best ep so far Yui : I'm very ugly Me be like: uhmmm i dont think so I'm surprised from all the members Yui the one who breakout first because of the pressure at least it got resolve immediatetly . |
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| Bit of a buildup episode before Setsu's team performance. Still nice to see Yui and Shuri's past. |
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