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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ----------------------------------------  Hazuki is such a sweet girl. Reminded me why I liked the TV series. I cannot wait for Season 2. :) |
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| Hazuki is such a good girl i feel sad for her :( dat natsuki x hazuki hug tho |
| Hazuki x Suichi |
| That stare of Reina for Tuxedo man.... Shuichi x Kumiko moment.... that sour face. heheheh got me diabetes.... |
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| One of the best OVAs i have seen, hazuki <3 season 2 please! |
error5000 said: One of the best OVAs i have seen, hazuki <3 season 2 please! You say it such that there isn't any! As for the sequel, anyone who has seen this: and this: should get an idea of what to expect in S2. Hopefully I don't constantly see: "Why that character is getting so much screen-time!" or "I didn't want to see this!" or "I hate this!" or "Bring me back my ship! T_T". I hope we all enjoy the series as a whole! I am positive it won't fail to impress me at the very least! |
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| Not bad. I've missed this series. But.... not enough Sapphire!!!! MOAR SAPPHIRE!!!!!! |
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| Hazuki is such a sweetheart. And I don't use that word often (being a cold-hearted male and everything). Dat Natsuki hug made me love Natsuki even more as well. She has always been best girl. Looks like KyoAni got even more subtle AND obvious with their depiction of character interactions and emotional climates...Hazuki's tension with Suuichi wasperfectly showcased by simple stuff like quick cuts of Hazuki moving her finger away from his when they touched whilst holding the tuba case. We even got to see how Hazuki encouraged that fist bump <3  Also, twinkle twinkle little star became Hazuki's prized reminder of her love of being a bass player, that's awesome. Another great throwaway moment.  And dat call back to a tubist's lung capacity lol. Hazuki's a badass, carrying dat tuba case, which proved to be too heavy for dem male students lol Overall, a great episode that reinforced the atmosphere of Hibike!'s world and a general callback to the emotional climaxes of the series. |
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| Hazuki and Shuichi has a cute chemistry on screen, always fun to see them. She's become quite loveable indeed. Monaka fight~ Seriously, can't wait for the second season. I hope it airs in Spring again. Never underestimate Hazuki! |
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| Omg, Hazuki is cute as hell. Great special. I can't wait for second season. DesuTronic said: You think you're real cute, don't you, Mr Fansubber. It's still better much than doing localisation of jokes or whole dialogues. |
| Dub = fake crap. Always. |
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| Wow. It's really good to see how KyoAni deepened Hazuki's character in this OVA. She really is such a sweetheart and definitely one of the best genki-gal I've ever seen. Can't wait for Season 2! |
| "Whenever you fail at something, always remember that you won't fail as much as Usagi Drop did." |
| This is like a sugar cupcake in a frosting ocean, it's them ships man. Hazuki is not really much of an important character to the series but this is a cute way to seperate the love triangle once and for all unless the relentless Reina shippers still have some steam to blow after this OVA. Arigatou kyoani. You make anime great. Based on the novel titles for the show it looks like it'll focus on other members for S2 and we'll see what they would do with it, which hopefully won't be to much fluff. |
| My life is boring cause I'm boring If you're not at school what can you do, you stare at a screen of bright pixels |
| That was a nice extra episode. Lovely how they focused on Hazuki in this OVA. Just shows what a great personality she has, and that determination is something to admire too. Those eyes are still as entrancing as ever. Can't wait for S2. |
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| Such a great addition for the great work. Loved how they showed it as Hazuki's perspective. As KyoAni's fan hyped for 2nd season so much and will watch the movie-adaptation also. |
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| Aw, poor Hazuki...stay strong girl! This is so good, just like the TV series. And there is a second season!!!! The hype is real! 9/10 |
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| That was an astonishing OVA. I love Hazuki, she's awesome and sweet. She deserves a good man by her side. 8/10 |
| Man this OVA is beautiful especially it focuses on Hazuki. Go Hazuki FIGHTO. Hype for the second season. |
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| That was so damn good. Very good animation as usual. Featuring best girl was also a strong plus. Hazuki all the way. Reina and Kumiko should become the lesbian couple of the year and Hazuki should end up with Tsukamoto. AND EVERYONE WILL BE HAPPY THEN!!!!! (I'm dreaming I know ;-; ) Can't wait for season 2~ |
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| Best Christmas present. Now if only s2 had a date announced.. |
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| Well this was nicely done! |
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Cloudy said: Reina and Kumiko should become the lesbian couple of the year and Hazuki should end up with Tsukamoto. Nooo, stop this. Kumiko x Shuuichi is the best, don't they dare change this. Anyway, nice OVA, reminded me just how much I liked the series. Can't wait for season 2. |
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| One of the best special episodes, giving us new perspective on what happened before ending of season 1. Seriously other studios should learn something from this. Instead of wasting an ova over beach episode they also should flash their stories and characters. |
| A side story focusing on Katou of the B Team. Well her attitude is certainly to be commended. I can't help but feel bad for the poor girl though. I remember now, some of the bitterness this series produced. Hopefully things go better for her next season. 7/10. |
| Loved the focus on Katou. She's such a lovely character. I'm really excited and cannot wait for season 2 to start! |
| Well Katou you stole my heart. Well done special. Keep making it classy KyoAni |
| Great episode, seeing Hazuki's determination and Natsuki's guidance really sets my heart at ease. |
| Hate Keeps me warm |
| Just average but another yuri bait is a plus point. Xenocrisi said: I just leave this here what's this? showing Hazuki's skin? |
DragonNoleDec 30, 2015 1:59 AM
| I'm too weird to live but much too rare to die. |
| Lovely OVA. Season 2 can't come fast enough. Please leave your ship wars for nisekoi, hibike has so much more to offer. |
| Baby, daijobanai... |
| Nice OVA it at least gave us a little bit of screen time for some of the dozens of band members Now we wait for S2 ;-; |
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| Ah! What a beautiful youth and people in love! Episode pleasant, level of history does not add anything new, but from space to those who for reasons of script could not be shown to the limited time available, one of them is Katou, good character, I like! <3 |
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| Hazuki is a lovely girl. Not enough Asuka (almost no Asuka at all). And this was the best part of the OVA for me: |
| Forgetting sticks/mallets is always a fear of mine. I never trust non-percussionists to remember to bring them. I also couldn't help but be reminded of Yui's running scene in the last episode of K-On!'s first season during Hazuki's running scene. They both have reflective callbacks to how they started. |
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| Poor Katou She's really doing a great job :) Good to see this anime from Katou's POV This is a special Why you don't included the concert 1 more time? That was the best part!! Aww No I'm off to watch the concert again xD |
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| Looking back on it, it's like not much happened but it feels like so much happened. Hazuki looks really good with her hair down / bed head when she was looking in the mirror. |
| Are you from Japan? Cause I'm trying to get in Japanties. |
| pretty good Special ep, the ending reminds me of the last ep of K-On! 8/10 |
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| Wow, great special. It went way too fast. I really love this series. The bond this band have between them is really incredible and beautiful to watch. 5/5 from me. This ep. were really good. I really glad the focus were on Hazuki-chan and not Kumiko. And wow she has a great stamina. Even I can't run like that. xD She is really a cute girl. Poor girl, in the end she doesn't get what she want. Oh well, rejection makes you stronger. ;) And that hug she got from Natsuki were really cute.  The animation were also really beautiful as always. This studio can really make good shit. Again I were really amazed of the animation. Unlike Toei, these guys have really good animators. The OST were also great. All in all I think this special deserve 8/10. Anyways, very hyped for the 2nd season. Also curious about the recap movie. :) |
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Cloudy said: That was so damn good. Very good animation as usual. Featuring best girl was also a strong plus. Hazuki all the way. Reina and Kumiko should become the lesbian couple of the year and Hazuki should end up with Tsukamoto. AND EVERYONE WILL BE HAPPY THEN!!!!! (I'm dreaming I know ;-; ) Can't wait for season 2~ LOL, couldn't agree more. xD |
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Luxun said: Just average but another yuri bait is a plus point. Xenocrisi said: I just leave this here what's this? showing Hazuki's skin? It's beautiful animated. That I have to give them. And she is really enjoying the moment of her life (that is being in this band). xD |
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| I wasn't too crazy about Hazuki or anything in the main series but this was surprisingly a nice change of pace. Can't wait for season 2. |
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| Almost teared up a bit there. I love how endearing most the characters are, especially Natsuki, even in the first season. Natsuki has her cool and caring personality(probably my favorite of the bunch even though we barely know much of her), and though Hazuki seems airheaded at times, she's really selfless to a fault and seems headstrong I loved the running scene. Looking forward to season 2 even more |
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| Crunchyroll releasing this caught me off guard today. The lack of any recent news about it made it a wonderful surprise for me and it was fun getting back into the show before the second season airs in the fall. Coming home from work this morning I was pretty tired and this OVA was just what I needed to regain some energy. Love how all the girls actually enjoy being in concert band, When I was in Grade 10 I joined concert band because I wanted to play the trombone but my parents nudged me to play the clarinet and my god I hated playing the clarinet. I quit the very next year. |
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| In my eyes Hazuki has nothing to worry about Tsukamoto will be hers because it will be ReinaxKumiko in the end mwahahahaha |
Around and around the cycle goes. |
| Natsuki-senpai is the best. |
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| This was nice, though I wonder if I should have watched it closer to season 2 coming out.. |
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