- Hilda and Ritsu Tainaka.
- Rosa and Yui Hirasawa.
- Serena and Tsumugi Kotobuki.
- Bianca and Mio Akiyama.
- Um, purple eyes?
- If so, does that make her a Daywalker?
This theory can be traced to here and here.
- Jossed, they're TRAVEL agents.
- Or so they claim.
- I can dig it:
- Azusa, from the little I've seen of her anime version, seems a lot more subdued than her manga counterpart, who we first see gushing about the band/club.
- When they first went to get Yui her guitar, they found it much more expensive than Yui had gotten an advance for. In the anime, Ritsu mentioned haggling, and had to explain it to Tsumugi. Then they got a part-time job, and when that was done, they went back, and Tsumugi went to the clerk to "haggle". In the manga, no such explanation takes place, and there is no part-time job; Tsumugi simply goes and asks for the price to be lowered.
- The problem with this is the existence of Yui's younger sister Ui. She is one year younger than Yui so she would have been about 9 or 10 during the events of the Haruhi Suzumiya novels. Kyon never mentions her though.
- A wizard did it.
- Since Haruhi is shown to love little kids, it would have made more sense if she would have wished Ui into existence right away.
- It's obvious that Ui is actually a doppelgander of Yui from an alternate dimension (offset by one year) that Kyon had to bring along with him after screwing up horribly during one of his unwelcome adventures. Thus why they treat each other like twins. Obviously in this alternate dimension circumstances forced Yui/Ui to become far more responsible and mature- which is why she enjoys seeing her alternate self so carefree and happy go lucky.
- We already know that Kyon's sister is Mikuru, so if Yui is Li'l Sis is Mikuru, then Yui is a time traveler, which provides numerous possible explanations for Ui.
- As support for this theory, we know that Yui is a time traveller. This is mentioned in the movie when they go to England and find out about timezones.
- A wizard did it.
- Episode 13 showed a Zeppelin in the sky around the 8:25 mark, right after Yui buys a steamed meat bun. Being Genre Savvy, Haruhi knows that Zeppelins signify alternate universes. The implications are obvious, that she's made minor changes (Hah! Music pun!) in the world to make it more interesting.
- Kyon's name is now Gitah. That's why she won't play using her teeth. It'd just be WRONG.
- How?
- Don't ask. It's WMG, everything makes sense at some point. I'd say everyone in the entire world is a robot, but...
- The theory would almost seem plausible if it weren't for the fact that they sound like actual humans, while the Vocaloids have a weird Unintentional Uncanny Valley effect to their voices.
- The second season OP, "Go! Go! Maniac", is the first song that actually sounds better performed by a Vocaloid.
- Rather, they are the templates for upcoming vocaloid voicefonts.
- I don't know, the current vocaloids seem to fit just fine.
- They're Mark II Vocaloids, more capable of infiltration of rock bands for purposes of assimilating potential future rebels against the coming Moe invaders. At this point, only dogs and music critics can out them.
- The series takes place somewhere between 2006 and 2009. The headphones Mio wears in episode 5 are AKG K701s. AKG released the model in 2006. So it's very possible that it takes place before the current recession, but it certainly does not take place before the Japanese economic crash in the 90s (the cast's cell phones are more than enough proof of that). It's slightly less likely that it actually did take place in 2006 as the K701s were going for $400 US at the time. It's more likely that it happens in 2007-2008; around that time, Internet prices of the K701s were down to a much more reasonable ~$250 US.
- Yes, it would apply to the current recession obviously- a lot more would be different than just the cell phones if it were to take place in the 90's! Besides, with the prices so high, that would compel the characters to bargain all the more for their equipment!
- Well, they seem to share a love for dressing up and have that hair pin right there. Alternatively,
- It seems someone thinks Hayate is K-On-isible too◊.
- Going with the cosplay idea, Sawako would be (related to) Carim?
- They also exhibit the extreme closeness that is typical for most identical twins.
- Perhaps when she was little, Ui was very sick and missed a large part of one school year, causing her to fall back a grade. Hey, it still happens sometimes even in these days of modern medicine.
- Unfortunately, this one's Jossed. According to the DVD box set, Yui's birthday is November 27, and Ui's is February 22.
- W-w-w-wait a minute, does that mean Yui and Ui are only about 3 months apart? How is that even possible?
- Not sure how accurate they are but the K-On! Fandom wiki says Yui was born on 1991 while Ui was born on 1993.
- But it's elementary, my dear troper. You see, Ui is actually the eldest daughter, while Yui is the youngest, making Ui older than Yui by about nine months; thus, they should have been in the same class. However, because of their parents' prolonged absence, Ui was forced by her sense of responsibility to take care of her younger sister, and was held back a year in primary school as a consequence of not being able to focus on her schoolwork. Also, being young when their parents left them, they forgot who was the eldest, and they assumed Yui was the eldest because she was one year ahead of Ui in school. It makes sense. Actually, I think this is a pretty good WMG on its own, so I'm gonna go copy-paste what I've just written in a new entry.
- Perhaps they are indeed twins biologically speaking, buy Yui got born three months premature (which explains why Yui is a little bit 'special'), while Ui was brought to full term. Ui, upon learning this, then made it her life goal to serve her onee-chan to alliviate the guilt of kicking her sister out of mommy's womb.
- Although delayed interval delivery is possible, the actual likely hood of it being this is pretty slim, the longest recorded delay in history is 110 days. Most of the time the first twin dies. If this had really happened, their birth would be a big deal, and it would've been mentioned at some point. Yui is just 15 months older.
- The above explanation would certainly make a lot of sense, unless the DVD Box Set also mention the years that is. In Japan school terms (or school years) starts in April, thus if Yui and Ui are indeed only 3 months apart, they'd be in the same grade, thus it's better explained if they are 15 months apart instead.
- Explanation is simple : Japanese school year start on April 1st and end on March 31st. Anyone who have his Xth birthday during school year will only be with people who reach the same criteria. So they are 15 month apart.
- Ui and Yui are non-identical (the only difference is the breast size) twins, but Ui was in a horrible accident in middle school (her legs are actually highly developed prosthetics and since her eyes are prototypes to the ones of Inaho Kaizuka, she used them to learn how to play guitar by just watching her sister playing) and since she had to spend couple of months in rehab, she just repeated the grade.
- A guy named Akira Hashiribe had the same idea, but with a much more tragic outcome.
- W-w-w-wait a minute, does that mean Yui and Ui are only about 3 months apart? How is that even possible?
- This troper has a pikachure to back that one up.
- Win.
- "Mugi-chan, could I have some more * ahem* sugar with my tea?"
- "Just follow me to the back, and I'll hook you up."
- The first one is always free.
- "Mugi-chan, could I have some more * ahem* sugar with my tea?"
- And tea = alcohol.
- Imagine "Cake, Hugs and Rock 'n' Roll" as a marketing slogan for K-ON!.
- Hey, if you replace the word "cake" with the word "drugs" in that, it kinda rhymes!
So if they remove the skirt altogether...
- Second from right even has Mugi's FACE.
- Is this a confirmation of Mugi's Finnish roots? Note that Finns and Estonians are related ethnic-groups.
- ...they all have the kind of faces I'd picture the girls to have IRL: L-R is like: Ritsu, Mio, Mugi and Yui.
- Can they be the IRL!K-On versions of Apocalyptica?
- I think I can live with that.
- But Ritsu plays the drums! ...I suppose little details like that don't matter. Yep, it's like the points from Whose Line Is It Anyway?.
- In this case, it's the personalities that match up rather than the instruments. If God really is Haruhi, she might think it fun to mess with our minds and switch the instruments as well as the genders.
- So if Ritsu suddenly gets a boyfriend, then it'll be the end of the band?
- Yep. Especially if Mio has a thing for Ritsu. Ritsu should also beware of disturbed fans who also like The Catcher in the Rye...
- Probably Mio will finally realize her song lyrics are awkward, so she'll hire a lyricist who ends up as Ritsu's boyfriend and brings up the end of the band.
- I'll have a different take on this. Agree with who Mugi, Azusa and Sawako are supposed to be. But, Ritsu is Ringo, Mio is John and Yui is Paul. Granted, Yui hasn't written any really good songs (yet). But, still...
- Bonus points for Mio being a left-handed bassist.
- For all we know, the K-On cast are the Identical Grandson descendants of the Sound of the Sky girls.
- Which would kinda explain how the animation style and the characters' designs are virtually alike.
- Um, wouldn't it be the other way around with the Sound of the Sky girls being descendants of the K-On! cast?
- Yui had a dream about her ancestors or descendants taking part in the war in season 1 episode 3.
- That is, if a boy/girl doesn't come between them first.
- Does this mean the entire show is really a Flashback?
- Sure, why not? We're seeing fond memories of their early career, before Mugi was shot by a broke dope fiend.
- Does this mean the entire show is really a Flashback?
- Mio seems a lot more confident in the ending (although since it's a music video and not a live performance, they would be able to cut out parts where she seems nervous) than in the show itself, and they all appear slightly older (as in a few years, not decades or anything).
- Where did the idea for this one come from?
- They both went on trips to Kyoto as a class, in a universe very similar to each other, in a shows that aired two or three years apart.
- Woah.
- This troper thought he's the only who one noticed the resemblance...
- I mean just look at the AMV when the Persona 4 girls replace the band for the ending song.
- Having a "Villa" or summer cottage in the countryside is really common in Finland, so that aspect also fits culturally.
- This actually kind of makes sense, but we need moar Epileptic Trees.
- Okay, how 'bout this... She speaks not only fluent English, but also Finnish, and some Swedish (Finland was once ruled by Sweden, and Swedish is still spoken in parts of the country).
- It's more than that, Finnish people that speak Swedish as their mother tongue form a distinct ethnic minority that is genetically closer to Swedes than Finns. That is to say blonde hair is more common among Fennoswedes, which mugi has. Fennoswedes (from the south of Finland) are also commonly stereotyped as being incredibly rich, pompous and out of touch, which fits moderately well with Mugi.
- Okay, how 'bout this... She speaks not only fluent English, but also Finnish, and some Swedish (Finland was once ruled by Sweden, and Swedish is still spoken in parts of the country).
- But can Mugi be both a Hafu and a natural blonde? I was under the impression that blondeness wasn't dominant, and any Japanese-European pairings would yield black-haired kids.
- Phenotype Stereotype. By the laws of anime, even partial Japanese heritage will result in blondeness if a parent is white. Even if not all white people are blondes in the real world or in the show. It's only averted with realistic representations, such as Death Note, etc.
- Definitely more believable than the theory that Miyuki is a hafu.
- Also, Sawako's mom bears a striking resemblance to Yui Hirasawa. Perhaps this is in the future, when Yui gets married and she names her daughter "Sawako" after her favorite teacher.
According to the DVD box set, Yui's birthday is November 27, and Ui's is February 22. This would make Yui three months older than Ui, which is clearly impossible. Therefore...
Ui is actually the eldest daughter, while Yui is the youngest, making Ui older than Yui by about nine months; thus, they should have been in the same class. However, because of their parents' prolonged absence, Ui was forced by her sense of responsibility to take care of her younger sister, and was held back a year in primary school as a consequence of not being able to focus on her schoolwork. Also, being young when their parents left them, they forgot who was the eldest, and they assumed Yui was the eldest because she was one year ahead of Ui in school.
It makes sense, especially if you consider the two girls' behavior: Ui is almost the stereotypical older sister, taking care of her younger sister, while Yui is the younger sister lazing under her older sister's care.
- Why not just say that Yui is 15 months older than Ui?
- Because if she was she would be two years ahead of Ui in school, but she's just one year ahead.
- Don't know how the Japanese school system works, but if Ui was still born in the year after Yui, wouldn't she still only be one school year behind, even if there's an age difference of more than 12 months? There's a 19-month age difference between two of my cousins, but the younger was only one school year behind the elder.
- This depends on exactly how the Japanese school system works. For example, in Italy, everyone born from January 1 to December 31 of "year 1" is lumped together in a class, while those born from January 1 to December 31 of "year 2" have to wait for the next school year to enroll, even if they are, in a worst-case scenario, only a couple of minutes younger than the students who started school a year before them. Assuming the system is alike, it's possible that a different "cut-off date" was chosen: if Yui is 15 months older than Ui, the situation would be as it is in the anime (Ui one year behind Yui) if the cutoff date is anywhere between February 23 (one day after Ui's birthday) and November 26 (one day before Yui's birthday).
- It is probably more likely that Yui is the one who got held back a year, making her one year ahead of Ui instead of two.
- The drawback to this is the question of when Yui was held back a year, because the flashbacks show that Yui and Nodoka have been in the same classes together since kindergarten.
- Yui could have entered kindergarten a year late. One possible reason could be that she came down with some dangerous illness or injury in the year when she was supposed to enter, and thus had to spend several months in a hospital instead. Another could be that her local public kindergarten had a ridiculously long waiting list while her parents could not afford to send her to a private one (this is a very widespread problem in my country, but I have no idea how it is in Japan).
- IIRC, anyone born before the start of the new school year in Japan goes to school with those born in the year before them, so in other words, people born from April 1 to March 31 are all in the same school year. This makes Yui and Ui being 15 months apart in age and one year apart in school understandable.
- The above makes the most sense, as This Troper was born in September and is one of the oldest students in his class. Yui was probably not "Held back" in any part of school, she would have simply started school later then usual. Ui being the oldest would make even less sense, since Yui is a grade ahead, which would've required Ui to skip 2 years. Plus, it's entirely unlikely that their Mother would have given birth 9 months after her first pregnancy, there's a lot of health complications related to back to back pregnancy like that, especially the conception part. Yui is older by 15 months.
- with her parents being trabel agents, she being the first born and the fact that the most parents cant let alone their first kids due the frigth and lack of experience. what if Yui parents just made Yui loss a school year by taking her to travel with them?
- Even if the parents could have forgotten who was the eldest, Ui definitely could not, and yet she always refers to Yui as "Onee-chan". Sure, Ui could have agreed to play along and pretend to be the younger sister for the rest of her life, except in the Christmas flashback (season 1, episode 7) it is shown that she called Yui "Onee-chan" even when they were both pre-schoolers.
- All that proves is that Ui's viewpoint isn't objective.
The Ozzy Osbourne music book, her Flying V guitar and metal style...it all adds up!
- In season 2 episode 10, when Sawako's bandmate Norimi recruits Yui to substitute for Sawako in a Death Devil performance, Norimi modifies Giita to look like a Zakk Wylde custom Les Paul, complete with the bullseye decals on the body. Sawako ends up playing this guitar herself. This also relates to the next WMG...
All the members of Death Devil and HTT planned in advance to have Yui deliberately play the song badly in order to force Sawako to take the stage, which was what Norimi originally wanted.
- It's a sad thing that this had to be put in WMG instead being automatically Canon.
- I thought that was what was really going on...
They'd have to be separated in age by ten years, though. See here.
The B-side of Death Devil's "Love" single is called "GENOM". This is likely to be a Shout-Out to the fact that Yuu Asakawa, who plays Norimi and sings backing vocals on this album, previously played Priss in Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 but didn't do her own singing. Death Devil is a way cooler band than Sekiria, anyway.
We already know that Yui's got natural talent for learning, so it's not impossible that she's just all-around brilliant. She's got the motive, too- Ui does all her work, feeds her, and lets her do whatever she wants, she can practically get away with murder at school, the other club members will do lots of things for her (such as Azusa tuning her guitar), and when she DOES manage to do something, everyone is more impressed than they would be if she showed her brilliance all the time. It's not unheard of in real life for a smart kid to feign idiocy to such ends.
- Brilliant, but Lazy, in other words?
- Sounds more like Ditzy Genius to this troper.
- More like Brilliant, but Lazy combined with Obfuscating Stupidity to me. Brilliantly Lazy?
- She probably just has a mild form of ADHD. It's also heavily implied that she suffers from a personality disorder of hyperfocusing. Where one completely dedicates themselves to a particular task and totally fall apart in other areas.
- Sounds more like Ditzy Genius to this troper.
"In fulfillment of the awesomeness!"
Think about it: She has freakish super strength, fascinated by the ordinary and mundane things and life, anyone in the Kotobuki Consortium knows about her, and never gets sick. She was probably commisioned to be built by the President out of grief after his real daughter died in childhood. The Company probably anticipated her completion when the real Tsumugi would have entered High School (and thus built her body as a High School girl), but programmed her as if she were still a 10 year old. She also needs annual maintenance in Finland.
- She also has extreme concentrating skills, as seen during the car-counting.
- Well, except that she mistakenly pressed the button in response to Yui asking her something.
- She is a Coordinator.
Think about it: The characters main characters look very similar to each other, and the differences can be ascribed to the fact that they were free in one 'verse and forced to fight for their lives in another. Mio is most obvious, as she had to get tough◊ instead of adorable◊. The fact that they still share a name helps. Oh, and she gets a Geass, fulfilling the "otherworldliness". Yui◊ is, of course, Yoshika◊. She stays the (relative) main character. Erica and Ursula Hartmann are the alternate-universe twins for the Strike Witches 'verse, replacing Yui and Ui. Mugi◊ is, over course, Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen◊. They are both connected to Finland Suomos, with Mugi's family owning a home there. In another world, they could have lived there permanently (or maybe Mugi's blondeness is due to her being But Not Too Foreign?). I can't be sure about Ritsu◊... maybe Charlotte E. Yeager◊? They have similar hair tone, and then there's the more confident and loud attitude... As for the lack of pants in Strike Witches... well, I can't be th only one who figures that it would be right up their alley for these girls...
- Semi-supported due to one line in the opening theme: "If we could shorten our skirts a few inches, we could fly". Taken to its logical extreme (remove the skirts entirely), you get the characters from Strike Witches' main complaint: "They're NOT panties!"
Oh, Crap!, Gendo's wife and the lead guitarist from K-On! ARE THE SAME PERSON! No, this doesn't make any sense. At all. But it is hilarious to see what would happen if you mixed a saccharine Slice of Life anime from KyoAni with a deeply disturbing, super-Mind Screw anime from Gainax.
And yet...it makes sense, in its own twisted way. Yui Ikari, from what little we know of her, is/was kind and caring, most likely the kind of person Yui Hirasawa would be when she grows up, if her SickeninglySweetheart parents are any indication. Plus, as it says on the character sheet for NGE, one of the Evangelion games states that Yui Ikari was the daughter of a SEELE member, but the canonicity of the game is debated. If it were true, though, this could possibly explain where Yui's parents are going for all their "vacations". Or not.
Please don't flame me.
- Don't worry man, it actually can make sense, if Yui Ikari's parents information is put into canon then when she grew up and begin to work in Gehirn maybe, under SEELE's orders, Yui had to change her family name to Ikari instead of Hirasawa for the safety of Project E, and everyone knows that in EVA's universe the technology is more advanced then this universe, so K-On! can take at least around 1990's or earlier in EVA's universe.
- Hey, Ikari is Gendo's family name. Yui Ikari's maiden name could've been Hirasawa. Whoa... Did Yui Ikari ever show any musical ability?
- Wrong. Ikari is Yui's family name. Gendo's is Rokubungi. Gendo took Yui's name because it was more prestigious, Fuyutsuki even notes the oddness of him doing it. There really isn't enough evidence to come to this conclusion. Plus...Yui H. doesn't really seem dedicated enough to be a student majoring in genetic engineering at Kyoto U.
- Maybe she could have matured when she entered the university
- Or she followed Nodoka-chan to Kyoto University once she graduated. After that, Nodoka introduced Yui to her cousin, Rokubungi Gendo.
- I also think that there is conspiracy between KyoAni and Kakifly with Hideaki Anno and Gainax. I don't think that the reason that both have used covers of Tsubasa wo Kudasai and the difference between the premiere of Evangelion 2.0 and the airing of K-On! were just 2 months were just concidences, in fact I think that's part of the conspiracy. When Tsubasa wo Kudasai starts be played in the background in 2.0, I think that was lampshading of Yui's past, because Tsubasa wo Kudasai was the same song that was both the first song that Yui listen from Ritsu, Mio and Tsumugi and the song made her decide to stay in the light music club thing that helped her to mature, and as I said above, she fully matured in the university and when she graduated she started to working in Gehirn and you know the rest.
- Hey, Ikari is Gendo's family name. Yui Ikari's maiden name could've been Hirasawa. Whoa... Did Yui Ikari ever show any musical ability?
- This is of course jossed regardless of the silliness, as recent chapters (and in the past week as of this entree, the anime) show that all four girls were accepted into the same college.
- Perhaps Yui's daughter inherits the "smart genes" carried by Ui in this generation. She then carries them on to her daughter...and so it begins. So Shinji is Yui Hirasawa's great-grandson.
- I like this much better and now it makes a little more sense, but, this also means that K-On! takes place before World War II and let the possibility that Ritsuko could be the granddaughter of Ritsu.
- I wonder if the teacher Kimura-sensei talked with was from Sakuragaoka...
- I suppose Sawako Yamanaka is similar to Yukari Tanizaki.
- Apparently, it got better in their Senior year.
- Based on the episodes we saw in the first season, their first two years were depressing and traumatic... for Mio.
- Being a well established Mormon, Kyon is married to the other Bridget members and fathered the light music club's original members. Being that polygamy is one of the few socially unacceptable types of relationships in Japan, Kyon and the Bridget kept it quiet.
- Kyon and Mikuru had Yui, Kyon and Yuki had Mio, Kyon and Haruhi had Ritsu, and Kyon and Koizumi had Tsumugi.
- I almost lolwut'd on the last one, then I remembered that it is Haruhi we're dealing with... which raises the question: was it Mpreg, or did Haruhi turn Koizumi into his gender-flipped counterpart?
- This is absurd, Mormons are against homosexuality, since Kyon had Koizumi had a child together Kyon cannot by Mormon.
- Made even more absurd by the fact that the Mormons don't practice polygamy anymore.
- Mugi could be Kyon and Asakura's child, which would explain the eyebrows.
- Kyon and Mikuru had Yui, Kyon and Yuki had Mio, Kyon and Haruhi had Ritsu, and Kyon and Koizumi had Tsumugi.
- At least somewhat confirmed - the concert for the students in the classroom takes place at the end of the movie. I do not remember if Utauyo Miracle was played, however.
- Somebody PLEASE write a doujin about this IMMEDIATELY!!
- OP here: after having learned Japanese a little more I see that my kanji interpretations were a little off - 唯 means "only" not as in "the only one", but as in "simply", "merely", or "just", and it also has another meaning of "ordinary" or "usual"; 憂 can also mean something like "considerate" or "sympathetic". However, at least one work, the Takotsuboya K-ON Trilogy, does explore the idea of Ui being The Un Favourite...
Goei has, at last, found a new husband, and has decided to travel with him. So, she left her daughter Hakufu under the care of her Yamato Nadeshiko younger sister Chuubou, with an ultimatum: don't rip your clothes, don't damage the house, or you'll see hell when I come back!
So, Hakufu gives up on fighting, and takes up guitar instead. Just like she managed to copy martial arts without knowing their names or the theory, she learns guitar without a clue about musical notation. And she tunes her guitar by ear, just because she didn't know about tuners. Perfect Genius Ditz as always!
Overall, she hasn't changed much: she's still a Nice Girl, always cheerful and friendly to everyone. She has a one-track mind; her motto is "Don't think too much, just be yourself and have fun". She's still a Big Eater; and she doesn't mind wearing cosplay outfits◊.
Since she's extremely Book Dumb, you might wonder how she got (and stayed) into a good school like that. Quite simple: her smart dragon wakes up from time to time, and answers the tests in her stead. Hence her surprise when she sees the resulting near-perfect grades!
She couldn't forget about Ton-chan◊ though, so she named the tortoise likehim.
- Nope. It turns out to be the real last episode of the show, instead of an extra one.
- It's not really the last episode, anyway, since a movie is on the works.
- It's the last bit of K-On made for television, so yes, it is the last episode. Still nothing is known about the movie anyway—it could be a simple rehash of the TV series, as far as we know. Since pretty much all of the manga has been used for TV, it's either that or something completely new.
- It's not really the last episode, anyway, since a movie is on the works.
Plus, compare the first few seconds of "Breve História" to the first few seconds of "Fuwa Fuwa Time".
- This theory is strengthened by the fact that Sumire, the new drummer, is blonde, thus making her the "Thomas" the band was lacking.
- So...is the Crapsack World that Earth becomes in WALL•E actually Earth after the Third Impact?
- Yes. Every wondered why WALL•E, M-O, Auto and EVE looked so cute? Bingo.
Evidence to support this include Yui's love of food (and craving a Marinara Pasta during the Summer Music Festival), and Ui's Character Image song 'Oui! Ai Kotoba'. It's just too bad most Japanese schools prefer to teach English as the requisite foreign language instead of French.
- Isn't that a foregone conclusion?
- Which? Nodoka aims to go to K University, Tsumugi's decided on N Women's College, Mio's going for recommendations, and Ritsu's undecided. (Which wasn't okay, but we still don't know as of the end of volume 3.) If they drift out of the focus of the series (or it ends before it would have a chance to follow them anywhere), then it won't really matter that much that they're separate. Hey, even the primary main girls of Lucky Star have mostly gone to different schools, and that series hasn't ended. So I'd consider it merely possible.
- Ritsu, Mio and Yui all decided to go to the collage Mugi decided to go to and all four of them made it in. Azusa is probably going to go there as well but the manga ended without showing what collage Azusa goes to. Ui will probably also go there to be near Yui and Jun will probably go to avoid feeling left out.
- Which? Nodoka aims to go to K University, Tsumugi's decided on N Women's College, Mio's going for recommendations, and Ritsu's undecided. (Which wasn't okay, but we still don't know as of the end of volume 3.) If they drift out of the focus of the series (or it ends before it would have a chance to follow them anywhere), then it won't really matter that much that they're separate. Hey, even the primary main girls of Lucky Star have mostly gone to different schools, and that series hasn't ended. So I'd consider it merely possible.
- Sumire is the daughter of Mugi's butler. The butler's name was established to be Saitou earlier in the manga.
- Mugi is pulling a Batman Gambit to get Sumire to join the Light Music Club. She probably ordered Sumire to bring back the tea set in the hopes that Azusa, Ui and Jun would meet her and recruit her into their band.
- Semi-confirmed in Chapter 62. Mugi left her tea-set intentionally so Sumire would visit the Light Music Club, and make friends there. Joining the club was an added bonus.
- Sumire is Mugi's half-sister. We know Mugi inherited her eyebrows from her father, so did she get her blonde hair from her mother, who is believed to be Finnish? And Sumire looks very much like Mugi except for the eyebrows. The problem with this theory is, if the lady of the house had an affair with the butler, how could the butler not have gotten fired over it?
- Perhaps, Mugi's parents have an open relationship.
- Mugi is her (non-related?) Cool Big Sis.
- Confirmed in chapter 62. Although the Saitou family has traditionally served the Kotobuki family, Sumire treated Mugi as her big sister, until her family's role was revealed once she hit twelve. Although Sumire refers to Mugi as 'ojou-sama' at school, she still apparently calls her 'onee-chan' at home.
- Confirmed; the first few preview images show them in London.
It's been shown that Mugi wants two things: to get hit, though it was played as her wanting the skinship she damn well deserves and that she doesn't like when people fight, so she offers them her magical tea and cake. And this all started in her childhood...
- When Mugi was a child, her parents fought a lot. Sometimes the arguments would be so heated that her parents would hit each other. Mugi, being as kind as she is, would sometimes take the hits for either of her parents. Sometimes during the hits, she'd be scolded by her parents. This went on from the time she was 3 until about 13. Somewhere within this time, most likely when she became aware of her own sexuality, the physical blows went from "painful" to "this is my fetish". Unfortunately (for her), her parents went to family counseling and their relationship was fixed. No more hitting. She craves scolding, hugs, and slaps for her sexual pleasure.
- As for her tea, this also stemmed from when her parents fought. To get them to stop fighting, she developed a special tea that could calm even the most savage of people with one sip. The main ingredient was alcoholic in nature, though it was mixed with things like lavender and chamomile. Haven't you noticed that, even in the show, Mugi offers her tea whenever anyone is distressed, sad, angry, or arguing? And when they take it, that stuff usually stops? Exactly. She usually offers cake with her tea because it sweetens the deal.
- And there was also that episode in season 2 when Sawako wanted tea and sweets but they couldn't use the music room during Finals. It's not that Sawako wanted sweets, she was addicted to the alcohol in the tea! It'd explain why she was basically having tea withdrawals.
Same uniform design. Of course, Inuyasha came out over a decade before K-On, so they couldn't possibly have been classmates with Kagome... (or did they?)
...She heard the story of The Ugly Barnacle and was scarred for life.
- This had to be done sooner or later.
The Namayake girl standing next to Fumie◊ in this picture◊ resembles her quite a bit. Another background girl, shown in this picture◊ looks like she could be related to both girls as well. Perhaps one of them is Fumie's twin sister or both of them are her sisters. Or KyoAni felt like being lazy with character designs when producing the episode. Since we don't know much about Fumie.... it could be true
They do look alike.- They even have the same dub VA. Hmmmmmmmm...
- Hitomi Shizuki (aka "Green Mugi") is another cousin of Mugi's, on her (Mugi's) father's side. Yes, all three girls have met at family gatherings, but they obviously haven't seen as much of Mami lately...
- Yes i would. she seems to be a competent teacher, she acts like a teacher should most of the time (the series focuses more on Sawako acting like herself but shows enough of her acting professionally to establish that she is good at it and that it is her normal behavior) and all of her students love her.
- Wealth.