TVTropes Now available in the app store!
Open

Follow TV Tropes

Following

Hibike! Euphonium

Go To

Renewal PKMN Trainer Since: Apr, 2012 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
PKMN Trainer
#201: Jun 17th 2015 at 12:23:56 AM

Yeah, it was Yuko and Haruka for Kaori. Kumiko alone clapped for Reina, with Hazuki tentatively joining in shortly after.

Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
Pronounced YAK-you-luss
#202: Jun 17th 2015 at 2:17:53 AM

The big problem was that Taki didn't make the audition blind (having the trumpeters play in the next room or behind a curtain). That meant that the whole thing turned into a popularity contest - Reina was blatantly better, but anyone who voted for her felt like they were painting targets on their backs.

What's precedent ever done for us?
kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#203: Jun 17th 2015 at 5:24:24 AM

But he still judged completely fairly regardless.

MyssaRei Since: Feb, 2010
#204: Jun 17th 2015 at 5:48:58 AM

[up]

I don't think so — it seems that Taki-sensei is playing the Hobson's Choice card full-tilt. The situation seems to be specifically set up to be: his choice, or no choice at all. And when it finally dawned on the band what their situation really was (vis sa vis tradition vs. raw talent), they chickened out.

edited 17th Jun '15 5:49:52 AM by MyssaRei

ShinyTsukkomi ( ! ) (Life not ruined yet)
( ! )
#205: Jun 17th 2015 at 4:47:50 PM

Props to Kaori for being honest and letting Reina handle the solo.

It would've been really interesting to see how the audience reacted to a blind audition, since the lack of audience participation in this episode was quite disappointing.

This signature used to support spoiler tags.
MyssaRei Since: Feb, 2010
#206: Jun 18th 2015 at 5:44:12 AM

By the way, the first set of Euphonium shorts is now out. Hazuki wonders about what would happen if you take your instrument in the bath with you. Then wonders if everyone else would actually do so.

Also, Kumiko takes a bath without steam censoring! Of course, she's heating her euphonium in reality, you pervs. :P

edited 18th Jun '15 5:45:24 AM by MyssaRei

HanabiraKage (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#207: Jun 18th 2015 at 6:10:03 AM

[up] Where do we watch those shorts?

HeavyDDR Who's Vergo-san. from Central Texas Since: Jul, 2009
Who's Vergo-san.
#208: Jun 18th 2015 at 6:47:50 AM

But where does Chieri fit in all this? She took a neutral stance, but what does she really think? She needs some more screentime, get fleshed out.

I'm pretty sure the concept of Law having limits was a translation error. -Wanderlustwarrior
kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#209: Jun 18th 2015 at 8:10:25 AM

First, before any of that.... I need to get used to the idea that there are Hibike Euphonium shorts....

FlowingCotton Just flowing with it. from GMT Plus 07:00 Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Just flowing with it.
#211: Jun 23rd 2015 at 1:02:02 PM

By this point, I can reliably notice episodes directed by Kigami. They all have that sort-of-darkish shading on character art. And intense depth-of-field effects everywhere.

Anyway, to the content of the episode itself. Kumiko taking her practice so far into overdrive she bled over it (The heat does make nosebleeds rather common), her not even noticing it is pretty hardcore, though.

That's a lot of notes. Nothing much for based Asuka, though.

Someone (probably) has some lingering regrets, I see.

Someone's sister is bitter.

That scene where Kumiko and Shuuichi was together in the river, were they trying to play in unison or are they playing without regard to the other's rhythm? I was slightly unclear on this.

That last scene; Kumiko does it on purpose, does she?

[up]It reminded me of that minute-long running scene from The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. Probably inspired by that. Still a very fluid scene, though.

kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#212: Jun 23rd 2015 at 1:31:50 PM

[up][up]Okay I like the focus effect on her back but so far it doesn't look any difHOLY EFFIN SHIAT!!!!!

Muphrid Relativistic physicist from Constellation Bootes Since: May, 2010
Relativistic physicist
#213: Jun 23rd 2015 at 1:33:26 PM

I think Kumiko and Shuichi were playing their own, different passages that they were working on previously. It's kind of a strange, competitive vibe between them right now. That scene on the bridge where they both try to one-up each other in how hard they're working—I guess that's the point of commonality between them, right now. They're both working toward something and not there yet.

Kumiko said, "I want to get better," last episode, right? She saw Shuichi but didn't go to him, only listening as he worked on the passage that had troubled him.

Author of The Second Coming (NGE) and The Coin (Haruhi).
HanabiraKage (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#214: Jun 23rd 2015 at 6:46:55 PM

[up][up][up] No, I think it's Kumiko's habit of speaking before thinking striking again. It was pretty hilarious though, especially Reina's reaction.

majoraoftime (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#215: Jun 23rd 2015 at 7:02:41 PM

I like that Reina tried to call Kumiko six times. You think that's enough?

Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
Pronounced YAK-you-luss
#216: Jun 23rd 2015 at 7:14:51 PM

It's particularly striking after all her talk about not wanting to get involved with the second-rate - now we get to see how she really reacts when a friend screws up. She really is a mirrored Asuka.

What's precedent ever done for us?
MyssaRei Since: Feb, 2010
#217: Jun 24th 2015 at 12:55:49 AM

That tracking shot by the bridge aside, there were several scenes that were framed really well (and very beautifully) this episode. In particular, every scene where Kumiko and Shuichi are together. They're usually in the same space (the riverbank, the bridge), but are never together, and yet every time it's shown that they're moving toward the same ideal (see their shouting at each other from across the road XD). The distance is emphasized, yet at the same time (particularly in this shot) it might be that distance isn't so huge after all.

Also, that scene where it's implied that Reina dropped the bottle from shock. XD Nuance.

Speaking of the heapings of Rule of Symbolism this episode, this scene is particularly subtle. You know what those two bright stars are, besides the moon? It's Venus and Jupiter, and, this is important, they're on the same horizontal level, despite them being magnitudes of different in distance from the Earth. What's more, they're both visible to the naked eye. Let that sink in.

edited 24th Jun '15 1:05:31 AM by MyssaRei

Muphrid Relativistic physicist from Constellation Bootes Since: May, 2010
Relativistic physicist
#218: Jun 24th 2015 at 7:41:38 AM

That's a real life detail: Venus and Jupiter are very near a planetary conjunction right now, with minimal angular distance between them on July 1.

Author of The Second Coming (NGE) and The Coin (Haruhi).
MyssaRei Since: Feb, 2010
#219: Jun 25th 2015 at 3:32:04 AM

[up]

Interesting detail. The production staff's been apparently making sure the show happens in "real time" (they noted this at around episode 3 or 4 I think). So the events of the show will reach their climax at around the start of July as well.

majoraoftime (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#220: Jun 30th 2015 at 11:15:19 AM

Kyo Ani nailing the tension again. I was shaking a bit through the whole thing. Not really an explosive finale, but a lovely and tense one. Natsuki wins the side character award.

Also, it occurred to me Taki-sensei could be a very effective cult leader.

Anyway, Nationals movie when?

edited 30th Jun '15 1:38:29 PM by majoraoftime

GoukaRyuu Since: Aug, 2012
#221: Jun 30th 2015 at 5:14:44 PM

I enjoyed this episode, and the series, thoroughly. 9/10 and hope for a sequel or movie of some sort.

kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#222: Jun 30th 2015 at 6:21:28 PM

Episode 13

In Which Our Song Goes On.

…. …………… ………… IT'S TOO QUIET!!! SOMEONE MAKE A NOISE!!!!!!!

What the hell. Why is she putting her hair in a bun again?

Hmm. Taki-sensei's stroking a photo of someone he loved?

And thus we have a Kumiko and Shunishi scene that reminds us that her friendship with Reina has no romantic undertones. Sigh.

"S-sempei." ;__; Hazuki's so touched that Reina's playing the solo.

REINA'S CRYING AGAIN!!! But for a different reason!

So I suppose they did go on.

…… pretty… basic finale. I wish we could've gotten more closure on a lot of things, but that's what the later volumes are for.

edited 30th Jun '15 6:30:40 PM by kyun

majoraoftime (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#223: Jun 30th 2015 at 6:26:57 PM

What the hell. Why is she putting her hair in a bun again?

Are you talking smack about triumphant return of Kumiko's ponytail? Cause you better not be talkin smack about the Kumiko ponytail.

And thus we have a Kumiko and Shunishi scene that reminds us that her friendship with Reina has no romantic undertones. Sigh.

;)

kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#224: Jun 30th 2015 at 6:30:23 PM

I see someone there wrote "2nd season" in English. :D

HanabiraKage (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#225: Jun 30th 2015 at 6:43:31 PM

[up][up][up] So it doesn't get in her face while she's playing?


Total posts: 339
Top