KazeShiki wrote:Plastic Memories ep8's ending was too cute. Like, I'm fairly disappointed in the direction it's going but I can't complain because it's too cute.
Cadence wrote:I'm also enjoying Hibike! Euphonium which I find fun for the music aspect, although the characters haven't really drawn me in yet. I've been playing in large ensembles for most of my life, but I never participated in school ensembles in middle/high school (alas, the local schools only had band programs and I am a string player through and through) so it is kind of fun to see the differences in the commitment level between the students, haha. It feels very real (at least, from my limited experience coaching middle school orchestra students). And visually, the show is gorgeous...reminds me that I should probably finish Hyouka one day.
Mouse2010 wrote:Okay, I jumped on the Arslan bandwagon. Watched episodes 1-5 in the last few days.
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Will we ever get to SEE some of Narsus' art, I wonder?) Arslan seems to be fortunate in having some strong, intelligent supporters.
My one major complaint about the series is that there are not any strong female leads, at least not so far.
skreyola wrote:You stopped at the end of 5? How did you stop in the middle of the 2-part episode?
MangaRocks! wrote:That said, I both slightly was and mostly was not surprised that the story went with SPOILER: Highlight text to read: him going to the festival with Hazuki but not accepting her confession in the end. The "tuba being support" line + Hazuki breaking down after leaving the festival was pretty heartbreaking, though. Also, wow-- the entire sequence with Kumiko and Reina was quite the character piece...
skreyola wrote:...it's pretty obvious she has no interest in him...
skreyola wrote:...the bumbling conductor...
MangaRocks! wrote:skreyola wrote:...the bumbling conductor...
*Sigh*... Y'know, this is normally the part where I'd explain (again)-- in detail-- that Taki-sensei is, in fact, not 'bumbling'; however, it's pretty clear that there are opinions that debate is not going to change, LOL, so at this point I think I'm just going to leave it at us agreeing to disagree.
skreyola wrote:...I never agree to disagree, and I hate that phrase. I don't see why you think I'm so devoted to my opinion that it's pointless to discuss it. That's a little bit insulting. I just haven't seen him do much as an advisor to the band. What I've seen you talk about before is his responsibilities toward a club, not his expertise. Please explain how he's not bumbling. He may be some kind of musical genius, but he's done precious little on the screen to help the musicians improve. All he does is tell them to practice more, and the auditions are the only time we've seen him devote time to any of the students individually. Or have I missed something?
skreyola wrote:I must have missed those bits of dialogue, then. It's also possible that I've missed something because of a subtitle translation error. I didn't expect him to be every student's tutor, but I didn't notice that he had even been helping those who were struggling the most. The training I've seen has all been in the group setting, and very seldom involved anyone's name individually (Clarinets, rather than some student's name). So, it may just be that the show started off so roughly.
skreyola wrote:That being said, the fact that the students reacted with as much surprise to his methods as I did means that they were not what was expected by these students from a club advisor. This may be more complicated than either of us is admitting. Just a thought.
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