My thoughts on K-on~
If anything episode 8 proves that the ‘band mechanic’ is just a huge plot device that barely holds the plot together.
I was excited, I thought we’d get to see some chemistry as a fucking band, see Asuza play, get some new shit going, but instead all I got was this awful, awful vibe.
I mean really sit down and think about it for a second, if you had a new member come in wanting to join, and in a few days time you have her scared and confused to the point where she doesn’t even know why she joined to begin with, you should feel fucking awful. The poor girl was crying for god’s sake, what kind of club (outside of retarded shit like fraternities) are you to do that to a person?
The entire episode made me dislike everyone outside of Mio, which is horribly ironic because up to now it was usually the other way around; where I was sick of her being too much of a focus in one way or another. Sawako’s ‘cosplay fascination’ is still out of left field and horribly forced / lame / contrived / extremely overdone at this point (they gave NO indication to her even being into such a thing and suddenly she’s bringing outfits to picnics and carrying around cat ears, suuuuuuuuuuuuuure I’m going to buy that).
The contrast with Asuza and the group of slackers we call K-On just didn’t work for me at all. And once again we’re deprived of seeing people actually PLAY INSTRUMENTS in any damn fashion. For all I don’t know Ritsu could have shoved the drumsticks into either nostril and sneezed out her entire performance at the end of the episode. This further annoys me because Asuza is clearly a good guitarist but we get these lame rock legend overlays instead of seeing even just a few worthwhile frames of her playing the guitar. Oh, let’s remind her why she wants to join by SHOWING STILL FRAMES OF OUR COFFEE TABLE. Awesome.
That shit means ALOT. Everyone does their thing differently. Some people close their eyes when they play, some have them wide open, some stick their tongue out, some get down on one knee, some hop back and forth, some sway in place, it adds a huge amount of personality and characteristic to performance. We haven’t gotten ANY of that yet, and I don’t think we ever will. I mean is that alot to ask? I don’t think so, it could definitely add a new layer of humor to the show, but this show practically REFUSES to dive in deeper to what’s supposed to be the selling point to begin with. The music should compliment the rest of what goes on in the show, but instead this series treats it as a bonus or reward to sticking through 8 episodes of Mio being a moe skank.
Five more episodes of the same old same old I guess.
Well whatever.
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