K-ON!! – 05
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「お留守番！」 (Orusuban!)
“Staying Behind!”
Azu-nyan says, “Live long and prosper!” Actually, no she doesn’t, but I can always pretend that she did when she taught some guitar finger stretching exercises to the first-years in Jun’s Jazz Research Society club. Anyway, as some people already suspected, this episode entailed what went on concurrently during Yui and the others’ time away from school. It wasn’t a terribly funny showing since Yui and Ritsu weren’t around, but it did focus entirely on Ui and Azusa with Jun bringing a few of their temperaments. Seeing as stupidity and humor tend to go hand-in-hand, this includes Jun struggling with the aforementioned stretching exercises, sampling every doughnut in the “Super All-Star Pack” she brought over, falling asleep wherever, and giving Azusa a good kick in the face on the morning of their sleepover.
In the first case, I thought it was cute how Ui was rocking it with ease because she practices with Yui. Other than a prank left being by Ritsu in Mio’s desk, a lot of the extra comedy actually came from the photos and text messages Azusa received from Yui via e-mail while she was in Kyoto with everyone else. The best ones out of the lot were undoubtedly Mugi’s pillow fight, which left me wondering when Yui had a chance to take such an awesome action shot, and the random out of the blue message “sharekoube” (skull). The latter of course is because we know it was when everyone was trying to freak out Mio in the middle of the night. Aside from that, the actual phone call that Yui made to Azusa when they were lost was shown here as well. In particular, it showed just how fast she hung up on Azusa as soon as Mio asked how the hell calling her would help, so I got a good chuckle out of that.
On the cuter side of things, Azusa was absolutely adorable when she felt left out and wanted to go to the zoo, only to have rainy weather spoil those plans. Likewise, when she figured they’d forget about getting her a souvenir, as a tear rolled down her face in the background. It was just a thought in Azusa’s mind as she talked things over with Ui, but I couldn’t help but feel bad for her there. As for Jun, her impulsive nature of reading a baseball manga and then suddenly deciding to go to a batting center because they can’t find the sixth volume in Yui’s room turned out to be a Ui highlight, as she picked it up just as quickly as Jun and Azusa gave up. It was also kind of cool seeing a different band composition when Azusa remembered to check up on Ton-chan, even though they didn’t really rock it up K-ON club style.
Finally, I thought it was rather befitting that Azusa’s souvenir ended up being the character “bu” in the cell phone straps/keychains that spell out “ke-i-o-n-bu”, simply because she usually gets the “buta” (pig) costume. Next week looks like an exception though, as Ritsu’s in it as the rainy season continues. The bigger thing of course is that Yui’s in a maid outfit. I doubt she’ll match up to Misaki, but she’s more than welcome to try.
Preview
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May 4, 2010 at 8:55 pmAznCoffee
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Finally K-ON from the little ones’ point of view. :’D
Uguu~~
May 4, 2010 at 9:03 pmAznCoffee
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Uguuuuuuuuu
Also, it kinda annoys me how last season Jun was that wanna-be-popular-fake-friend, but now she’a all MOE MOE with everyone. =__= meh.
May 5, 2010 at 2:31 ammegalith
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I didn’t it that way but the way I saw it she was shocked by the weirdness of the 4 which made her hesitant to join.
On a side note I’m curious of whether that was the same organ used for the ED.
May 5, 2010 at 5:26 pmsmith1
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did we even see her enough to claim she was fake? she was barely a side character until now.
seemed to me other than she decided the Keion-bu wasn’t for her, she was always just unseen in the background hanging out with Azusa and Ui.
May 4, 2010 at 8:57 pmoctoberasian
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I love this episode. I saw it three times already.
May 4, 2010 at 9:02 pmStarshade
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Oh! Finally an Azusa-intensive episode. I’m so going to watch this. I ended up watching the previous one too though.
May 4, 2010 at 9:05 pmAutoHost
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haha nice episode!sub is nt out yet isn’t it?
May 4, 2010 at 9:05 pmStarshade
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p.s.) Argh I lost the chance to be the first to leave a comment.
May 4, 2010 at 9:27 pmPw3age
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Jun seems kinda annoying to me.
November 22, 2010 at 3:40 amName
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Pw3age: “Jun seems kinda annoying to me.”
Not as annoying as Ritsu IMO. I like Jun better because she’s not the moe-blob material (though the show was trying to make her moe). I like her messy hair & the tone of her voice. And she also seems a little bit…fat (to me, of course) Her ‘ugliness’ is the real beauty to me. :D Looking forward to see her more in the next episode. (I can’t stand Ritsu. I really want to strangle her)
Darn it! I can’t do the ‘finger stretching exercises’ thing D: It’s hard to relax my ring finger while doing it. It always got stiffed up. ):
May 4, 2010 at 9:43 pmkonaha
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nice ep!
May 4, 2010 at 10:01 pmmegalith
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“Azu-nyan says, “Live long and prosper!” Actually, no she doesn’t, but I can always pretend that she did…”
LOL!! The entire episode I was waiting for the phone call Yui made just to get a kick see what their reaction is. XD
May 4, 2010 at 10:05 pmShizzy
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She’d make a fine Vulcan :)
May 4, 2010 at 10:21 pmstarss
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When JAALIN was blogging this, I remember he called Jun “ugly” and “uninteresting”. I’d LOVE to see him say that now!! :D
May 4, 2010 at 10:27 pmchingoo
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MOE MOE PYUN!
May 4, 2010 at 10:42 pmdimsumftw
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Is it me or does Azusa seem way more cute this season than in the first season?
May 4, 2010 at 10:49 pmSentinel
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That kick the can joke in the beginning was pretty funny. An exaggeration, but I daresay a (small?) one, when all they tend to do is sit around and have snacks! :P
May 4, 2010 at 10:59 pmfall3nbs
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FLCL eyebrows?!? I know how the juniors felt when trying to find something to do on a rainy day. I wonder if Ui and Jun are gonna replace Mio and Mugi later on when the seniors graduate.
May 5, 2010 at 6:08 amForsaken
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there is no chance for Jun since she’s already on the Jazz club.
May 5, 2010 at 9:37 amfall3nbs
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Oh pfft yea you’re right.
May 6, 2010 at 4:35 amSelpheed
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But she can transfer to k-on club?
May 4, 2010 at 11:17 pmjoshua
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Ui has a serious sis-con problem…
May 6, 2010 at 6:22 pmahbonk
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And I have a serious sis-con for Ui.
May 4, 2010 at 11:57 pmStarshade
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Next week is rainy season huh?
MORE FRIGHTENED MIO MOE COMING UP
I guess… anyway.
May 5, 2010 at 12:01 amAlec
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hmm..finger stretching 4 playin gtar huh?…. guess i could try that….and see if that helps me with my guitar skills
May 5, 2010 at 1:14 amFullMetalQAF
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I enjoy things like this where they show the same timeframe from a different character’s perspective. This was a cute episode. Azu~Nyan~ :3
May 5, 2010 at 2:54 amStarshade
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Yeah. I cracked hard at Yui’s lost call. As expected. Azusa’s “WTF” reaction to it was just golden.
May 5, 2010 at 3:14 ammice
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nothing is more satisfying than a 25mins K-On episode~
May 5, 2010 at 8:22 amKinny Riddle
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Well, as the denizens of 2ch have attested: “K-ON IS LIFE!”
May 5, 2010 at 4:16 amNecoDelero
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Would have been interesting to watch this and the previous episode in reverse order, leaving the viewers all confused about that “sharekoube” message and at the same time serving as a preview for the field trip.
May 5, 2010 at 4:34 amStarshade
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Heh that’s actually a good idea.
May 5, 2010 at 5:47 amahelo
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wasn’t the guy beside ui in the batting center kyon? :)) just saying.
May 5, 2010 at 6:12 amkaineng
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nice episode, at least didn’t really get me sleeping…
next would be good, I didn’t read on the Manga so… hope Manga content is good? haha…
May 5, 2010 at 6:20 amJurkasz
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It was weird to see Ui questioning her ability to be able to play music with Jun and Azu-nyan when she was better with the guitar than Yui in the previous season :P Pretty cute episode, but I really missed the seniors, even though Yui was still around to provide us some funny moments with her messages and that phone call in the end ^^
May 5, 2010 at 7:45 amIsland Esper
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It was fine for me until mid episode. For some reason the pacing got me overly anxious. Wanted to see Ui, Azu and Jun playing music together so much that got me desperate. They could do it in the jazz club (no), in Yui room (no), when they got out and ended batting argh. Finally remembering カメ (Kame) save the day and finally palyed together at the keion club !!!! Too bad it was so short *sniff oh well….
May 5, 2010 at 8:06 amh3dvix
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a nice change to see her as the heroine in this episode :)
May 5, 2010 at 8:20 amKinny Riddle
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I see Kyo-Ani is setting Jun up as a regular character, seeing how she’s also in next episode’s preview. I think she’ll fill in Ritsu’s dumb-ass comic relief role during her absence just fine.
Animation this episode, while still good, has gone done a bit for Kyo-Ani’s standards – the background characters hardly moved while our girls were talking with each other in an early scene.
http://randomc.net/image/K-ON/K-ON!!%20-%2005%20-%20Large%2005.jpg
Such is Kyo-Ani’s usual attention to detail that we’ve now taken moving background characters – which I understand is no simple task itself – for granted in their shows. It probably has more to do with the allocation of budget resources than animators slacking off.
When Ui realizes she won’t be with her sister for the night, for a while I thought she might go all yandere and demand her onee-chan back. I must stop confusing fanon for canon. lol
http://randomc.net/image/K-ON/K-ON!!%20-%2005%20-%20Large%2008.jpg
It’s been ages since I last played the guitar out of fun, but I’m amazed I can still do my Vulcan saluting finger exercises quite well. XD
Ui again is a dead ringer for her sister in this bedroom scene.
http://randomc.net/image/K-ON/K-ON!!%20-%2005%20-%20Large%2021.jpg
Already I envision a K-ON spin-off – Yakyuu Musume Ui (Baseball Girl Ui). :)
http://randomc.net/image/K-ON/K-ON!!%20-%2005%20-%20Large%2029.jpg
May 6, 2010 at 12:13 amStarshade
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Imagine this.
Yui: “I’m getting married!”
Ui: “Then… onee-chan isn’t coming back….”
Remove the reflection in her eyes like this and try to imagine what happens next.
http://anizone.net/files/attach/images/42236/754/881/001/…..jpg
(The subtitle says in another language(Korean) what Ui says in the original scene.)
May 5, 2010 at 8:54 amAnon
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Holy shit, If i wasn’t baked, I wouldn’t of made this connection. Kyo is setting up next season’s band!
May 5, 2010 at 10:33 amyanipheonu
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http://randomc.net/image/K-ON/K-ON!!%20-%2005%20-%20Large%2030.jpg
WANT THAT STUFFED TURTLE. XD
I love Turtles so I approve of Ton-chan and the stuffed turtle.
May 5, 2010 at 10:52 amWeeaboo
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i’ll have to go back and check but wasn’t the guy at the batting cages the same guy from the haunted house?
May 5, 2010 at 10:53 amEaglestrike
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What’s most amazing to me about the anime is how well it’s doing when not based on source material. Very little of the field trip is in the manga. The train ride there, talking with Sawa chan at night (no pillow fight) and the left-handed instrument joke for Mio is basically all that was in the manga. And this episode wasn’t shown at all in the manga. But both episodes were very enjoyable. Maybe I’m just too used to shounen filler being terrible, but they had to add a lot into these episodes and I couldn’t tell that it was “filler”.
May 5, 2010 at 11:21 amVsin
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London bridge is falling down~
Haha, I was also waiting for Yui’s random phone call. Funny how cellphones became perfect compliments/combo breakers.
May 5, 2010 at 1:07 pmkgods
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That is cute beyond words. Do want!
May 5, 2010 at 2:03 pmDawn
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hahahaha Ritsu is awesome, I want to see that prank in action next episode, PRONTO.
That, and Yui’s phonecall were my highlights.
May 5, 2010 at 2:18 pmRaso
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you know the “ke-i-o-n-bu” keychains will be really really beyond best sellers soon
May 5, 2010 at 4:59 pmCHIBI
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I came all over myself several times during the Ui screen time.
May 5, 2010 at 5:05 pmKevin
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“People always say I look like an anime figurine, so I hate [my hair].” -Azusa
That had me lol’ing, considering the popularity of Azusa figures (and all K-ON! figures in general). Azusa with her hair down is so cute. For some reason, it reminds me of Konata from Lucky Star. Must be the hair length and her bangs.
May 9, 2010 at 3:49 pminnerchihiro
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She says “Japanese doll” though, not “anime figurine.”
May 5, 2010 at 6:23 pmlol
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haha loved it. sharukobe :3 xD
and the call haha xD
love Azunyan, love Ui and Im gonna love Jun, i love all k-on characters haha xD
May 5, 2010 at 6:27 pmAndFel
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Hey where is my HD pic with azusa licking his fingers after the donut… that`s hot xD
May 5, 2010 at 6:54 pmDC/AC
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The song they play together in this ep. is Musunde Hiraite(むすんでひらいて), one of the most popular play song for kids in Japan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hg4HbygJ_0
May 6, 2010 at 12:22 amStarshade
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I originate from South Korea but for some reason I’m vaguely familiar to this music too. Actually I even remember playing the music myself.
May 6, 2010 at 3:15 amDC/AC
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This tune is originally from famous thinker Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s opera “The Village Soothsayer”. The Japanese made lyrics for it about 50 years ago and made it a play song.
May 9, 2010 at 3:37 pminnerchihiro
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Huh? Isn’t it “Go Tell Aunt Rhody?” I learned it on the violin when I first played.
May 5, 2010 at 7:40 pmIncognito
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“The bigger thing of course is that Yui’s in a maid outfit. I doubt she’ll match up to Misaki, but she’s more than welcome to try.”
Misaki is the Tiger tank (tough as nails personality-wise but has her precision moe moments) to Yui’s M4 Sherman (average-looking at first but she can overwhelm with a flood of moe).
(Pardon the WWII/Company of Heroes-style analogy.)
Azu-nyan with her Rapunzel hair down and showing her cat girl side again (Nya!) = DO WANT!
http://randomc.net/image/K-ON/K-ON!!%20-%2005%20-%20Large%2007.jpg
Is the drawn face a Detroit Metal City reference?
May 6, 2010 at 12:11 amSupahFly
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Ui would be a good wife. I just love girls who can cook <3
May 6, 2010 at 12:43 amBrown Gaijin
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When I saw the preview for next week, I thought for a second that they were going to pull the Endless Eight plot.
Then suddenly my mind began to think random thoughts of suicide.
May 6, 2010 at 4:38 amSelpheed
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Very good episode! the next generation…
May 6, 2010 at 8:32 amJC
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I’m not too pleased with how things are going in K-ON land.
May 6, 2010 at 8:39 aminferno10
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Ok, I have to ask. What is the meaning of “skull?” Was it Ritsu and Yui’s play on Osaka-ben or some inside joke?
May 6, 2010 at 12:47 pmdivine
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In addition to sounding kind of funny, it was more or less to freak Mio out. Or at least, that’s the way I took it.
May 7, 2010 at 2:12 amconyo985
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I bet someone had a question along these lines but where are everybody’s parents? K-ON world is really strange.
May 8, 2010 at 9:36 pmokami
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I thought the cell phone straps/key chains were a cute idea ^_^