2023-05-06, 05:03
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Join Date: Mar 2012
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The episode felt super stretched out so the two would play in the next episode instead. Not sure how I feel about that. Also, a lot of blast from the past with the other guy also being someone who knows Aono. And this Saeki also know him too. I thought Aono would get recognized when he said his name in the club but that's for next episode it seems. The shadow of his father still lingers with the magazines plus worrying about their lifestyle, and next week maybe when his father will get mentioned with Aono's fame. Wonder when the father would actually show up.
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2023-09-23, 02:33
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Seishu's Ace
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kobe, Japan
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I forgot about Ao no Orchesta again, ROFL, and marathoned about four episodes this week. It was an interesting exercise.
It strikes me that music-themes series, more than most, are prone to extreme swings between great emotional profundity and utter tripe. Mashiro no Oto is another that comes to mind, but there are many examples. Enough to make me think that there's more to it than mediocre writing. There's something thematically that lends itself to it.
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2023-09-27, 15:49
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AS Oji-kun
Join Date: Nov 2006
Age: 74
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This show has improved down the stretch. The business with Saeki being Hajime's half-brother was a bit of a stretch, but it helped Aono move on from his dad issues. I'm looking forward to the concert.
Any potential for romance between Sensei and Aono-dono? They looked pretty comfortable together on that bench, and he'd be a good stepdad for Hajime over his later adolescence. Quote:
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2023-09-27, 19:10
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Seishu's Ace
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kobe, Japan
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The half-brother thing was okay for me, but some of it was handled pretty awkwardly.
The sequence with Aono exploring his daddy issues through “Humoresque” was some of the best material in the series, I thought - the “emotional profundity” I referred to above. I kind of hope the father is involved in the denouement in some way, but without whitewashing what a disaster of a human being he’s been. If they don’t address it directly I think the story will feel incomplete.
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2023-09-28, 08:45
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AS Oji-kun
Join Date: Nov 2006
Age: 74
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A confrontation between the dad and Takeda-sensei would be cathartic. Don't know if this is the kind of show that will go there.
I was trying to think of Hajime's mom's first name and drew a blank. Then I looked at ANN where Saito Chiwa is listed simply as "Hajime's mother"! I've enjoyed the presentation of Dvorak in this show. Rare even in music series where the characters contemplate the composer's life and its meaning for the work. Little bit maybe in Nodame, but it's not common.
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2023-09-28, 08:51
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Blue Notes Blues
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I like that saeki and hajime relationship improved and are getting along, none of them is at fault that the father is scum.
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2023-10-10, 20:29
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AS Oji-kun
Join Date: Nov 2006
Age: 74
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I didn't dislike ep 23 as much as some of you. Was it because it focused on the secondary characters? This whole finale was all about moving on. Focusing on the third-years' quartet seemed like a reasonable decision. I liked how the concert was distributed across the two episodes.
Lots of unanswered questions. Personally I can't imagine reading the manga version of episode 24. Do you play Dvorak in the background while you read the chapter? So many music anime begin as manga; I've never really understood it.
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