Wednesday, April 07, 2010
The awaited S2 of K-ON!! has arrived via its light-hearted atmosphere once again and im tuned back to the K-ON!! atmosphere, with one more exclamation mark to make S2 stand out...The 1st episode started off with Yui being early to school again and was practicing her 360 degree handspin-strumming style when the others step into the music room. The five of them then starts practicing for the orientation performance for the freshmen. Yui was excited by the fact that they were all now seniors in the school and even asked Ritsu if she sees any difference in her, now that she is a senior, and parts her hair to one side but Ritsu was clearly not facinated by her actions. So off they go to check their class allocation and Mio was worried again that she might be placed in a class where there isnt anyone she knows. Yui takes the initiative and managed to squeese through the crowd of students and was shocked when she sees the allocation. She squeezes back out, falls and was helped up by Ritsu, which Yui then reveals that they are all in the same class. Even Nodoka was in the same class as them and they even thought it was her using her authority to make this happen. But after seeing that Sawa-chan was their homeroom teacher, it became obvious who had made such coincidence occur. After questioning, Sawa-chan was the one who had placed all of them in the same class so that she would not need to memorise so many new names anymore. They then make their way to sing the school song and when they returned, Nodoka asks Yui if they would hope for new members to their club which Yui doesnt seem to be interested but became more serious when the fact that Azusa will be alone in the club after they graduate if they cant find any new members. So off the girls go in the animal costumes to hand out the flyers but it did not attract much attention. Even Ritsu went all out trying to get new members, like pretending to faint and with the help of the freshmen, she lures them into the music room but later scares them off. Although their orientation performance was great, no one did come by in the end. Before Azusa came into the music room, Yui tells the others that she thinks that it would be fine if there wasnt any new members and it would still be great with the five of them playing music together and should leave things as it is in the time being. Azusa overhears the conversation and accepts Yui decision but declares to her that she would be even stricter now which Yui then hopes for some freshmen to save her.
A light-hearted episode as usual and gladly, the K-ON!! feel is still there. Since the girls are already in their final year in high school, it might be unlikely for the series to continue, unless the manga or production decides to extend the series after the girls graduate but that could cause Azusa to "disappear" which the lack of members... anyway thats still far since this is only the 1st episode... the new OP and ED was great too, the OP was rather fast + rapping style so it would be a difficult song... love the ED too, animation was somewhat similar to Don't Say Lazy so its just great :D
P.S. loved the part where Azusa DID actually thought about the fact that she'll be the club president if there isnt any new members ._.
heres the new ED "Listen!"