Regulus Tera
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K-ON! is good animu; I like it! It's just not as good as Toradora!.
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K-on! Community |OT| Never Ending Talk About Never Ending Girl's Talk
- Thread starter Chet Rippo
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well they should :T
i dunno if i should trust you since you didn't like last 1/3rd of kare kano
I don't know of anyone but odd ducks like me that watches K-ON! personally but isn't K-ON! on a Disney Japan channel?
Whats a toradora?
Chet Rippo
Member
He hasn't even seen the second season, so don't bother listening to him.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Nobody with good taste likes the last third of Kare Kano.
I've actually watched up to the school trip episode. I haven't had the time to check any Japanese cartoons lately.
Chet Rippo
Member
That's like 3 episodes.
but if you don't like the last third, you don't appreciate the cool artstyle gag, the new music, etc.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Episode nineteen was fucking amazing! Proof that Anno hadn't gone completely senile yet (I think that was Anno but I am not too sure). When I say last third I mean everything after nineteen.
Dr.Palutena
Member
I guess this thread still exists huh? and even has new club members.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
And yet no one in here can play an instrument.
Chet Rippo
Member
I think frequency can, at least I think she mentioned that.
I can play several.
Music is probably the only thing I'm not a complete failure in.
Chet Rippo
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Dr.Palutena
Member
I played piano for years and then stopped.
Chet Rippo
Member
I did play the tenor saxophone as a freshman in high school, but quit the year after so I could take more art classes.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
You should start your own band, starring you, you, and you.
I mainly did symphonic percussion instruments and bassoon so that wouldn't really work.
I can also kinda sorta play piano and drumset.
Chet Rippo
Member
You need to learn how to play the guitar!
Do it for YUI~!
Do it for YUI~!
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
So basically the only one in here without any musical ability is moi.
Can I be the class rep at least? I wear glasses, even.
Can I be the class rep at least? I wear glasses, even.
nckillthegrimace
Member
My sister can play the guitar, keyboard, bass, and drums really well. Basically all of the requisite k-on instruments.
...I can't read music.
...I can't read music.
Chet Rippo
Member
Episode 19 wasn't actually by Anno it was by Hiroyuki IMAISHI director and creator of Dead leaves, Gurren lagann, Panty & Stocking!
Chet Rippo
Member
Oh hey, K-ON!! ads!
i can play the version of Hotchkiss from the start of S2! it's really fun to play, lots of unusual jazz chords.
Poyunch i started by playing the bass & i think that's a good route, its easy to learn and within a couple of weeks you'll get a feeling of "hey maybe i can really do this". it also teaches you a lot of techniques that come in useful if/when you move on to guitar.
Poyunch i started by playing the bass & i think that's a good route, its easy to learn and within a couple of weeks you'll get a feeling of "hey maybe i can really do this". it also teaches you a lot of techniques that come in useful if/when you move on to guitar.
What are you talking about I can play an instrument. Damn friends kept trying to get me to switch my major to music LOL.
And yes the last third of Kare Kano was wut.
And yes the last third of Kare Kano was wut.
You should watch it. It has that Aisaka Taiga that Regulus keeps talking about.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
This explains everything!
I watched up to episode 3 but I have to wait for DVD now to continue.
There isn't much focus on the music right now, but this is a really fun series. I'm getting to know Hirasawa Yui more. She's so silly. I'm going to be a geek for a bit: Who buys a Les Paul for learning? It's really expensive and also kind of heavy and has very bad weight distribution. I don't think I can play one comfortably. So it's very unrealistic in that sense. It shouldn't bother me as much as it does...
I hope the other characters get focus later too. Akiyama Mio is still my favourite right now I think. She's cool and cute and smart. Too much all in one character!
Yes. I can play piano, violin, and guitar. I'm just average at all three though.
Yay jazz! The trigger to learn was a rock band but I learned mostly with jazz guitar books. It is a lot of fun. And I can be terrible and just say that I'm "improvising" and being true to jazz!
Jazz guitar sounds better when I'm playing by myself too. Rock is weird to play alone and sounds incomplete.
There isn't much focus on the music right now, but this is a really fun series. I'm getting to know Hirasawa Yui more. She's so silly. I'm going to be a geek for a bit: Who buys a Les Paul for learning? It's really expensive and also kind of heavy and has very bad weight distribution. I don't think I can play one comfortably. So it's very unrealistic in that sense. It shouldn't bother me as much as it does...
I hope the other characters get focus later too. Akiyama Mio is still my favourite right now I think. She's cool and cute and smart. Too much all in one character!
Yes. I can play piano, violin, and guitar. I'm just average at all three though.
Yay jazz! The trigger to learn was a rock band but I learned mostly with jazz guitar books. It is a lot of fun. And I can be terrible and just say that I'm "improvising" and being true to jazz!
Jazz guitar sounds better when I'm playing by myself too. Rock is weird to play alone and sounds incomplete.
haha, the question of Yui's inappropriate choice of instrument gets raised later in the series!
yeh if you are playing guitar solo then jazz chords can make it sound as if you are better at playing the guitar than you actually are, people will be all "ooh that sounds fancy" - and a lot of the time the chords take less effort & technique to play!
Ah! So they actually address it. That's so cool. I'm more and more impressed with this series!
I can't play Les Paul it's too heavy for me
I stick to my stratocaster which I can't play either because I suck.
I learned on a Ibanez GRGM21. It's cheap and specifically made to be small.
I still have it, but never really play it anymore. Now I alternate between my Fender Telecaster Thinline and Pawn Shop Mustang Special for electric. I have a Sonoran SCE for acoustic.
Chet Rippo
Member
I think I mentioned it to you earlier, but the show is more about girls hanging out than about music. Music is important to the show, as they practice and have concerts and stuff, but the main focus of the show is the character interactions with each other. So I hope you like watching girls drink tea and eat cake.
And Mio is great. Best character on the show.
Yeah, but it's more played for a gag than anything, but it is a comedy.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
K-ON! is not an animu about music.
K-ON! is not an animu about music.
K-ON! is not an animu about music.
K-ON! is not an animu about music.
K-ON! is not an animu about music.
K-ON! is not an animu about music.
K-ON! is not an animu about music.
Chet Rippo
Member
It just happens that they play music every so often.
I'm okay if main story isn't music focused. But I think it makes characters more relatable. Even if Les Paul is used as a joke, it tells me writers know what they're talking about and that is worth something to me. Like with all other media, main focus is always characters. The setting is important to make it approachable. The music setting was enough to make me watch. I think that means it can't be ignored as unimportant to the show.
I'm appreciating the music and references to a world I am familiar and comfortable with. I feel I can relate to the characters better than in other settings.
I'm appreciating the music and references to a world I am familiar and comfortable with. I feel I can relate to the characters better than in other settings.
Toradora is awesome.
HHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGG
The concert sequences are pretty good. It's like God Knows in Haruhi.
She's Toradorable
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Fuck off, she's mai waifu.
Chet Rippo
Member
You can have her.
Shots fired.
Chet Rippo
Member
now that i look back, i already introduced 2 girls to K-On. i gave both season 1 and 2 to my friend who watches lots of anime and later she showed it to her sister and she liked it. the fun part is that the sister shares various traits with Yui and my friend and me joke about it.
Chet Rippo
Member
Polar Bear Cafe?
That's fine because I'm taking Ritsu.