K-ON!eps 10

Didn’t I just watch this only a month ago? Let’s back up for a bit. Five episodes prior, the light music club spent their vacation on Tsumugi’s villa to “practice.” They end up having a blast and then practice later. Now, I really liked that episode, but repeating the formula again doesn’t really work. We’ve been through this so does it really need to be done again? KyoAni may as well cut the original episode 4 and replace it with this one. Well, there were some differences. Tsumugi was able to get a larger villa (but still small, according to her), and Sawa-chan and Azu-nyan join. I’ll admit, I did enjoy the new swimsuits and the fact that Azu-nyan was there (with a tan, no less).
At least there was a bit more of the practicing near the end, though that should really only apply to Yui, who stayed up practicing her guitar. She may be an airhead, but she actually is a hard worker, and this much proves it. The exception to this would be her magnificent luck of not knowing anything yet still pulling it off. In this episode’s case, it was guitar tuning. I can see why Ui wuvs her oneechan so much. Another big difference from the first training camp was the added “test of courage” thing (reminds me of that chapter of Ichigo 100%) and also that really weird Titanic moment with Yui and Ritsu. When it doesn’t come to the band, they are pretty much the same person. I wonder if Ritsu likes ice cream too? The beginning with Ui and Azusa was probably my favorite scene out of the whole episode because Ritsu just shows up out of nowhere. Was she always there? I found it a bit awkward that Ui was narrating the episode for the beginning and the ending of the episode, but it wasn’t anything major. Despite nagging on the similarities between this and episode 4, I actually did enjoy this one overall.
Like Youko, after seeing the set up I thought to myself, “Hmm. This looks familiar….” Though I have to say I enjoyed this training camp episode a lot more than the previous one. And not only because of the addition of Azu-nyan. If I remember my post on the last beach episode correctly, I wasn’t too pleased with it. I mean we were what? Four episodes in? And still no practice. Well, supossedly they did practice. It just wasn’t shown. What I liked about this beach episode were the subtle touches on Yui’s character and how it portrayed that yes, at least one person around here is practicing. And she’s working hard at it. Though not much group practice (other than that quick snippet), which is what I was really looking for. I guess one can go back to the answer to Azu-nyan’s question on why the band sounds so good as disfunctional as it is. Who needs practice when you can have fun instead!
My favorite part of the episode was the Ui adoring Yui part. Oh wow, never realized how similar their names were till I juxataposed them. Umm anyways, yeah I really loved that scene especially because of the clear contrast Azu-nyan gave off. Plus that glee on Ui’s face. oh lawd. I can definitely see her being Mugi’s yuri apprentice or something. Then there were the Yui and Ritsu scenes. Man, I love how they dramatize and just act silly for most of their time together. And they finally perfected their “stranded on a deserted island” bit. Definitely the best duo on the show. I’M FLYYYIIIINNNGGGGUUUUU