K-On!!

It is the new year, which means that the senior of the Light Music Club are now third-years, with Azusa Nakano being the only second-year. The seniors soon realize that Azusa will be the only member left once they graduate and decide to recruit new . Despite trying many methods of attracting underclassmen—handing out fliers, bringing people into the clubroom, and performing at the welcoming ceremony—there are no signs of anyone that plans to .

While heading to the clubroom, Azusa overhears Yui Hirasawa say that the club is fine with only five people and that they can do many fun things together. Changing her mind, she decides that they do not need to recruit any for the time being.

K-On!! revolves around the of the Light Music Club as they experience their daily high school life. From rehearsing for concerts to just messing around, they are ready to make their last year together an exciting one!

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Hirasawa, Yui Main

Toyosaki, Aki Japanese

Akiyama, Mio Main

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

Nakano, Azusa Main

Taketatsu, Ayana Japanese

Kotobuki, Tsumugi Main

Kotobuki, Minako Japanese

Tainaka, Ritsu Main

Satou, Satomi Japanese

Hirasawa, Ui ing

Yonezawa, Madoka Japanese

Yamanaka, Sawako ing

Sanada, Asami Japanese

Manabe, Nodoka ing

Fujitou, Chika Japanese

Suzuki, Jun ing

Nagata, Yoriko Japanese

Tainaka, Satoshi ing

Itou, Mika Japanese

Hatta, Youko Producer

Nakamura, Shinichi Producer

Tafu, Naohiro Producer

Yamada, Naoko Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

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Mar 29, 2025

alejandefd

Recommended

This series is the perfect example of slice-of-life. The protagonists and their relationship grow much stronger this season. The girls' everyday situations are very entertaining, along with a setting and animation worthy of the great kyoani. The setting and relationships feel very real. I highlight the development of Azusa's relationship with the other girls in the group, as well as the graduation plot and how Azunyan carries it out.
This series will make you fall in love with the characters; all of them have their own unique way of being or acting, and they all have personalities.
It's very enjoyable even for those who aren't fans of ... the genre; the ultimate slice of life.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Mar 6, 2025

FranqitoH

Recommended

Ok, here we go for the fifteenth time:

Characters:
-Principals: They've been able to take advantage of every girl in the group during these 26 episodes (7/7).
-Secondary: Pretty much the same here, I love it (3/3).

Logic:
There are a lot of details that give it that little realistic touch (9/10).

Entertainment (Personal):
... It got better as the episodes progressed.(8/10).

The basics in an anime:
-Animation: The animation style is good and almost unique for that era (2/2).
-Music: I manage to like it, that's enough (1/2).
-Vice: Just for the graduation theme of the main group, I got a little addicted (1/2).
-Tag fulfillment: As long as it's “Award Winning” as well as being able to fill a playlist with their “Music” it's more than enough.(2/2)
-Ending: It was touching, but episode 20 was more so (1/2).

Plot Development (or initial premise):
It fulfills everything it promises and develops well, now I just hope that in the movie or in some special they show us what happens to Asuza after her friends from the club graduate.(10/10)

Personal Reflection (Clearly personal):
Those details I mentioned before are what made me reflect with a comedy anime, like how for example, in the interviews they show the obvious: No matter how famous or popular you are, there will always be a group of people who don't know about your existence.(5/10)

Comments:
Clearly this is better than the first season and I have to it that I underestimated it at first believing it would be a simple continuation of everything seen before. By the way, my favorite character is Azusa (Must be because she's so moe).

Final Score: 8.9.


(Note: Since I'm very tolerant of anime, my minimum score for all anime is currently 4).

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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May 8, 2025

patkarunungan

Mixed Feelings

I gave K-On! a chance, and after watching two seasons totaling 39 episodes, I've concluded it's not for me.

Let's start out with the good. The girls are really cute — not in a sexually attractive way, but each with her own unique quirks. Yui is a scattered brain. Ritsu has ideas but she can get clumsy. Mio used to be shy, but she is quite popular now. Azusa has a Type A personality and is often the voice of reason, but she has learned to relax around the other four girls.

Their character designs are well made so that, even if you watch other shows, ... especially other moe/CGDCT, you will still their faces if somebody mentioned K-On!

The animation and art direction look normal. There are no cheap shortcuts such as blanking their faces and rarely do you see the faces of people in a wide shot get no details. This used to be normal, but it's getting rarer nowadays.

KyoAni has a reputation for producing beautiful animation, but as far as I see it, it's not really that beautiful in K-On! It's just normal, and I don't meaningful framings that make you think that more is being communicated at the subtextual level.

Now for what I find unpleasant. It's not bad because it has no plot. It's not pleasant to watch, as far as I'm concerned, because we have brainless characters. Perhaps that's the point, and some may like it and others like me may not. It's wholesome but brain-dead.

(It is for this reason that I dislike mono as of the first four episodes because it reminds me painfully of K-On!, an anime where the girls act so random and all over the place, whilst something like Food for the Soul is better. The latter at least has some logickal coherence and the characters have some brain.)

Despite my dislike for K-On!, it may still be worth seeing if it's for you. It's quite foundational when it comes to CGDCT/moe. I like it when later CGDCT display some brain or thought in their actions, but I dislike them when they are clearly aiming to be a cheap imitation of K-On!


NOTA BENE: A grade of 3 out of 10 means that I did not enjoy watching this anime despite being either well-regarded or at least popular, or perhaps I happened to rank them below my 4's.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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