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- Опубликовано: 22 июл 2024
- Aussie Ravenclaw watches in awe as Kumiko drags Asuka back in Episodes 9 and 10 of Sound! Euphonium Season 2.
0:00 - Asuka's situation; 9:00 - the cycle of abuse; 12:37 - dad theory, trauma bonding; 19:25 - Reina and Kumiko figure things out; 23:14 - shields, coping mechanisms; 27:21 - Haruka's dependency, Asuka's 'specialness', leadership; 32:33 - Yuuko strikes again; 36:10 - parental expectations, siblings crossing wires; 46:41 - financial investment in kids; 48:59 - Asuka's special relationship with Kumiko; 51:16 - Aoi's coldness; 54:16 - passion for music.
56:33 - S2 Episode 9 Reaction
└ 1:20:27 - off the cuff, ie. tainted music, music woven into stories
1:26:23 - S2 Episode 10 Reaction
└ 1:48:51 - off the cuff, ie. the realness of Hibike
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I've been really looking forward to the Euphonium update these past few months!
These are two of my favorite episodes in the story. Learning what we do here gives us a new understanding of much of what has gone before. And the scene with Asuka and Kumiko by the river's bank and the delightful sound of the euphonium is the icing on the cake.
The recording of Asuka (well, whoever plays her part) playing the song from her dad at the river was so close and personal. You can actually hear the valve sounds in that recording.
Hey RC, long time no see! Really happy to see this in my RUclips feed; I took a considerable break from anime but have gotten heavily back into it over the past several months, and with Hibike! S3 wrapping up just a few weeks ago, it's awesome to see you still watching, reacting to, and deeply analyzing this amazing series in the way you always have. Just wanted to say hi, and hope you're doing well!~
S2E10 is one of my all-time favorites of the series, only really rivaled by some *stellar* episodes in S3; definitely looking forward to seeing your reaction to it :)
Welcome back! Hope you're doing good too~
hi, it's nice to have your update again! here's a thing i want to share with you: in the original light novel, kumiko's dad was reticent and reserved toward his daughters, but he read the economic news about the cosmetics industry(1:36:51 the word at bottom left means "economy". thank you kyoani) because he hoped being a hairdresser is promising. at that moment, kumiko realized that her dad was worried and caring for her sister in his own way.
One thing that I think is interesting is how Asuka refers to her father as her "former father" (Honestly sounds like something she practiced to say in front of her mother) is that unlike her clear dislike of her mother. She plays the euphonium, plays the music he wrote (That i heavily suspect he wrote for her) and does everything in her power to see him/ get him to hear her play. The line she says about "My mother absolutely didn't want me to have anything to do with him" reads as less he left and wanted to be out of her life, But more that. He couldn't given her mothers temperament. Gives me the impression he does want to be in her life (He sent her a euphonium, and supposedly also letters) something, anything to reach out and let her know he is still there. In some form. The euphonium is all she has of him. the only connection they still have. Which is why the piece Asukas playing is described as a warm, melancholic sound. Its sort of heartbreaking. Her being conflicted about Kumiko liking the piece is because its such a vulnerable part of her. The part of her that's getting "punished" "Maybe I wanted you to reject that piece"... Some part of her feels like its wrong, because she's been taught by her mother for years that its wrong to want to basically MEET her father. Even if intellectually she knows its not.
Kumiko sees her sister through Asuka and she doesn't want Asuka to regret it like Mamiko did. I really love that how the author builds relationships and develops their characters
Exactly!
Ah, we finally got here, Episode 9 where we finally get to see the real Asuka. It's one of those episodes that makes you re-think everything about the entire series because now you understand Asuka better. She has been such an enigma to this point, but now we know - she isn't apathetic about the band, she's just the opposite. She cares SO much that she has to wall off her emotions to prevent the pain of disappointment. She wants to connect with her absent father so badly (which is why she's been pursuing euphonium her entire life) that she has to bury that desire - saying it out loud is more than she can handle. And of course abuse victims are pros at walling off emotions for self-preservation, so your analysis of episodes 7-8 and Asuka's relationship with her mom was really insightful here.
Not much left this season - but there is SOOOO much left this season!!! Can't wait for real life to give you the space to finish it out.
My take on the mother here (do we get to know her name?) is that she likely pushed the father away and suffers from some sort of mental illness. Her treatment of Asuka is probably a byproduct of that problem.
@@DavidGarcia-kw4sf Her mother's name is Akemi.
Episode 9:
I loved this episode because we finally got to see what Asuka was really all about. Her always cheerful attitude. The hard work she always put into everything. She was always the best at everything, but it must have been a ton of work and nobody really questioned why she did it all. Nobody knew it wasn't just raw talent. Instead it was her force of will rebelling against her mother and beating her mother at her own strict game. Then there's Asuka's almost total reluctance to ever get mixed up in the drama of the band. She always favored people getting out of the way of success over actually helping people with their emotional problems. To her, getting to nationals was all that mattered. She told us that once or twice, but now we see that she really, really meant it. It was a lot of fun to see all her reasons why she had that split hyper-good / hyper-distant personality.
The close up shots on tying the shoe. I saw those more as Asuka rejecting help. Or wanting to. Her mask is happy and cheerful. I saw those odd, shadowed close ups as her truly wanting people to stop interfering and leaver her alone. But knowing it would cause far more fuss if she said so.
The camera angles as Asuka explained everything to Kumiko at home got pretty crazy. Sideways. Upside down. I liked how you could really feel the tension and the wrongness of Asuka's relationship with her mother and music in those moments.
Episode 10:
You started out wondering if there would be any emotional bombs. Haha! :)
The sister to sister talk was great. I really liked the scrubbing showing Mamiko making her decision and deciding to push forward no matter the cost. Great visual storytelling. I'm always a little skeptical when people bring up show and not tell. I often feel people get it a bit backwards or apply the rule in the wrong instance. But I think this was it. We saw the decision made through unrelated physical acts. It was kinda amazing.
I like how Asuka always tries to disarm Kumiko at the start of all their serious talks by asking if she's seeking love advice or about to give a love confession.
Kumiko breaking down and getting to Asuka is good, but watching now I wonder what Asuka knew at the time. It would have taken a ton of work to be in the top 30 best students in the nation. And Asuka wouldn't have worked that hard if she didn't have the end goal of turning her mother's insistence she get good grades against her. Yet she still put on the happy mask. She still rebuffed Kumiko's feelings that everybody wanted her to play. That news from the teacher must have been that the grades had come in. So why did Asuka drag things out so emotionally, or unemotionally I guess, with Kumiko? Was it just another mask to protect herself if she didn't get good enough grades? Was she resigned to her fate even as she worked super hard to avoid it?
It's good that you came back! 😊 I hope you also manage to react to the third season that recently ended but first you have to watch the two movies and the ova before you start watching season 3 🤗
WOAH WHAAT YOU ARE BACK FINALLY!
Went and binge watch the whole playlist from episode 1 these past 3 days and now caught up. Now it's back to the waiting game.
So, I feel like I kind of understand Asuka's mom (Akemi)'s behavior a bit. As a child, I had anger issues. Some of that was due to the incessant bullying I suffered, and some of that was due to my (then) undiagnosed ADHD (for anyone unaware ADHD affects emotional regulation along with the more well known effects). Between the constant bullying from classmates and my brother (who was only a 18 months younger than me), I had an extremely explosive temper, and it was often my brother who I would hit. If something set me off it was like a switch flipped, and I became someone else. At the time, I genuinely felt bad after hurting him. I didn't want to hurt him, I just wanted him to not do whatever it was that set me off.
It's hard to even put into words how it feels to be like that, because part of me completely understood that my outbursts were an overreaction, but I had no other tools at my disposal to stop him from harassing me, and after (potentially) being harassed all day at school the last thing I wanted was to be harassed at home by my own brother. I'd lash out violently because that was the only thing that would stop him. I knew it wasn't healthy or right, but at the time I felt like I had no control at all over my outbursts. If I had to describe what being set off was like, it was like experiencing complete sensory overload and just wanting to smash whatever it was that was causing it. There was no logic, no thinking, just unbridled rage.
It wasn't until grade 7 that some events (involving the court system) occurred that led to me getting some therapy and eventually managing to get my emotions under control, and the bullying finally stopped around grade 9. The ADHD however wasn't diagnosed until I failed out of college at 25 years old :/
Seeing the way that Asuka's mom recognizes what she's done, feels remorse and (I believe) ashamed to have done so in front of other people as well, and just locks up, only for Asuka to lead her out reminded me a lot of how I felt after an outburst. Intellectually I knew what I was doing was wrong, and I didn't want to hurt people. I genuinely felt bad for my outbursts.
I say this not to excuse her or my own behavior, but because it's valuable to understand how someone can act that way, and what the experience of being in that kind of place mentally feels like. Someone who gets satisfaction from wielding power over another, or inflicting pain on another is very different from someone in Akemi's position where her abuse stems from a desire to do what she thinks is best for Asuka. While entirely misguided, and acting in a wholly inappropriate manner, her actions stem from good intentions, rather than bad. While her actions are absolutely wrong, I can't help but feel some sympathy for her.
Keep going!
Don't know if you just didn't notice or you just didn't mention it but episode 9's title was "Hibike! Euhphonium".
oh did not notice!