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Nick Alright, is the mic picking up? Yeah? Okay. ahem Mic check. 1. 2. Mic Check. 1. 2. We good? Sweet, then it's time to welcome everyone to THIS WEEK IN ANIME. I hope all you wonderful readers out there are ready to ROCK. AND. ROLL with us! Ok so maybe "rock" is a strong word but by god after four years we FINALLY get to talk about a proper music anime on this column and I'm going to embrace it. Jean-Karlo MOSH PIT Everyone knows the hardest of cores of Japanese music is the humble shamisen, and this anime is stone cold. That's why it's called..!
It's funny, despite technically being in every episode of the show so far, Yui has gotten remarkably little focus throughout. She's had a couple scenes with Setsu and Shuri in isolation, but has otherwise operated as comic relief since the setting shifted to high school. When this was simply the Sawamura Family Drama Variety Hour, that was fine enough, but with the story now resting on the entire team's shoulders, it was about time we started developing the character who technically got the Shamisen club on its feet. Th results are a bit mixed in execution, but ultimately sincere and heartwar...
Much as I've been loving Those Snow White Notes, I'll admit I was getting worried that it was becoming reliant on formula, building each episode around a new shamisen performance and letting its story ride on those exquisite sequences rather than putting in the legwork for a full story. Thankfully this week proves the show can break formula without losing steam, both by eschewing a central performance and delivering a brand new opening! Yep, somehow 6 episodes in we've been given a new OP in both song and visuals, seemingly to mark this new part of Setsu's musical journey. While I will miss ...