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Will Houkago Teatime become full blown band? Or dissolve?

Started 5 years ago by jamesownsall, currently has 20 posts - latest post is by jamesownsall

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jamesownsall

Just watched episode 20 a few minutes ago.

Finally, something SIGNIFICANT!

Seeing them all crying and shit, as if it'll be their last year together, I can't help but speculate.

Now I know that the manga had shown that they all wanna go to the same university, but will they all pass? (Yui? lol) As bubbly as K-ON! is, they don't seem to make it 'dreamy' and 'all's fine', all the time. Reality can be a bitch, and K-ON! can sometimes display that while looking not serious. I mean, Sawako's band didn't go anywhere, right?

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
Firetribe

I'm not watching K-on!! yet, but I'm a little doubtful that it will just end without some kind of satisfying resolution(movie, perhaps?).

But you did bring up a good point that reminded me of Lucky Star. Like Konata's chances of joining Tsukasa and Kagami in college. Though it's doubtful it will go that far. But honestly, to think Yui could even get into college in reality doesn't seem possible... But they probably will find a way. I mean, it's hard to believe she was able to pass to become a senior after all. They might just say she barely managed to squeak by or something.

And about being a full-blown band: maybe... I don't know about K-ON! University. Not sure how they would fit in a more mature setting. If they all acted like schoolgirls, it might be awkward to watch...

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
pilandi

lol K-ON being serious, i just can't imagine that at all.
That would mean "screw college, we're going to live our dream and play at budokan."
That's never going to happen, they're the laziest band ever.
Just let them all go to college and drop the whole music thing, it's pointless anyway.

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jamesownsall

It's difficult to think that K-ON will just completely end in September, just like that, considering what a cash cow of a series it is.

Then again, yeah, I can't imagine K-ON showing the girls in campus life without trying to be mature. Once it becomes mature though, that's where it ends. They'll socialize more, have a lovelife(to the otakus' disdain) and they can't act stupid without not making sense anymore. Perhaps it would be for the best that it completely stops when it does.

But I just wanna know what kind of ending it will have then. Will they try to go commercial? Or at least go indie? Will they start promoting their band on MySpace? Or will they just drop the whole thing and call it a beautiful high school memory?

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
Nin

You're right about K-On! I hadn't really thought of it yet, but college does indeed not seem like the right setting for it. About "cash cows" suddenly ending though- that happens. Lucky Star has also been dropped after one season and an OVA. And with Hirano quitting her job as a voice actress, I have no hope of either Lucky Star or Haruhi continuing.

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pilandi

jamesownsall said:

But I just wanna know what kind of ending it will have then. Will they try to go commercial? Or at least go indie? Will they start promoting their band on MySpace? Or will they just drop the whole thing and call it a beautiful high school memory?

People watch the show beacuse of all that moe crap, not because of the music.
Trying to go indie would mean rehearsing everyday, writing songs, sending out demotapes, playing small live gig's, working to raise money for the band, dealing with internal band struggles.
No K-ON fan want's too see that.

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jamesownsall

pilandi said:

People watch the show beacuse of all that moe crap, not because of the music.
Trying to go indie would mean rehearsing everyday, writing songs, sending out demotapes, playing small live gig's, working to raise money for the band, dealing with internal band struggles.
No K-ON fan want's too see that.

...Well I do. <_<

Just rebrand the series and give them more sense. They're an all-girls band; something that you don't see everyday in comparison to all-men. I'm pretty sure there are plenty of fresh dramas waiting to happen.

...OK, I'll stop my wishful thinking here.

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
fatalerrer

Yeah, I have to say I wouldn't mind seeing K-ON transform into something a little more serious. I mean, there are hints to suggest that the team could really do a good job with a concept like that. Though like Faiz suggested, maybe something like that would be best portrayed in movie with a bigger budget. I can't imagine fans supporting a dramatic change in the form of a series.

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
Firetribe

What I propose is a spin-off series: K-ON! World tour!

The story - Due to a computer error in grading, the group fail their university entrance exams and have to wait another year to take them again. So in hearing about how the girls are bummed out and in deep depression(Mio near the point of suicide...), Tsumgi's parents shell out the cash for them to go on a trip circling the world. :3

This extra chapter will allow us to experience moeblobbery and music on all 6 continents! xD

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
Sukunai

Man if I had a dollar for every time I have seen a great anime, just up and stop for no apparent obvious reason (without having access to the actual creators that is).

Ok I won't call K-On 'great' but I really like it. I DO want to see the girls go to college. And no, I've seen enough college kids, they are not magically geniuses just because they can go. Wait, I'm mistaking dumb ass kids in North America for Asians again ain't i?

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jamesownsall

Sukunai said:
Man if I had a dollar for every time I have seen a great anime, just up and stop for no apparent obvious reason (without having access to the actual creators that is).

Ok I won't call K-On 'great' but I really like it. I DO want to see the girls go to college. And no, I've seen enough college kids, they are not magically geniuses just because they can go. Wait, I'm mistaking dumb ass kids in North America for Asians again ain't i?

You know, universities come in different statuses and recognition levels. It's the same all around the world, I thought?

I imagine a smarter Mio would go to institutions like Waseda or Toudai. Tsumugi's parents might just force her to go overseas(Oxford? Yale?). Ritsu might only pass for regular levels while Yui can probably only go to some community college(?) or some really low-level university.

Seeing as where they go for higher education decides their future, I can't imagine the likes of serious Mio to go "Fuck this" and stay with the whole group for a few more years.

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
loli in a box

I see no problem with continuing in campus. I hope it will.
People trying to reason that the K-On! girls are not "mature" enough for that probably never visited university.

Edit:
Wait. Were you seriously trying to use RL to measure what and what not could be possible in anime? o.o

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
fatalerrer

loli in a box said:

Wait. Were you seriously trying to use RL to measure what and what not could be possible in anime? o.o

For a series roughly approximating real life it sort of makes sense, yeah?

At any rate, there should be more series overall that take things to college. I think there are a lot of possibilities that aren't being explored enough at that level. The only series that come to mind are Love Hina and Hachimitsu to Clover.

Maybe they all split up for a year or so and over a summer decide to get the band back together? Lots of potential anyhow. I hate to see another series just up and end.

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
Firetribe

jamesownsall said:

You know, universities come in different statuses and recognition levels. It's the same all around the world, I thought?

I imagine a smarter Mio would go to institutions like Waseda or Toudai. Tsumugi's parents might just force her to go overseas(Oxford? Yale?). Ritsu might only pass for regular levels while Yui can probably only go to some community college(?) or some really low-level university.

Seeing as where they go for higher education decides their future, I can't imagine the likes of serious Mio to go "Fuck this" and stay with the whole group for a few more years.

Well I think it really depends on what they each want to do. Do you think they would actually consider majoring in Music or pursue real careers? I doubt all of them want to be nurses, like here in the US. :p

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
loli in a box

fatalerrer said:
roughly approximating real life

K-on!

ಠ_ಠ

You think something which reflects RL would get so much support?
Who would be interested in such a thing?
*takes his leave*

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
GANTZ Playboy!

Hey....I follow "Sphere" & the K-On! girls cause of Minako Kotobuki (Mugi) - I'll follow them anywhere.

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
カンチ

pilandi said:

People watch the show beacuse of all that moe crap, not because of the music.
Trying to go indie would mean rehearsing everyday, writing songs, sending out demotapes, playing small live gig's, working to raise money for the band, dealing with internal band struggles.
No K-ON fan want's too see that.

I did start watching K-On for the music :/ ; When Yui could onlt only play 5 secs of ZB's Harahetta was when I official said "I'm gonna watch this show.". Curry Nochi Rice was confirmed the support band(the people actually playing the instruments) were good at what they do.

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
pilandi

Cantido said:

I did start watching K-On for the music :/ ; When Yui could onlt only play 5 secs of ZB's Harahetta was when I official said "I'm gonna watch this show.". Curry Nochi Rice was confirmed the support band(the people actually playing the instruments) were good at what they do.

So did i, i actually had high hopes after the ova which reminded me of BECK.
But then came S2 with all it's kindergarden and chipmunk music (Ending aside).
Sure it had some good moments like Yui doing Pete Townshends Windmill in ep1, or Ritsu looking up to Keith Moon as a drummer.
The moe magic didn't work on me anymore though, so all that's left is just one boring and totally pointless show.
I dropped K-ON on episode 18, because at that point it was so boring i almost fell asleep. -_-

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
Sukunai

Them all ending up in near similar or even geographically similar post secondary is very unlikely. Probably the reason that there is so little of 'after high school' evolution of anime story lines.

Other than them performing on summer breaks etc I guess it is a tad difficult to justify.

Sucks.

We never get to see anime school girls get old enough to have boy friends get drunk at parties and end up fucking drunk and fucking as well.

Oh well the otaku freak crowd would have a total mental break down to find out Mio had a boyfriend and liked giving him blow jobs.

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
jamesownsall

Sukunai said:
Them all ending up in near similar or even geographically similar post secondary is very unlikely. Probably the reason that there is so little of 'after high school' evolution of anime story lines.

Other than them performing on summer breaks etc I guess it is a tad difficult to justify.

Sucks.

We never get to see anime school girls get old enough to have boy friends get drunk at parties and end up fucking drunk and fucking as well.

Oh well the otaku freak crowd would have a total mental break down to find out Mio had a boyfriend and liked giving him blow jobs.

Interesting point you brought up for the high-school setting.

It baffles me like nobody's business. Why must the majority of them be in the high-school setting? I mean, Love Hina as the anime that popularized harem genre, starred a guy who are few years past school and is trying to go to university(ie. NOT IN HIGH SCHOOL).

I don't mean that we should force the makers to follow their story to their graves. I just think that Houkago Teatime as a band, is interesting. They should show the band all the way until they call it quits(current most likely scenario) or become well-known nationwide(best-case-scenario).

Will Yui be able to resist cocaine and not end up washing her mouth with a buckshot?

Will Mio and Ritsu just confess their lesbian affections for each other already?

Will Mugi's parents approve if she decides to pursue band career, being the 'ojou-sama' that she is?

Will Azusa last? Or will she get fed-up with her bandmates that she quits to start her own, more jazz-affiliated band?

Their love life? Their hardships?

....Wait, I'm asking for too many nice things.

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