K-on is mostly a light, slice of life anime. although its supposed to be about a band which creates music. most of the episodes don't even have them practicing or doing anything to do with music. If anything, K-on's story is very basic. its about 4 school girls who decide to revive the dying light music club by joining it. once the club is officially formed, they form a band, and spend their days after school in the club room, where they spend most of their time eating snacks, and drinking tea. the anime doesn't really have a continuous storyline, and most of the events are just random things happening in school. the story has not really changed from the first season and keeps this formula. but what makes the second season's more enjoyable than the first season is the fact that its the girl's final year, and you start to feel that they are just girls that are enjoying them selves for one more year before separating, and leaving azusa to take care of the light music club. with 26 episodes in the second season, events in the final year are more packed, and not so spread out, and maybe not so rushed to a degree like in the first season.
the art in k-on is very nice, and appealing. the character designs are very cute, and pretty, and everything is very colourful. the backgrounds are detailed in general, and its fairly easy on the eye in general. the animation seems to have also gotten better from the first season too. its more smooth, and fluid, and small details like hair, and finger movements are taken into account which shows that the producers did put quite a lot of effort into the animation. this is especially shown when they are playing the instruments, and performing gigs.
i believe that in the second season the characters have been given more depth. there not just girls who do cute things, and unnaturally act cute and innocent. they have strayed away from the 'cute' fanservice like mio constantly crying, and azusa being forced to wear cat ears, and meowing a little more in this season, and act a lot more naturally. there personalities are shown more, and you start to see that they are just normal girls, with some little quirky traits which you would find in most anime. with it being their last school year, you see that they start acting a little more mature and that they appreciated their school lives, accepting the fact that they have to grow up.
with the anime about 'music'...well to a degree, the soundtrack has to be decent, which i believe they have done a good job with in my opinion. the opening and ending themes are catchy, and suit the theme of the anime. i'm personally not into the sort of pop-rock genre but the songs are catchy and enjoyable (in my opinion) anyway. the background music in k-on is also good. the songs used fit the theme of the scenes, whether it is sad, happy, or just random..which is what the anime mostly is. the background music overall is catchy and isn't noticed so much that it will get on your nerves.
i enjoyed k-on a lot. what made me enjoy this one a lot than the last season, was how it was the girl's final year in school, and you sort of treasure their days which are numbered in the school. i personally think that since i graduated from high school about 3 months ago, it made the series more enjoyable. it made me think, despite how much i complained about school, i did enjoy it..to a degree anyway and how i should appreciate how fun a school life can be. (i sound like an old man now..although i kind of act like one anyway).
anyway, i hope you found the review helpful. this is the first review i have actually put some effort in (don't bother reading my others, i've had poo's that could probably write better ones). its not the best, but i just had the urge to write a review on this particular anime.
thanks for reading my review anyway..if you did finish it anyway haha.
