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Apr 14, 2025
It's been months, and I’m still not over this anime, the emotional damage is too much 😭😭😭

First thing I loved was being able to experience the perspective of the third years. I always disliked Haruka’s character as I thought she just lacked so much confidence, was always panicking. But seeing what it’s like to be the president from Kumiko’s perspective, it really made me appreciate Haruka’s characters a lot more.

Kumiko takes front and centre as we really get to explore the full depths of her character, from the stress of having to be the president and trying to keep the band together, the stress of maintaining her role as a Euphonist, the stress of her personal relationships and of course the battle with herself and her morals. Kumiko is time and time again forced to choose between what others want of her and sticking to her own morals and identity.

But the character that I really appreciated the most was Mayu, she is a difficult character to handle as she directly opposes our MC and thus she is easy to hate on or just be annoying, but they handled her character very well. We are able to see Mayu as an obstacle to Kumiko but not the enemy, which is something that requires very skillful writing which I really appreciated.

All of this is leading up to what is the greatest ep in anime, scratch that the greatest ep in all of media. I have never been in so much emotional ecstasy, I was crying, excited, in shock from what I witnessed. The balls to pull out a move like this left me speechless. And then the moment with Reina and the parallels calling back the moment from season 1 just hit so hard. Then seeing the pain that Kuimko was experiencing really showed the maturity of the show as it gives a sense of realism, that despite Kuimko winning the battle with herself and finally reaching her goal it was not done without sacrifice, she is sad in this moment and at her lowest really hitting us that this journey was not just rainbows & sunshine. The ending was the cherry on top, it just put a huge smile on my face. It was absolute perfection.

I have never been so passionate in a review before, so when I tell you this, I really mean it from the bottom of my heart. YOU WILL NOT REGRET WATCHING HIBIKE EUPHONIUM!
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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