#kuroe mayu

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"I love the ensemble." "I love Kitauji."

[prof-kenny]

[a-titty-ninja]

[animepopheart]

★ 【仁井学】 「 響け!ユーフォニアム_243 」 ☆ ⊳ mayu // sound! euphonium ✔ republished w/permission ⊳ ⊳ follow me! insta • x • bsky

[tetrix-anime]

Megami Magazine June 2024 Issue (#289) - Hibike! Euphonium 3 (Sound! Euphonium 3)

[blueparadis]

there is something oddly uncomfortable about mayu and it has been potrayed so beautifully in the anime. she has no malice in her heart for anyone yet she always keeps her walk and talk in check. she is like a freshly solved puzzle but there is one piece that is placed in a wrong way, maybe turned upside down and i just loved how they kept up with that unsetteling aura of hers throughout the series even after the final selection of the soli part. yes, she is the one who gets it ( even i chose the first candidate after watching ) ofcourse like reina most are frustrated with the outcome but you see that is the odd thing about her which seperates her form kumiko, the talent gap.

kumiko always tried catching up to Reina and she has always known that Reina is very talented. so, some part of Kumiko had always known how much she had to work harder to catch up to her but could never realize it. she practiced hard, gave her all yet she wasn't the one to play the soli part. why? because she looked up to Reina, admired her talent and passion. And then, comes a girl who hasn't known Reina like Kumiko did. To Mayu, Reina is a hard-working and passionate player so she does not look up to her, just acknowledges it. In the soli part, if you listen carefully Kumiko's tune is like she is following Reina's lead but with Mayu, she is not following Reina just going toe-to-toe with Reina. it's almost scary, isnt't it? Like Kanade said, "She is terrifying."

taki-sensei is brilliant if he saw the upside down puzzle piece in Mayu.

[newmusictodayfan]

Hibike! Euphonium 3 (Sound! Euphonium 3)

[gallade-x-treme]

"Because you're special."

[izumiwatches]

What they see in each other (S3E07)

[senjo]

[anicastes]

Are you sure?

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No, but… that was a really good one, actually.

I might as well let this out. A lot of people are still losing their minds over episode 12, and I’m not even gonna try to pretend this isn’t to be expected. It’s not happening only on this side of the fandom—the Japanese one was also torn about it, although I’d argue they were much quicker to understand what KyoAni was going for with it.

Y’all know me. That goddamn studio owns my soul, but I’m not joining the “KyoAni did it again (even when they actually did not)” club in this lifetime or the next. If the changes made during the adaptation ruin the intention of the original work, no matter how good the animation is, a spade is still a spade and I address it at length when people ask my opinion. But that’s not what happened this time.

And guys, hear me out: it’s not as painful as everyone is making it to be. I’m dead-serious about that. Stick with me here.

Firstly, there’s a couple of conversations going on that we need to put to sleep. One of them, the one bothering me the most, is that Reina “chose Taki’s way of doing things over Kumiko”. Or worse, that she “chose winning at the nationals over Kumiko”. The episode itself debunks this in several ways, mainly by showing that flashback of S1. If Reina had chosen Kumiko despite thinking Mayu’s performance was better, Kumiko would’ve known, and it could very well have been the end of their friendship. She would’ve been outraged. In no universe would this scenario ever make her happy. More importantly, the flashback implies that Reina wants to choose Kumiko in spite of everything. What stops her from doing so is the fact that it would mean betraying Kumiko, which is worse than not being able to play with her on national stage one last time. Reina didn’t choose Kumiko… but she did.

None of this was about victory—it truly was a matter of meritocracy. Choosing the best members doesn’t guarantee they would win at the nationals, especially given that Mayu isn’t superior to Kumiko by a wide margin. They’re almost tied. And neither was any of it a Taki vs. Kumiko thing for Reina. She’s abrasive when it comes to defending his policies, but her belief in him isn’t blind. The fandom tends to underestimate Reina a lot because of her romantic feelings and mistakes her faith for stubbornness, even though both the novels and the anime are adamant about her good judgement. It’s not that she trusts him because she’s in love with him—she’s in love with him because he is worth her trust. Then again, this had nothing to do with him. It was all about Kumiko. She was the only thing in Reina’s mind the whole time. Taki wasn’t mentioned even in passing.

The other is that Kumiko’s loss was for shock value because the novel’s outcome was too obvious and KyoAni wanted to surprise the viewers. I’m not gonna lie, this decision was definitely meant to give the anime a so-called “plus alpha” in comparison to the original, but that’s not all there is to it. The main reason is obviously to have it be more grounded and mature, not so much your usual music anime, as well as make the whole debate about fairness actually convincing. The original is not only predictable, it’s also questionable. It’s easy for something to look like Deus Ex Machina even when that’s clearly not the intention, and KyoAni didn’t want Eupho to be that anime. By extension, they shot down every suspicion that could’ve possibly been raised about Kumiko’s win in the original work.

Of course Reina would’ve recognized Kumiko’s sound, so although most readers would know that she wouldn’t choose Kumiko for any reason other than her performance, it still leaves room for doubt. The anime slaps this doubt into outer space by constructing a situation where Reina deemed Mayu’s playing as superior, although by a hair’s breadth. It effectively answers the question of “what would she have done if that was the case?”. With the author having approved of this, it’s safe to say that, yes, that’s what Reina would have done in canon as well. And it would be the right choice, which then means that her choice in the original was also undebatably the right one. That Kumiko earned her win in the novel.

This may or may not have been intended, but either way, the anime has elevated the original work’s outcome by going for that route. After all, the original was predictable, sure, but that doesn’t mean it was unrealistic. These two things are being confused and conflated with one another a lot in many comments that I’ve been seeing out there. Realism doesn’t always have to be negative. Kumiko and Mayu had equal chances of winning. That’s what the audition was all about. The novel portrays what would’ve happened if Kumiko had won, while the anime portrays what would’ve happened if she had lost. Both are valid and the existence of one further validates the other, not the contrary.

What the author wanted to show was that, although Kumiko can’t follow Reina or her more talented senpais, she’s still an excellent player, enough to perform the solo on national competitions, and she wouldn’t let this get the better of her. It also seems like there was an element of “be careful with what you wish” as one of the morals behind Mayu’s arc, where she finally accepts her true feelings through regret rather than joy. Meanwhile, what KyoAni wanted to show is that, even if Kumiko is surpassed, she’s still an exceptional leader and has the makings of a fine teacher. In a way, the anime affirms that both Kumiko and Mayu play a special role in guiding Kitauji through the final tournament. Above all, both routes assert that Reina wouldn’t lie under any circumstances and that Kumiko (as well as Mayu) would indeed accept either result with utmost grace and understanding, no matter how frustrating it might be.

Another thing that the anime elevated is Kumiko and Reina’s bond. In my honest opinion, KumiRei has become the best female relationship in animation and one of the absolute best female relationships in fiction thanks to this episode. It’s transcended friendship, transcended gay, transcended fucking everything.

Alternative endings aren’t dead and they don’t always suck. Eupho continues to be one of the most amazing slice-of-life franchises ever.

[prof-kenny]

[a-titty-ninja]

[kazisonline]

YOU SAY STUPID BUT WERE IN THE SAME LIFEBOAT . !!!

Ikr like 😭😭😭😭😭

This manga is literally called "fucked by my best friend" in english 😭😭😭😭😭 this is not high literature 😭😭😭😭😭😭

BUT I LIKE IT 😭😭😭😭????

Silly goofy bisexual straightbait yaoi manga. It's definitely straightbaiting, like could you tell this is yaoi from those covers????

No!! You can not!!!!! But it is in fact yaoi!!!!!

You'd think oh it's one of those my friend turned into a girl so I will sleep with him only when he's a girl BUT IT'S NOT!!!! I know it's just porn but we love to see bisexual/pansexual Rui who states multiple times that he doesn't care if Shion is a girl or a boy, he just likes him for him. And they fuck whether they're both boys or not and I appreciate that 👍👍👍👍👍

Also my favourite character is Mayu she's just the best fucking girl, becomes besties with Shion when he's a girl and she's also a fujoshi slay girl I love that for you

She is such a cool character I love her are you looking for a girlfriend maybe Mayu hello I volunteer

It's just a cute silly goofy queer hentai manga and I'm not ashamed to like it honestly, I think we deserve to enjoy casual stupid stuff like that

[tetrix-anime]

Hibike! Euphonium 3 (Sound! Euphonium 3) - New key visual of new character Mayu Kuroe and special PV. Premiere: April 2024