Hibike! Euphonium

>>2159393
Try again when the old one's at page 9 fuckface

>>2159393
Look on the bright side anons. By the end of this season we will be able to make an epic "this is bait" image from a collage of all the Kumiko/Reina moments.

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Getting mixed reactions, but if I recall correctly, the yuri bit is an anime only invention?

>>2159405
Yep, the novel is het, but the anime is yuri !

>>2159399
Their special hand holding bond will last a lifetime while they marry their own husbands and have their own kids?

>>2159399
Not if we get an open ending.

>>2160228
If we get an open ending the argument will probably never end. It would be for the best to just rip the bandage off quick.

>>2160254
And have them platonically kiss.

>>2159418
Reading this made me feel depressed.

>>2160291
Serves you right.

>>2159395
>lel kill yourself
Kay?

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>12 posts in
>just 12 posts of everyone lashing out at eachother
Why cant everyone just enjoy the show? I mean this is the cutest thing I've ever seen and its a scene thats not even in focus

I don't know how this will end but one thing I do know is that there is no way in hell whoever wrote this is not in closet.

The main character is an average girl. Average enough to be a self insert. And in a single episode she has a dozen mildly to extremely gay interactions with an intelligent and talented long black haired beauty while treating her designated male love interest like he doesn't even exist.

>>2160228
>>2160254
>open ending
You mean like, the studio choosing to go with a safe ending that does not confirm or deny any relationships in an effort to avoid alienating any part of the fanbase and therefore maximize profits?

Surely they wouldn't.

>>2160577
I really hope they won't do that. It's just lazy writing.

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BUMP!

>>2160577
I'd rather she just end up with shoe than an open end, so that I can at least be free of this hell.

>>2160605
indofag pls go

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I can't put myself through this series if it ends up going the way I hear the novels did.

I could make do with an open ending but god damn I am irritated by this "friendship".

Girl friends are not that GAY. I have seen the best of girl friends, close as can be since childhood and into adulthood, they ain't NEAR so gay. This series just feels like torment to me at this point.

ALTHOUGH, there are side relationships that would almost make it worth it.

>>2160614
o..okay.
im sorry.

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>>2160633
>there are side relationships that would almost make it worth it.
...By also going nowhere!

>>2160673
At least it's sure they won't end with males.

>>2160673
yeah this >>2160716

What is this?


https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-10-07/sound-euphonium-2-1st-bd-dvd-includes-unaired-short-movie/.107356


>"Hanabi-taikai Kiss e Yōkoso!" (Welcome to the Fireworks Festival Kiss)

>>2160768
We'll find out in about 2 months.

>>2160768
It's when Shoe and Kumiko kiss at the festival, duh.

>>2160768
that never happend not even in the novel
also it will be the first episode BD, who we already see

>>2160785
>that never happend not even in the novel
We don't even know what "that" is yet.

And of course this will be an anime original, just like every other BD extra. Even asking about it is kind of silly.

>>2160768
Maybe it's about the Trombone's .

>>2160768
It will be about Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley performing at the festival.

When is the new ep coming out?

The writer must suck at romance if she shipped Shuuichi and Kumiko. Kumiko barely even enjoys the kid's company. Not even Reina seems to think of her teacher as anything but a teacher; where's the crush?

God, this fandom feels like the female version of Kids on the Slope's.

>>2160534

Tbqh, the anime is pretty crap at being a music anime. They spend so little time actually playing, usually just practicing to play. So the character interactions is the main draw. But the only characters of interest 95% are Kumiko and Reina. I can't even remember Sapphire's other friends name.

>>2161400
>Tbqh, the anime is pretty crap at being a music anime. They spend so little time actually playing
But there's still plenty of music. I honestly was surprised they were able to squeeze as much music in the first episode as they did. Bringing that much focus onto Nozomi and Mizore's middle school song was a good choice.

And while I still think you're right on this point, I think it's a good thing that the show is more interested in the people /playing/ the music, rather than the music itself.

>I can't even remember Sapphire's other friends name.
Given she was the one who got 2 episodes (while Sapphire of course got none) last season, it could be that you're just not paying very good attention.

Also,
>Not even Reina seems to think of her teacher as anything but a teacher; where's the crush?
Now I know you're not paying attention.

>>2161507

Sapphire's memorable because her name is unusual and she's always having fits about it.

>>2161400
Reina flinched when someone joked the teacher might have brought his fiance to class, so it is still there.

Well, and also the whole thing about her showing up early every day and asking him for the key despite knowing he does not have it.

That being said that isn't enough to pop my yuri bubble, considering the loads of gay in the rest of the episode.

I completely agree about Shoe though, it is hard to even picture him and Kumiko as friends since she seems to show nothing but disdain for him any time they are breathing the same air. It feels like the writers are actively suppressing any possible relationship between them.

>>2161534
>it is hard to even picture him and Kumiko as friends
this is what really gets me

Kumiko went to a different school she knew wouldn't be popular explicitly to get away from old classmates. When she's in there, she makes no effort to reconnect with Shoe and all effort to connect at all with Reina.

Later in the first season the tuba broad says "she doesn't even know her own feelings lol"

Show don't tell, because you might be telling me there's something there; all I'm seeing is nothing. I don't even wretch at heterosexual romance, I just need romance to be believable, period.

>>2161542
>Later in the first season the tuba broad says "she doesn't even know her own feelings lol"
That line was a leftover from the novel. And since it actually turned out to be true in the novel, I don't like to go so hard on Hazuki because of that.

However, the problem with that is that also in the novel (or at least the first one, which of course the first season covers) she did reconnect with Shoe. He was basically the only person Kumiko ever walked home with (all of the scenes that have her walking home with Hazuki and Midori were original). And on that note, most of the scenes where she expressed a desire to reconnect with Reina were original, too.

So basically, I agree. The anime should certainly show and not tell if Hazuki's line was the angle they were going for. And if it wasn't, it's a mystery as to why they left it in.

So... If Reina and Kumiko got married, what would they wear? Japanese style or western style? Dresses or suits? Personally I really like Reina in a feminine suit looking cute but I could also see both of them in dresses.

>>2161618
You can imagine anything since they won't get married so your "headcanon" won't be proven wrong.

>>2161624

The novels never said they couldn't get married when they're older. Plus, since when does /u/ care about canon?

>>2161624
>>>/a/

>>2161629
>>/reality/

>>2161627
Two women getting legally married in Japan. Sure.

>>2161641
We get it anon, you're triggered by girls getting together and getting married. No need to be so blatant.

Why does u/ continue to hurt itself with this series you already know what is going to happen. Save yourself the pain and delusion that Kyoani repeatedly create with their bait.

>>2161648
The only bait I see is your post, Anonymous.

>>2161648
You know, it's entirely possible to enjoy homoerotic ADOLESCENCE for what it is.

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>>2161618
This is pretty much how I imagine it

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>>2161618
>>2161658
This.
Reina wears the dress.
Reina always wears the dress.

>>2161648
Nobody knows what is going to happen. Non-romance end is most likely to happen considering how thoroughly Kyoani erased all traces of Kumiko-Shuichi romance.

>>2161662
then why are you still so obsessed with it all?

>>2161677
>WHY ARE YOU ENJOYING THINGS????
It's a difficult concept, I know.

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>>2161692
Yeah, we know.

>Tbqh, the anime is pretty crap at being a music anime. They spend so little time actually playing, usually just practicing to play.
You've never been in a music class, have you. People usually spend months of practice all for playing a piece or two for a concert, I'm part of an orchestra and the show is pretty accurate at illustrating what being in a music program is like.
Same with sport too, practicing countless hours all for one event

>>2161680
I enjoyed being baited once. Then I woke up in a sushi bar.

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>>2161703
>yuri is the only thing to enjoy in a show/in anime/in life
I don't like when yurifags think like this.

Hibike is a good show, for a number of reasons. The yuri, whether you see it as bait or not, is just the icing on an already delicious cake.

>>2161644

They could get married overseas, plus things could change by the mid 2020s.

>>2161677
They like the pain.

>>2161644
As far as I know that was possible as of over a year ago.

>>2161644
Use google, sometime it helps.

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>>2161707
This. I'm enjoying Hibike as a non yuri show and any gayness that might happen is just a bonus.

>>2161707
Hooks do need worms, after all.

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Has someone seen the special with the seiyuu? Around min14 they start talking about the anabi scene and the festival I think, my Jananese is very limited. Did they say something yuri relevant and somewhat informative? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8YC1jGSBDo

>>2161794
>Did they say something yuri relevant and somewhat informative?
Not even slightly.

>>2161701

There's a reason most music anime avoid practice much. It's boring, even if it's realistic. Most anime don't strive for realism. Battle anime and sports anime get away with it by spicing them up and because they're visually interesting. Watching kids practice music pieces isn't fun unless you do it artsy like Shounen Note or My Lie in April.

>>2161658

Kumiko in a suit is pretty weird.

>>2161659

She looks pretty in a dress but I could easily see her in a suit too.

>>2161707

Well... The visuals and female character designs (the guys either look like generic Kyoani bait or are sadly background characters) are nice.

>>2161790
There's nothing enticing about a hook alone.
I like the cake example better desu senpai.

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>>2161680
I'm actually to where I don't give two shits if they leave it open. I'd prefer that. Better to have goggles.

>Kumiko teasing Reina in the first episode

The best, man. I don't even care. It's a cute anime regardless.

>>2160611
>>2160603
Wow yuri fans can be so bitter sometimes. Do you realise an open ending is almost like a confrmation of the yuri?
There is no way an open ending would mean het in the future when they have developed Kumiko in a way to show she is so indifferent to the guy, while she almost orgasms by holding Reina's hand.

>>2160577
>the studio choosing to go with a safe ending

And why is that a bad thing? If this show was blatanly yuri from the begging, we wouldn't get a season 2. They gotta make money too, it's their job

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>>2161692
Wait whut...

>>2162310
They are talking about Taki Sensei, in the novels.

>>2162303
>Do you realise an open ending is almost like a confrmation of the yuri?
Why are yuri fans standards so low?

>>2162313
I want to die.

>>2162303
If you're content with crumbs, you'll never get anything better.

>>2162328
Ask to the authors... I personally take what they give me.

They make Kumiko look so gay. The ending to the first ep Kumiko is bewitched by Reina again, but gets flustered this time and looks away when she blushes. Then the whole hand squeeze makes her heart jump. kyoani geh.

>>2162420
Hey now chin up. There are quite a few changes to the story. Additions and replacements are what I'm using as oxygen right now.

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>>2162619
>that fucking scene
If this were any anime besides Hibike Euphonium, a scene like this would be a clear indicator of endgame.

But this is Hibike Euphonium.

>>2162619
>There are quite a few changes to the story
Even if they talk about Taki at some point, I'm pretty sure this will get overshadowed from their gayness.
I mean Kumiko and reina sleeping this close...come on. Taki can't do shit.

>>2162624
Am I the only one who thought that part at 0:23 when Kumiko blushed after looking at Reina and then there is a firework poping seemed like a metaphor for climaxing?
Small details like this make it super yuri

>>2162632
It's not about "climaxing", just representing the sudden burst of heartracing emotion visually. It's pretty clear what it's supposed to be conveying; I think that after this episode along with the first festival episode that she also directed, regardless of where the series as a whole goes, we know Fujita likes her yuri.

>>2162619
>>2162631
It's just really frustrating the lengths kyoani is going to debunk the blatant gayness they've set up. They're fucking cowards who know that the kumirei dynamic carries the show, yet won't fully carry through.

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>>2162313
They make this scene better in the episode
Reina ask if Kumiko will betrayed her and oh course she say never
antikyoni bfffo!

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Comfy as fuck. Best pair.

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>>2163427
mfw, antikyoani will denial this

>>2163477
There's nothing to acknowledge or deny.

>>2163477
We don't need to, KyoAni will deny it themselves

This episode completely killed off the yuri momentum from ep 1. Reina just feels like Hazuki and Sapphire now, just another irrelevant friend that Kumiko doesn't really care about.

>>2163512
Hopefully people will finally let that ship sink

>>2163512
Overdramatic much?

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What happened?

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>>2163444
1080p

>>2163536
Pic or it didn't happen

>>2163545
>it didn't happen

>>2163545
Obviously it didn't, don't give them attention.

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>>2163427
1080p

>>2163521
Someone didn't put out. It was their period tho so not really their fault.

>>2163556
What are saying?

>>2161707
>Hibike
>Good
Pick one

>>2163579
It is good, quit being so butthurt.

>>2163582
>>2163583
This is the kind of people that then wonder why KyoAni drops Tamako Markets on their heads, while continuing to lap up the remains of the previous Tamako Markets and ordering more Tamako Markets.

>>2163604
No, need to worry about Tamakos when we got Chuu2, Lucky Star, Amagi, I could go on.

>>2163604
They screwed up Tamako Market.
At the end of the movie they should've made Midori rape Tamako to provide a sequel hook for the next installment of the series, Tamako Flea Market.

>>2163606
>Amagi
Tell me more, because all I see there is het.

>>2163622
There's slight yuri undertones with the fire girl and the water girl

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>>2163622

I won't lie, this Taki thing was a total bummer for me this episode and I couldn't enjoy properly the bath suits and the slight KumiRei scenes.
Also turned Reina's character into literally a joke.
But I will suck it up and save my hate if needed for the end of this anime.

>>2163633
Reina is a joke because her crush on Taki is a joke. It's kind of a good sign that it won't be taken seriously compared to her deep relationship with Kumiko.
I still expect a Shuuichi asspull in the last few episodes though.

>>2163636
>Reina is a joke because her crush on Taki is a joke.
I know right. Only thing that's positive out of this is how her emotions for Kumiko are being shown as way deeper and more serious, while her crush on Taki makes her look ridiculous.

Even though I think a hetpull is not impossible at all, today I was reminded how pissed I will be if they actually do it.
I understand they can't complety change the story, since Reina's crush on Taki is a major part of the novels. But it still sucks.
Yurifags have feelings too. If Kyoani wanted a het ending they could have easily toned down the yuri stuff and up the het undertones instead. That would at least be fair.

>>2163644
Reina's crush on Taki isn't what you need to worry about. The hetpull would be from Kumiko

>>2163660
To me, I just keep hoping until I see the ending. Meanwhile I try to ignore any het interferance. Because their relationship is nicely developed regardless, so it's a bit of worth it.

>>2163660
Because I already accepted this kind of whiplash back in S1, where it just went back and forth throughout eps 8-11. And the show is still very enjoyable for other reasons

>>2163604
Except, I've never seen Tamako.
Also irrelevant. Hibike is good & you only dislike it for being baited.

>>2163668
>I've never seen Tamako.
You know how people sometimes don't listen when others tell them "there be fire over there, lad"? They go "nah, can't be" and promptly get burnt to a crisp.

Tamako Market was our warning. We're at Hibikek now, and there be fire over there, lad.

>>2163700
Tamako was a one time exception that doesn't apply to any other Kyoani lesbian

>>2163660

What's everyone's obsession with Tamako? It wasn't even a bad example of f/f/m triangles. Tamako wasn't dating either until the film and it's not like Midori was given a boyfriend in the end. Sometimes childhood friends don't get the girl. It happens in straight and gay scenarios. It was pretty obvious Tamako would end up with Momo anyway. They're pretty damn cute, but personally I didn't want her dating either. She seems too immature for romance right now tbqh, plus they're cuter as friends.

Hibike is different because of how painfully gay it is. Shuu is basically a nonexistant entity and a even less exisant friend to Kumiko. In contrast Kumiko drools all over Reina. If it ends in het, oh well. We always have our shipping threads and fanfics.

>>2163702
If it happened once, it will happen in the future and you'll indeed get burnt to a crisp.

>>2163704
Tamako's problem was the completely unnecessary film. If they went out of their way to add het to a series that was perfectly fine without, who knows what they'll do to a series that should have had het long ago but for some miracle currently hasn't?
You can tell they are just barely containing themselves, waiting for the perfect moment to spring a surprise Shoe and a surprise Taki.

>>2163724
>if it happened once, it will happen in the future
That conclusion doesn't make sense.

>>2163724
Not a chance with Taki.

>>2163724
>You can tell they are just barely containing themselves
I don't think this is true though. So far, they have literally diminished Shu's role into an almost non existen character. they have also eliminated all of the romantic undertones between him and Kumiko. Only worse than that would be if they didn't add him in the aime at all.

Now, Reina and Taki is pretty annoying, but it will never happen. It doesn't even happen in the novels.

You guys follow any fics? The last one I read was either the AU where Kumiko and Reina are single moms or the one that takes place post-series where Reina attempted suicide

>>2163724

TML was just a weird thing. The anime didn't seem huge enough for a film yet did. It's also dissociated from the original anime, whichvwss barely romantic. I know many who love Love Story but don't even know Market exists... Tamako Market was very het though. Momo was in love with Tamako, so was Midori. That was the point of the love triangle.

>>2163731

Reina and Taki is weird because it is barely present. I suppose it's to make Reina seem like a normal teenage girl instead of being high above everyone. It doesn't relate to her and Kumiko though.

>>2163736
Classic love triangle that ends het with the extra girl being cucked. I wonder if Nips will ever have the guts to make a yuri ending where the girl cucks the guy.

>>2163736
The latter ended a few days ago.

>>2163742
>I wonder if Nips will ever have the guts to make a yuri ending where the girl cucks the guy
They already did it in Kannazuki no Miko, there's still hetfags butthurt.

>>2163744
Literally only time I personally ever saw this happening, and that was because the show was labeled YURI.
The remaining butthurt hetfags are still funny though.

>>2163736
>Reina and Taki is weird because it is barely present
>barely present
Are you blind?

>>2163747
Also, Nanoha?
Idiots were so angry over it that they got kicked off AnimeSuki and formed their own secret circle-jerk forum to rage over it.

>>2163751
Tb honest I can already see us raging if the het comes too. But the thing is, there is so much het out there, it shouldn't matter if one of their couples doesn't end up together. Like wtf, hetfags raging over 1 out of the 100 of couples that doesn't get together is ridiculous.

I don't care about Tamako to be honest. I found her character a typical moe, and also she was obviously interested in the guy from the beggining. Midori's feelings were on sided.

But this is very different now. KumiRei is so blatanly gay and into each other. It would be extremely forced to make it het, only because this is "normal"

>>2163742

You can't be "cucked" if you're not dating the person. Plus Tamako Market was at least better than most in that it wasn't anti-lesbian. Midori doesn't magically like boys and didn't get royally screwed over for being a girl. She just didn't get to date Tamako. That happens in het stories too.

>>2163751

Nanoha never had a male love interest.

>>2163729
"History repeats itself because nobody paid attention", then?

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As others have espoused in the thread, I actually like Hibike for more reasons than all of the delicious, delicious yuri teases.

The visuals are great, the characters all feel down to earth (and so the drama is more believable here than in other shows) and ultimately I like Yamada's directing, even if she's being a cunt with the "lol adolescence" shit. The music is really nice too.

Then again, I'm a major Kyoanifag, so maybe I'm biased

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Not sure why everyone is getting so worked up about the lack of yuri. You know Kyoani will never deliver on the bait. It has to happen eventually.

>>2163762
>Nanoha never had a male love interest.
She did in her very first iteration, an eroge called Triangle Heart 3. The love interest was Chrono.
I assume fans of the original went ballistic when in this new series (MG Lyrical Nanoha) the love interest wasn't Chrono, or new character Yuuno, or ANY other male character. Somewhere in the internet, 12 years later, the fires are still burning.

>>2163771
The point is that it can be argued that in other shows it wasn't bait, without taking into account Tamako, none of the girls in other shows ended with boys, but there is a serious possibility that this show will end up being.

Yuli

>>2163579
This.
It's got a big budget but that's it
Literally an empty and bland but well marketed AAA game but in the form of animation
It's got a big name behind it and the newest technology but the story and characters itself are pretty simplistic and uninsired
That's why it needs to make up a different drama every 5 eps or else people would lose the interest in watching the rest
But I enjoy watching it nonetheless. It is meh but it's the alright kind of meh

>>2163775

Triangle Heart is an AU so it doesn't count. In the main series, Nanoha never had a male love interest. They switched Chrono for Fate during the proto stages.

>>2163789

It's decent. I can't see anyone but yuri fans talking about it in ten years but it's not a bad anime to watch as it airs.

>>2162624
Yeah, I was kinda like c'mon man this is getting ridiculous even if it's cute. Reina also pointed out that Kumiko had no interest in what she said about Kumiko's novel love interest. Pretty funny stuff.

>>2163556
I'm picturing Reina being jealous after spending more time around Kumiko's other friends.

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>>2163789
you aren't paying attention. this show is more finely detailed and characterized than almost any other TV anime

>>2163636
Yeah, that just seems hopeless from the outset. Do they even end up together in the novels? I don't see Taki as the kind of guy to even care about love at this point.

>>2163795
>Do they even end up together in the novels?
Nope, she publicly confessed to him and he just treated it as nice non-romantic gesture, he didn't take it seriously at all.

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>>2163794
How many other TV anime have you watched?
And what exactly do you want to convey with that picture?

>>2163795
It's hopeless more than even Taki being love oblivious because

>A
He almost certainly sees her like a little sister more than anything
>B
They're not going to make a teacher/student romance

>>2163793
The only jealous Reina is, is jealous of Taki's potential new gf

>>2163790
>Triangle Heart is an AU so it doesn't count.
Incorrect. Nanoha is the AU.

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>>2163776
>serious possibility
>Reina spend the entire day being depressed
>Kumiko actually supports Reina in her Taki love
I mean if Kumiko is supposed to be romantically in love with Reina, she should have actually done something

>>2163800
199
reina eating two ice creams and hazuki playing with yuuko's friend

>>2163806
And what is midori doing?

>>2163804
>I mean if Kumiko is supposed to be romantically in love with Reina, she should have actually done something
Exactly. At the very least show some small sign that could be interpreted as jealousy. Instead she seems 100% okay with it or just simply doesn't care and is more preoccupied with the senpais' drama.

If Taki sensei was a woman and Kumiko was a boy, would Reina be yuri or het?

Why do people keep focusing on this obvious yuribait when there are other relevant characters that are still on radar? Specially now that Reina is officially deprecated as a character now that there's another character that overshadows her autism.
Only real difference between Reina and Nozomi's personality is that Nozomi hates competition and feels like vomiting when being reminded about it (presumably didn't dislike it before) while Reina sees competition as a way to become special in order to catch the attention of Taki-sensei

>>2163808
awkwardly waiting for kumiko to come back because she doesn't really know reina yet

>>2161624
japanese government pls go

>>2163811
>nozomi
You mean Mizore*

What is her dead fish expression trying to convey?

>>2163804
This is a setup into the bit of the novel where Reina says she plays her solo while thinking about Kumiko, apparently she insists that she will not play for Taki, she plays for Kumiko.

Basically in this scene Reina is feeling insecure about whether she's a grown-up or mature enough and Kumiko reassures her that Reina is a grown woman in her eyes.

>>2163844
Lust.

>>2163845
Stop pulling things out of your ass.

s2 is going to be about kumiko and asuka? that sucks then

>>2163845
Yeah, because she said playing it for Taki would mean it'd have to be slower, something more romantic, like a ballad.
Tell the hard truth as it is.

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>>2162328
They're not low, it's just that at some point you gotta accept you're a minority in the grand scheme of demographics, so hell if we get anything at all it's pretty great. I'd prefer to have full on yuri, but we all know that's pretty rare. Once you've watched and read all the yuri known to man you gotta scrounge for the scraps, y'know? Then everyone asks you why you're learning Japanese and you know your response can't be "So I can read gay porn," even though that's entirely the case. I guess the moral of the story is that when you run out of yuri you gotta go for the synthetic stuff, it's cheaper, but hey there's a higher quantity of it, so shoot up. It might be a little more dangerous, but it helps. You'd still want the real stuff more but you're not too surprised when you find out the dealer sold you the fake stuff, it only works halfway and sometimes has a little meth thrown in, but its all you got, no one else is giving it you are they? The second moral of this story there's nowhere to turn in complaints about contraband substances, so you gotta take it like it is.

>>2163840
Pretty sure the other 'big autist' refers to Oboe chan.
Which is absolutely right since she behaves like a cute aspie since the beginning.

>>2163860
also Reina changes her mind about it in the third volume in a pretty dramatic fashion. But at this point we're citing the novel which is pretty dumb thing to do

>>2163867
but why are you obsessing over this "lowgrade yuribait" then when there are tons of genuine yuri shows this season?
>Shuumatsu no Izetta
>Flip Flappers
>Wixoss

>>2163877
How are those shows not yuribait either? They won't have any kisses or confirmations of actual romantic feelings either.

>>2163903
Because those don't try to be something they are not. They don't have any het either. Or try to promote a relationship as being /u/ in spite of the fact that one of the girls has confirmed romantic feelings for a man and the other may end up in a relationship with a man.

>>2163903
I don't think you know what yuribait means.

You should also lend me your time machine.

>>2163877
Is still a faggot though. Actually so is >>2163867

Maybe everyone is a faggot.

>>2163877
>genuine yuri shows
>Shuumatsu no Izetta
>Wixoss
Yeah, about that...

Why are these threads allowed?

>>2163907
>>2163908
We can argue back and forth about bait requiring the switch or how much evidence you need for subtext, but the point is clear enough. Just because they can be gay if you want them to be doesn't mean it's genuine yuri.

And we both know that the chances are slim for any confirmed yuri. It would be great if they did, but I wouldn't get my hopes up.

>>2163910
Because the show has yuri.

Any other questions you need help with?

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>>2163914
>Because the show has yuri.
It sure does.

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>>2163921
Who said it was between the main characters?

>>2163921
Maybe you should watch the show before you post. Taking one part that isn't yuri of something and holding it up as a reason for why there is no yuri in the entire thing does not make an ounce of sense.

If you think the show has no yuri in it, then why the fuck are you posting here? >>2163910 wasn't even your first post.

>>2163924
>taking one part where the girl is incredibly in love with a man is not a reason for why its not yuri

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>>2163922
>2016
>/u/ still ignoring the actual yuri couples
I dont get you girls

>>2163926
>Taking one part that isn't yuri of something and holding it up as a reason for why there is no yuri in the entire thing

Try reading next time. Maybe go a bit slower.

>>2163924

Haters you already complaying in other thread
you are just repeting your paranoid
KumiRei are incredibly the greatest!

>>2163926
This is most likely a setup for the bit in the novel where Reina says she plays her solo while thinking about Kumiko, apparently she makes it clear that she doesn't play for Taki, she plays for Kumiko

>>2163964
I hope so, that'd be incredibly cute nee-san.

Regardless of anything else, this anime is mad comfy, and I love the side character girls as well.

>>2163927
There hasn't been any yuri scenes between Natsuki and Yuuko. I don't understand this "they're the REAL yuri couple" meme

>>2163903
Jeez, man. We complain about the yuribait, and then if something doesn't not have hetand is pretty yuri, you are still not satisfied. Are you really that thirsty for more exclusive lesbian action?

>>2163924
Don't try to argue with obvious hettrolls. Ignore it until it goes back to its shithole

>>2164029
There was some teasing in season 1 from Natsuki to Ribbons. Also Ribbons seems like she's pretty gay. She has been spending the entire season 1 drooling over Kaori and now she keeps on doing it again with the bathsuits.
But I don't ship Natsuki and her, because I find Ribbons really stupid and annoying. Natsuki deserves better than that.

>>2163903
Shows with yuri subtext that leave relationships open-ended aren't yuri bait. Shows that have yuri subtext but imply or directly show that the girls will end up with male lovers are yuri bait.

With the former you can pretend that the girls become a couple after the show ends without contradicting canon, whereas in the latter you have to ignore the canon for it to work.

>>2163964
I’m having Faberry flashbacks to be honest

>>2163867
>so hell if we get anything at all it's pretty great
No. Stop.
That kind of thinking is what leads the industry to pumping out absolute garbage like Mermaid Valkyries and completely ruining the chances of actual good yuri of coming out

Quality yuri > Zero yuri > Bad yuri

At least enjoy Hibike for what it is, yuri or not

>>2164140
>yuri or not
And for the record. It clearly isn't and has been confirmed as het ever since S1 when Reina tells her best friend Kumiko that she loves Taki-sensei. Unless she wakes up one day and says "I no longer harbor feelings for the man Taki-sensei" it will remain as so unless you have 0 standards like a teenager fujoshi who fantasizes about NarutoXSasuke with friends.

>>2164140
Valkyrie Drive was fun as fuck and 100% yuri. I'd take ten more shows like that over Hibikek

>>2164029
It's subtext, anon.
>>2164078
Each to their own. You're opinion on Yuuko will change soon.

>>2164145
No thanks, that show had a shit story. A show marketed for a ecchi demographic would only care about cheap pandering than a cohesive story.

>>2164159
I'd rather a mediocre story that tries something new than yuribait SoL

>>2164159
>Why can't we have real confirmed canon yuri where they kiss
>I don't like kisses and lesbian action because it's for the echii demographic.
How can someone be this autistic.

>>2164140
>That kind of thinking is what leads the industry to pumping out absolute garbage like Mermaid Valkyries
What you don't realise is that yuri fans changing their mindset will literally not make any difference. Because it doesn't matter WHAT yurifans think, all it matters is HOW many yuri fans are out there.
There hasn't been any "quality" yuri shows, not because people think like that, but because yuri is niche and there is not much profit for the companies from yuri.
Marketing doesn't work like self help advice.

Besides, why was VDM this bad? There are not many echii yuri shows, and at least VDM delivered for its premise; to be a fanservice yuri show. I think you are prejudiced

>>2164207
>There hasn't been any "quality" yuri shows
Simoun, while incredibly depressing, is actually pretty great.

>>2164202
Not them but:
Quality yuri > Zero yuri > Bad yuri

To each their own I guess, to be honest I wish I could be satisfied with filth as easily as some people. Having good standards only mean you'll have less things to enjoy. That's why being a yurifag is also worse than being an hetfag

>>2164210
What exactly is 'bad yuri', though?

>>2164207
VDM didn't deliver though. It just had girl on girl action and as soon as that virgin girl thought she'd seen a guy, well, I'm sure you know what happened. Sorry, but they only made out because they had to (and liked it), but not because the romantically loved each other.

>>2164207
>There hasn't been any "quality" yuri shows
Utena, Madoka (arguably yuri?), Simoun are pretty good.
Blue drop, YKA are alright.
Aoi Hana is meh.
- from the top of my mind

>>2164212
Ecchi/fanservice and yuri that tries to be 3DPD.
Also Class-S / Yuri bait&switch

>>2164214
Mamori was literally the exception that proved the rule though. Practically ever other character was creaming themselves over the girl buffet now available to them, except maybe Akira, and that's because she has a girl at home.

>>2164216
Is Utena really a yuri show, though?

>>2164218
Yes and I recall Ikuhara confirming in some interview.

>>2164216
>bad yuri
>Ecchi/fanservice and yuri that tries to be 3DPD.
>Also Class-S / Yuri bait&switch
So literally all you think qualifies as 'good' yuri is like what, subtext? You've just stricken off 95% of all anime.

>>2164208
What was depressing about simoun? Been long since I watched it but I remember the ending being very happy, specially if you're talking about the yuri - while every other girl goes to the fountain/shrine to change their gender and go on with their lives as maleXfemale couples, the main couple chooses to remain female through eternity by performing the simoun magin.

>>2164224
The weird subtext about growing out of same-sex relationships, the never ending world-war, mamiina ;_;

>>2164223
Maybe Yuri on Ice. Heh.

>>2164227
Curling does seem to have a lot of lesbians

>>2164224
Also, Dominura and Limone's final scene has one of them, presumably Dominura, leaving glittering dust behind them, implying that anyone who doesn't go to the shrine ends up like Onashia.

>>2163964
I'm getting a deja vu here. It is as though this same exact post was posted twice, in this very thread.

Would be awesome if it actually happened, but it's a rather large if.

>>2163845

>Reina
>an adult

*snort*

Both Kumiko and Reina are immature kids, but I suppose that sort of train of thought is realistic. They wanna be like adults.

>>2164210
And Euphonium is quality yuri?

>>2164214
Some characters in yuri are bisexual. Like Mamori in VDM, Himeko from KnM.
Also, if Reina has a crush on a teacher, she might also be bi. This Taki thing doesn't mean she can't like Kumiko.

>>2164286
I dunno man, I don't think Mamori's crush on a feminine prince who turned out to be a be a girl in disguise really makes her all that bisexual.

>>2164180
You mean subtex.

>>2164286
Yeah, it's just that it feels like she clearly prefers men in the way it is depicted. I see all the girls being physically attracted to other girls in VD Mermaid, but who knows what'll happen when there is a boy or they think there is a boy as happened in Mamori's case. I just didn't feel like they were really romantically interested in each other,

I can agree with Reina though. She is clearly drawn to Kumiko in some kind of way, but we all know it will lead to nothing more than that. I for myself just hope for an open ending where Reina gets over Taki-sensei and Kumiko will still see shoe1 just as a friend.

>>2164366
Contrarily, I think Mamori is just attracted to qualities she's been socialised to believe are exclusively masculine and also has an innate fear of being different, seeing her flashbacks to being bullied in an early episode. DURING WHICH SHE'S WHISKED AWAY BY HEROIC MIREI ON A FUCKING HORSE She just needs time and exposure to Mirei to get over that. But the show didn't do itself any favours by clearly pulling in different directions over its course.

I also can't believe I'm talking about VDM this seriously.

>>2164292
She masturbated to a het sexual fantasy.

>>2164451
I've masturbated to a bunch of het fantasies and yet any rl attempts at intimacy with a dude have done absolutely nothing for me

>>2164460
Yikes, we don't need to know that.

>>2164464
The beauty of anonymity. I'm just saying that fantasies don't define your sexuality. Also, iirc, that fantasy was being steered by the dream weaver chick, right? That wasn't a great episode all in all.

But hey, that can apply to Reina as well. Just because she thinks she wants Taki doesn't mean he'd do it for her if she actually got a chance to be intimate with him. Sexuality is funny like that.

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Another fireworks date? Calm down Kyoani

If you actually like yuri and you're watching this, god forbit like it, you should tie the noose.

>>2164723
But this has more high quality yuri scenes than any other anime

>>2164804
>yuri scenes
Only in your dreams. It's just "adolescence"

>>2164723
Does the great anonymous authority allow me to like this how because of music-related stuff, even if I'd prefer for it to be yuri?

>>2164813
If it's really just "adolescence" it's even wrost, it's like saying :
"Don't worry, it's just a phase, you'll go back to normal when you're older"

>>2164844
congratulations, you figured it out

>>2164711
So will the Taki thing continue on the next episode as well? I've read in the novels they are talking about him in here.
I don't see why they toned down the Kumiko and Shuichi parts, yet the Taki thing remains the same from the novels

>>2164451
Who cares about that Mamoeri though. I don't consider her a lesbian. And you don't need a 100% cast of lesbians to consider something yuri. But the vast majority of VDM are in fact gay.
The best and gayest couples were the side couples anyway, like Lady Lady.

Only girl that showed het tedencies was Mamoeri and the background brunettes that even their character design was really generic.

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>>2164911

It's Kyoani, their number 1 priority is making sure none of the relationships get addressed properly so they've reshaped it into a big chain of unrequited feelings.

Hazuki -> Shoe -> Kumiko -> Reina -> Taki

>>2164926
>their number 1 priority is making sure none of the relationships get addressed properly
Suddenly everything makes sense

>>2164911
Because Kumiko and Shoe are a thing, and Reina and Taki are not.

By removing some important Shoe scenes KyoAni ensured that the relationships remain ambiguous until the fans are in to deep to drop the series.

>>2164911
They didn't want Kumiko and Shuuichi to be too much shoujo-like romance, which would apparently alienate some of the audience they wanted.
Reina and Taki is fine I guess because it's just one-sided yearning, and she's not the MC

>>2164926
I've thought of a different chain before. It goes like this:

Ribbons>Kaori>Asuka>Eupho>Kumiko>Reina>Taki.
or
Hazuki>Shuichi>Kumiko>Eupho>Asuka
(adding Eupho for the missing part to glue the chain)

>>2164942
>which would apparently alienate some of the audience they wanted.
If by audience you mean yurifans then yes. I don't see how the rest of the fans who don't care about the yuri would have a problem with some het hints. It's not like these hints are rubbed into the reader's face in the novels anyway.

So if they cared about the yurfans, then they should tone down the Taki thing as well.
Because despite the butthurt hetfags, most people still ship the yuri couple.

>>2164954
>cared about the yurfans
Ahahaha
They don't care about us

>>2164954
Re-reading the interview now, apparently they thought it would alienate the entire male audience
https://ultimatemegax.wordpress.com/2016/02/23/animestyle-007-sound-euphonium-interview-jukki-hanada-translated-part-2/
I guess they thought everyone should be able to identify with Kumiko to an extent, so no romance with a boy. But it's fine for others like Reina and Hazuki

>>2164971
> they thought it would alienate the entire male audience
So this means male audience hates romance, whether het or yuri? But I've seen shows with het doing just fine anyway.
I think this is just an excuse for baiting the yurifans.
And I do believe a good part of their success is because of the yurifans.

Males don't necessarily need to identify with a female character in shows like this, because a good portion of them is just here for the eye candy

>>2164911
Or Reina calm down and forgot about this for the rest of the camp
Kumiko can cut out the discusion like she do before

>>2164926
You really might be onto something.

>>2163845
Way over analyzing.
In that scene in EP 2, it is obvious that Reina was sulking and looking dead because the male teacher flirts with the female teacher.

She then gets a girl bonding moment with Kumiko about how the male teacher may prefer someone his age and how she is not mature. Kumiko consoles Reina, but doesn't show any signs of jealousy (which is a big red flag for yuri). That scene was terrible in that the girls seem to just be "comfort buddies".
The best we can hope for is for the female teacher to f*** the male teacher making Reina realize it was just a crush AND have Kumiko wake the f*** up and smell the lillies. 3 event flags which is a tall order.

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>>2166204
>censoring
This better be some sort of parental filter or something. In which case I remind you that all of 4chan is 18+.

>>2166204
Learn english before you post in english. And all of this occurred in the novels from which it was based. There is nothing being analyzed here, just reading of the chronological order.

>>2164989
Nah, it's about the general financial doom of shoujo like romance and a female lead based romance can easily give of that vibe. Romance in harems is a different beast altogether and their main appeal is still the girls themselves and not exactly the romance. They also have their fair share of huge bombing series every season too.
It's still an odd decision though, from what I heard from the novels it's light enough that most males probably wouldn't give a shit. If they were the kind that's scared of boy cooties all together they probably wouldn't watch this in the first place either.

>>2166215
>Learn english before you post in english.
Maybe take your own advice.

>>2166204
Kumiko is just into open relationships. That's why she doesn't get jealous.

>>2166329
So she'd be willing to let her potential girfriend ride some d's and actually be okay with it? That's sad.

>>2166331
Actually a better explanation, the only one that can possibly make sense, is that Kumiko just doesn't take it seriously at all, to the point where there's no reason to feel jealous. She's completely confident that Reina is already hers, and she'll forget about Taki-sensei soon enough, so she just knowingly brushes it off "yeah yeah, you'll get him eventually, whatever"

This still doesn't really make sense, and will fall apart if Kumiko ever actively pushes Reina towards him, which I'm sure will happen. Then the yuri will go from 99.9% dead to 100% dead

>>2166342
We do know that Kumiko likes to tease Reina about the whole thing, though. That's why Reina tried to pull the same shit during the "Yukata date" using Shuiichi and failed spectacularly.

>>2163924
>Taking one part that isn't yuri of something and holding it up as a reason for why there is no yuri in the entire thing does not make an ounce of sense.

But that's standard /u/. We do it all the time in complete seriousness.

>>2166329
>>2166358
You joking don't you? You can't be serious.

Only blind or stupid will wait for yuri in Hibikek

>>2166385
It's not waiting for yuri, it's acknowledging that anime Kumiko is a lesbian.

>>2166376
But why? We have a lot of yuri-friendly anime this season.

>>2166388
No, she is 100% het and you will be convinced in this near the end of the anime.

>>2166391
We'll see, so far haven't seen anything of the sort in the first season and these 2 episodes.

>>2166389
Because an even split of trolls and stupidity.

>>2166391
Unless you are trolling or know what happens in the end, Kumiko so far seems 100% gay.

>>2166342
>Kumiko just doesn't take it seriously at all
I've thought about that too. And also the fact that she is oblivious to her romantic feelings for Reina right now. (not that I expect her to show anything yuri though)

Well, we can't really give a "real" explanation why she acts like this, because it's the producers' fault for the romantic inconsistency of the characters.
If Kumiko was a real person who is not designed by thickheads who don't believe in female homosexuality, then her reactions would be different.

>>2166410
We all know what happens in the end - cuz novell

>>2166473
I think we know what happens in the end storywise, thanks to the novel. As for the relationships (and basically, anything else not necessarily important to the main plot), not so much.

Also,
>cuz
Stop that.

>>2166385
I said that she like to tease Reina about the whole Taki thing. I never said anything about Kumiko being in love with Reina.

>>2166473
We know what happens in the end - in the novel. We're talking about the anime, and we don't know that yet.

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>>2166416
>she is oblivious to her romantic feelings for Reina right now.
You what. Are we all just going to forget this happened?

>>2166226
I know it's just your angry shitposting, but please point on where my words confused you?

>>2166695
But you don't understand anon, how some people can be very oblivious to their feelings, while it is very obvious to third people.

But seriously, even if KumiRei fucked right in front of our eyes, hetfags and even some yurifags would be like "they r het because MUH NOVEL"
I see this shit on /a/ all the time. Reina turning into a het joke somehow completely erases her gay development with Kumiko and makes her straight.
So we should at least try and support the yuri in here. Even yurifags are erasing female homosexuality now.

So, is the blonde ribbon girl pretty much explicitly gay? She's done nothing but drool over her senpai.

>>2166719
As much as I'd like to say she is, that sort of behavior is really one of the weakest indicators of being gay. At least in anime.

Of course, I won't outright deny her possible homosexuality because of that either.

>>2166719
I'd say she is gay, yes. She's created so much drama over Kaori (she obv has a crush on her) not getting her solo, and now on top of that she also drools over her in the pool.
Also she has never shown any interest in a guy.

>>2166391
>>>2163536
lol, really???
if you were Kumiko boyfriend, would you feel perfectly ok knowing their relationship with her "friend" Reina?

Really 100% het ??? Too much for Kumiko...

>>2166719
No, no, no, /u/ don't understand. There's no such thing "gay" in Hibike! Euphonium, it's all "adolescence".
A-D-O-L-E-S-C-E-N-C-E!
-Naoko Yamada

>>2166719
>>>2166721 >>2166725
Well... in this point Kumiko is the same.
Never shown any interest in a guy and droll over Reina... just saying...

>>2166215
>>2166226
>>Learn english before you post in english. And all of this...

I'm not that anon, but your shit is fragmented.

Back to topic: The novel and anime can go different ways. So far, the anime is looking like a yuribait. I do want to believe otherwise.

>>2166779
>>>2166719
It's just a phase. Deshou?

Hibike should be a guide on how to stay in the closet forever
Rules;

-You can be totally gay with your friend, as long she keeps reminding you of her man crush and her heterosexuality.

-You can hold hands for longer than 3 minutes, (interwined fingers allowed as well) but only if there is another distraction near your area so people won't focus on you two instead (example: fireworks)

-You can totally check the hell out of your friend until to the point when she calls you hentai.

-You can be repulsed by the thought of dating a guy if you are younger than 18. It will automatically fall under the adolescence category.

-You can say I love you and I will stay with you forever while speaking really close to your friend's face (important; no kiss though) if you are already friends with her and under 18. (reason, check above; adolescence)

>>2166391
At this point, even if Kumiko ends up with Shuichi, I would not say she is 100% het, maybe 60% or 80%, but definitely not 100%

>>2166888

Under 30% seems more likely. She's pretty dang apathetic towards guys but is very intimate with her female friends.

>>2167263
This looks gay, but the dialogue makes it kinda not.

>>2167264
Ah I'm sorry. I don't know Japanese.

>>2167264
The tongue pulling thing and their expressions makes it creepy. And I don't know what they're talking about.

>>2167291
>Reina giving the dead fish expression for Kumiko and Asuka
This is how it should have been done

>>2167284
It's okay. It's not THAT bad.

>>2167308
Guess I'll just translate it, then.

>Whoa, it's completely blue, Reina
>Wanna show it to Taki-sensei?
>Fuhiko~...

>>2166707
Fckin this
And >>almost 300 replies on this thread
>>not everybody according if the show is good and/or yuri
It gives subjects to talk about. At least, the show is interesting for that. If so many people are fighting around this anime, this because it's important for them.

>>2167377
Yes. It could never be trolling and responding to trolling. This is an intellectual board.

>>2166779
I bet she uses "adolescence" to justify homosexual practices on her anime and her own youth.

>>2167310
She should slap her tongue with Kumiko's red one and see if they turn purple like in Kanamemo.

>>2167541
I bet she still uses that as an excuse whenever she's wrist-deep with a totally platonic "gal pal".

>>2167549
>>2167541
>Tribbing and scissoring with a teen Hibike fan
>"T-this is just adolescence research"

>>2166779
So where is the link to the interview of this infamous "adolescence" meme? I've only ever heard people referencing it

>>2167736
>I've only ever heard people referencing it
Then you haven't been paying very good attention.

>>2167736
https://ultimatemegax.wordpress.com/2016/01/26/animestyle-007-sound-euphonium-interview-director-tatsuya-ishihara-series-director-naoko-yamada-part-2/

>>2167541
>and her own youth
This.

>>2167843
she was a "weird subculture girl who went to an arts university" as Ishihara described her so I'm sure she was gay as fuck before "growing up" to marry a man

They really should release figs for Kumiko and Reina. I dont care if its a figma or nendroid, or prize fig i just want them so bad.

>>2163606
>I could go on
Please do.

>>2167972
ok

>>2167847
>weird subculture girl who went to an arts university
Ishihara said this was his first impression of her not that she was that.

Full interview translation: https://blog.sakugabooru.com/2016/10/03/hibike-euphonium-movie-stage-greetings-tatsuya-ishihara-naoko-yamada/

>>2168168
But if she seems like it, then she should have giving these vibes too though.
Despite that, this doesn't change the fact that it is highly possible she is gay in the closet.

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Reina just give up of Taco sensei
we are winning!

>>2168634
Fucking finally. This het subplot was getting boring already.

>>2168634
>>2168687
Don't get your hopes up just yet, KyoAni feed on crushed dream so they might do that to add more salt on it

>>2168634
That's Kumiko encouraging Reina to go after Taki, numbnuts. Kumirei is dead, we all should root for Asukumi.

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>Mentioning of both Shoe and Taki in one episode

Reina has become such a shit character. I'll halt my viewing of the show for Izetta and Flip Flappers until KyoAni get their shit together. Even the sales are disagreeing with what they're doing.

>>2168714
How much did anyone think it was honestly going to deviate from the novel?

Don't make a new thread.

Make a new thread.

Kill everyone at KyoAni

should I expect /a/ to be full of '/u/ BTFO LOL'

>>2168704
That didn't happend!
>>2168714
she just a bad weekend

>>2168756
This is what I can't really understand, why people had their hopes up for a yuri pairing when the authors said in interview before airing of s2 that they never depicted yuri in their Hibike anime work and it's just close friendship and adolescence stage for Kumiko x Reina and we should not expect anything more than that?
I would understand being mad if suddenly Ribbon or Natsuki got paired up with some boy and thus destroying that possible yuri pairing, but Kumiko x Reina was doomed from start seeing how much promotional material and also movie was put into this Hibike franchise, people should learn from Tamako Market already where KyoAni stand regarding all this, serious relationship for heterosexual pairings, joke/comedy/side for yuri one.
Natsuki x Ribbon is basically Deko x Shinka tier minus accidental OVA kiss.

>>2168769
>I can't really understand, why people had their hopes up for a yuri pairing

They just made fun out of it.

>>2168769
>yuri is all about imagination and delusions
That's why.

>>2168714
>Even the sales are disagreeing with what they're doing.
They should know hetfags ain't gonna give them any money.
Season 2 is already done, I just hope they see this and not make an ova about het ending after the show.

>>2168769
>people had their hopes up for a yuri pairing
I don't think people had their hopes up for that. It's still more likely than not that there'll be a zero sum end in terms of relationships, and in the meantime, there'll still be scenes like >>2162624.

Yuri in hibike is meme by now.

>>2168779
>I don't think people had their hopes up for that
Have you not been in these threads?

>>2168769
What is even a bigger mystery is why fags like you keep coming in Hibike /u/ to repeaat every damn week how this is obviously not yuri at all.
You are clearly on the wrong board, /a/non.

>>2168781
Well, sensible people, then.

>>2168790
Fair enough. Unfortunately the S1 threads in particular were full of what seemed to be deluded 14 year olds who stirred up a massive amount of shit on /a/, insisting that Kumiko and Reina were destined to end up together and leading to all the other yuri threads on /a/ getting shitposted to fuck. It's the only thing that really bothered me. I'm generally all for subtext shipping.

new thread because we are winning
>>2168796

>>2168795
I believe the person you're replying to is a hetfag trying to shitpost.

Besides, fangirling and overacting always happens in fandoms, not only in yuri. Some fags here have a stick up their ass too deep to see that though.

>>2168786
So you prefer such kiind of people like this one >>2168802 >new thread because we are winning< to representing you as yuri fans generality?

>>2168803
I never said it was only yuri, I implied it was unique to Hibikek

>>2168805
I don't chose anyone to represent me. Mugino and hetfags are the two extremes of the spectrum.
I just think since there is a Hibike thread on /u/, people who think all this is a delusion should just fuck off.
We are here to discuss the /u/ moments. It doesn't have to be canonically yuri for uss to be able to talk about it.
Fags coming here to repeat they think this is delusional just need to get a life outside shitposting or being autistic.

>>2168805
>>2168814
No, both of you are just overracting people by tiny thing like happend today in recent release with Shinozaki and Octave
you are just mean because I had name, haha

>>2168795
For a good amount of season one, a yuri end was a lot more likely, since the 4th volume of the novel (the "I love you too, Shoe" one) hadn't come out for a large portion of it.
What I meant is that at the start of this season at least, most people don't have their hopes up for yuri.

>>2168803
>a hetfag trying to shitpost
I assure you, I'm not.

Is people overreacting again over nothing? This episode was no different in terms of hetero than last week. Everything is still safe, it's a good thing that Taki had a wife before because it implies he might still love her, so Reina is might as well be rejected already.

>>2168769
Those interviews did make me accept there wasn't the slightest chance of yuri, but then the romantic tone of episode 1 was so powerful that I foolishly forgot what was actually happening for a brief time. And I'm sure it will happen yet again when the anime has its next big yuribait scene, so I'm just gonna drop it for now and marathon it when it's finished, because the weekly whiplash is torture.

>>2168932
>And I'm sure it will happen yet again when the anime has its next big yuribait scene
literally episode 2

>>2168969
When did that happen in episode 2? Reina was just obsessed with sensei the whole time

Knowing about what happens in the novels and the interviews with the animators, I didn't think there's any chance of the anime having a yuri end, I was hoping for an open end or at least that they wouldn't go for the "because of my relationship with Reina, I realized I've always been in love with the boy who called me ugly" end.

But with Reina repeatedly asking Kumiko about Shoeitchy, it's seems like KyoAni planning going with with the novel's idiotic ending, even though it wouldn't make any sense with the changes they've made to the depiction of their relationship in the anime.

>>2168704
I love AsuKumi since episode 2 of S2. They're actually similar to each other in ways more than one, notably the nice girl facade. I will enjoy this.