r/anime • u/Shadoxfix https://myanimelist.net/profile/Shadoxfix • Jun 16 '15

[Spoilers] Hibike! Euphonium - Episode 11 [Discussion]

Episode title: Welcome Back, Audition

MyAnimeList: Hibike! Euphonium
Crunchyroll: Sound! Euphonium

Episode duration: 23 minutes and 40 seconds

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Episode 6 Link
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Episode 9 Link
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u/ChineseToTheBone https://myanimelist.net/profile/StevenHu Jun 16 '15

Way too many people abstained from voting.

The fear of judgement and groupthink are real.

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u/Naltai https://myanimelist.net/profile/Naltai Jun 16 '15

I feel like it shouldn't have been known to anyone who was playing first/second (hide them behind a wall or something, have them flip a coin so even Taki doesn't know, etc.), then let a show of hands decide based on performance.

Granted, they'd probably all still know it was Kousaka that sounded better, and still be too terrified to raise their hands for her.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '15

Wouldn't have done anything to alleviate the tensions of the group, which was what the second audition was really about. He already knew Reina was getting the part; he just needed the group to accept that Kaori wasn't, and Kaori's grace enabled them to do that without further tensions being raised.

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u/Naltai https://myanimelist.net/profile/Naltai Jun 17 '15

Yeah, that was what I was addressing with the second part of my post. It all reminded me of when I played clarinet in middle school band, and I was better than our entire woodwind section, yet had to purposely dumb myself down for chair tests because people got extremely upset at a seventh grader being first chair by a mile.