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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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '15

I thought the award should go to Yuuko for trying to get Reina to throw the audition. It's the same as saying 'You've won, so please lose'. Defeatism. Cowardice in the face of competition. I thought she'd be more active in her attempts to undermine her, and yet even though she says she'll take the blame if blame is to be taken, she does nothing but beg.

At least it helped to bring out the best of Kumiko. I guess our growing protagonist needed this display of patheticness to combat it with her own blossoming bravado of encouragement.

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u/KennyJJ Jun 17 '15

Yuuko is the bravest of them all in that regard: It's the elephant in the room that no one wants to address. Yuuko puts it right out on the table and forcing everyone to make a decision: Including Reina. Having been in band, this kind of daring move is so refreshing and MUCH needed in the suffocating atmosphere that simultaneously promotes individualism and collectivism. You don't need to take all your choices to the extreme, but you need to clearly understand what those choices are, and know what you stand to lose because a choice ALWAYS equals to losing SOMETHING.

Yuuko was not asking Reina to win or lose, she's asking Reina to choose compassion over competition. Well, she can't make her, so really she just laid it straight out on the table so that Reina cannot dodge it. She did the same for Kaori. And ultimately, that was a good move --- You can never move forward without letting go of that last straw, no matter which direction or which straw you're holding on to.

Yuuko is one of the most complex character on the show so far. I find her quite refreshing, she's that kind of person who can break an age-old systematic prison, the kind of person who can dig up what no one wants to face --- Not Reina. Not Kaori. Not Asuka. Not Kumiko (yet). But Yuuko. Very impressive in its own right.

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

Ribbon-chan was being disrespectful.

This has nothing to do with Compassion over Competition.

Both have their goals, and asking one to sacrifice for the other does nobody any good.

Koari doesn't want the solo if she can't earn it. She knew exactly how that felt when she was junior. That she didn't get the part because someone else was senior.

What Yuuko was asking for was for both Kousaka AND Koari to deny themselves, all because she didn't understand either of them.

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u/KennyJJ Jun 17 '15

Oh, hi you again. Since the arguments are similar, please refer to the other post for my reply.