Day 6 - K-On Vol 3&4

We have finally started to embark on the final review of K-On. I felt like it is a good idea to do reviews in bundles like this instead of every volume, since it be a nightmare for long series such as Naruto and some work better to keep an eye on story arcs within a series. This is the future idea for reviews, I will explain more in a less focused post. For now, let’s do the final review on K-On, unless I one day procure the other two mangas within the K-On universe.

The art has changed very little between each volume, there is not much more that could be added. I still enjoy the simple style and the colour pages every chapter, which is a nice bonus since it’s not common in the mangas I usually collect.

The story continues into the final two years of the four girls High school life while the first two years of Azusa, where it seems like she will be taking over the club in her fellow friends when they finally graduate into college. This seems to be just the same things as the previous two volumes but more of a stronger character development, seeing where they wish to go once they leave school and more lazy, funny antics as the club still tries to do band things together and enjoying a nice cup of tea and cake in their usual club activities.

A few comics I’d like to pick out is Yui song she wrote for when her sister was ill, it was very touching and sweet. Mugi when she discovers the joy of doing things cheaply and simply. The play where Ritsu and Mio are lead roles and I like where that has led. Favourite quote would be that “Juliet wears the pants in this relationship” since it made me laugh more than it should have. I also secretly think that Mio is very fond of Ritsu, maybe even more than friends but then again, my inner Mugi might be speaking.

Vol 3&4

Azusa has grown on me way too much in this series and her knowledge when it comes to music and care for instruments amazes me since I basically know nothing about it but clearly this shows her love and determination for something she loves. I love the manga for the fact it easily shows this theme within the limited panels.

Another character that has grown on me immensely is Mugi, sure she is the rich girl character but I find her way of thinking very interesting and her innocence when it comes to learning about simpler and cheaper things is amusing at how much she seems to enjoy the experience.

I do enjoy the other characters but oddly, between the volumes, they didn’t grow on me as much as the other two did but I still enjoyed their antics as much as I first did. My love for Sawaka has never changed since volume one being my all-time favourite character in the series since I enjoy what she does regarding the main characters such as dressing them up as maids and all.

I’m so glad about one thing about this series, I am so pleased to see them all graduating and getting where they want to go and that is oddly my favourite part of this series and I rarely be so happy to end a series like I have with this one.

The only con is that after a bit, I couldn’t read through it at a comfortable speed I usually do with most mangas and I couldn’t finish them in the time I hoped. Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoyed them immensely, but they are in the middle ground when it comes to my recommendations.