The things about K-on! that pisses me off.

This rant is coming from someone who has actually played in bands and has had to rehearse stuff before playing shows.

1. Their amps.
As a bass player I can tell that Mio's amp is nowhere near capable of being able to keep up with an acoustic drum set which Ritsu plays; since I own a 200 watt Traynor Dynabass amp. Even at half volume it is still barely able to keep up with an acoustic drum set. From what I've seen they don't have adequate amps to keep up with the immense volume of an acoustic drum set. From what I have seen in the anime Mio probably plays with a bass amp that has about maybe 30 watts (something under a 100 watts for sure). Yui has a practice amp that probably puts out something under 50 watts. I can't confirm the amount of watts for their amps but I imagine Japanese schoolgirls can't afford decent amps for a reasonable price.

2. PA System.
Every band needs a PA system unless your drummer has both an acoustic drum kit for live performances and an electric kit with a stereo output for practice. How is Yui or Mio supposed to rehearse the vocal parts for the songs if they are being drowned out by the sound of Ritsu's drums? (Since Mio, Yui and Mugi have inadequate amps).


Conclusion.

A bunch of moe Japanese school girls picked up instruments and made j-rock. Bladafucking-DA!

K-on is a shit show.

Let's play the usual game call the "___ logic" game. You don't argue, son. You just don't

I'm just arguing for fun. I know the show isn't known for it's sense of reality.

I agree.

They could practice their vocals because higher pitches generally register louder to our ear.

Being Moe, their voices could carry over even the heaviest of drums.

Dude, their vocals don't even compare to the vox Bruce Dickson did at the end of the Flight of Icarus. \
Skip to 3:42. No one in Houkago Tea time could hit those notes.

Yup.... And your Avi is really creepy.

My avi is fucking full of win!

Not you, Cypher's! (If that's him then ok why your own pic on a H site, if that's not him then I don't wanna know)

You don't need to tell me about Iron Maiden nor Brucie's solo stuff, son- I've nearly all the albums 'cept Final Frontier and No Prayer.

Up the Irons.

Often to attention whore.



It's not. Yoshii is manlier.

The thing that pisses me off about K-On? That it overshadows other music anime/manga IE Beck and Kids on the Slope. The overlooked series don't have QT girls. K-On is like dessert and Beck/Kids on the slope is like a home cooked meal. K-On gets into the music for bits and pieces of the first season and kinda throws it out the window becoming Lucky Star with instruments. The other series I've mentioned gets balls deep into the music and stays there as far as the anime goes mind you. I've never read the manga so I may not be totally accurate.

To nearly parrot what you've said, there are inaccuracies in how they play. Hell, look at the God Knows performance in Haruhi Suzumiya. Nagato's fingers are on the same frets they would be on actual guitar when playing the song. Could be because of budget or the animators had the mindset of cute girls > music.

This is pretty much the same problem I had with K-ON, plus it feels like what these idiots do is an insult to what it really means to be in a band. It's not all fun and games and cake.

(though it is fried chicken, especially the local kind)

If you wanted a good story, and accurate representation of a band's life, you'd go for Beck, I agree.
If you wanted mindless fun and cuteness, you'd go for K-ON.
Simple as that.
Sometimes, you just have to lower your expectations to enjoy a show.
That's what I did, and it worked.

No it's not, it's cute.


Sky is my waifu.

Sweating about the small stuff again, I see.

You watched k-on, LOL.

K-on isn't a music anime. It's an anime with music in it. Anyone watching Sakamichi no Apollon could see that both the music and story are infinitely better, the charm of K-on isn't in the music or the plot, both are whimsical, people like K-on because it's cute girls doing cute things. I mean for gods sake the show is practically; Teatime: The Animation.

And in that sense it makes no sense for you to say it overshadows other music anime, because no one in their right mind is watching K-On for the music, if they wanted to watch an anime about music they would watch Beck or Sakamichi no Apollon. It seems to me what you're really complaining about is the fact that cute girls sell better than good music, which is something that's never going to change.