Well, this is slightly disappointing after last week's episode. I think the animation dips slightly down in this one. Mine's face, for example, is rarely consistent in this series. Prior to watching the live action, I always thought that Mine's hair in the manga is a lot better than Eita's hair in the live-action. Now, however, it's kind of strange to see Mine with short, cropped hair. I also kind of suspected that the animators won't animate much of the hand movement but the result is a bit disappointing. They often rely on visual tricks such as shadow or static still but I don't think it works as well. I hope this won't be a big problem when the series reaches the part where everyone gets to perform on stage. On the positive side, I like the drawing style, which I don't think is that similar to Honey and Clover. If anything, the character design reminds me a bit of The Adventures of TinTin.
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