Watching K-On!! Episode 2 – “Clean-Up!”

While cleaning out their personal belongings from the club room, the members of the Light Music Club find an old guitar of Sawako’s – which turns out to be surprisingly valuable.

Notes/Observations/Trivia:

• The “Welcome!!” on the white board from the previous episode is still present, but with more doodles added. It is however wiped clean a few minutes into the episode.
• Mio quickly walking away after grabbing her “weird potato nosed head” from Ritsu is, unusually, animated “on ones”.
• First appearance of Ton-chan the turtle.
• Ritsu gets smacked on her forehead for being greedy, but doesn’t get hit over the top of her head. No bump.

Manga comparison:

This episode is based on the fourth regular chapter from Volume 3. It’s a very faithful adaption, with the only major changes being the addition of the visit to the hardware store and the introduction of Ton-chan.

OST tracks used:

• Ringo... Ringo... Ringoame – 0:16-1:29
• Doki Doki Friday night – 3:58-5:18
• Na-i-sho! – 6:02-6:34
• Cotton candy – 6:58-8:31
• Morning dew – 9:02-10:37
• Tenpura Kun – 12:18-12:22
• Virtual love – 13:03-13:48
• Pinch Daisuki! – 13:54-15:00
• Kawaii Inbou – 15:58-16:55
• Jajauma Sannin Musume – 17:29-17:40
• Patrol of stroll – 17:49-18:55
• Futari no Sekai – 20:29-22:10

My take:

A fine episode with a few decent laughs in it. The funniest parts, to me, are Ritsu trying to eat the receipt and the gang’s various reactions to suddenly getting their hands on a significant amount of money. Otherwise, the only thing that particularly stands out about this episode is the introduction of Ton-chan the turtle – the club’s “mascot” character from this point on, I suppose, and one that never existed in the manga.