Musical instruments are foreign to me and so this anime was less intriguing to me and on top of that it has instrument which is extremely rare which originates from japan . So with less or not a lot of expectations i gave it a try and i don’t regret it ! If it isn’t obvious by now , kono oto tomare focuses heavily on koto(traditional Japanese musical instrument) but that’s not it ! Before i begin with story line i would like to address that it has very chihayafuru vibe ! PLOT-takezou kurata ends up sole member of koto club after his senpais graduated and with the start of new year he faces risk of termination and suddenly out of nowhere , a delinquent looking boy-kudou chika(looks like usui legit)barges , demanding to join the club ! Then houzuki satowa (a prodigy of koto) joins in too forcing more members to join the club and aim for national koto title together ! With that aim they struggle together with romance , a teacher , everyone’s weakness and failures ! it is packed with comedy , overwhelming efforts of each other , determination , romance and most importantly koto ! now its an ongoing anime rn but when 5th episode got out i somehow slided into manga and ended up reading manga(ongoing) in one sitting ! and then i discovered the sound of koto which i absolutely love ❤ ! so just like chihayafuru it involves competitions with every worthy opponent they encontour and with practising hard their relationships with each other get ups and downs but it also helps them gorw individually ! it is more funny because it involves chibi transformation to exaggerate punch lines but most important chihayafuru lacks romance and it shows nice developments between characters which i adore! Such slice of life piece packed with drama , romance , comedy , shoujo , music is straight freshly made ice cream for me that i was craving for !!
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