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| ロミジュリ! Romijuri! | |
| Season | 2 |
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| Episode | 19 |
| Japanese air date | August 10, 2010 |
| Previous | Leading Role! |
| Next | Yet Another School Festival! |
K-ON!! Season 2 episode #19
Summary
It's the first day of the school festival, and the day of the play for Class 3-2.
Plot
Jun and Azusa purchasing supplies.
It's the first day of the school festival, and the day of Class 3-2's production of Romeo and Juliet. Azusa and Jun have just popped down to the grocery store to pick up some supplies for their refreshment stall. Azusa is really worried about their live performance for the next day since all of the seniors have been busily preparing for the play instead of practicing. While on their break from their own class's stall, Ui joins Azusa and Jun and together they soak up the festival atmosphere. Much like the last two years, the school festival is a bustling event, with lots of food stalls and attractions, like haunted houses. One stall that catches their attention is 'Mammoth Meat', a prehistoric themed stall complete with costumes and a photo opportunity with a stone wheel.
Juliet is ready to perform.
Meanwhile, Class 3-2 are frantically making their final preparations - finishing off the sets and gathering props while the actresses doing one last reading of their lines. Mio is still extremely nervous despite all of the training she's been subjected to, but Ritsu seems to be ready for her performance. On the other hand, Sawako Yamanaka is completely burned out, having pulled an all-nighter to get the costumes done.
Ro-mio giving a stunning performance.
The cast and crew steel themselves as the time of the performance finally arrives; The auditorium is teeming with students and parents alike. Our brave heroines captivate the audience with performances of unprecedented strength, poise, and discipline. Even valiant Yui gives her all, subduing a sneeze that would otherwise ruin the scenes where she plays an immobile tree. Azusa in particular is worried about Yui, watching her carefully during the performance and confusing her friends with her apparent investment in the performance. Despite Mio and Ritsu almost bursting into laughter during an intimate scene, the play is proceeding smoothly until the crew realizes that the tombstone for the final scene has gone missing.
Class 3-2 borrows the Rosetta Stone replica from the Occult Club.
The tombstone is nowhere backstage or in the classroom, and there just isn't enough time to make a new one, so they have to find a replacement quickly. Though the haunted house has tombstones, they're in Japanese. The Occult Club, however, has a replica of the Rosetta Stone. It's a large stone that's got writing that's not in Japanese, and that's all that matters. They get it in just in time for the final scene, in which Mio and Ritsu's performance leaves the entire audience astounded, and Azusa in tears (though only because she feels like her seniors have forgotten about the Light Music Club).
The show left Azusa in tears.
After an incredible show, the class retires to their classroom to recuperate and unwind as the first day of the culture festival wraps up. The seniors of the Light Music Club finally return to the music room to Azusa busily practicing alone. Though she understands that the time off practice was necessary, Azusa confesses that she thought the seniors stopped caring about their live performance. Of course, the seniors always cared about their gig, apologizing to Azusa for making her worry. They decide to stay the night in the school to practice. Even though Ritsu hadn't turned in the relevant request papers, for the first time ever, Nodoka doesn't mind and ends up joining the club for some dinner that Ui prepared.
Yui finds the missing tombstone.
Around midnight, the club browses through the closed stalls together. Over at the Mammoth Meat stall they find their missing tombstone, which got mixed up with the other stone props. They then visit the Occult Club and share some food with them as thanks for their help earlier that day before going back to the music room to prepare for bed. Even though it's late, they still seem to be full of energy, slinging puns at one another for the title of their next song. And one by one they fall sleep. By the next morning, Sawako has finished the band's costumes - matching t-shirts.
Trivia
- Apart from Mio and Ritsu playing Romeo and Juliet respectively, many other class members take roles in the production:
- Eri Taki and Tsukasa Koiso speak lines adapted from Romeo and Juliet spoken in Act 2 Scene 2, most likely playing Benvolio and Mercutio.
- Nobuyo Nakajima plays Montague.
- Keiko Sano plays Tybalt.
- Chika Nojima plays Friar Lawrence.
- Mika Saeki plays the Nurse.
- Shizuka Kinoshita was meant to play a shrub, but Yui filled in for her while she went to find a replacement tombstone.
- Ushio Ōta, Toshimi Shibaya, and Haruko Chikada have unspecified acting roles.
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