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"School Festival!"
School Festival!
学園祭!
Gakuensai!
Season 1
Episode 6
Japanese air date May 8, 2009
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K-ON! episode #6

Summary

It's the day of the school festival. The club performs for the first time.

Plot

The school's festival finally takes place. Mio, very nervous about the upcoming concert, visits the clubroom, just to find it empty. Growing more and more nervous, she asks Yui and Ritsu to rehearse for the concert. However, the two are busy with their class' activities, so she goes into her class' haunted house to ask Tsumugi, who accidentally scares her badly.

Stalking mio

The girls watch Mio practice.

Meanwhile, Nodoka, who is policing the festival, visits Yui. She gives her the opportunity to leave her shift earlier to have more time to practice. Fumie and the other students of Yui's class agree, allowing Yui to happily leave the classroom to ask Ritsu about practicing. Since her voice is still rough, the two act like sumo wrestlers, much to the discomfort of the visitors around them. Ritsu then tells Yui to go on ahead as she and Tsumugi are almost done with their shift.

Sawako's costumes

Sawako made costumes.

Arriving later at the clubroom, Tsumugi and Ritsu find Yui silently watching Mio singing in secret. The band then practices until their new adviser Sawako Yamanaka shows up to present self-made costumes she created for the club, much to Mio's horror. As Sawako leaves the room, Yui screams in panic that she forgot everything again.

Mio Tension

Mio is still nervous.

After their practice, Ritsu tasks Yui and Tsumugi with bringing the equipment to the auditorium. On her way, Yui notices Tsumugi's impressive strength for the first time. After finishing the work, Yui, Ritsu and Tsumugi drink some tea while they talk about Ritsu's and Mio's friendship. Mio soon joins them as well, claiming to have calmed down. This turns out to be a lie however, as she trembles terribly just by holding her teacup. Quickly admitting to be unable to perform in her current state, she begs Ritsu to switch roles with her. Yui apologizes to her since Mio is in her current situation because she lost her voice.

Ritsu emceeing

Ritsu's emceeing

Ashamed of her selfishness, Mio agrees to do the vocals despite her nervousness. Mio's trepidation inspires Ritsu to perform an act in which she is emceeing to an invisible audience, introducing every band member and her respective position. By calling Mio dangerous and heaping excessive praise upon herself, she earns two smacks on the head from Mio. Ritsu's strategy, however, effectively eases the atmosphere, cajoling even Mio to laugh.

Light music club on stage

The club is ready to perform.

Afterwards, the time to perform on stage finally arrives. Clad in Sawako's outfits, the girls prepare themselves for their first performance. As the curtain rises and the club stands in the spotlight for the first time, Mio tries to back down, her nerves getting the better of her. Yui, Ritsu and Tsumugi encourage Mio to calm down by expressing their confidence in her. Mio accepts singing for them once and for all. The band plays "Fuwa Fuwa Time" for the audience, which is well received, making the performance a success.

Mio's panty shot

Mio exposes her underwear.

Elated and relieved about overcoming her weakness, Mio attempts to leave the stage. On her way, she trips over a cable and falls on the ground, unwillingly exposing her underwear to the shocked audience, much to her terror.

Mio finished

Mio standing under shock

The next day, the club meets with Sawako at the clubroom to celebrate the success. Ritsu informs them that Mio's accident has earned her a fan club. Mio herself is visibly shocked, sitting apathetically in the room's corner and muttering about how nobody will marry her now.

Trivia

  • During the music video for "Fuwa Fuwa Time", a poster refers to the club HTT, which is short for Ho-Kago Tea Time, the band's later name. However, at the time this episode takes place, the band has no name yet.
  • The same poster also had a date on it "3009/05/07" being the air date of the episode with exception to the extra 1000 years.
    • The story board version of the poster contains the correct year of airing being "2009/05/07".
  • This episode is adapted from Chapter 8 of Volume 1.
    • In the manga, there is a shot of Mio with her blue-and-white stripe panties showing. In the anime, the shot was replaced with a shot of a rice bowl with a blue-and-white stripe pattern, which caused confusion among viewers because they question not only what panties Mio was wearing, but why the rice bowl was in a room to begin with. Some assumed it was censorship from Kyoto Animation since there was never an uncut shot of Mio's panties in any release.

BGM

  1. Cotton Candy - The festival
  2. Happy Languidness - Yui is cooking
  3. Unreleased Track #3 - Mio in the haunted house
  4. Ukkari-kun No Tame Ni - Yui and Ritsu imitate sumo wrestlers
  5. Kawaii Inbou - Sawako's costumes
  6. Patrol Of Stroll - Yui and Mugi carry the equipment
  7. Small Flashing - Tea in the club room
  8. Have Some Tea? - Practising introductions
  9. Ano Hi No Yume - Mio's morale boost
  10. Karui Joudan - Mio has her onstage accident

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