When school started (restarted), I told myself that I’d stick to two “series” only, and that they would be Durarara! and Darker Than Black Gaiden. And then So Ra No Wo To came along and there goes my plan.

I didn’t start watching So Ra No Wo To until the 4th episode came out, but after being so tired of waiting for Darker Than Black Gaiden, I caved in and gave it a try. I mean, it was everything I loved in a series: post-war/apocalypse setting, cute girls, music, and a french rural/european city with beautiful landscape and art inspired by  Gustav Klimt, what was there to hate about this series? The only thing I disliked was the hateful ressemblances to K-ON!’s characters, but the good far far outweighed the bad (considering Noel replaced the most annoying character of all) and so I fell in love with it and now I’m hooked and goodbye wonderful grades for this semester~!

Episode 1 was everything I’d hope it would be. The landscaping, the music, the slow yet pleasant storyline. There is nothing to hate. Moving on.

Episode 2-4 were a bit disappointing compared to the first episode, albeit not terribly disappointing. It, naturally, focused a lot on the other characters and their character development, but to tell you the truth I’m not all that interested in a bunch of cute girls learning to love each other cause I mean they already loved each other because that’s just what cute girls are. Anyways. Another thing that bothered me (as it almost always does in music anime’s with the exception of Nodame Cantabile, i.e. La Corda D’Oro which was the shittiest music harem anime I’ve ever seen), is with what ease the main characters are learning to play their instruments. I mean seriously? “All you need is to let go and let the sound resound on its own”? If it was that easy, countless of aspiring musicians would be experts within a few years. Where does all those years of hard work and practice go, huh? huh? Though I do admit the advice is not completely unsound, since with wind instruments there is a degree of letting go of the air and letting it fill the instruments to produce a strong and clear sound. But I disgress.

I do like all the references to the post-war times, and the school, and the continuity of music. It’s deeply enchanting, somehow, and I have to say that So Ra No Wo To stays a compelling series thus far.

Hopefully the remaining episodes aren’t let downs either!