9.4/1093 votesLoading...#1 - Expressing Arpeggios
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 6/9/2024
The Kansai competition is right around the corner, and the band's dissent about Taki-sensei's decisions only continues to grow. Kumiko goes to speak with him, and she has to decide whether to speak her mind.
Director: Noriyuki Kitanohara, Minoru Ota
Writer: Jukki Hanada
9.3/1079 votesLoading...#2 - Orchestra to the Future
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 6/16/2024
The concert band receives its Kansai competition results. Reina and Kumiko see Yoroizuka perform with some of their senpais. However, Kumiko and Reina's relationship becomes precarious as she continues to insist she won't go to music school.
Director: Noriyuki Kitanohara
Writer: Jukki Hanada
9.2/10131 votesLoading...#3 - The Last Soloist
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 6/23/2024
Taki decides that the band will choose the euphonium soli player by voting on one final audition. Kumiko then decides that they should choose based on sound alone, and so the two of them audition anonymously.
Director: Takuya Yamamura
Writer: Jukki Hanada
9.1/1080 votesLoading...#4 - Twilight for Two
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 5/5/2024
Now that she's well into her third-year, Kumiko is now facing pressure from teachers and parents alike to choose what she's doing after high school. Concert band members form groups to attend the Agata Festival, but Kumiko has other plans.
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Jukki Hanada
9.1/1069 votesLoading...#5 - Melancholy Ostinato
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 5/26/2024
The three-day summer camp has begun, and members of the concert band are faced with a rigorous training regimen. Mayu hesitates to audition yet again, afraid that she'll take the soli part from Kumiko. Motomu speaks to Midori in private.
Director: Ryo Miyaki
Writer: Jukki Hanada
9.0/10119 votesLoading...#6 - Early-Spring Epilogue
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/29/2016
With the competition over and the third-years graduating, Kumiko is left to sort through her feelings: Is it a love of concert band, of the euphonium, or of something else?
Director: Naoko Yamada, Tatsuya Ishihara, Eisaku Kawanami
Writer: Jukki Hanada
9.0/1066 votesLoading...#7 - Dissonant Tuning
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 6/2/2024
Mayu taking the soli part has made the concert band uneasy. Despite Kumiko's insistence that this is how it should be, several members take issue with Taki's decision.
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Jukki Hanada
8.9/10133 votesLoading...#8 - Goodbye Competition
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 7/1/2015
The competition performance is "only" 12 minutes long. It's both a blink of an eye and an eternity. The Concert Band members bet their entire youths on this competition. And Kitauji High School Concert Band's performance begins.
Director: Eisaku Kawanami
Writer: Jukki Hanada
8.9/10128 votesLoading...#9 - After-school Obbligato
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/2016
Taki's deadline for Asuka draws near. She refuses to admit that she wants, more than anyone, to compete in the Nationals.
Director: Takuya Yamamura
Writer: Jukki Hanada
8.8/1067 votesLoading...#10 - New Euphonium
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 4/7/2024
A new year is starting at Kitauji Kyoto Prefectural High School, and that means clubs are clamoring to recruit new members. The concert band welcomes newcomers and sets their goals for the season. Will they choose to fight for gold at Nationals?
Director: Taichi Ogawa
Writer: Jukki Hanada
8.7/10132 votesLoading...#11 - My Euphonium
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/24/2015
The competition's coming up. Kumiko is suddenly asked to play a difficult phrase from a different part. She begins practicing, but...
Director: Yoshiji Kigami
Writer: Jukki Hanada
8.7/10112 votesLoading...#12 - Miraculous Harmony
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/2016
Only three schools will be selected at the Kansai Concert Band Competition to compete in the Nationals. Will Kitauji High School be one of them?
Director: Yoshiji Kigami
Writer: Jukki Hanada
8.7/10107 votesLoading...#13 - Connecting Melodies
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 6/30/2024
The final competition for the third-years is at hand. The Kitauji High School Concert Band performs together one last time in a bid for National gold.
Director: Tatsuya Ishihara, Kohei Okamura
Writer: Jukki Hanada
8.6/10142 votesLoading...#14 - Festival Triangle
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/27/2015
The band is abuzz with talk about who they'll be going to the upcoming festival with. There's someone Hazuki wants to go with, but that someone is already going with someone else. Meanwhile Kumiko somehow ends up going with you-know-who.
Director: Haruka Fujita
Writer: Jukki Hanada
8.6/1099 votesLoading...#15 - Sound! Euphonium
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/2016
Asuka is about to lose her seat competing in the Nationals. But that might not be why she invited Kumiko over.
Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer: Jukki Hanada
8.6/10103 votesLoading...#16 - The Last Competition
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/22/2016
It's the big day: the All Japan Concert Band Competition Nationals.
Director: Yoshiji Kigami
Writer: Jukki Hanada
8.6/1051 votesLoading...#17 - Wavering Dissonance
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 5/12/2024
The Prefecturals are coming up and that means the first of many auditions for the members of the concert band. Mayu is still hesitant to audition despite reassurance from the others. Some of Taki's choices for the competition confuse members.
Director: Noriyuki Kitanohara
Writer: Jukki Hanada
8.5/1058 votesLoading...#18 - Blue Prelude
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 4/21/2024
The concert band begins taking itself very seriously to give itself the best chance possible of winning gold at Nationals. Unfortunately, the intense environment has some of the new recruits discouraged and intimidated.
Director: Mei Isai
Writer: Jukki Hanada
8.4/10110 votesLoading...#19 - Welcome Back, Audition
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/17/2015
Taki-sensei's proposal relieves the upset within the band, and everyone returns to practicing. Reina no longer isolates herself either, much to Kumiko's relief. But then she sees Yuko, who's been antagonizing Reina, speaking with her.
Director: Ai Yukimura
Writer: Jukki Hanada
8.4/10101 votesLoading...#20 - Mid-summer Fanfare
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/2016
Having won first place at the Kyoto competition, Kumiko and the band are preparing to compete in the Kansai competition. A shadow looms over them when an old member, Nozomi Kasaki, enters the picture.
Director: Tatsuya Ishihara, Haruka Fujita
Writer: Jukki Hanada
8.4/1087 votesLoading...#21 - Awakening Oboe
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/2016
Nozomi finally meets Mizore. She learns, the hard way, why Asuka had been keeping her away.
Director: Taichi Ogawa
Writer: Jukki Hanada
8.4/1060 votesLoading...#22 - Triangle Syncopation
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 4/14/2024
Taki decides to let the band executives choose their competition piece this year. The leadership deliberates on this decision while trying to get the rest of the band ready to perform at the Sunrise Festival.
Director: Tatsuya Ishihara
Writer: Jukki Hanada
8.4/1061 votesLoading...#23 - Etude With You
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 4/28/2024
The day of the Sunrise Festival finally arrives, and it's time for the concert band to have their first performance of the year. Proximity to other schools and bands brings some of Motomu's family issues to light.
Director: Takuya Yamamura
Writer: Jukki Hanada
8.4/1053 votesLoading...#24 - Summer Fermata
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 5/19/2024
Members of the concert band are given a brief, three-day summer break that quickly fills with plans of all sorts. Some of the third-years attend an event to gather information on different colleges and plan their futures.
Director: Takuya Yamamura
Writer: Jukki Hanada
8.3/1096 votesLoading...#25 - Straight Trumpet
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/10/2015
The band suspects Taki played favorites in choosing Reina in the auditions. Noticing the band's rising distrust of Taki and Reina, he makes a proposal.
Director: Takuya Yamamura
Writer: Jukki Hanada
The Best Episodes of Sound! Euphonium
Every episode of Sound! Euphonium ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Sound! Euphonium!
After swearing off music due to an incident at the middle school regional brass band competition, euphonist Kumiko Oumae enters high school hoping for a...
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Best Episodes Summary
"Expressing Arpeggios" is the best rated episode of "Sound! Euphonium". It scored 9.4/10 based on 93 votes. Directed by Noriyuki Kitanohara, Minoru Ota and written by Jukki Hanada, it aired on 6/9/2024. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Orchestra to the Future".