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The Best Episodes of Sound! Euphonium

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Every episode of Sound! Euphonium ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Sound! Euphonium!

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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  1. Background image for New Euphonium
    9.3/10(3 votes)

    #1 - New Euphonium

    S3:E1

    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
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  2. Background image for Early-Spring Epilogue
    9.2/10(165 votes)

    #2 - Early-Spring Epilogue

    S2:E13

    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?

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  3. Background image for Goodbye Competition
    9.0/10(183 votes)

    #3 - Goodbye Competition

    S1:E13

    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.

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  4. Background image for After-school Obbligato
    9.0/10(166 votes)

    #4 - After-school Obbligato

    S2:E10

    Taki's deadline for Asuka draws near. She refuses to admit that she wants, more than anyone, to compete in the Nationals.

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  5. Background image for Triangle Syncopation
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #5 - Triangle Syncopation

    S3:E2

    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.

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  6. Background image for Blue Prelude
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #6 - Blue Prelude

    S3:E3

    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
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  8. Background image for Twilight for Two
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #7 - Twilight for Two

    S3:E5

    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.

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  9. Background image for Summer Fermata
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #8 - Summer Fermata

    S3:E7

    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.

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  10. Background image for Melancholy Ostinato
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    #9 - Melancholy Ostinato

    S3:E8

    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
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  11. Background image for My Euphonium
    8.8/10(171 votes)

    #10 - My Euphonium

    S1:E12

    The competition's coming up. Kumiko is suddenly asked to play a difficult phrase from a different part. She begins practicing, but...

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  12. Background image for Miraculous Harmony
    8.8/10(149 votes)

    #11 - Miraculous Harmony

    S2:E5

    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?

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  13. Background image for The Last Competition
    8.7/10(139 votes)

    #12 - The Last Competition

    S2:E12

    It's the big day: the All Japan Concert Band Competition Nationals.

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  14. Background image for Etude with You
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #13 - Etude with You

    S3:E4

    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:Mei Isai
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  15. Background image for Wavering Dissonance
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Wavering Dissonance

    S3:E6

    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.

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  16. Background image for Dissonant Tuning
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Dissonant Tuning

    S3:E9

    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.

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  17. Background image for Festival Triangle
    8.6/10(186 votes)

    #16 - Festival Triangle

    S1:E8

    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.

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  18. Background image for Welcome Back, Audition
    8.5/10(144 votes)

    #17 - Welcome Back, Audition

    S1:E11

    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
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  19. Background image for Sound! Euphonium
    8.4/10(140 votes)

    #18 - Sound! Euphonium

    S2:E9

    Asuka is about to lose her seat competing in the Nationals. But that might not be why she invited Kumiko over.

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  20. Background image for Awakening Oboe
    8.3/10(121 votes)

    #19 - Awakening Oboe

    S2:E4

    Nozomi finally meets Mizore. She learns, the hard way, why Asuka had been keeping her away.

    Director:Taichi Ogawa
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  21. Background image for Expressing Arpeggios
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #20 - Expressing Arpeggios

    S3:E10

    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.

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  22. Background image for Orchestra to the Future
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #21 - Orchestra to the Future

    S3:E11

    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.

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  23. Background image for Mid-summer Fanfare
    8.2/10(140 votes)

    #22 - Mid-summer Fanfare

    S2:E1

    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.

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  24. Background image for Straight Trumpet
    8.0/10(123 votes)

    #23 - Straight Trumpet

    S1:E10

    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.

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  25. Background image for Troubled Nocturnes
    8.0/10(99 votes)

    #24 - Troubled Nocturnes

    S2:E3

    The high school Kitauji fanfare begins its intensive summer camp before the Kansai competition. Kumiko is still trying to find out more about Asuka's refusal to reinstate Nozomi and intends to respect her promise to the girl.

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  26. Background image for Rhapsody in Flu
    8.0/10(104 votes)

    #25 - Rhapsody in Flu

    S2:E8

    Asuka invites Kumiko over for a study party. With Kumiko's sister quitting college and Asuka's band membership uncertain, Kumiko and Reina are forced to contemplate the role of music in their lives.

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Best Episodes Summary

"New Euphonium" is the best rated episode of "Sound! Euphonium". It scored 9.3/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by Taichi Ogawa and written by Jukki Hanada, it aired on 4/7/2024. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Early-Spring Epilogue".