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The Best Episodes of Sound! Euphonium Season 1

Every episode of Sound! Euphonium Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Sound! Euphonium Season 1!

Binge this in 5h 12m•Peaking at 9.2/10

Spring in the first year of high school. Kumiko, a member of the brass band in junior high school, visits the high school brass band club with classmates Hazuki and Sapphire. There, she comes across

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Sound! Euphonium Season 1 Episode 13 - Goodbye Competition
    9.2/10(314 votes)

    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.

    Director:Eisaku Kawanami
    Writer:Jukki Hanada

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  2. Sound! Euphonium Season 1 Episode 12 - My Euphonium
    8.9/10(291 votes)

    S1:E12

    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

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  3. Sound! Euphonium Season 1 Episode 8 - Festival Triangle
    8.7/10(301 votes)

    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.

    Director:Haruka Fujita
    Writer:Jukki Hanada

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  4. Sound! Euphonium Season 1 Episode 11 - Welcome Back, Audition
    8.6/10(249 votes)

    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
    Writer:Jukki Hanada

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  5. Sound! Euphonium Season 1 Episode 10 - Straight Trumpet
    8.1/10(216 votes)

    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.

    Director:Takuya Yamamura
    Writer:Jukki Hanada

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  6. Sound! Euphonium Season 1 Episode 9 - Please, Audition
    8.0/10(214 votes)

    S1:E9

    The audition for the competition participants has come. Everyone must demonstrate their abilities, whether they're a third-year or a first-year. And then, the results are revealed.

    Director:Noriyuki Kitanohara
    Writer:Jukki Hanada

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  7. Sound! Euphonium Season 1 Episode 5 - Festival Time
    7.9/10(236 votes)

    S1:E5

    The concert band receives their marching band uniforms and begins marching practice in preperation for SunFes. Things are different now, with the members all more engaged in practice. And SunFes day arrives.

    Director:Yoshiji Kigami
    Writer:Jukki Hanada

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  8. Sound! Euphonium Season 1 Episode 4 - Singing Solfège
    7.7/10(208 votes)

    S1:E4

    Kumiko and the others prepare for Sunrise Festival. Kumiko and Shuichi talk about Taki-sensei on the way home from school, when they run into Reina.

    Director:Ai Yukimura
    Writer:Jukki Hanada

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  9. Sound! Euphonium Season 1 Episode 7 - Crybaby Saxophone
    7.7/10(208 votes)

    S1:E7

    The band is hard at work preparing for the audition and the competition. Aoi has trouble with her part, to which Taki says, "when will you be better by?"

    Director:Yasuhiro Takemoto
    Writer:Jukki Hanada

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  10. Sound! Euphonium Season 1 Episode 3 - The First Ensemble
    7.5/10(216 votes)

    S1:E3

    Kitauji High School Concert Band is preparing their parts for the ensemble, but some students are fooling around when they should be practicing.

    Director:Takuya Yamamura
    Writer:Jukki Hanada

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  11. Sound! Euphonium Season 1 Episode 1 - Welcome to High School
    7.4/10(236 votes)

    S1:E1

    Kumiko enters Kitauji High School having been unable to forget what Reina said at a middle school concert band competition. She goes to visit the concert band at school along with classmates Hazuki and Sapphire, where they meet Reina again.

    Director:Naoko Yamada
    Writer:Jukki Hanada

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  12. Sound! Euphonium Season 1 Episode 2 - Nice to Meet You, Euphonium
    7.4/10(221 votes)

    S1:E2

    Kumiko and the others join the concert band, and they choose their instruments. Their eccentric senior, Asuka, still likes to mess with them.

    Director:Tatsuya Ishihara
    Writer:Jukki Hanada

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  13. Sound! Euphonium Season 1 Episode 6 - Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Tuba
    7.3/10(206 votes)

    S1:E6

    Starting this year, the band holds auditions for members participating in the competition. First-year Hazuki has a chance, too. The bass section does everything they can to encourage her.

    Director:Eisaku Kawanami
    Writer:Jukki Hanada

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Goodbye Competition" is the best rated episode of "Sound! Euphonium" season 1. It scored 9.2/10 based on 314 votes. Directed by Eisaku Kawanami and written by Jukki Hanada, it aired on 7/1/2015. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "My Euphonium".