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The Worst Episodes of Sound! Euphonium

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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 Worst Episode
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    Sound! Euphonium Season 2 Episode 2 - Hesitation Flute
    5.0/10(4 votes)

    #1 - Hesitation Flute

    S2:E2

    Kumiko and her buddies head to the pool for one last breath of freedom before their grueling concert band training. There, Nozomi reveals some of what had happened the year before.

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  2. Sound! Euphonium Season 3 Episode 13 - Connecting Melodies
    5.5/10(4 votes)

    #2 - Connecting Melodies

    S3:E13

    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.

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  3. Sound! Euphonium Season 1 Episode 2 - Nice to Meet You, Euphonium
    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #3 - Nice to Meet You, Euphonium

    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.

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  4. Sound! Euphonium Season 1 Episode 3 - The First Ensemble
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #4 - The First Ensemble

    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.

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  5. Sound! Euphonium Season 1 Episode 10 - Straight Trumpet
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Sound! Euphonium Season 2 Episode 4 - Awakening Oboe
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. Sound! Euphonium Season 2 Episode 7 - Station Concert
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Station Concert

    S2:E7

    Asuka's mother wants her to quit the concert band. This upsets everyone -- including her mother.

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  9. Sound! Euphonium Season 2 Episode 8 - Rhapsody in Flu
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - 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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  10. Sound! Euphonium Season 2 Episode 13 - Early-Spring Epilogue
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - 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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  11. Sound! Euphonium Season 1 Episode 4 - Singing Solfège
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Singing Solfège

    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

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  12. Sound! Euphonium Season 1 Episode 6 - Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Tuba
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Tuba

    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.

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  13. Sound! Euphonium Season 1 Episode 7 - Crybaby Saxophone
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #12 - Crybaby Saxophone

    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?"

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  14. Sound! Euphonium Season 1 Episode 9 - Please, Audition
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #13 - Please, Audition

    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.

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  15. Sound! Euphonium Season 1 Episode 11 - Welcome Back, Audition
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #14 - 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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  16. Sound! Euphonium Season 1 Episode 1 - Welcome to High School
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Welcome to High School

    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

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  17. Sound! Euphonium Season 1 Episode 8 - Festival Triangle
    7.7/10(3 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. Sound! Euphonium Season 1 Episode 5 - Festival Time
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #17 - Festival Time

    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.

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  19. Sound! Euphonium Season 1 Episode 12 - My Euphonium
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #18 - 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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  20. Sound! Euphonium Season 2 Episode 1 - Mid-summer Fanfare
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - 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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  21. Sound! Euphonium Season 2 Episode 3 - Troubled Nocturnes
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - 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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  22. Sound! Euphonium Season 2 Episode 5 - Miraculous Harmony
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - 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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  23. Sound! Euphonium Season 2 Episode 6 - Rainy Conductor
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Rainy Conductor

    S2:E6

    It's the school festival at Kitauji High School. Kumiko's sister insists on quitting college, while Taki reveals some things about his past with his wife.

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  24. Sound! Euphonium Season 3 Episode 12 - The Last Soloist
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #23 - The Last Soloist

    S3:E12

    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.

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  25. Sound! Euphonium Season 3 Episode 10 - Expressing Arpeggios
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #24 - 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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  26. Sound! Euphonium Season 3 Episode 11 - Orchestra to the Future
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Hesitation Flute" is the worst rated episode of "Sound! Euphonium". It scored 5/10 based on 4 votes. Directed by Taichi Ishidate and written by Jukki Hanada, it aired on 10/13/2016. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Connecting Melodies".