The BEST episodes of Sound! Euphonium
Every episode of Sound! Euphonium ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. 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 fresh start. As fate would have it, she ends up being surrounded by people with an interest in the high school brass band. Kumiko finds the motivation she needs to make music once more with the help of her bandmates, some of whom are new like novice tubist Hazuki Katou; veteran contrabassist Sapphire Kawashima; and band vice president and fellow euphonist Asuka Tanaka. Others are old friends, like Kumiko's childhood friend and hornist-turned-trombonist Shuuichi Tsukamoto, and trumpeter and bandmate from middle school, Reina Kousaka. However, in the band itself, chaos reigns supreme. Despite their intention to qualify for the national band competition, as they currently are, just competing in the local festival will be a challenge—unless the new band advisor Noboru Taki does something about it.
#1 - Festival Time
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/6/2015
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.
#3 - Singing Solfège
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/29/2015
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.
#4 - 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.
#6 - 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.
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#9 - 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.
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#11 - 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.
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#12 - 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.
#13 - 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?
#15 - Nice to Meet You, Euphonium
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/15/2015
Kumiko and the others join the concert band, and they choose their instruments. Their eccentric senior, Asuka, still likes to mess with them.
#16 - Welcome to High School
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/8/2015
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.
#17 - 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?
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#19 - 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.
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#20 - 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.
#21 - The Last Competition
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/22/2016
It's the big day: the All Japan Concert Band Competition Nationals.
#22 - 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...
#23 - The First Ensemble
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/22/2015
Kitauji High School Concert Band is preparing their parts for the ensemble, but some students are fooling around when they should be practicing.
#24 - 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.
#25 - 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.
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