Ikeda Shouko

In Oumae Kumiko's first year in the Kitauji High School Wind Ensemble, they surprised everyone by blazing through the Kyoto and Kansai competitions and making it to the national competition under advisor Taki Noboru. Their seniors graduated, but the remaining members are in high spirits, and their national exposure led to an influx of competent new students. This new iteration…

* Based on Tanigawa Nagaru's Suzumiya Haruhi series of novels and illustrated by Itou Noizi. Suzumiya Haruhi is a charismatic high school girl with a carefree personality and a very egocentric way of thinking, that she underlines upon enrolling at school by announcing: "I have no interest in ordinary humans. If there are any aliens, beings from the future, or espers, come see…

* Adaptation of Tanigawa Nagaru's fourth Suzumiya Haruhi light novel. It is mid-December, and SOS Brigade chief Suzumiya Haruhi announces that the brigade is going to hold a Christmas party in their clubroom, with Japanese hotpot for dinner. The brigade members Kyon, Nagato Yuki, Asahina Mikuru and Koizumi Itsuki start preparing everything for the party, such as costumes and…

It is the spring of their first year in high school. Oumae Kumiko, who was in a brass band in middle school, goes to check out the brass band club together with her classmates, Katou Hazuki and Kawashima Sapphire. There, Kumiko happens to run into her former classmate, Kousaka Reina. Although Hazuki and Sapphire are dead set on joining the brass band club, Kumiko doesn't want…

After the Kitauji High School Wind Ensemble pulls a stunning performance in Oumae Kumiko's first year, their results in her second year feel underwhelming to the entire club. They intended to achieve a gold medal at the national competition, but their participation ends with what is known as a "dud gold" at the Kansai competition: a gold medal that does not include being…