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Thursday, 30 June 2005 14:39 |
 Koyuki returns as he manages to clear things up with Maho and Beck
finally get their demo CD recorded. A change in school means
Koyuki's left to deal with some of the problems he thought he'd left
behind, while I'm left wondering where all the music's gone...
14 - Dream
Koyuki's girl problems take a turn as Izumi and Maho meet to talk,
while Ryuusuke has a few words of wisdom for him about what Maho's like
underneath her hard exterior. Their talk is enough to make him go
out and try to find her - just in time to find out that Izumi's done
him a favour and cleared the air with Maho, allowing her & Koyuki
to start over again. Meanwhile, Ryuusuke's still got a bad
feeling about Erika's suicide, and seems to be siding with the
conspiracy theory that she may have been worried, while it seems that
Eiji's contacts are determined to make life difficult for Beck to work
their way up in the music industry, while the band finally gets their
first CD recorded...
15 - Back to School
Back into school after the winter break, and it seems the guys are
having trouble concentrating - there are rumours that Momoko-sensei's
been working in a lingerie bar, and they're having trouble keeping
their imaginations in check. But time flies by and before long
it's a new shool year & new school for Koyuki - unfortunately, it's
the same school as Houjou, who's back to his old tricks. With the
stresses of entrance exams behind him, there's more time to spend on
band practice, and the small detail of a new guitar to be bought.
Ryuusuke's first choice, costing over 1,000,000 Yen, may not be quite
what he's looking for...
Very much the feeling of a mid-season break here, with not a hell of a
lot really happening - especially surprising since these two episodes
cover a couple of months 'real time'. Seems to have been one of
the more boring periods of Koyuki's life.
Which sadly also makes it one of the less interesting parts of Beck.
It's good to see the Izumi / Maho issue sorted out, but finding Houjou
becoming a problem again left me with a horrible feeling of deja vu, as
we're just going over old ground again. Could it be 26 episodes
was a bit too long?
Moving quickly onwards, and I hope Beck follows the example & gets
back into its stride quickly. It's hard to really recommend these
episodes, but while there doesn't appear to be much here that will
prove to be important, if you're following the series you'll probably
want to watch them anyway.
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