Fuuka Episode 11 “Band” Review – An Emotional Rollercoaster

<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s episodes like these that truly make Fuuka shine&period; Once again&comma; fan service rears its ugly head&comma; but the characters at this point have blossomed with wonderful progression as the show heads towards its final stretch&period; The performances are incredibly moving by all the voice actors involved and the animation truly tells the story of how hard love can be&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s a rollercoaster ride of emotions in this episode&period; Heartbreak&comma; loss of faith&comma; joy&colon; these are all tenants of this episode and Diomedia does such a wonderful job&period; Immediately at the start of the episode&comma; there is a crushed Yuu sitting on his bed&period; It hits you like a bus &&num;8211&semi; like the one that almost hit Fuuka &&num;8211&semi; and there are multiple moments like that in this episode&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;121470" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-121470" style&equals;"width&colon; 960px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"wp-image-121470" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;03&sol;18035526&sol;Fuuka-Episode-11-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"fuuka-episode-11-1" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"540" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-121470" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;Fuuka&comma; Diomedia and FUNimation Entertainment&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The faces and the eyes are animated really well&semi; you know exactly how they&&num;8217&semi;re feeling from the animation alone&period; The scenes are quiet&comma; and the tension is in the air&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s so impactful and your heart will break at the sight of it&period; With each scene&comma; the voice actors give a soul crushing performance&period; You believe how they&&num;8217&semi;re feeling and the actors are really one-on-one with their roles&period; The voice cast overall has done a stellar job and with each scene&comma; performances are never out of place&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The series has maintained its realistic&comma; powerful&comma; and emotional writing and Episode 11 is even more of a reflection of that&period; This episode is able to dive into other characters than just Yuu&comma; Fuuka&comma; and Koyuki&comma; and it&&num;8217&semi;s refreshing&period; How the characters react to the situation that is occurring feels so natural to the point of giving this writer flashbacks&period; Yuu&comma; in particular&comma; progresses as a character in this episode&period; Without giving any spoilers&comma; he steps up and like previous episodes&comma; moves on from his shy persona&semi; he doesn&&num;8217&semi;t use Twitter once&period; There are moments in Episode 11 you won&&num;8217&semi;t expect as the plot reaches its crescendo&comma; and they are laid out in a perfect way&period; What spoils the progression piece are the fan service moments of this episode&period; They&&num;8217&semi;re obtrusive in this heart-filled plot&semi; for the majority of the episode&comma; it is an emotional journey&comma; but then for a few seconds&comma; there are random shower scenes and butt shots &lpar;one which includes a mom&&num;8217&semi;s&excl;&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;121473" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-121473" style&equals;"width&colon; 960px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"wp-image-121473" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;03&sol;18040745&sol;fuuka-Episode-11-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"fuuka-episode-11-3" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"540" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-121473" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;Fuuka&comma; Diomedia and FUNimation Entertainment&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>What pieces these scenes together is the beautiful score by <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;animenewsnetwork&period;com&sol;encyclopedia&sol;people&period;php&quest;id&equals;139873">Takur&omacr; Iga<&sol;a>&period; The accompaniments to the emotional scenes are powerful with effective strings and a sweet melody from the piano chords&period; The music added another dimension to the superb voice work and animation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This show continues to deliver a truly special narrative that touches the heart&period; Fuuka has emotionally engaging characters that&comma; while caricatures at first&comma; progress in a delightful way&period; The production quality from the outstanding animation&comma; music and voice acting just adds to the already engaging script&period;  It doesn&&num;8217&semi;t need the fan service and honestly without it&comma; this could have been a standout for many&period; Regardless&comma; next Friday cannot come soon enough&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Eleni-chan and I will be recording a full series review on the Bago Anime Cast in a few weeks&&num;8217&semi; time&period; Stay tuned&excl; While you wait&comma; you can check out our review of Episodes 1-8 on the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;bago-anime-cast-1-fuuka&sol;">first Bago Anime Cast&period; 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