Sound! Euphonium: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Sound! Euphonium Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Mid-summer Fanfare
Oct 6, 2016
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,
Hesitation Flute
Oct 13, 2016
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.
Troubled Nocturnes
Oct 20, 2016
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 an
Awakening Oboe
Oct 27, 2016
Nozomi finally meets Mizore. She learns, the hard way, why Asuka had been keeping her away.
Miraculous Harmony
Nov 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?
Rainy Conductor
Nov 10, 2016
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.
Station Concert
Nov 17, 2016
Asuka's mother wants her to quit the concert band. This upsets everyone -- including her mother.
Rhapsody in Flu
Nov 24, 2016
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 mus
Sound! Euphonium
Dec 1, 2016
Asuka is about to lose her seat competing in the Nationals. But that might not be why she invited Kumiko over.
After-school Obbligato
Dec 8, 2016
Taki's deadline for Asuka draws near. She refuses to admit that she wants, more than anyone, to compete in the Nationals.
First Love Trumpet
Dec 15, 2016
With Asuka back in the competition, the orchestra is just about set for the Nationals. Meanwhile, Kumiko tries to understand why Reina is upset at her.
The Last Competition
Dec 22, 2016
It's the big day: the All Japan Concert Band Competition Nationals.
Early-Spring Epilogue
Dec 29, 2016
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?