S-On!

***S-On!*** (そうおん！, *Souon!*, Lit. Cacophony) is a tag that is mainly attached to videos related to the anime "*K-On!*" and Shuzo Matsuoka.

## Overview

This is a school kome-dy centred on four students (five from the second year plus one from the third year) who join a heavy music club that is on the verge of being shut down. The author is Shijimifly.

The series began in the April 2007 issue of Zobunsha's "Manga Time Merara" and has been serialized every other month in "Manga Time Merara heat" since the November 2008 issue.

However, the number of times the anime version was aired was reduced from the original, which led to a flood of "'Why are you giving up there?', 'Anyone who reduces the number of times it airs should go home from KyoAni!', 'Why isn't there a whole school?... Aha~n'" inquiries and complaints from viewers.

In response to the strong demand from viewers, Beijing Animation produced the second season of "S-On!".

It's currently airing on MBS (Matsuoka Burning Shuzo) TV. It's not over yet!

## Story

Uni Merasawa and her friends, Hina Kamiyama, Netsu Taiwana, and Tsumugi Komebuki, join a light music club that is on the verge of being shut down, and work hard to practice their instruments in order to restore the club to its former glory.

#### **Uni Merasawa (メラ沢Uni)**

She is in charge of guitar and vocals.

After entering Shijimigaoka High School, she was having a hard time finding something she wanted to do, but she ended up joining the heavy music club. The reason she joined the club was because she assumed that the "Heavy Music Club" would "only do lively things because it was written as noise". She had never been in a club before.

The only instrument she could play was the kashiwanet, and she could not read music, so she was a beginner. The instrument she plays is a Shuzon Tennis Ball Shizukadaaaaaard, which she liked at first sight, and she was able to purchase it for 50,000 yen through the power of Tsumugi Komebuki, instead of 187,000 yen. Nevertheless, it would be a pretty big purchase considering her monthly allowance of 443 yen is about the same as an elementary school student. After purchasing the guitar, she was so happy that she slept with it. (So needless to say, the guitar was burnt to a crisp.)

In a word, she is super hot-blooded. Her cry is "Ahaa~n". She has a younger sister, Uno Merasawa.

#### **Hina Kamiyama (蟹山雛)**

She is in charge of the bass.

She had planned to join the Bamboo Arts Club, but her childhood friend, Netsu Taiwana, pulled her halfway into the heavy noise club. The only left-handed member of the band. She is serious, has excellent grades, and has the best proportions of all the members, but she is so cold-hearted that she chooses to play bass guitar for some unknown reason: guitar makes her cold inside and out.

#### **Netsu Taiwana (田岩魚熱)**

She is in charge of drums (Although she calls herself a drummer, she often plays the Japanese drum).

A forehead girl with short hair and an Alice band. When the heavy music club was on the verge of being shut down, she forced Hina Kaniyama, Tsumugi Komebaki, and Uni Merasawa to...

**[The Whole Persuasion Process]**

**Uni Merasawa** "What should I do about club activities..?"

**Netsu Taiwana** "Hey, hey? What's your club activity?"

**Uni Merasawa** "(...?!)"

**Netsu Taiwana** "Ho... Speak up!"

**Uni Merasawa** "..."

**Netsu Taiwana** "Why aren't you speaking up! All I'm saying is speak up!"

**Uni Merasawa** "?!"

**Netsu Taiwana** "From today on, you're in the Heavy Music Club!"

...She managed to rebuild the club and became the manager.

In addition, she has a tendency to act aggressively, for example, forcing the advisor of the wind band club, Sawako Kashiwagi, to become the advisor. On the other hand, when the Heavy Music Club went on a New Year's visit to a shrine, the other members were free to make their own wishes, such as "May our tennis skills become better," but only the feverish one wished for the development of the club, "May the members become more passionate," which shows that she has a certain sense of responsibility.

She usually plays the role of a joke (her existence is MAD), but sometimes she gives a joke to Uni when she makes too many natural jokes or says things that are out of character.

#### **Tsumugi Komebuki (米吹ツ麦)**

She is in charge of the keyboard.

Originally she was going to join the tennis club, but it looked too hot, so she decided to join the Heavy Music Club. She is a keyboardist and has been playing tennis since she was 4 years old, and has participated in the Inter-High School Singles Tournament. She is a very capable person, taking all of them.

Apparently, she is a daughter of a high-class family, and was able to buy her own onigiri and clam ice cream for tea time in the club room, and was able to bargain down the price of Uni's guitar to 50,000 yen because she was the daughter of the president.

She has a strong curiosity, visiting various restaurants out of pure interest and yearning for "all you can eat".

She is scary when she gets angry (no kidding). She shouted at the manager who interrupted her while she was on the phone with Hina, and after this, Hina became wary of Tsumugi so as not to offend her.

#### **Atsusa Nakano (中野暑)**

She plays guitar.

A promising newcomer to the Heavy Music Club. Also known as "Atsunyan". She started playing the guitar in the fourth grade because her parents played tennis, and she thought there must be something she could be passionate about.

During last year's rice, clam, char, and crab harvest festival, she was inspired by Uni Merasawa who was working hard to harvest clams at the water's edge in -10℃, and decided to join the Heavy Music Club.

At first she didn't like the idea of tennis time after school, but after Tsumugi's balling out, she stopped interfering.

#### **Sawako Kashiwagi (柏木騒子)**

Also known as "Sawa-chan".

WIP