Not one girl is perfect, their masks, their mischief, their indecisiveness, cowardice, impulsiveness, selfishness. Loneliness is an issue for all, manifesting as much in a crowded class as in an empty room. Neither is unconditionally anti-social, and both are, by their own past experiences, insecure. No one girl's simply the life of the party, just as no one girl's simply a shut-in. They may be extroverts or introverts, but no one girl's one absolute. And yet, they're more than that, never relegated to the distinction of mere stereotypes. For the female leads, it wouldn't be incorrect to group them under a certain personality, a certain archetype, the warm, popular school idol and the cold, aloof musical prodigy. The agony's even more poignant when they're written as more than just fictional characters. The heart wants what it wants when it's found it, despite any one party's attempts toward the contrary, and to deny it that when it's within grasp, combined with each character's own baggage, is tantamount to torture, agony of the most existential kind. How can the guy pursue one girl and avoid hurting the other? How can one girl pursue the guy and leave the other unscathed? How can we all remain close? Each main character wants to have their cake and eat it too, yet the show makes the reality clear: You can't. The viewer's left with rather maddening issues, monogamy withstanding. Haruki Kitahara, Setsuna Ogiso, and Kazusa Touma are friends. This love triangle, however, does something somewhat different from the usual one male, two female dynamic.
Feel free to refrain from watching if you absolutely can't stand them. Do not expect the same characters or story from then, which I've heard from general consensus is less than favorable, to be present here.Īnother qualification since this particular plot device's the bane of a number of viewers: this show is driven under the auspices of a love triangle. A qualification before going any further is that outside sharing the same universe, using the same name, and borrowing a few of the same songs, this show is completely unrelated to its predecessor, White Album. And here is where the story of White Album 2 takes off,Īn adaptation of a Leaf and Aquaplus visual novel White Album 2: Introductory Chapter, White Album 2 itself was produced by Satelight, directed by relative dark horse Masaomi Ando, and scripted by Fumiaki Maruto, who was also the original scenario writer for the source material. A piano so soothing, a voice so transfixing, plays, sings to the song's melody. And out of nowhere, from the adjacent room, from the rooftop, a sound has him spellbound. Nevertheless, it's where Haruki Kitahara spends his time practicing “White Album” by Yuki Morikawa on his guitar. Music Room 3 in the building across has the benefit of being bigger and newer, and the adjacent Music Room 1's been sectioned for everyone save those enlisted in the musical curriculum. It's the most unassuming of the three that populate Houjou High.