A handsome yankee plays the koto? The first season of the anime "Stop This Sound!" began airing in April 2019, with the second season scheduled to begin in October! It's a youth story about an unusual "koto club" that brings together a variety of different types of people, including gals, rich girls, and characters with glasses. It's an anime full of highlights, with laughter, tears, and love. In this article, we'll tell you what you need to know when watching "Stop This Sound!".
① The past of the main character, Ai Kuon
Everyone who knows Ai Kuon from the beginning of the anime calls her "that Nishinaka Kuon who caused a police incident." First, I'll tell you the details and the truth of this incident.
Ai, who was always fighting, was cut off from her father and taken in by her grandfather. Her grandfather continued to believe in Ai, so one day Ai decided to stop hanging out with her bad friends and fighting. However, some bad friends didn't find this funny, and pretended to be Ai and vandalized Ai's grandfather's house while he was away. The police suspected Ai to be the culprit, and no matter how much she said "I'm not," they didn't believe her. And in the end, when they asked her, "Even if it's not you, isn't it your fault?", Ai was left speechless.
But her grandfather still believed in her.
Ai's grandfather collapsed on the night of the attack on their house due to shock and a chronic illness. When he woke up, he told Ai with a smile, "I know," but he passed away shortly thereafter. Ai's grandfather was a koto craftsman, and there were many kotos in his home, but all of them were destroyed except for one. The only koto that didn't break was the "personalized koto" that Ai made for her.
Ai says, "I lost almost everything my grandfather treasured." She also says, "If there's anything that my grandfather treasured that remains, I want to treasure it and know about it." With that feeling, she faces the koto that her grandfather loved in the Tokise High School Koto Club that her grandfather created.
② The past of the heroine, Ootsuki Satowa
At the beginning of the story, Satowa doesn't get along with the other club members at all and never lets them come near her house. This was because Satowa had been excommunicated from the Hougetsukai, where her mother was the head, and she was living alone in a rundown apartment. However, Satowa had struggled and suffered to get to this point, and still had feelings that she could not express.
Losing her father at a young age...
Daughter and heir of the Hougetsukai, Satowa has been facing the koto since she was a child. She lived happily as a koto genius girl surrounded by kind parents. But one day her father dies and her mother becomes head of the school, which means fewer students and more pressure on her mother. Her mother gradually changes and no longer sees Satowa as her "daughter" but simply as her "successor." No matter how much Satowa pleads with her mother, she doesn't listen to her. But Satowa continues to play the koto, believing that if she can play it well and become a respectable successor, her mother will return to normal.
Her struggles until the very end were not conveyed.
Satowa's mother decided her career path and club activities on her own, and she lives a gloomy student life where she can't make friends. One day, she wants to express her feelings to her mother through the koto. She plays an original song at the competition and prays, "Let it be conveyed!" However, her mother's response is, "Your koto is like a lethal weapon."
Satowa breaks down in tears on the spot. She continues to play the koto thinking of her mother, and continues to struggle to face her mother no matter how much she has changed, but she still cannot convey her feelings. So she gave up on everything and even stopped playing the koto.
③ The bond between Kuon Ai and the three idiots (Sane, Mitsu, Kota)
When Ai was in junior high school, she was a notorious bad boy, so much so that "everyone knows the bad reputation of Kuon Ai." However, her long-time friend Takaoka Tetsuo was the only one who was always worried about Ai and was a source of comfort for her. The three idiots were originally good friends with Tetsuo, so they were more worried about Tetsuo hanging out with Ai. The three idiots didn't know much about Ai, but they didn't hear any good things about her, so they were somehow put off by her.
The three idiots are saved by Ai.
One day, the three idiots are harassed by some older delinquents, and find themselves in a desperate situation because one of them is carrying a knife. However, Ai happens to be passing by and grabs the knife to save the three idiots from their predicament. Of course, the three idiots are not friends with Ai, and there are even times when they would rather she stop hanging out with Tetsuo, so they are surprised that she risked her life to save them. In fact, the only reason Ai saved them was because "she often hangs out with Tetsuo." After that, the three idiots began to admire Ai, and from then on they became friends.
④ A long-time friend with Kuon Ai! Who is Takaoka Tetsuo?
Tetsuo Takaoka has been appearing since the first episode and is an important and popular character! He is a good friend of Ai and wants her to live a normal high school life. However, Tetsuo does not join the Koto club and watches over her from a distance. Why does Tetsuo not join the Koto club? Who is Tetsuo Takaoka, who supports Ai in important situations? We will tell you as much as we currently know!
He is Ai's childhood friend and is actually rich!
Tetsuo is actually the second son of a large hospital, and his house is a very luxurious mansion! Ai has always gone to Tetsuo's house whenever something happened and asked for her favorite food. She has one older brother, and compared to her classmates, she is a mature type who is very aware of her surroundings. She also gave Ai accurate advice on how to get along with Musashi!
When asked why she didn't join the koto club, she said, "I don't like being tied down by time," but I feel like there's something behind it. She can study, so we considered the possibility that she actually has to take over her father's hospital... but for now, this has not been revealed. It's a mystery why she's so good at fighting, but maybe she trains her body.
⑤ Can she compose music? What is the true identity of Takinami Ryoka?
At the beginning of the story, Takinami Ryoka had no motivation to be the advisor of the Koto club. However, influenced by the performance of the Koto club, she decides to support the club as an advisor. From there, it was discovered that Takinami can compose and arrange music! In addition, she teaches Kota, who is not good at keeping rhythm, the trick to catching rhythm with your body, making her a music specialist no matter how you look at it... We will tell you about Takinami's true identity, which has not yet been revealed in the anime.
A thoroughbred of music! Takinami Ryoko.
Takinami is actually the son of a world-renowned conductor and a genius pianist, and was raised in Germany. He had a remarkable talent for composing since he was young, and many people had their eye on him to promote him, but he once grew tired of the music world. Since then, he has lived a life of just listening to music without composing. His sister is also a professional pianist.
⑥ Closing the Koto Club? Who is the outside instructor, Dojima Masaru?
After the Kanto Japanese Music Festival, Dojima Sho came to the Tokise High School Koto Club as an external instructor. In fact, Sho's grandmother, who heard the performance at the Kanto Japanese Music Festival, was an assassin sent to prevent Satowa from returning as the successor... Sho is one of the candidates to take over the Hougetsu-kai, from which Satowa was expelled, and is actually trying to rebuild his family's prestigious koto school, Tsubaki-kai. By the way, although she looks cute, her teaching methods are strict and she drives roughly...
She hates the genius girl Satowa.
Masa is the winner of a competition where Satowa was disqualified for playing an original song in an attempt to convey his feelings to her mother. Masa is also talented at the koto, but he was never able to win because of Satowa, who was even better than him. Because of this, he has hated Satowa for a long time. However, after he became an external instructor for the koto club and learned what kind of person Satowa was, his hatred began to fade. He also got to know not only Satowa but also the other members of the club, and decided to help the koto club instead of destroying it!
Summary of things you need to know!
The characters' pasts and the feelings they have as a result... I've told you all you need to know when watching "Kono Oto Tomare!" What did you think? If you know these six things, you will have a deeper understanding of the characters, so you will be able to enjoy the story even more! There are still many mysteries surrounding Tetsuo in the original work, so I hope that will be revealed as well. I'm looking forward to the second season of the anime!
