Its been eight yearsand I mean eight years to the freakindaysince Ifirst watched and wroteaboutHibike!
Kumiko wakes up with a band rehearsal playing in her earbuds.
It nails home the fact that its Last Dance time for Kumiko and the third years.

Throughout this episode, Kumiko also hears an unfamiliar but unmistakably skilled Euphonium on the air.
Its not her senpai Asuka, but someone mysterious.
Her different uni suggests shes a transfer student.

The stage is set and the stakes have never been higher.

