The Morality of Tsumugi Kotobuki - K-ON Essay

Edited by Kor
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Guest Appearance by Aleczandxr
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His Twitter: / aleczandxr
Music used
K-ON! OST 02 - Morning Dew
K-ON! OST 20 - クレープはいかが?
K-ON! OST 23 - My hometown where it snows
The Dark World - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
K-ON! OST 36 - Happy End
K-ON! OST 19 -軽い冗談
Channel Icon by: / @frffyvsanime
Secret video link: • I sing honey sweet tea...

[@oogakiaki]

You had me at "Tsumugi is my favorite character"

[@kiyoharusuirenji2071]

Hi Mugi

[@prinzeugen9127]

Hi clone

[@kiyoharusuirenji2071]

Who's the real Mugi-

[@oogakiaki]

Me of course

[@Hyein_luvrr]

i- wtf

[@Agaettis]

Reasons to like mugi.... Her eyebrows are pickles

[@mechaguychungus1696]

God, I love that scene where Yui just straight-up picks up Mugi's eyebrow and eats it with rice. XD

[@alex-zj6ef]

after watching that episode i went to sleep then had a dream where my eyebrows were pickles and woke up crying and sweating bc i thought i was gonna die bc of the pickles (dream logic right)

[@oogakiaki]

A very solid reason, I might add.

[@fieryphoenix586]

😲

[@rcfilms8045]

Lmao I’m amazed to find someone who loves Mugi, for the exact same reasons. Mad respect to my fellow Mugi lovers. I hope to one day show my appreciation for Mugi some day, potentially this year. Honey Sweet Tea Time is an absolute jam and it brings me peace, also the solo albums which just tear at my heartstrings. Much love to everyone, and Mugi.

[@thatguynexus5935]

"Amazed to find someone who loves mugi" I kinda find that hard to believe, i thought she'd get more fans, she's so sweet.

[@trentkraemer7109]

To add on, I think Mugi’s actions are explained by her being a “rich girl” and wanting to fit in to the normal life of her friends. Like the thing with the board game, she chose that because an expensive trip isn’t special to her, while a board game is something that might’ve been too low class for her family, so she never played one. Also with the strawberry, she wanted Mio to hit her because that means they would’ve had a close relationship, as opposed to being treated like a stranger. So I think a lot of her choices were about trying to fit in, not really about the specifics.

[@KirbySonicTeam]

All true! Good points all around.

[@020baby]

Mugi is perfect and so is this video

[@flutterfenix6546]

No entendí ni mrd :v XD

[@hanzomsk7597]

@@flutterfenix6546 "Mugi es perfecta como este video"

[@MapYui]

The video is not yet perfect until it gets a million views

[@awesomedawsonmg1940]

The power of K-ON. You don't need to analyse deep themes or deconstruct the narrative to love these characters, watching clips of them hanging out & listening to their music is enough to melt your heart

[@rentristandelacruz]

Reasons to Like Mugi: 1. She is STRONK! 2. Always up for shenanigans and tomfoolery. 3. Thicc eyebrows. 4. Has a gel form. 5. Has built-in yuri goggles. 6. Likes the simple things in life. 7. She's a fair lady on the high plains. 8. She can be like a Mola-mola. 9. She's a great detective. She's basically Sherlock holmes.

[@White742]

10.She brings treats.

[@mrahaman0307]

She's perfect

[@JBoxy7]

10. She's half finnish

[@YuiTeaTime]

11. Blonde hair 12. Blue eyes

[@JBoxy7]

@@YuiTeaTime do u mean blonde hair?

[@jembozaba4864]

I’m a Mio person. But Mugi-chan is a close second. She is Sweetness personified

[@jley6331]

extremely difficult to pick between them for me. Mio and Mugi both claim my number 1 spot

[@cjtheterrible2238]

I like Yui and Azusa which is funny because they are polar opposites

[@victorrubio5418]

I only like ritsu 😳

[@mug875]

6:14 this scene made my heart melt.

[@Bigslam1993]

Its Yui-Wisdom at its finest.

[@fredvincentcaipang9331]

This video is criminally underrated.

[@FantasyLord19]

“Mugi is a charming, incredibly funny sweetheart, and that’s all she needs to be.” *Mugi’s face in a heart* I melted. Thank you for this video!

[@MentalMMManiac]

That morality of mugi-chan section voice change was hilarious. Very worth the joke, had me laughing so hard

[@KirbySonicTeam]

I’m super glad to hear that!

[@JcDizon]

Tsumugi is like this sheltered rich girl who wants to have a normal ordinary life the middle class is having and she's willing to trade the rich privilege she has to be with commoners. It seems she was supposed to attend a more prestigious high school but she chose to go to a high school intended for the middle class instead.

[@hayden5789]

After watching this video, I'm now gonna watch the anime

[@KirbySonicTeam]

Glad to hear! Hope you enjoy

[@hayden5789]

@@KirbySonicTeam I don't regret watching it, it was really good

[@katjamuller5503]

Why I love Mugi: EYEBROWS

[@Tobu9105F]

Thicc

[@BenHopkins1000]

Maybe that’s why I fell in love with her: She was breaking the “rich girl” stereotype in animation years before Disney and Arcane did the same. She’s not completely perfect (the infamous strawberry scene, of course), but she also isn’t a total sociopath like Lois Griffin (another gal from a wealthy family)

[@redspindashx6324]

This is essentially a 7 minute "I just think she's neat" and its great because of that

[@KirbySonicTeam]

Thank you!

[@rob.aravena]

What a Based video. (if you love her voice, Mugi's VA is currently making videos on her life in England, they're quite nice)

[@rueisblue]

where can i find these? ive looked

[@hikakakaka4]

@@rueisblue this is late but i think if you type in "minako kotobuki england" into youtube it should be the first result

[@aryaib843]

yes, i like mugi too, she is like a harmony on the band, balancing every emotion of the characters

[@Julie_Kagemori]

Mugi is cute Mugi is love Mugi is pickle eyebrows

[@SuperGwapoKo143]

I love Mugi so much and her VA!!

[@iseetheendisnear2416]

The choking scene really highlights the great lengths Mugi will go to assert her ownership of the other band members. It’s not necessarily her privileged mindset that makes her flawed (her status is what ultimately made the band successful) but a deep inherent flaw in stark contrast. A deficit... Tsumugi Kotobuki is a sociopath through and through. She views people as objects for her own amusement and regularly manipulates the others in subtle ways. Her onslaught of psychological attacks hide a fragile interior of the archetypal narcissist. Ritsu externalizes schizophrenic disillusion, while Mugi fragments before our eyes: a three-ring circus might be taking place in her face. Her performance is enough for half a dozen tours de force, a whole row of Oscars - it’s exhausting. Conceivably, she’s a great voice actress, but nothing she does is memorable because she does so much... It’s the most transient big performance I’ve ever seen.

[@iseetheendisnear2416]

I stole the last couple of sentences from I’m Thinking of Ending Things. It’s a pleasant mindfuck - very End of Eva esque. Go watch it, fool

[@BenHopkins1000]

Jeez, dude, I know appearance can be deceiving but goddamn. I just like her because she did for anime what Lara Croft did for video games, and that’s defying stereotypes. Sure, she’s rich, but also not spoiled, entitled or arrogant

[@dudovich13]

Overthink much?

[@cashew.crunch]

I love the way you break the fourth wall (if you can even call it that) throughout the video. Also I'm gonna be real, I didn't even realize that wasn't you doing a voice during the morality section. Granted, this is the first video of yours that I've seen. I do like the message of this video. You don't really need some extremely deep reasoning for liking a character. Sometimes they're just endearing to you and that's all that matters. My favorite characters are Yui and Mio and it's for entirely personal anecdote-driven reasons.

[@Certified_Futbolero]

Mugi is perfect. PERFECT

[@thatwalkingcactus]

This is the first video I've seen by you, and I am already absolutely in love with how you present the content. Fellow Mugi stans unite!

[@KirbySonicTeam]

Thanks! I hope you’ll enjoy the other content.

[@vonKobra]

It is understandable, but Mugi is a character with the deep existential dread of being a child of the wealthy. No matter what she does, she'll never know if she succeeded on her merit or because she had a head start. No matter who she meets, she always has to be aware that they might be there to use her for her wealth, even a long con is worth it when the rewards are in the multiple millions. But the light music club, those are her real friends, that she really trusts. Through all her smiles and antics through the show, he eyes are almost always a little sad, a little pensive. *Almost* always. And that almost is a big deal.

[@TimoKanal]

LMAO, an appearance of the legend Aleczandxr himself was the last thing I expected in a video about Mugi. Absolutely amazing. Yui and Mugi are my personal favorite characters. What makes Mugi so great to me is her absolute positivity or cheerfulness about any and everything, even all small things. She is rich and has access to all the luxurious things you could imagine, but she still appreciates every little thing and moment to the fullest, more than anyone else. Like just going to a cheap sweets store with Ritsu makes her the happiest person in the world. And she cares so deeply for her friends. She brings expensive tea and sweets to school everyday, but only to see all her friends from the club happy. She's unbelievably precious and one of the best characters for very simple reasons. But in simplicity often lies the biggest power.

[@lainawesome]

Ritsu is my fav (obv as u can see in my pfp) but tbh, all the keions are really good characters, but nice video lol

[@ashcwong07]

Mugi essentially brought the band together yet she got the least screen time.

[@leonardogaspar7029]

They actually did sing ''Honey Sweet Tea Time'' in the cassette version of ''Ho-kago Tea Time II'' which is canon but it wasn't in the anime so you have a point

[@uibsdwhuhyf]

this is an underrated video and channel

[@JBoxy7]

She's also half finnish which is very interesting.

[@solidkingcobra]

HONEY SWEET TIME IS AN ABSOLUTE BANGER! and when I saw the live version of that sung by Ms.Kotobuki (the actress not the character) I was stunned.

[@ThreiasFB]

I mean, i have a smile everytime i watch any KOn-related stuff.

[@SamuraiNoob1]

my home page knows what I've been up to recently. nice vid man, really portraits well what most Mugi enjoyers embrace

[@jessegomez559]

I'm 14. this show is old but awesome and totally something for fellow anime watchers and musicians alike

[@garbage-boitrash-man1489]

Old? It came out in 2009

[@Bigslam1993]

@@garbage-boitrash-man1489 I have to break it to you... thats 12 years ago, my dude. That IS old. And I say that as someone who watched K-On shortly after it released...

[@poika22]

​@@Bigslam1993 12 years isn't old. If you had a 12-year-old girlfriend people wouldn't think she's a little old, would they? For all intents and purposes TV shows from 2009 are exactly the same as TV shows from 2021. It's not like with actual OLD shows from the 1960s or whatever where you have to get into a different mindset to appreciate them.

[@suc125]

@@poika22Yeah exactly. First of all 12 (or now 14) years isn´t old, especially because if the you said someone this show came out this year, noone would doubt it. I would say 90s animes are old, and they do have very different style compared to nowdays animes

[@Vestige.]

I got no favorite but everytime i see Yui being clumsy,Mio being Shy, Mugi being ditsy, an Ritsu being chill i feel 1000000 years worth of joy,no a billion, no Infinite years worth of joy I am greatful i found this anime a week ago before it was gone from netflix this month and i am glad i can rewatch this on hulu Thank you K-on for being an added chapter of my memories ill enjoy

[@Red.Decimo]

I'm a Ritsu/Yui fan but I appreciate other people's favorite K-On characters, it's reasons why I love these types of videos of people talking about K-On in general and who is their favorite characters. It's an awesome thing honestly, Nice one lad 👍✨

[@frorg9697]

i just saw her thick eyebrows and i was immediately sold

[@1Spring]

this is the most factually correct video i've ever seen in my life

[@nishikos.5631]

crying :") such a cute video!!

[@AquamarineHahi]

Why did I just now discover this video? That Aleczander bit was just brilliant.

[@oofaloofa]

The strawberry episode was the funniest build up to a joke ever

[@Kyh_on]

AMAZING VIDEO! Love to see the Mugi love!!!

[@KirbySonicTeam]

Lol thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it.

[@mkaptainkaro5214]

A masterpiece of a video

[@KirbySonicTeam]

Thank you very much!

[@zildtinio6250]

I cant believe this don't have thousands of views. Good job man :)

[@KirbySonicTeam]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@nomannic1]

Underrated channel, great video!!!

[@KirbySonicTeam]

Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it

[@PennFaulkner]

HOLY SHIT ITS ALECZANDXR! I love this!

[@Granfl0]

Я люблю всех девочек, особенно Ритсу.

[@yurironoue5888]

Tsumugi is my favourite K-ON character! She's so adorable! 💜💜💜💜

[@WarrenHG98]

I came across this anime by chance, looking for something new to watch. I didn’t realise how big this anime was. And fell in love with the anime and the characters :) Especially Mugi

[@N3ptunest]

I'm glad to find a video about how great mugi is!

[@IamKavot]

The most hitting part of Mugi and all K-On series for any serious viewer in my opinion is the ability of a team to purposfully avoid any controversion, dissonance and going bad while they are in a group. They don't really get angry, frustrated, or jealous at each other, there are no actual bad vibes between them or around them even when they have all the rights to do it. And it feels like a hard work from whole team to create and maintain this small light music world, absent of dogshit drama. Mugi works the most. She grinds like crazy for empathy to others and for this chill-out atmosphere. She works diligent barely seen job for a club and it shows. She doesn't ask a reward, she doesn't emphasize how important her work is, she just does it working as a glue for everyone. Drinking tea and having fun is not as easy as it seems at first glance. Thats why Mugi gives off such motherly vibes i think. My favorite part with her is when she tried to scare someone by hiding and accidentally went to sleep. I always ask myself, how much of a thought Mugi put into such ideas which are definitely not typical to her at first. And how much she thought about developing her empathy or helping the group to stay fun and light.

[@melanchomusic1773]

well said brother

[@kuroteshima]

You are hella underrated, this was the shortest 7 minutes of my life, I highly enjoyed it and I definitely agree with some of your "points" if I can call them that. In conclusion funny, entertaining and basically hella awesome, go win!

[@KirbySonicTeam]

Thanks a ton! I hope you’ll enjoy the other videos on my channel and leave you’re thoughts if you have any. They’re why I make these videos in the first place :)

[@AlgorithmDG]

Hummingbird is also a great original kotobuki song

[@worthatrey1992]

Another great video ian, I hope we get plenty more. It seems that people really like this video of yours which says to me maybe you should try making the next video you do more silly like this one to see if it was coincidence or if people keep liking it this is just the style video you would do.

[@worthatrey1992]

Just my random thought while I try to boost the algorithm

[@TheAvacado]

The existence of this video deserves a sub

[@thebluewind5733]

Three essays in seven minutes? What a record!! 😀👏👏👏👏👏

[@decorativewingdings]

HAHAHA THE ESSAY VOICE IS GENUINELY PERFECT IN EVERY WAY

[@lees4416]

6:02 I've never watched k-on but this scene... Almost cried. I need to watch it

[@HeroesRiseUp]

Everyone needs a Mugi-Chan in their life. She’s so sweet, just wanting to experience new things and have fun with her friends. I wanna live as carefree as this queen. 🥺🤍

[@sumit7ranjan]

Great video man. Can't believe you only have 1k subscribers

[@KirbySonicTeam]

Thanks! I hope you’ll enjoy the other stuff on the channel.

[@kiricai7175]

Whoaa my k-on binge landed me to an underrated channel *-*

[@Exceperojo]

As a K-ON fanatic, I approve 👍

[@rannierunsfast]

My favorite mugi scene was when she got bonked by ritsu

[@CrimsonKage]

"She's perfect" ..........sub And now off to go rewatch all of K-on

[@Kinochai]

Bro this is perfect

[@KirbySonicTeam]

Perfect video for the perfect girl

[@Kinochai]

@@KirbySonicTeam I know it's basic, but I'm more of a Yui guy, but the whole cast is so perfect that distinction is mostly irrelevant. Now I need to make a K-On video. Maybe rank the songs? Break down some of the songs to what they mean? Idk. Something like that. I just need to make a video that isn't literally just a podcast lol

[@drewlovelyhell4892]

She's my favourite too. I like her because she's sweet, gentle, kind, generous, a bit naive, well mannered, does a great sunfish impersonation.. does she even have any faults?

[@KirbySonicTeam]

None

[@redgeoblaze3752]

I think Mugi is essential to keeping the group dynamic balanced in the way we like it. Mio, Azusa, and to a lesser extent Ritsu would love to just keep Keion club to what it's meant to be, and just make music every day. Yui is a much less active character though. She's more interested in eating sweets and talking every day at club. Without mugi, it'd make it seem like Yui is just holding the club back, making her less likable. But since Mugi is there to gladly provide their means of slacking off, she looks very generous and kind, and the others are nice for accepting and indulging her. Some people have said she doesn't really need to be in the show, but that really misses the point of each of the group member's dynamics

[@EverythingKokichi]

Ah I have watched all of k-on love this!

[@alex-zj6ef]

mugi is just so fun. i feel like she is the one with depression at night. the one who thinks to much. the one thats part of the group to cope with her deppression. thats what i feel.

[@HTMangaka]

This was excellent! K-on forever! ^^

[@cjtheterrible2238]

You deserve my sub 👍

[@KirbySonicTeam]

Thank you :) I hope you’ll enjoy the rest of the videos I have here

[@cjtheterrible2238]

Also your pfp is legendary btw

[@DylanVsTheWorld2003]

Hm interesting. It really is interesting how so many people forget that Mugi does most of the things she does because she wants to fit in with, well, less rich people and feel "normal" so I'm glad you touched on that. It causes people to misinterpret her sometimes but almost all of her moments can be summed up by that desire of hers. Also, she's my wife, I love her.

[@carl5429]

ha this was a great video that actually made me laugh a few times - a fellow mugi fan

[@lastnamefirstname8655]

great essay.

[@KirbySonicTeam]

Thanks! Was there anything in particular you liked about it?

[@lastnamefirstname8655]

@@KirbySonicTeam in-depth description and recognition for mugi. also k-on support so automatic like.

[@KirbySonicTeam]

Lol fair

[@lastnamefirstname8655]

@@KirbySonicTeam :)

[@_etwas_]

Lol, first the reference to the "Morality of Gon Freecs" in the title, then Aleczandxr himself appeares! Fucking great! Subbed on the spot!

[@KirbySonicTeam]

I’m glad you like it! I made the video specifically for reactions like this so thanks for making my day.

[@_etwas_]

@@KirbySonicTeam I was really surprised to hear him and didn't expect that he would do something like that for such a small channel (no offense)! The title itself was cool enough but that really made it special! Btw: The Overhaul-video was also great! Keep up the good work but pls don't burn yourself out! Take care :)

[@BlackHatProduction61]

Happy Birthday Mugi!

[@Liliocelote]

aww this was a nice video

[@abohakobyan]

Happy Birthday Mugi!! 🎉🎉

[@andrewsharpe7630]

After watching K-On, I was left with the impression she was the most under-utilized of the main characters. I didn't realize your point that she acts as the glue/ the intercessor between the free spirits and the serious girls. Cool. I did get the impression that Mugi was a shifty character though. Not just the strawberry scene, there were others (and the yuri stuff) where I thought, gee, Mugi is a naughty girl.

[@cosmix1]

I just caught this video while watching a K-On! clip, damn great job. A very good message behind the whole thing, and the guest appearance surprised me but had me laughing so hard, I didn't think we'd be diving this deep LOL. Mugi takes second place for me, but who cares? She's still great and I agree with every reason!

[@KirbySonicTeam]

Thanks for the kind comment! I’m glad the video is finding it’s intended audience. I’m also always happy to see comments surprised by the guest star lol

[@tankerguy05]

This video was a wild ride. The whole time I was wondering if it was serious or not, seeing half the things the k-on community puts out. But then after finishing, I realized that the whole thing was serious. Okay, it wasn't exactly at the end, but more towards the end. Ritsu is my favorite character, simply for the reasons that she is a very fun and energetic person. Sometimes, your favorite characters are your favorites for no reason/small, simple reasons. Liking characters for these simple reasons make them all the more likeable, because, at least in my experience, some of the most easily likeable people are likeable simply because of those small things. Yeah, someone could go on a 20+ minute rant about why x character is the best and not convince someone, while someone else can give you a few reasons over the course of a few minutes and them, bam, you love the character. Sometimes though, it's a bit more complicated than x reason or y reason. There's something else about a character that makes them likeable to you that you can't pinpoint, or it feels like it's something you shouldn't/wouldn't like about a character, or maybe it's something you wouldn't like in a person whose around you. I know it's a bit of a rant I just went on, but I hope I interpreted your video the way you meant it to be.

[@KirbySonicTeam]

Yeah you go for perfectly! Thank you for the detailed response! These types of comments make my day. Thanks!

[@that.ranranguy]

when he said " Azu-nyan? more like Azu * yawn * " i felt that

[@tsuki5993]

K-on without mugi is like a strawberry cake without the strawberry frfr

[@patricklewis9787]

Feel the same way you do especially about SOL anime. You don’t need to be in depth about em and just enjoy them for what they are!

[@leoanhkhoa8323]

I could listen to your saying "She's perfect" all day

[@thewinner4319]

THE WINNER approves 👍

[@k-ondoomer]

My favorite moment with her is when she said that ritsu was good with women lol. Both my self and ristu got caught off guard

[@Alex9_x]

I fell in love with those eyebrows at first sight! 😍

[@BGuhChannel27]

Mugi is a high tier anime character

[@skylander8189]

WTf why are you so underrated The quality tho

[@KirbySonicTeam]

Thank you :)

[@TF2Fan101]

Fact: It is physically impossible to hate Mugi. Unless you have no soul.

[@yg-nq1qh]

Mugi is a reflection of St. Cecilia. Mugi is a mirror image of this woman. Beautiful heart of a wealthy family who rejects the material world for true heaven on earth in the peace she brings to the group through music. St. Cecilia also was an Organist just as Mugi played the piano/synth. I have nothing to back this up, but even if there is no connection to St. Cecilia whats so ever, this rich music lady fractal pattern will continue to happen thoughout art and the real world. I even sometimes think, a logical conclusion in the story of K-On should push come to shove, Mugi martyring herself for her friends as she would not want to participate in a dark world without the light of HTT. You could say part of said sacrifice is displayed in the episode you mention in the video where she wants have a more physical, up to even violent interaction just to be even closer to the group... closer... to heaven...

[@VanillahZ]

nice

[@FrffyVsBoredom]

That *spoiler* cameo killed me XD!!!!

[@cashew.crunch]

Also I just gave Honey Sweet Tea Time a listen and it's great, as is common for K-ON! music. But am I tripping or was at least a little bit of the song not in the show? It sounds familiar, yet I can tell I haven't heard the whole thing before. It's been around a month since I watched K-ON!, so my memory of things like that isn't the most crystal clear anymore.

[@Koskicat]

Honey Sweet Tea Time is pretty darn good.

[@luciomarx]

Love Mugi-chan... the strawberry scene, I think she was trying to get hit by Mio (to experiment something she never had before, getting hit). She tried another shenanigans but since Mio wouldn't hit her, she took the strawberry

[@kuro8151]

Hmm Good taste, have a good day sir

[@JustColbert]

This video is perfect. Mugi had always been my favorite character. Best 7 minutes and 15 seconds of my life haha

[@KirbySonicTeam]

I’m glad you liked it 😁