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# Review in brief: This OVA is about Hōkago Tea Time
planning for the overseas trip they take in the movie. The
focus on this leaves the episode a tad light on comedy, but
it’s still K-On! at heart. # Review in full: Released
roughly a month after the K-On! Movie was announced,
Keikaku! could be seen as a prequel episode for it. It
didn’t need to be an episode, but this is K-On!, so a simple
story isn’t really an issue. Not much happens, not just
because it’s K-On!, but because the setup of “planning an
overseas trip” is actually what this is about rather than
being the backdrop for a bunch of goofy moments with the
Keion-bu. There’s still goofing around to be had of course,
but with what is effectively an actual plot focus that lacks
drama it leaves less than K-On’s optimal amount of room for
tomfoolery. Like a fair amount of K-On!’s 2nd season, it’s
more mundane than it needs to be.
img600(https://i.imgur.com/jbKqAuv.png) _While practicing
self-defense is a good idea, since when does anything bad
happen in K-On! land?_
That’s not to say it’s a worthless watch. K-On’s colorful
cast of characters are still very much themselves, and
there’s even little sprinkles of minor development for some
of them through their dialogues. Plus, the comedy that is
present is of good quality, even doing a better job with
some jokes than season 2’s versions of them. While the
episode’s conclusion isn’t very solid in the context of why
it was made, loose endings are little more than a nitpick in
slice of life stories as standard as this. Though this OVA
certainly hits KyoAni’s above-average standard for
production quality, it is a step down from season 2. Sure,
there wasn’t very much to animate in this episode, but even
then, the imagery was a little more static than normal.
Perhaps it was the framing; there are a few noticeably odd
choices with it, and K-On! usually has excellent framing.
Still, the visuals overall are colorful and highly detailed.
This episode is rather quiet in the background, and calming
background noise with a lack of K-On!’s usual pop is a tad
odd. Plus, the Keion-bu does not so much as set foot inside
the club room, so there’s no real place for insert songs
either. The important thing is that the ever-talented
seiyuus still found ways to be creative, this time with the
Engrish portions of the OVA. # Verdict: Keikaku! Is hardly a
necessary watch, but fans will appreciate getting an extra
episode out of what could have been just a movie preview,
and that’s what matters in the end, not whether it’s the
best K-On! episode ever or not. If you ask me, it’s not the
worst episode of K-On! either. # Related reviews:
# <- [K-On!: Live House!](https://anilist.co/review/4372)
# [K-On!! (Season 2)](https://anilist.co/review/5798) #
[K-On! Movie](https://anilist.co/review/5893) ->
