You don't have to shine to have youth.
First-year high school student Uta Komaki loves to sing, but she's extremely shy, timid, and a bit of a coward. She wants to join the light music club for her high school debut, but she's too intimidated by the dazzling presence of the members to submit her application. In her moment of despair, she receives an invitation to join the a cappella club from the president, Airi Kojou...
The a cappella club is filled with unique individuals—some might say they're a bit odd. Even if they're not flashy or popular, there's a special kind of youth that connects through their voices, creating something truly unique.
(Source: Pony Canyon)
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KANLen09
Harmony of Mille-Feuille — A decent attempt at a musical series that, unfortunately, has glaring problems from the start. I do love me some musical shows from time to time, though it's quickly apparent that shows like Bocchi the Rock! are a niche that takes eyes of relevance to quickly see where the reputation is built upon. Case in point, the collab of Caligula and MILGЯAM's creator Takuya Yamanaka and production company Pony Canyon's Utagoe ha Mille-Feuille, a.k.a. Harmony of Mille-Feuille, about high school girls and complex themes of a cappella, that I feel is nothing more than just a feature for the mixed-media project thatsurprisingly hasn't sprung much since its inception in April 2022.
It's rare to see the musical art of a cappella being shown in the anime medium because there's just not much like it, and I guess props to this show for being the first to feature the niche art on a "wide" scale? With that said, an original story like this has got a long way to go to make it work, and for the brimming group of Temarizawa High School's a cappella club of 6 girls, featuring the senpais of Rei "Reirei" Konoe and Airi Kojo, joined by the juniors of Uta Komaki, Musubu Mayumori, Urū "Ururu" Miyazaki, and Yako "Kuma-chan" Kumai, it really feels as if they have a hurdle ahead to work together to showcase a club of niche stature.
Sure enough, all 6 girls have their own quirky personalities that are accompanied by rookie and brand-new VAs that bring their character forth into this rather short 10-episode series, and what comes out of it is a plot that, honestly, feels like it was planned on the bare minimum to let the a cappella segments stand out more amidst the usual high school drama of stark differences that make and/or break the club's dynamics, maybe a bit too much for negative points earned. And for what it is, take it or leave it, because the show at least doesn't do a horrible job honouring the musical aspect of its delivery, which is decent at best.
I'd expect Jumondou's production to be bad, but this is quite the surprise I was not expecting, though it still fairly keeps it under the usual expectations from the 3rd-rate studio itself. Even the only theme song of the series, being the OP done by the a cappella club girls in total a cappella style, gets plus points for being a decent song led by voices alone.
Utagoe ha Mille-Feuille, a.k.a. Harmony of Mille-Feuille, is a show that doesn't really have the attention to warrant time from anyone...but maybe, just maybe, give it a try; it'll hopefully surprise you.
Shadesukz
Intro: Harmony of Mille-Feuille focuses on a club group of A capella singers slowly learning to harmonize both their vocals and personalities, while a unique idea for a show, its 10-episode runtime should be all you really need to know. Animation: 10/20 While falling into the standard modern-day quality of animation, nothing here is overly incredible or memorable, the set pieces are standard for the genre, and while not exactly a fantasy show, the character designs were lukewarm at best, my favourite being Minami Karin, though I do admire that style of character so take from that what you will. Story: 10/20 It's your fairly typical group of quirky girlswho each have their designated character flaws, which slowly get resolved over the course of the show. Nothing here hasn't been done before in a different way, but the a cappella twist was interesting at least.
Music: 10/20
Interestingly, the standout here was the music; I've listened to a cappella groups before, particularly baritone, and was infact why I choose this one as my next to get to, it's interesting and I liked the contrast between the Club and uni groups, it's a shame they didn't get to develop into something great throughout the show, though.
Uniqueness: 10/20
Likewise, the A Cappella subplot was an interesting twist compared to your usual anime, but it does feel a little shoehorned in, given the plethora of idol anime available. While my knowledge of a cappella is limited, the show did seem to do a fairly good job at representing the style, so I'll give it props for that.
Enjoyment: 10/20
It's short, sweet, and I was able to get emotionally attached to some of the characters, but it felt like it was trying too hard with the "I'm a quirky person with a character flaw, look at me" that, at times, was a little eyerolling. I'd say if you're a fan of a capella you might get something out of this, but it really is just your run-of-the-mill anime with a unique B-plot.
