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Sound! Euphonium

TV animeFilmOVA2015–20243 seasons40 episodesOriginal: light novelAyano Takeda

Spring in the first year of high school. Kumiko, a member of the brass band in junior high school, visits the high school brass band club with classmates Hazuki and Sapphire. There, she comes across Reina, her former classmate from junior high. Hazuki and Sapphire decide to join the club, but Kumiko can’t make up her mind. She recollects her experience with Reina at a competition in junior high school.

Choose the season or film you finished to find where to continue in the Sound! Euphonium light novel and which book edition matches that point.

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Sound! Euphonium Season 1 anime poster

Season 1

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13 episodesApr 2015 – Jul 2015

Anime ends at
Ep 13Original: Vol. 1

The English edition is published through Vol. 1; it has not reached Vol. 2 of the original work yet. You can continue in another language.

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3 side entriesSPOVARecapreading notes
  1. Sound! Euphonium ShortsSP7 episodesJun 2015 – Dec 2015These seven disc shorts add everyday moments alongside the first TV season; they do not form a later story arc.
  2. Sound! Euphonium: Ready, Set, MonakaOVA1 episodeDec 2015Ready, Set, Monaka follows the band members who do not perform in the competition, alongside the first-season story.
  3. Sound! Euphonium The Movie: Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert BandRecapApr 2016This film retells the first TV season, ending within Kumiko’s first year at Kitauji.
Sound! Euphonium Season 2 anime poster

Season 2

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13 episodesOct 2016 – Dec 2016

Anime ends at
Ep 13

The intervening Himitsu no Hanashi collection gathers side stories from Kumiko’s first school year. The continuation point is Vol. 波乱の第二楽章 前編 of the original. Which English book contains it hasn’t been verified yet. That doesn’t mean it isn’t published.

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Where it stops:

2 side entriesSPRecapreading notes
  1. Sound! Euphonium 2 ShortsSP7 episodesDec 2016 – Jun 2017The seven second-season disc shorts accompany Kumiko’s first school year and have no separate sequel boundary.
  2. Sound! Euphonium The Movie: May the Melody Reach You!RecapSep 2017This film retells the second TV season with its focus on Kumiko and Asuka.
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Liz and the Blue Bird

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Apr 2018

The film follows Mizore and Nozomi’s part of the Second Movement novels, alongside Kumiko’s second year.

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Sound! Euphonium the Movie - Our Promise: A Brand New Day

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Apr 2019

The Honto no Hanashi collection includes the Ensemble Contest story set after the film. The continuation point is Vol. ホントの話 of the original. Which English book contains it hasn’t been verified yet. That doesn’t mean it isn’t published.

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Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest

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1 episodeAug 2023

Anime ends at
Ep 1

The continuation point is Vol. 決意の最終楽章 前編 of the original. Which English book contains it hasn’t been verified yet. That doesn’t mean it isn’t published.

Other languages:

Sound! Euphonium Season 3 anime poster

Season 3

13 episodesApr 2024 – Jun 2024

Anime ends at
Ep 13

Kumiko’s high-school main story ends in the two Final Movement novels; Minna no Hanashi is a supplementary short-story collection.

Start over · Sound! Euphonium (light novel): Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band

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The anime tells the whole story. To read the original, start from the first volume.

Where it stops:

3 side entriesSPRecap ×2reading notes
  1. Hibike! Euphonium 3: Extra EpisodesSP6 episodesJun 2024 – Nov 2024The six Extra Episodes are disc-bonus stories accompanying Kumiko’s third school year.
  2. Sound! Euphonium: The Final Movie, Part 1RecapApr 2026The first Final Movement film reworks the first half of Kumiko’s third-year TV story, rather than following her graduation.
  3. Sound! Euphonium: The Final Movie, Part 2RecapSep 2026The second Final Movement film concludes the reworked third-year story, rather than adding a fourth school year.

Original · Light novel

Sound! Euphonium

響け!ユーフォニアム

Ayano TakedaTakarajimashaCompleted

  • JapaneseTakarajimasha
  • EnglishYen On1 volume so farsince Jun 2017

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