Episodes

Ritsu Tainaka wants to reform the light music club which will be disbanded by the end of April if at least four members cannot be found. They put up a poster for the club which catches the eye of Yui and she submits a form to join the club. The three members perform a short piece for Yui; this inspires Yui to finally join the club as a guitarist, though she first not only has to buy one, but learn how to play it first. || It`s spring and the clubs are recruiting new students. Ritsu Tainaka drags her childhood friend Mio Akiyama along to check out the Light Music Club, but all of the members have graduated. Unless four new members join, the club will be no more. After managing to persuade Tsumugi Kotobuki, who actually planned to join the choir, they just have to find one more member... Source: R1 DVD

The members of the new light music club join forces in order to get Yui Hirasawa a guitar, an expensive Gibson Les Paul which costs ¥250,000. || With the addition of Yui, the Light Music Club is finally ready to get rolling. Yui is excited to be part of a club for the first time in her life, and can`t wait to get started... but completely forgets that she is supposed to be the guitarist. Amazed to hear how much a guitar will cost her, she decides to go look at some options with the others on their next day off. Source: R1 DVD

Yui and the girls are now taking their midterms. Unfortunately, Yui practices playing her guitar chords instead of studying, and she fails the exams. If she fails the retake exams, she cannot participate in club activities, and the club will be disbanded. A day before the retake, Yui still has not been able to study much and begs Ritsu, Mio and Tsumugi into helping her to study for her retake. Days after the retake, an exhausted Yui returns to the club room with full marks. To celebrate, the girls ask Yui to play the guitar chords she had learned, but she has completely forgotten them. || The whole club works to pitch in, and Yui manages to buy the guitar she wants. She starts by learning how to read sheet music and begins practicing. But she gets so into her guitar that she fails a midterm exam, and is banned from further club activities until she can pass a make-up test. Source: R1 DVD

After listening to the live performance of the previous year's Light Music Club, Mio is inspired to get the gang together to practice over the summer break for the upcoming Budokan school festival. They travel to Tsumugi's oceanside villa, where music and summer fun mix. || Summer break is coming up, but the Light Music Club still hasn`t had a chance to all play together. Anxious, Mio suggests that they hold a training camp during the summer break to prepare for the upcoming school festival. Mio declares that they will practice from dawn until dusk, but Yui and Ritsu are full of suggestions for a fun time, starting by discussing whether they should go to the mountains or the beach. Source: R1 DVD

When Tsumugi's application to reserve the hall for the light music club is rejected due to it not officially being a club, it becomes apparent Ritsu had forgotten to fill out the required form. Yui's friend Nodoka Manabe, who is a member of the student council, offers to register them, but says they will need an advisor. The girls ask one of the teachers, Sawako Yamanaka, who rejects the offer until Yui figures out she was one of the previous light music club members, and Ritsu plans to blackmail her with the information. || Ritsu discovers an old-school photo of the Light Music Club, picturing a band from back in the day. Meanwhile, Tsumugi goes to apply to perform at the school festival only to discover that the Light Music Club can`t apply because it hasn`t been approved as an official club. Source: R1 DVD

On the day of the school festival, Mio wants to practice for the club's live event, but everyone else is helping with their classes' other stands. They later get some practice done, but Mio is still nervous about singing center stage, even with Sawako's costume choices not helping the matter. Ritsu decides to hold a mock concert introduction to calm her nerves, although she still has jitters when the concert starts. Having seen her secret vocal practice beforehand, the others encourage her to do her best and the show manages to be a success. However, leaving the stage Mio trips over the guitar cable and accidentally exposes her underwear to the audience. She ends up getting a fan club, but cannot get over her embarrassment. || It`s the day of the school festival, and Mio arrives at the music room to practice for their big performance to find... nobody. She goes around the school hunting for the other members and they are all busy with their class duties. The chances of having a proper practice seem slim. Finally, Yui manages to head for practice thanks to Nodoka, but that`s not the only problem... Source: R1 DVD

Ui remembers how Yui once attempted to give her a white Christmas by sticking pillow stuffing on the tree outside. Ritsu decides to hold a Christmas party for the club, and while her initial plans of holding it at Tsumugi's house fail, they eventually decide to have it at Yui's house, also inviting her friend, Nodoka Manabe. They also decide to do a gift exchange, and go shopping for various gifts. Ui prepares a lovely Christmas dinner for the group, which gets a little out of hand when Sawako shows up out of no where. During the gift exchange, Yui and Ui give each other some warm things for the winter. After the rest of the group leaves, snow falls and Yui and Ui decide to sleep together, although Yui ends up hogging the sheets. In the New Year, the club decides to go to the shrine to make their New Year wishes. || The Light Music Club members decide to have a Christmas party at Yui`s house. They invite Nodoka and Ui along, and plan to have a present exchange. Each girl sets out to choose her gift. Meanwhile, Yui jokingly tells Ui that "each guest has to do a party trick," but Ui thinks she`s serious. Source: R1 DVD

Ui makes it into Yui's school as a freshman, as well as new student Azusa Nakano. When the class arrangements are announced, Yui, Mugi and Ritsu end up in the same class, whilst Mio ends up in a different class with Nodoka. The group put up with Sawako's ideas of promoting the club by dressing them up as animals. Ui and her friend visit the club only to find everyone dressed as maids. However, the band find it impossible to play with the outfits on. Meanwhile Azusa walks around looking for a club that's right for her. The group gets ready for a live performance, but Mio is too embarrassed to do the vocals, so Yui does them instead. Yui forgets the lyrics, but Mio manages to back her up. Ui brings Azusa to watch the show, who is so moved by it that she goes to join the club. || The seasons go by and the members move on to their second year of high school. However, the new homeroom allocation groups everyone but Mio in the same class. Ritsu teases Mio, who pretends to be fine. Meanwhile, Yui`s younger sister Ui passes her entrance exam and starts at Sakura High. The Light Music Club then sets off to recruit new members, with limited success. Source: R1 DVD

Azusa meets up with Ui for lunch and are later joined by Ritsu. They try to call Tsumugi but end up talking to her butler. Yui and Ritsu invite Sawako to join their next training camp, but she appears disinterested. The gang arrive at an even bigger villa than last year, though Mugi points out it still isn't the one she desired. Yui and Ritsu want to play and Mio and Azusa want to practise, but the latter gets outvoted by Tsumugi in favour of playing. Azusa objects, but ends up having the most fun anyway, even getting sunburnt in the process. After practise, dinner and fireworks, Ritsu suggests a test of courage, and Mio and Azusa are shocked by the sudden appearance of Sawako. Later that night, Azusa joins Yui practising guitar. Azusa meets up with Ui again, although she can barely recognise her with all the sunburn. || Now a group of five with Azusa in the mix, the Light Music Club decides to hold another summer training camp. Azusa looks forward to what she assumes will be some solid practicing, but feels a glimmer of concern when she goes shopping "for supplies" with the others. Source: R1 DVD

When Ritsu is reminded by Nodoka to fill in her gym-use application, the band notice they don't have a name yet. Azusa notices rust on Yui's guitar strings, and it becomes apparent that Yui has never given her guitar maintenance before. They take it to the guitar shop where Mio gets entranced by a Lefty fair. However, Yui doesn't realise she has to pay for maintenance, and when Tsumugi tries to pay, the staff refuse to take money from her. They tell her to consider it as a free service. Later, Ritsu starts to become jealous of Mio spending time with Nodoka and begins to fall out with her. She ends up with a fever, so Mio visits and smoothes things over. Afterwards, Ritsu gets in trouble for still forgetting her form, but Nodoka backs her up. Since none of the members could decide on a name for the band, Sawako chooses the name "After School Tea Time" to get it over with. However, Yui ends up catching Ritsu's cold. || The school festival looms on the horizon, and soon the club will perform for the first time with Azusa, as a band of five. As they gear up for some major practicing, Yui mentions that her guitar has been sounding off. Azusa takes a look at it and is dismayed by the state it`s in. Source: R1 DVD

Yui is still sick from her cold, which is possibly attributed to her wearing a short yukata for too long. As the band tries to make do with Azusa as lead guitarist, Yui supposedly shows up over with her cold. However, her playing is too perfect and a slip of the tongue reveals that she is actually Ui, who had managed to play after a few days practice. Yui appears, but is still in no condition to play, so Mio suggests that she stay home until the day of the live performance. Yui eventually makes it in time, but forgets her guitar at home, so Sawako fills in for her while she goes to get it. Yui returns in time for the second song and the performance goes well, and the band even does an encore. || Although the crisis was averted, Yui catches a cold with the school festival just around the corner. The whole club is worried, and Ui does her best to care for her sister, but Yui`s fever refuses to break. Meanwhile, only five days remain until the festival. Source: R1 DVD