I put this show on ice for the duration of my vacation, but now I watched 3-6 back to back. And I'm feeling ashamed of mentioning K-ON in the first post. This show has so much more depth than that moe fest and caricature of a music show. Maybe it's just due to the music so inherent to the story, but this feels even deeper than Hanasaku Iroha. Music is just that powerful an element. The "too young to be called adults, but who no longer think of themselves as children" line from the description is crystal clear at this point. The characters all have their ambitions, solid or wavering, but are still locked in their roles as kids hampering their progress toward them. Or they just otherwise lack the maturity to process their troubles in an effective manner, which pretty much held Wakana totally back until now.

I really like this show and the characters. The songs and music are nice as well, and I hope there will be even more of them in the future eps. Humour has been pretty nice as well, including the weird band of geezers.

I'm damn glad I didn't make the error of dropping this after acquiring the backlog.