Mizore Yoroizuka has quietly followed Nozomi Kasaki for years, never quite able to take that last step and fully express how she feels. It’s on one morning just like any other that Nozomi relates the story of ‘Liz and the Blue Bird’… hinting that it just may have some parallels to their relationship.
A stand-alone side story, taking place after the main Hibike! Euphonium series, focused on longing. It alternates between a conventional art style and one resembling a watercolor storybook for Liz’s segments.
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*Evocative* image (above)!
The thin purple stalks of what might be Salvia farinacea (mealycup sage) resemble calligraphy, and the sunny-side-up-apricot-peach flower disks make the entire composition reminiscent of Gyo Fujikawa’s children’s book illustrations.
Here are a couple more.
The Salvia image and the poster on aniDB convey a lovely children’s book vibe. Maybe the show would’ve fared better as a color-printed book instead of an anime.