Liz and the Blue Bird
Yoroizuka Mizore plays the oboe, and Kasaki Nozomi plays the flute in Kita Uji High School concert band. As seniors, this will be their last competition together, and the selected piece “Liz and the Blue Bird” features a duet for the oboe and flute. “This piece reminds me of us.” Nozomi says cheerfully, enjoying the solo, while Mizore’s usual happiness to play with Nozomi is tinged with the dread of their inevitable parting. By all accounts the girls are best friends, but the oboe and flute duet sounds disjointed, as if underscoring a growing distance between them. Talk of college creates a small rift in their relationship, as the story evolves to reveal a shocking and emotional conclusion.
Genre: Animation, Drama, Music
Director: Naoko Yamada, Shinpei Sawa, Taichi Ogawa, Tatsuya Ishihara, Yasuhiro Takemoto
Actors: Atsumi Tanezaki, Ayaka Asai, Chika Anzai, Konomi Fujimura, Miyu Honda, Nao Toyama, Shiori Sugiura, Takahiro Sakurai, Tomoyo Kurosawa, Yuichi Nakamura
