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Liz and the Blue Bird

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Liz and the Blue Bird	comment	Mizore Yoroizuka is a shy and withdrawn high school student at Kitauji High, who spends her days minding her own business while not interacting much with the other students. Her only friend is Nozomi Kasaki, who broke through to her in middle school by asking her to join band. Mizore is immediately taken by Nozomi's outgoing and cheery personality, and soon finds herself playing the oboe, a difficult instrument for beginners, but one for which she appears to possess an extraordinary amount of talent.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Mizore starts spending a lot of time trying to master her instrument, driven not only by her desire to become a better musician, but also as a way of connecting with Nozomi, to whom she becomes ever more emotionally attached as time passes. Nozomi, herself a proficient concert flautist, ends up quitting in her first year of high school without telling Mizore; the two reconcile after she rejoins the band, but their relationship is on fragile footing as a result.Now in their third and final year of high school, the two girls find themselves preparing an oboe-flute duet in a tone poem based on the children's story "Liz and the Blue Bird," about a lonely girl named Liz who befriends and lives with a blue bird turned into a human girl, until the two are suddenly forced to part ways. As Mizore and Nozomi try to get to grips with the work, they realize that their relationship resembles the one in the story, and soon they find themselves in the turmoil of trying to work out what music means to each of them, and especially what they mean to each other.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Liz and the Blue Bird (リズと青い鳥, Liz to Aoi Tori) is a movie directed by Naoko Yamada and released by Kyoto Animation to Japanese theaters in 2018. It is a spin-off of the popular series Sound! Euphonium, but it still functions as an independent work that can be enjoyed without prior knowledge of the original (although some of the in-jokes may be lost on the uninitiated). It wonderfully captures the emotional bustle of adolescence by linking it to the classical pieces played by the main characters, and the "Liz and the Blue Bird" shorts interspersed throughout the movie.For character tropes on Nozomi and Mizore, see the Sound! Euphonium character sheet.
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_1c3d047e	comment	The Rival: Curiously, Nozomi confesses to see Mizore that way.
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_1df0cf05	type	Mutual Envy
Liz and the Blue Bird / int_1df0cf05	comment	Mutual Envy: The crux of the film is that Mizore idolizes Nozomi and wishes she had her social skills, while Nozomi envies Mizore's talent and bluffs about her own to avoid letting her down. This is then deconstructed in the climax, where the two of them realize that Mizore's fixation on Nozomi holds her back from realizing her true potential, which Nozomi had been complicit in due to her envy. By the end, both have overcome their envy: Nozomi accepts that she won't be as skilled as Mizore and only asks for "a little time", and Mizore learns to follow her own passion rather than endlessly pursue Nozomi.
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_20152e12	type	Real Place Background
Liz and the Blue Bird / int_20152e12	comment	Real-Place Background: Most of the movie takes place at Kitauji High, a fictional high school which is nonetheless based on an actual high school in Uji, a town near Kyoto where Kyoto Animation has its headquarters.
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_28c1d543	type	Defrosting Ice Queen
Liz and the Blue Bird / int_28c1d543	comment	Defrosting Ice Queen: Ririka, Mizore's kohai and the only other oboe player in their band, tries to get her emotionally-distant senpai to open up a bit. She eventually succeeds, and they play a duet together, to Nozomi's apparent discomfort.
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_294ed981	comment	Bilingual Bonus: The actual "Liz and the Blue Bird" story appears to be written in German (its title is depicted as the mostly-accurate "Liz und ein Blauer Vogel"note "Liz and a Blue Bird"; the actual German translation of the movie's title is Liz und der Blaue Vogel), and text within these storybook segments is written correspondingly.
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_34f9fe21	type	Bait-and-Switch Lesbians
Liz and the Blue Bird / int_34f9fe21	comment	Bait-and-Switch Lesbians: The relationship between Mizore and Nozomi is imbued with copious amounts of romantic subtext, but it never gets resolved within the runtime of the movie.
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_361a1d26	comment	Anguished Declaration of Love: The high-point of the movie is when Mizore demands a "Love You Hug" from Nozomi, after which she gives a speech that boils down to an awkward love confession.
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_46290b93	type	Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Liz and the Blue Bird / int_46290b93	comment	Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Nozomi is this to Mizore, who sees herself as Liz with Nozomi as the blue bird who frees her of her loneliness. Later it appears that the roles are actually reversed, or that they are at least each other's blue bird.
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_4c1f77ca	type	Third Time's The Charm
Liz and the Blue Bird / int_4c1f77ca	comment	Third Time's the Charm: The first two times Mizore attempts the "Love You" hug with Nozomi, she is rejected. She gives an Anguished Declaration of Love the third time.
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_5313c266	type	Bookends
Liz and the Blue Bird / int_5313c266	comment	Bookends: The film begins with Nozomi and Mizore walking into school together, and ends with them leaving school together. Everything else in the film is set inside the school (excluding the storybook sections).
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_5941d75	type	Beta Couple
Liz and the Blue Bird / int_5941d75	comment	Beta Couple: Kumiko and Reina are this to Nozomi and Mizore, in a reversal from the main series.
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_5b565147	type	Meaningful Background Event
Liz and the Blue Bird / int_5b565147	comment	Meaningful Background Event: During a scene of Mizore in math class, her teacher is discussing coprimes, integers which share no factors other than the greatest common denominator. They're also referred to as "disjoint".
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_60547993	type	I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Liz and the Blue Bird / int_60547993	comment	I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Even though Nozomi does reciprocate Mizore's love for her, she has to turn Mizore down for her to advance emotionally and musically, and not jeopardize her future by clinging to her.
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_711714da	type	Opposites Attract
Liz and the Blue Bird / int_711714da	comment	Opposites Attract: Extroverted and cheery Nozomi forms a deep bond with the introverted and somewhat gloomy Mizore.
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_7464705c	type	Arc Words
Liz and the Blue Bird / int_7464705c	comment	Arc Words: "Happy Ice Cream." The "Love You Hug."
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_912b24c4	type	Art Shift
Liz and the Blue Bird / int_912b24c4	comment	Art Shift: Compared to the desaturated and realistically-painted settings of the "real" world, the sections depicting the in-universe "Liz and the Blue Bird" story are done in a much more vibrant style with watercolor backgrounds, reminiscent of an '80s anime or, indeed, children's book illustrations.
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_93589d60	type	Art-Shifted Sequel
Liz and the Blue Bird / int_93589d60	comment	Art-Shifted Sequel: Going from the main Sound! Euphonium series, the movie has a very different artstyle, with characters sporting smaller eyes and more realistic body proportions. The colors and shading are significantly more subdued, suiting the film's quieter and introspective tone.
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_9ae8eea9	type	Character Tics
Liz and the Blue Bird / int_9ae8eea9	comment	Character Tics: Mizore has a tic of running her hand through a lock of her hair when she's surprised or anxious.
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_9dab0a6e	type	Continuity Nod
Liz and the Blue Bird / int_9dab0a6e	comment	Continuity Nod: A few to the main Sound! Euphonium series, though none affect the story much. The flashbacks to Mizore and Nozomi in middle school are direct recreations of flashbacks from the main series, redone in the movie's more distinct style. Nozomi compares Yuuko's performance as class president to their senpai, Asuka, who graduated in the previous year. Shuuichi Tsukamoto is mentioned among the students who have yet to pay their band dues.
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_9f6fb586	type	Leitmotif
Liz and the Blue Bird / int_9f6fb586	comment	Leitmotif: The duet's main motif is used in a lot of scenes of Mizore and Nozomi together. At one point it also gets played by Reina and Kumiko, which hints at the nature of their relationship. Ririka also gets her own leitmotif, a chipper little tune played on double reeds.
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_a058376e	type	Pseudo-Romantic Friendship
Liz and the Blue Bird / int_a058376e	comment	Pseudo-Romantic Friendship: This is the main dynamic between Mizore and Nozomi, with plenty of longing stares and "I love you"s to go around. Any further implications to the nature of their relationship are left as subtext.
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_a737743c	type	Caged Bird Metaphor
Liz and the Blue Bird / int_a737743c	comment	Caged Bird Metaphor: Mizore, when comparing her relationship with Nozomi to that of Liz and the blue bird, sees herself as Liz and Nozomi as the blue bird; imagery of a caged bird is used to represent Mizore's desire not to leave Nozomi. Later on, she comes to the realization that she is the caged blue bird, trapped in her pursuit of Nozomi to the detriment of her own wellbeing. This revelation is accompanied with an animation of a blue bird being released from its cage and flying free.
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_b1e8a3b3	type	Coming of Age Story
Liz and the Blue Bird / int_b1e8a3b3	comment	Coming-of-Age Story: The main point of the movie.
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_b2f26025	type	Genki Girl
Liz and the Blue Bird / int_b2f26025	comment	Genki Girl: Nozomi, especially in relation to Mizore.
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_b5b4b077	type	The Ace
Liz and the Blue Bird / int_b5b4b077	comment	The Ace: Mizore. She is the only one of the girls who gets asked by the woodwind instructor if she is interested in studying music, much to Nozomi's dismay.
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_b9db28ab	type	Emotionless Girl
Liz and the Blue Bird / int_b9db28ab	comment	Emotionless Girl: Mizore appears to be one to the point where other students find her cold and distant. As Nozomi explains, it's more that she doesn't easily express emotion and can be hard to read as a result.
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_c2393191	type	Show Within a Show
Liz and the Blue Bird / int_c2393191	comment	Show Within a Show: The shorts of the "Liz and the Blue Bird" story, although they are actually animated pages of the children's book used as the inspiration of the tone poem played by the wind music club.
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_ca87e3ec	comment	No Name Given: The blue bird-turned-human is never named, and is listed in the credits as just "Girl".
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_d16db62f	type	Walking in Rhythm
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Liz and the Blue Bird / int_ebb57e1a	comment	Duet Bonding: Playing the oboe-flute duet from the titular music piece makes Mizore and Nozomi realize important things about their relationship.
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