Note: K-On! is an anime that was done by the studio Kyoto Animation and is based on a manga by Kakifly.

The K-On band had five members: Mio Akiyama, Yui Hirasawa, Ritsu Tainaka, Tsumugi Kotobuki, and Azusa Nakano. They were a group of female friends, who formed a band during high school. They started off as a school band, who would hold small concerts and get very little attention. However, as time went on, buzz started growing and they started having concert guests, who had never been to their school.

Over the next few years, Mio and her friends continued being a popular band. Instead of their popularity fading away, their fame was rising. They weren't one of the world's most iconic bands or anything like that, but their popularity was becoming bigger than any of them were expecting.

After graduating high school, the girls assumed they'd no longer be able to use the school's band practice room, anymore. However, the school had gotten a lot more famous, due to the band, so the Principal let them keep the practice room.

Mio was hoping her friends wouldn't success go to their heads. Sadly, that seemed to be happening. Mio still acted like a well-mannered lady, but her friends were changing, due to their fame. The band's leader, Ritsu, was becoming obsessed with the ratings and fame the band had gained, Yui was making radically big purchases, Azusa was starting to fear the limelight, and Tsumugi spent a lot of money, to open five tea-related shops.

After a month, of traveling around and public appearances, Mio and the others returned home. Since the girls had gained more respect and attention, Mio was hoping they'd start acting more mature and responsible.

One day, Mio walked into the practice room. It was the first time she had been in there, in a month. She looked around the room and saw that some fans had cleaned the room and the musical equipment. She smiled and sat down, while waiting for her friends. To her surprise, Azusa was already there. Azusa had been sitting under a chair, while on the ground. Mio looked confounded, by Azusa's behavior. She went down, looked at Azusa, and asked, "Are you okay?"

Azusa wasn't expecting to be found, so she had an embarrassed look on her face, while saying, "Hi Mio."

Mio asked, "Why are you sitting on the ground? It looks like you're hiding."

Azusa nervously replied, "I guess it was. This fame thing is starting to bother me."

Mio suggested, "We should get off the ground, before continuing this conversation."

Azusa nodded and said, "Good thinking, Mio."

Mio and Azusa sat on a chair, while Mio asked, "Why is the band's success bothering you?"

Azusa answered, "Well, I was enjoying it. Performing in front of moderately-big crowds is cool and all, but our audience keeps growing. It makes me feel pressured, to be the best, because I have more guests, who expect me to sing well."

Mio gently touched Azusa's hand, while saying, "To be honest, I used to be more scared than you've ever been, when it came to public speaking. However, as time went on, I stopped feeling that well."

Azusa looked confused, while asking, "How could that be? Our audience keeps getting bigger and bigger? Doesn't it scare you, to see more and more people?"

Mio replied, "I used to view large crowds, as groups of people I could disappoint. However, I decided to view the situation, from a different angle. If those people came, they must be a fan of us or have some interest in us. When you have that many people in the crowd, they'll likely always be disappointed customers, but they'll always be supportive, loving fans, who will cheer us on. Instead of being sad, about a few customers not digging our performance, we should be thankful, for all the amazing fans, who love what we do."

Azusa thought about the situation and responded, "When you put it that way, you make a reasonable point. You can't please everybody in the world, but if I keep being brave and put effort into my singing, people will enjoy it."

Mio nodded and said, "That's for sure." She playfully fiddled with Azusa's hair, while asking, "Are you feeling better?"

Azusa answered, "I think I am, thanks to your supportive words."

Mio lovingly held hands with Azusa, while saying, "It's what friends are for."

Azusa asked, "Don't you mean girlfriends?"

Mio and Azusa had developed some romantic feelings for one another, in the past few months. They weren't ashamed of it, but they did get tired of Ritsu's teases and Tsumugi telling them how adorable they were. As usual, Mio and Azusa's bandmates were running late. Although Mio wished her friends would arrive early, she enjoyed the quality time, that she got to spend with Azusa.

Mio said, "Azusa, there's something, that I need your help with it."

Azusa asked, "What is it?"

Mio explained, "I've been having trouble, with the other three band members. Don't get me wrong, they're my dearest allies, aside from you. However, they've been acting a little loopy and haven't been taking the band as seriously, as they should be."

Azusa replied, "Believe me, I've noticed that. Ritsu loves the money and fame, Yui's got a guitar obsession, and Tsumugi's becoming the world's biggest tea collector."

Mio said, "It's not their hobbies, that bother me. It's the fact, that they're focusing on getting lots of cool stuff, rather than helping us prepare for the songs." Since the band had become so big, Ritsu thought they didn't have to put as much effort, into the songs they sang. She thought the band just had to sing well and look cute.

However, Mio thought the band should be something more meaningful, than just a bunch of adorable singers. Mio had been writing every song, that the band had sung. She treated each song, as a challenge. She put heart and effort, into writing the songs. While Azusa put a decent amount of effort, into memorizing the lyrics and singing them well, the others weren't following her example. Ritsu, Yui, and Tsumugi only put a small amount of effort, into memorizing the lyrics. During a lot of concerts, they often got lyrics wrong and skipped words, that they thought were boring.

Mio looked at Azusa, while saying, "The band seems to have lost a lot of passion, that it should be having. I want to make sure this band has all the heart, passion, and effort put into it, as it should. Since you seem to admire the same type of work ethics and because we're so close, I believe you're the best choice, to help me motivate the others."

Azusa replied, "I'm ready, to help you. There's no singer I'd rather be partnered with, than you."

Mio smiled at Azusa, while saying, "Thank you." She was going to say she loved Azua, but her shyness started breaking out, so she said, "I like you."

Azusa was also feeling shy, so she replied, "I like you too."

A few minutes later, Ritsu, Yui, and Tsumugi popped into the practice room. Ritsu was counting dollar bills, Yui was dragging a crate of guitars, and Tsumugi had been suffering the affects, of drinking too much tea. Tsumugi started hopping around the practice room, while feeling full of energy. She pranced to Mio and Azusa, while saying, "Hi girls. I feel more energetic, than ever before."

Ritsu had a greedy smile on her face, while saying, "The money is more impressive."

Yui presented her crate of guitars, while saying, "Looks at my awesome guitars."

Mio and Azusa weren't pleased, by how loopy their friends had become. Their friends had been eccentric, during high school. Mio and Azusa were expecting their friends, to learn more and become more mature. However, their friends seemed to be going out of their way, to become more immature and misguided.

Ritsu started throwing bills around, while Tsumugi threw tea around. They had start littering the room's floor, which was bad enough, but Yui decided to join in, by throwing guitars around. One of the guitars landed on Mio, which knocked her to the ground. Yui looked ashamed of herself, while Azusa ran to Mio and asked, "Are you okay?"

Mio answered, "I guess so."

Azusa took a close look at Mio. Mio didn't look badly hurt, but Azusa was still concerned about her. She tightly hugged Mio, while saying, "Seeing you get hit was so hard, for me to see."

Mio hugged Azusa back, while saying, "I understand. If the same thing happened to you, I'd be equally scared."

Ritsu had an amused look on her face, while saying, "You two never can stop flirting and hugging, can you?"

Azusa looked offended, while replying, "Mio got hurt, so you should be more respectful."

Ritsu clapped her hands and had her friends gather around her, so she explain her new plan. She said, "Our band has become more popular, than ever before. Because of that, we should change things up. For example, Mio should start writing shorter songs. Memorizing lyrics is hard, so she had write simplistic lyrics, that are about love and other corny nonsense, that our fans love."

Mio gave Ritsu a disapproving look, while saying, "In order for our popularity to stay, I think we have to put more effort, into our songs. Writing emotional lyrics means a lot to me and our fans seem to like them. If we stop caring about that stuff and just sing some random words, our fanbase will shrink."

Ritsu replied, "That couldn't be true, Mio. Anyways, we should work on the way, that we dance. We usually spend a lot of time, on dance moves. Instead of learning that crap, we should just wing it. If you have an idea for a dance move, just go ahead and do it."

Mio responded, "In other words, you want the band to stop practicing?"

Ritsu said, "Popular bands shouldn't have to practice. If people already know who we were and are fans of us, they'll go to our concerts and love everything we do."

Yui replied, "Ritsu's brilliant, when it comes to saving the band, from agonizing work."

Tsumugi jumped around, while saying, "I've been needing more time, to run the tea places, so less practice time will benefit me."

Azusa looked at her friends, while saying, "You guys are failing to have the love and effort, that you used to have. We shouldn't be trying less, because we're already famous. We should follow Mio's advice and try harder than ever, so we can blow the crowd's socks off." Mio and Azusa looked down and saw that their friends has taken their socks off, for some reason. Mio and Azusa facepalmed.

A few nights later, the girls had a concert, that was taking place at the high school. Several of their friends were interested in going, so they could see the place, where the band had started. In order to make the experience feel authentic, the girls wore updated versions, of their high school uniforms. They looked the same, but were a larger size, since they were young adults.

Mio and Azusa didn't feel a lot of confidence, but their friends barely put any effort, into memorizing the lyrics. In addition to that, Yui and Tsumugi were planning on doing a bunch of random and goofy dance moves, since Ritsu told them to wing it.

The ladies got onstage. The crowd started cheering, while the band members got their microphones ready. Mio and Azusa knew the song's lyrics, so they started singing correctly and fluently. However, their friends only remembered a few lyrics, so they kept repeating the same lyrics, rather than putting effort, into remembering the rest of the song. Yui and Tsumugi started doing some silly dancing. Yui's dancing was so clumsy, that she accidentally broke her guitar in half. Tsumugi was hopping around, because she had drank too much tea. She accidentally hopped offstage. Thankfully, a group of fans caught her, before she got hurt.

After the performance was over, the audience started booing. Several of them looked angry and disappointed.

The ladies went back to the practice room and started talking about the concert. Ritsu sighed and said, "I failed the band. I suggested a bunch of cruddy rules, that ruined our performance."

Yui said, "I love guitars so much, but I was being so reckless, that I broke one."

Tsumugi said, "I drank so much tea, that I almost hopped to the ground, which could of injured me."

Mio looked at her friends, while saying, "It seems like you're starting to realize, that passion and effort is important."

Ritsu said, "We once had a song, that was about not being lazy. We failed to live up, to what the song was about."

Mio said, "I believe it's time, that we start putting effort, into what this band does."

Azusa said, "We have another concert, at the school, tomorrow. Is that enough time, to learn the lyrics and moves?"

Ritsu said, "I'm not sure."

Mio had a confident look on her face, while saying, "I believe in all of you and if we start working hard enough, we can give the fans a great concert."

Azusa started holding hands with Mio, while saying, "I agree with her."

Ritsu replied, "You always agree with your crush." Mio and Azusa started blushing, while saying, "It's time we start putting the full amount of effort, into our work." Yui and Tsumugi agreed. The band spent hours, practicing and memorizing lyrics, for their next concert.

The next night, the ladies got onstage. This time, they were prepared and had learned the lyrics. Also, their dance moves were carefully planned, instead of winging it. The crowd had heard a lot of bad things, about the previous night's concert. Because of that, the crowd was worried, that the performance wouldn't be good. However, the crowded became pleasantly surprised, because the K-On! band put more effort into their singing and dancing, than they had in months. This concert had a special amount of passion and care, that their previous concerts had been lacking. Ritsu, Yui, and Tsumugi didn't remember a few lyrics, but Mio and Azusa filled in for them, during those moments. For the most part, the band knew the song and put a great amount of effort, into what they sang.

After the concert was over, the crowd clapped. The K-On! band was used to clapping, but this time, the crowd seemed much more pleased and impressed, than they usually were.

The ladies got offstage. Ritsu, Yui, and Tsumugi gave Mio and Azusa a special thanks, for saving the concert. Azusa looked at Mio, while saying, "You deserve the biggest thanks of all, for putting all your heart and passion, into saving this band."

Mio replied, "I wouldn't of accomplished that, without you joining in and supporting me." Mio decided it was time, to embrace how she really felt and stop being so shy. She looked back at Azusa and said, "I love you."

Azusa replied, "I love you too." Mio and Azusa took a long pause, before reaching and kissing one another. This time, Mio and Azusa's friends didn't tease them. Mio and Azusa put a spectacular amount of passion into their work, but they also put passion, into winning over each other's hearts.