Oh boy the secret is out, and Ryusuke is in serious trouble! Scared for him but also this is his own doing. Things just escalated fast. Beck went from band drama to genuinely tense in this episode. Also baby beck is adorable!

shinywaffles

4 mo

This feels like a major progression episode. Koyuki is trying new stuff on his own which is great to see. Hiromi seems to be getting more screen time (not sure how to feel about that). The ending builds towards something interesting. Almost like there's going to be action.

tairue

4 mo

Wow our band even made it into the international spotlight! The animation of Leon Sykes' expressions were cold, it made me feel like the music industry is predatory. The pacing felt deliberate as if it were telling us what the band is up against.

Episode Context

Sitting at the two-thirds mark of the series, 'Leon Sykes' follows the momentum of 'Three Days,' where Ryusuke's ambitions to break Beck into the American market and Koyuki's Telecaster acquisition raised the stakes considerably. This episode serves as a critical bridge, crystallizing the consequences of those bold moves before transitioning into 'Blues,' where the fallout begins in earnest. It's a turning-point episode that shifts Beck from aspiration into reckoning.

Runtime25 min

Filler StatusCanon

Plot ImportanceHIGH

Air DateFeb 3, 2005

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