Hibike! Euphonium

[shinta|hikari]

I don't know why you would call her pretending to be caring. She values her friends like anybody would

Wait, where did you get this? She obviously doesn't care about friendship. She just stated that she didn't care who gets the solo, despite her friend being part of the selection. If she loved music, she would answer that the better one should get it. But she said she doesn't care at all.

Remember her blank eyes when Sapphire was talking about friendship (it was about friendship, not romance, because she felt guilty for pushing her friend)? Yeah, Asuka is not caring. But she goes and speaks with Kaori to make her feel better. Two-faced.

@Ryll - I'm actually not sure. I'll hold off til we see next episode to see if your interpretation is correct.

[Kraco]

Wait, where did you get this? She obviously doesn't care about friendship. She just stated that she didn't care who gets the solo, despite her friend being part of the selection. If she loved music, she would answer that the better one should get it. But she said [I]she doesn't care at all.

That's a matter of interpretation. She does care about social interaction, the latest example being for example surprising Kumiko with the cold bottle and then going to speak with Kaori to cheer her up. That's caring about her social circle and not wanting to be an outsider and alone. Maybe it doesn't fulfill your image of friends, which might be deeper, but it works for me. Compare her to Reina who always looks and acts like she barely suffers the company of the rest of the band. She only got closer to Kumiko because Kumiko approached her multiple times. That's a person who is genuinely not caring and doesn't care about friendship.

I simply can't read too much into the not caring who gets the role and then going to chat with Kaori. You might as well say that conversing with Kumiko is choosing Reina's side, because Kumiko is the only bloody friend Reina has in the entire school. That's how I see it: She's not adopting any side, which means accepting the best/chosen person winning.