OK I wasn’t sure but “I’m annoyed so I’m just gonna plow through the Hanon exercises” proves that the author is or knows a fairly serious piano student, because that’s a mood
TL, (@awajima_girls ?), what are the kanji for Ueda Ryoko? I think her name might be a literary allusion
Edit: found it. She’s 上田良子. I think this is an allusion to Ueda Ryōhei (植田良平), who is the chief disciple of the Yoshioka school in the many, many stories(manga, film, tv) based on/descended...
“despite John Ray's assertion, [wataten] has no moral in tow. For me a work of fiction exists only insofar as it affords me what I shall bluntly call aesthetic bliss...”
The anime for this is perfect (made on like 25 yen) and the fansubs are also perfect.
Some years ago, a person I know well—deeply moved — made this cross-stich sampler in response: