A lot of my friends recommended the dorama "Nodame Cantabile" to me and I finally had a chance to watch it (and finish it ep+sps) this week! I have to say, I LOVED IT. It's been awhile, since early last fall that I actually got through a whole drama because I lost interest in many of the ones I attempted early on.
What I love about Nodame Cantabile?
- storyline : unique and interesting! the story itself is very inspiring and well-written! I'm not good at plot summaries ><
- acting : Ueno Juri was fantastic! very convincing as Nodame Megumi and a very funny intriguing character. Tamaki Hiroshi who plays Chiaki Shinichi is very handsome ^^, I love his voice haha and I think he suits the role well. So intense! Also the other characters, everyone in the orchaestra Mine, Masuri, Kiyora, they all really come to life! You feel truly engaged with the story and the lives that these people are living.
- romance : I found the love story here to be unique <3. It's not something like like typical richboy - poorgirl, boy meet girl, at first they both hate each other,or that the characters go with the wrong person but in the end *OPPS you were right for me all along* or something like that XD. The relationship between Nodame and Chiaki is really interesting! The characters are very polar in personality, but their love is slowly nurtured and it has so much depth into it.
- music : even if you don't like music XD or just classical music.. you can still very much enjoy this dorama. Now I wish I can pickup the piano and play CHOPIN ETUDE or some piano concerto lol
Overall Nodame Cantabile is very humorous, romantic, angsty at times :(, moving and it's really a must watch if you haven't yet!
Teaser? NO SPOILERS I HOPE ><
MOMENTS
I love these faces ^^
This guy speaks the funniest Japanese I have ever heard :D
I forgot what this thing is called, but it looks really comfortable ^^ wants to try one XD
- I didn't want to post actual pics in the orchaestra and performances because those are really beautiful scenes and it's better if you enjoy them first-hand. As well the special is full of surprises so I won't ruin anything.
*HAPPY* I don't think any other drama has made me feel as good since Hana Yori Dango. ^^
+ All this DL is really hard on my internet especially since we changed to lite ><. Now it's slower and the bandwith is tiny and I still have to dl all the eito clips too.