Nodame Cantabile 15-18
Death penalty!
Another week, another set of episodes of Nodame Cantabile on Animax Asia and screencap stealing from Memento.
Ep 15. Warm and fuzzy moment as Chiaki x Nodame x Elgar heals the rift between Cousin Toshihiko and Uncle Takehiko. Nodame getting stomped on by the whole clan was so sad but true; hearing it from Yuiko must have been particularly damning. This pretty much prepared the ground for her shock at being reassigned to Etou the harisen teacher who then unwittingly triggers a painful flashback. Nodame's Ogiuesque reversion to her native dialect and outburst gave a hint of why she's the way she is. Though, as mentioned in the opening wrt Chiaki's childhood memories, what actually happened might not have been that serious but her memories may have become embellished to sustain the reaction to the initial trauma.
LOLOL at how Chiaki's new orchestra squabbled about the solo performance. Man, Kiyora is hot.
By the power of Sakuya, I will punish you!
Ep 16. After Tanioka's conversation with Chiaki, I've come to see Harisen Etou in a new light; I had initially just written him off as an arrogant meanie. But he has his good points as a teacher. Having being a graduate teaching assistant myself, I can understand how it can immensely frustrating when dealing with a bright but unmotivated student. LOL at how, with Chiaki's advice, Etou managed to trap Nodame. Who then tried another Ogiuesque escape attempt. But I wonder who will get the better deal out of the peace treaty?
LOL pink Mozart. If only Kuroki knew what Nodame was really like.
Happy tree friends
Ep 17. LOL at Chiaki's failed attempt to save Kuroki-kun. They never want to listen when they are in lurve. I think Chiaki should have called off the rehearsals earlier - didn't he know about the competitions beforehand? But I suppose empathy hasn't really been his strong point - LOL Little Match Stick Girl and Dog of Flanders from the Noto Mamiko chara case. LOL at how Kikuchi's womanizing caught up with him as a result of coming in first. I liked how nicely Kuroki and Kiyora's disappointment with their own performances sets up their impetus for their performance under Chiaki though I did not see the Kiyora x Mine thing coming at all. *shokku* But if it isn't just a one night stand, it might be interesting to see how the dynamics work out.
Who rolled his chara creation stats!?
Ep 18. Utterly hilarous how Chiaki showed them who is BOSS with his violin playing while whipping the R?S Orchestra into shape. And the awesome motivation of a huge audience incoming! With the above (and the support of Kuroki and Kiyora), the performances of Schumann's Manfred Overture and Mozart's Oboe Concerto go well though, as Kai Dowin points out, the biggie of Brahms is still yet to come. Sakuma's thought about how talent on its own is not enough and that one needs connections and luck too. Chiaki certainly has plenty of the latter and I've no doubt that he'll achieve great success. But the big question mark still hangs over Nodame who seems hell bent on *not* developing her talent. Will Chiaki manage to inspire her again with Brahms like the way he did with Rachmaninov?
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July 12th, 2009 - 10:57
Oh you just freaking wait, you’ll see… Motivation, shamotivation. Look what $300 did to Sixten.
And yes, Kiyora is damn hot (BTW, did you notice that it’s her given name, and her family name is Miki? Crazy Japanese, I swear).
July 13th, 2009 - 01:25
No, hot is Tanya in the Paris chapter. Hey Zyl, when you see her in the Paris chapter you must invoke the Shizuka Ito doctrine. Attitude and Russian = win.
July 13th, 2009 - 06:08
Tanya sucks together with Frank. The two were a good reason to drop Paris-hen.
July 13th, 2009 - 14:50
A sucky chara played by Shizu-sama!? Now I’m really curious.
Yes, I was wondering about why so many of the orchestra members were addressing Kiyora so intimately. Was this addressed in the manga?
July 16th, 2009 - 05:32
Yea, Frank may have not been enjoyable, but that is not enough to drop the Paris chapter. There is not compelling reason to drop Paris chapter since it’s ONLY 11 EPISODES! Don’t worry, Zyl, after watching Tanya for a while I began asking myself why is she acting almost like Hinagiku, and sounds like her too.