Nodame Cantible – Episode 1

OP: Allegro Cantible

I enjoyed the opening, it was a fun little tune with nice opening animation. Since I am a big music fan, this opening was fantastic for me.

Chiaki Shinichi is an amazing piano player, thinking all the people around him are horrible – until he hears somebody playing Beethoven’s piano sonata, which at first he thinks is not really good until he heard it again.

Later on in the day, he goes out with his “ex-girlfriend” Saiko to get a drink – where Saiko suggests he studys out of Japan. Of course, Chiaki says no ’cause he is afraid of flying and doesn’t like boats either. He thinks about quitting music since he can’t really do anything if he stays in Japan. This infuriates Saiko and she leaves Chiaki saying that he is a looser.

Nodame, the pianist that Chiaki heard earlier happened to stumble upon a what seems like a drunk Chiaki sleeping next to her door. Chiaki wakes up in a filthy-environment room where he sees Nodame playing Beethoven’s sonata again. After a quick cleaning, Nodame and Chiaki start to get along.

Chiaki gets transfered to another music teacher’s room where Chiaki finds out that Nodame is in the same room with the same teacher. The professor makes Nodame and Chiaki play the sonata with each other – which in the end, turned out to be a test for Nodame.

Thoughts: Although I really liked the opening, the episode didn’t really appeal to me. The animation was nice, but I found there were to much still-shots when Nodame and Chiaki were playing music. Also, I SERIOUSLY hate Nodame – she seems so childish. Maybe that will change later on. Although I am a music fanatic, I am not sure if I will continue to blog this series – I will have to wait and see how the second episode will be.