jdrama: Nodame Cantabile
Aug. 27th, 2007 02:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meganbmoore
I watched all of the jdrama Nodame Cantabile today and yesterday and it...I have no words. Well, not enough for a proper writeup at least. When people complain about doramas based on manga not being enough like a manga, it's because they haven't seen this. I don't know if it's a direct translation of the manga itself (which I now plan to check out) but it watches almost like a direct translation of a manga. That actually takes a little while to get used to, but it works well.
The drama (which is amazingly wonderful) is about Chiaki Shinichi, a near obsessive-compulsive musician who wants to study in Europe, but thanks to a plane crash when he was young, he can't fly. He's well on his way to becoming a great "could have been" when he meets Noda Megumi(Nodame) a young pianist who wants to be a kindergarten teacher. Soon, Chiaki's well ordered, tightly structured life is coming apart at the seams as Nodame wriggles her way further and further into it. The series is billed as a romantic comedy, but for most of the series it feels like a straight comedy with a wonderful OTP, then suddenly it clicks that it IS a romance.
This is one I actually had absolutely no interest in, manga or drama, as it sounded boring, but so many people have praised it, and for once, none of the praise seemed to be about any cute guys(though there are cute guys...and not that there's really any problem with people talking about dramas because of the lead guy...) so it caught my attention. So very, very glad it did.
As I mentioned, I don't have any sort of proper writeup, but I have ruthlessly and shamelessly pillaged the posts of others on my flist for pics (because my computer hasn't been joining files properly lately and my cheap computer doesn't read DVD format, for some reason...my victims were
miss_dian fivil scottishlass and aoimidori) and here they are, with commentary.This is Chiaki:
Chiaki normally plays the piano, but when called on, he can shame anyone he wants with the violin.
This is Chiaki's "OMG! THE CRAZIES HAVE FOUND ME!" face. (The crazies being almost the entirety of the rest of the cast)
This is Chiaki when he cannot escape the crazies:
Chiaki is a ruthless conductor:
This is Nodame. If you do not love Nodame by the second or third episode, then you have no soul. (Chiaki loves his Nodame, he's just in denial out of self preservation)
Hoping the state of her umbrella will get Chiaki to share his with her:
Falling asleep after practicing with Chiaki:
Nodame and Chiaki:
Even though she has to climb up him to get her chin on his shoulder, she manages to whack heads with him(actually, I'm not sure that's what happened in this pic, but it does happen):
Chiaki sometimes has...odd...daydreams about Nodame...
And he COOKS for her:
All the time...he goes grocery shopping and buys take out with the assumption that he'll be sharing with her.
Nodame sees this:
And all she does is this:
It's entirely possible that someone shouted "THAT'S IT?? YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AND THAT'S ALL???" at the screen. Of course, he was secretly awake and letting her have her moment...
Chiaki's never-ending questi to teach Nodame the importance of cleanliness:
And personal hygeine:
Nodame uses puppets and anime to try to teach Chiaki about other people's feelings:
There is some success:
Nodame hypnotizes Chiaki to help him get over his fear of flying:
And This. Scene. Killed. Me.
This is Mine, played by Eita. Mine is a rock and roll violinist and my favorite. Eita and I have a strange "relationship." I have adored him in everything I've seen him in, but this is the first time I've really cared one way or the other about his character:
At first, I feared Mine would get his heart trampled and be left behind because he had a teeny cxrush on Nodame:
But fortunately, Kiyora happened before he fell hard:
Yes, the hyper-energetic, wil-haired rock-and-roll violinist and a elegant, poised, wittyu, collected classical violinist hooked up. I love this and them beyond words:
Mine and Nodame are BFF and like to spy on their far saner OTPs:
Initially, Mine and Chiaki does not get along at all, what with their differing ideas of music, causing things to go badly during this:
Then they...bond...in their first concert together:
And when Mine happens to be sitting beside Chiaki after Nodame's hypnotism works:
Two more before I stop:
This is Masumi, the rather...odd...Timpami(a kind of drum) player in love with Chiaki. He kinda weirded me out and concerned me at first, yet I grew extremely attached to him:
And finally, this is Streissmann, their...uhm...odd and unorthodox(and skirt shasing) mentor:
Chiaki normally plays the piano, but when called on, he can shame anyone he wants with the violin.
This is Chiaki's "OMG! THE CRAZIES HAVE FOUND ME!" face. (The crazies being almost the entirety of the rest of the cast)
This is Chiaki when he cannot escape the crazies:
Chiaki is a ruthless conductor:
This is Nodame. If you do not love Nodame by the second or third episode, then you have no soul. (Chiaki loves his Nodame, he's just in denial out of self preservation)
Hoping the state of her umbrella will get Chiaki to share his with her:
Falling asleep after practicing with Chiaki:
Nodame and Chiaki:
Even though she has to climb up him to get her chin on his shoulder, she manages to whack heads with him(actually, I'm not sure that's what happened in this pic, but it does happen):
Chiaki sometimes has...odd...daydreams about Nodame...
And he COOKS for her:
All the time...he goes grocery shopping and buys take out with the assumption that he'll be sharing with her.
Nodame sees this:
And all she does is this:
It's entirely possible that someone shouted "THAT'S IT?? YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AND THAT'S ALL???" at the screen. Of course, he was secretly awake and letting her have her moment...
Chiaki's never-ending questi to teach Nodame the importance of cleanliness:
And personal hygeine:
Nodame uses puppets and anime to try to teach Chiaki about other people's feelings:
There is some success:
Nodame hypnotizes Chiaki to help him get over his fear of flying:
And This. Scene. Killed. Me.
This is Mine, played by Eita. Mine is a rock and roll violinist and my favorite. Eita and I have a strange "relationship." I have adored him in everything I've seen him in, but this is the first time I've really cared one way or the other about his character:
At first, I feared Mine would get his heart trampled and be left behind because he had a teeny cxrush on Nodame:
But fortunately, Kiyora happened before he fell hard:
Yes, the hyper-energetic, wil-haired rock-and-roll violinist and a elegant, poised, wittyu, collected classical violinist hooked up. I love this and them beyond words:
Mine and Nodame are BFF and like to spy on their far saner OTPs:
Initially, Mine and Chiaki does not get along at all, what with their differing ideas of music, causing things to go badly during this:
Then they...bond...in their first concert together:
And when Mine happens to be sitting beside Chiaki after Nodame's hypnotism works:
Two more before I stop:
This is Masumi, the rather...odd...Timpami(a kind of drum) player in love with Chiaki. He kinda weirded me out and concerned me at first, yet I grew extremely attached to him:
And finally, this is Streissmann, their...uhm...odd and unorthodox(and skirt shasing) mentor: