No comment about the DVD special?
Spoiler for episode 00:
I don't know if it's seeing Mine and some of the other side characters again after all this time, but I thought this episode was better than 90% of the episodes of
Finale. Nodame was in great form here, I missed her interaction with Mine so much, her Chiaki impression was just hilarious
Mine's frenglish was also awesome.
Good to see that Mine intends to keep the Rising Orchestra alive, and I enjoyed the fact Kiyora chose love over an international musical career. She wanted to go back to Japan with Mine no matter what the result of that concour was.