(L) Kiniro no Corda (La Corda d'Oro) ~ primo passo ~

[usagijen]

sigh.. my download just finished and I have to sleep... T__T
This is a bit of a rush... >.>;;
I'm going to fix this up tomorrow... >.<;;

Spoiler:

Hino, Amou, and Fuyuumi-chan spends time together in Amou's house, who was tasked to take care of their house... Amou commends the two girls for their wonderful performance in the competition, and Fuyuumi tells them that she doesn't deserve to be in the competition because she lack strength and skills, unlike Hino. Fuyuumi tells Hino how she admires her, and how she wants to be like her. Hino thinks that a cheat like her doesn't deserve such comments... Fuyuumi then asks Hino if she can call her by her first name. This surprised Hino, but was delighted and tells her that it's ok to do so.

( it's great to see that they added this part, as we see Fuyuumi-chan opening up to Hino more )

Then we also see a day in Shimizu-kun's life at home, where he just woke up and his hair's a mess We also learn about how her elder sister adores dressing him up in different styles of clothing for the competition... XD

Scene changes to Yunoki's house, where his grandma tells him to get home early as visitors will be coming.

In school, the result of the competition is announced, where Tsuchiura and Hino were 1st and 2nd place, respectively. This stirs up a fuss about how Tsukimori ended up last, and how the regular students beat the music students, and such... Shimizu sees this, and recalls the splendid performance of Hino and Tsuchiura, especially the latter's. He thinks about how it was a shame that he wasn't able to hear Tsukimori play, whilst he was looking forward to it.

Hino, on the other hand, thinks that she doesn't deserve this, since unlike Tsuchiura who really has the talent and puts so much effort into playing the piano, she doesn't go through as much trouble because of the magic violin.

Scene changes to Shimizu who's looking for some book in the library, when he sees Hino sleeping. He one again recalled the great performance she showed in the competition, and thinks that she really outstood the other competitors. He snaps out of this thought however, when he sees that that book he's looking for is with Hino's (and she's sleeping on it, so he didn't know what to do XD ).

Tsuchiura sees Shimizu, who then congratulates him on his victory. He looks at Tsuchiura and notices how tall he is, and how he had such wide arms and big hands... and thinks how easy it would be to play the cello with such a built. Shimizu-kun then blurts out his thought of wanting to grow tall like Tsuchiura, which renders Tsuchiura speechless since he blurted this out of nowehere (Tsuchiura thinks that he seems to be talking to an alien XD).

Both of them looks at Hino and tells about what they think of her and her music. Hino was woken up by their conversation, and Tsuchiura tells her that Shimizu seems like he wants to talk to her about something (the book). Hino lends it to Shimizu, and then leaves the library.

Hino passes through the bulletin board where competition result is posted, when Tsukimori sees her and is reminded of what she said at the time when he was locked out in the cabinet (where Hino refuted what he said about giving up the struggle to get out, since there's no meaning behind it) Tsukimori approaches her and asks what she's doing. Hino tries to tell him that she doesn't deserve to be in that place, and that if only Tsukimori was able to perform, he wouldn't have been last place (this wasn't explicitly said, but I believe this is what she meant to say). Tsukimori tells her that results are results - her being 2nd and him being last, and that this was the result of her hard work. He further adds that this is still but something in the past, and that he will surely win in the 3rd competition. He tells Hino not to think about nonsensical things and just focus on practicing.

As Hino walks to the rooftop, she reflects on what Tsukimori said, and thinks of the possibility that it was meant to encourage her (in a Tsukimori-like way ), but brushes off the idea. She sees Hihara who seems to be down... it turns out that he was thinking of what to give his brother as a birthday present. Hino thinks (out loud) what she gave her brother as a present, and Hihara was a little surprised to learn that she has a brother. Hihara asks her to help him shop for a gift, and meets Yunoki on the way. At the shop, we learn from Hihara that Yunoki also has an elder brother, and then Yunoki tells Hino that he has 2 brothers, an elder sister and a younger sister.

Hihara enthusiastically tells Hino that he has met Yunoki's younger sister, and says that she's really cute. Upon realizing what he just said, Hihara tells Hino that she's also cute (making Hino all embarrassed) ! XD Hino and Hihara makes fun of each other as they decide on what stuff to buy, while Yunoki stares with a gloomy look... o.o

After that, Hihara shares about how he first met Yunoki. On the first day of class, Hihara thinks that Yunoki is his sempai since he seemed to know the school well... it turned out that it's because Yunoki's the representative of the new students, which really surprised Hihara.

Hihara tells about how he plans on continuing studying music in a university, while Yunoki says he's going to study economics in college and would only continue his music studies until high school. Hino was surprised about this as she thinks Yunoki's also going to further pursue music studies.

Yunoki drives Hino home, and on the way, tells her about thinking as to whether there's a meaning behind what he's been doing for the past three years. He tells Hino not to push herself so hard, and Hino was thankful that he was concerned about her (and then we see Yunoki's gloomy face again... x.x)

The next day, Hino decides to just focus on practicing instead of having the 'playing-the-magical-violin-is-unfair' thoughts... then on the rooftop, she sees Yunoki playing. She thinks that it was a beautiful sound, yet seemed to be filled with gloom and sorrow... Yunoki notices her presence, and tells her about the piece he was playing. Hino honestly tells him about what she thought about it, that it was beautiful yet full of sorrow... and Yunoki agrees.

Hino decides to look for another place to practice, and before leaving, she tells Yunoki that she's going to to her best from now on. She tells him that despite the fact that she going to face even more hardships in the future, she thinks that Yunoki would be in a more difficult situation than she is. She thanks him for his words of encouragement the other day, and apologizes for making him concerned. This "triggers" Yunoki's dark side to appear, as he tells her that she's gotta be kidding (with regards to being concerned about Hino). Yunoki confronts her and tells her "You just don't get it, do you? You're so noisy / You're such a bother".... >.>

Anyways, next episode, we'd see the "continuation" of this scene with Yunoki, and Ousaki-sempai appears (again, with a more significant interaction this time... hehe.. I believe he would be formally introduced to Hino in the next ep) =D

[Morikawa Yuki]

Originally Posted by usagijen

sigh.. my download just finished and I have to sleep...
Anyways, next episode, we'd see the "continuation" of this scene with Yunoki, and Ousaki-sempai appears =D

Hahaha, I think Ousaki-sempai appeared a lot of times already (as a member of the audience in concours etc.)... It's just a matter of interacting with Hino or not.

[ffdshow]

Originally Posted by mina_chan

can somebody post a summary of episode 11??? O_o....... cuz i dont understand japanese. ummmmm.....if u do thanks!

Summary:

Spoiler:

I smell yaoi in the air

[PreSage]

How did you guys get the raw so quickly . I'm still waiting to see it uploaded with my source.

Thanks for the summary usagijen. That's really going to help me when I watch the episode. I like seeing Yunoki's darker side. It adds an extra layer to the whole story. All the reverse harem I've seen so far has all the guys as being perfect, most are totally head-over-heals for the heroine and all would do anything for her. Here, we see more of a variety - the dark one , the friendly one, the simply friends ones, and the final two that may have feelings for the girl (one of which is playing hard to catch ).

[usagijen]

I just read chapter 34 of the manga (latest so far), and there's this scene where Hino dazes out in the classroom, thinking about her violin, and...

Spoiler for chapter 34:

she writes 'violin' on her notes, as she thinks about how much it would cost to buy one. She also thinks about where she would study playing the violin, and thinks of asking someone... then subconsciously writes 'Tsukimori', but brushes off the idea...

I'm not sure, but there's a possibility that she would ask Ousaki-sempai for some help

Anyways, there's this new girl who appears to have some relationship with Tsuchiura (not sure if it's his ex-girlfriend... o.o;; )... we'll find out about this in the next chapter... >.<

[mina_chan]

Originally Posted by usagijen

sigh.. my download just finished and I have to sleep... T__T
This is a bit of a rush... >.>;;
I'm going to fix this up tomorrow... >.<;;

Spoiler:

Hino, Amou, and Fuyuumi-chan spends time together in Fuyuumi-chan's house... it's great to see that they added this part, as we see Fuyuumi-chan opening up to Hino more

Then we also see a day in Shimizu-kun's life at home, and some bit of thoughts he had with regards to the results of the 2nd competition, and with regards to his anticipation of watching Tsukimori play... The results of the competition shows that Tsuchiura and Hino were 1st and 2nd place, respectively. Hino reflects on this and thinks that she doesn't deserve it, since unlike Tsuchiura who really has the talent and puts so much effort into playing the piano, she doesn't go through as much trouble because of the magic violin.

Scene changes to Shimizu who's looking for some book in the library. He sees Tsuchiura, congratulates him on his victory, and we see his inner thoughts about his impression of him (it's a comical scene where Shimizu-kun says his thought of wanting to grow tall like Tsuchiura out loud. This renders Tsuchiura speechless as Shimizu just blurted this out of nowehere ). And then both of them looks at Hino sleeping and tells about what they think of her and her music. And then, Hino wakes up, talks to Tsuchiura and Shimizu, then leaves the library...

Hino looks at the competition result, when Tsukimori sees her and is reminded of what she said at the time when he was locked out in the cabinet (where Hino refuted what he said about giving up the struggle to get out, since there's no meaning behind it) Tsukimori approaches her and asks what she's doing. Hino tries to tell him that she doesn't deserve to be in that place, and that if only Tsukimori was able to perform, he wouldn't have been last place (this wasn't explicitly said, but I believe this is what she meant to say). Tsukimori tells her that results are results - her being 2nd and him being last, and that this was the result of her hard work. He further adds that this is still but something in the past, and that he will surely win in the 3rd competition. He tells Hino not to think about nonsensical things and just focus on practicing.

As Hino walks to the rooftop, she reflects on what Tsukimori said, and thinks of the possibility that it was meant to encourage her (in a Tsukimori-like way ), but brushes off the idea. She sees Hihara who seems to be down... it turns out that he was thinking of what to give his brother as a birthday present. Hino thinks (out loud) what she gave her brother as a present, and Hihara was a little surprised to learn that she has a brother. Hihara asks her to help him shop for a gift, and meets Yunoki on the way. At the shop, we learn from Hihara that Yunoki also has an elder brother, and then Yunoki tells Hino that he has 2 brothers, an elder sister and a younger sister.

Hihara enthusiastically tells Hino that he has met Yunoki's younger sister, and says that she's really cute. Upon realizing what he just said, Hihara tells Hino that she's also cute (making Hino all embarrassed) ! XD Hino and Hihara makes fun of each other as they decide on what stuff to buy, while Yunoki stares with a gloomy look... o.o

After that, Hihara shares about how he first met Yunoki. On the first day of class, Hihara thinks that Yunoki is his sempai since he seemed to know the school well... it turned out that it's because Yunoki's the representative of the new students, which really surprised Hihara.

Hihara tells about how he plans on continuing studying music in a university, while Yunoki says he's going to study economics in college and would only continue his music studies until high school. Hino was surprised about this as she thinks Yunoki's also going to further pursue music studies.

Yunoki drives Hino home, and on the way, tells her about thinking as to whether there's a meaning behind what he's been doing for the past three years. He tells Hino not to push herself so hard, and Hino was thankful that he was concerned about her (and then we see Yunoki's gloomy face again... x.x)

The next day, Hino decides to just focus on practicing instead of having the 'playing-the-magical-violin-is-unfair' thoughts... then on the rooftop, she sees Yunoki playing. She thinks that it was a beautiful sound, yet seemed to be filled with gloom and sorrow... Yunoki notices her presence, and tells her about the piece he was playing. Hino honestly tells him about what she thought about it, that it was beautiful yet full of sorrow... and Yunoki agrees.

Hino decides to look for another place to practice, and before leaving, she tells Yunoki that she's going to to her best from now on. She tells him that despite the fact that she going to face even more hardships in the future, she thinks that Yunoki would be in a more difficult situation than she is. She thanks him for his words of encouragement the other day, and apologizes for making him concerned. This "triggers" Yunoki's dark side to appear, as he tells her that she's gotta be kidding (with regards to being concerned about Hino). Yunoki confronts her and tells her "You just don't get it, do you? You're so noisy / You're such a bother".... >.>

Anyways, next episode, we'd see the "continuation" of this scene with Yunoki, and Ousaki-sempai appears (again, with a more significant interaction this time... hehe.. I believe he would be formally introduced to Hino in the next ep) =D

omg........thank u sooooooo much......u write summaries super good!!!

[gummybear]

Originally Posted by ffdshow

Summary:

Spoiler:

I smell yaoi in the air

I second that

Spoiler:

*cough* gay *cough*
I think he thinks she is stealing his lover away.....

[htsuji]

Originally Posted by usagijen

I just read chapter 34 of the manga (latest so far), and there's this scene where Hino dazes out in the classroom, thinking about her violin, and...

Spoiler for chapter 34:

she writes 'violin' on her notes, as she thinks about how much it would cost to buy one. She also thinks about where she would study playing the violin, and thinks of asking someone... then subconsciously writes 'Tsukimori', but brushes off the idea...

I'm not sure, but there's a possibility that she would ask Ousaki-sempai for some help

Anyways, there's this new girl who appears to have some relationship with Tsuchiura (not sure if it's his ex-girlfriend... o.o;; )... we'll find out about this in the next chapter... >.<

Spoiler for chapter 34 of the manga:

Hino actually met Ousaki-sempai to ask him something about a violin. But she was interrupted by Shimizu when she began to talk about the subject. Maybe Ousaki-sempai hadn't known Hino's secret, but I guess he already noticed she had a difficult problem. When Shimuzu said he would like to listen to Hino's violin play, Ousaki-sempai got him to play with him, so she wasn't pushed into a corner.

As for the girl who found Tsuchiura on the street, her school uniform was different from Seiso-Gakuen's. Also, it seems that she wasn't entirely sure it was Tsuchira when she called him. She said "Yappari (Just as I thought). Ryoutarou da (It's you, Ryotaro). Hisashiburi dane (Long time no see)."

She called him by his first name. Then, who is she? Only her last name "Sakimoto" was revealed...

Another interesting point of the chapter is the conversation between Tsukimori and his mother. She told him that she had felt relieved when she happened to hear his performance after the second selection.

[Morikawa Yuki]

The mysterious girl, huh?
Don't tell me we are heading down the Tsuchiura path...

Originally Posted by gummybear

Spoiler:

*cough* gay *cough*
I think he thinks she is stealing his lover away.....

It appears that way at first... but deep down there is another reason for him to act that way to her.

[ad454]

Thank you "usagijen" for the episode 11 summary.

<spoiler>
One thing that was unclear in episode 11, was that scene when Hino was in the music room, upset about doing too well in the competition since she thought it unfair to play with a magic violin. Then Lili (the fata fairy) drops in, and after taking with Hino, casts a magical spell on Hino's violin.

But what did Hino and Lili talk about and what did Lili do to Hino violin? Did Lili remove the magic from her violin so that Hino can play it normally like a regular musican?
</spoiler>

Thanks in advance.
Alicia.

[Kaitou Icery]

He put more magic into it, since the magic doesn't last forever; hence, he needed to add the magic.

[Kaoru Chujo]

I just discovered recently that Takagi Reiko (Hino) is playing the character Risa in the current show Kujibiki Unbalance. She's okay, but has so much less to do than in this show.

[ad454]

He put more magic into it, since the magic doesn't last forever; hence, he needed to add the magic.

Thanks for the answer Kaitou Icery.
But that does seems very strange to me. What are the writers thinking! First Hino is upset that her success is unfair since she is cheating with her magically violin. Then she allows Lili to magically recharge her violin, allowing her to continue to cheat.

Do you know what was said between Lili and Hino in that scene?

Alicia.

[htsuji]

Originally Posted by ad454

Thanks for the answer Kaitou Icery.
But that does seems very strange to me. What are the writers thinking! First Hino is upset that her success is unfair since she is cheating with her magically violin. Then she allows Lili to magically recharge her violin, allowing her to continue to cheat.

Do you know what was said between Lili and Hino in that scene?

Alicia.

(This is kind of a word for word translation.)

Spoiler for episode 11:

In the music room, Hino is thinking something...
Hino: (murmurs to herself) I'm higher than the others, huh? It's too late. Such a feeling...
(Lili appears)
Lili: What's up? It's second place. Second place! Why are you so depressed?
Hino: Is this right? I, a student of the general department got to second place.
Lili: Tsuchiura Ryoutarou is also a general student, isn't he?
Hino: Tsuchiura-kun is...

(The scene changes to the earlier conversation between Tsuchiura and Hino.)
Hino: Amazing. You could play the piano that well after a long layoff.
Tsuchiura: What? It can't be possible. At least, I've been having daily practice...
Hino: Eh? Daily?

(The scene returns to the room)
Hino: Tsuchiura-kun is different. Don't you know?
I should have understood... Even I'm not on the same footing, even I know it's shameless, I have decided to do my best... But... I don't know why... I feel really guilty.
Lili: (cannot say anything for a moment. Then, abruptly changes the subject.)
Now, I carry out maintenance for the violin.
(Lili cast another magic on the violin. This is the second time for the maintenance. He did it at the beginning of episode 6.)
Lili: All right! Its fatigue seems more severe than before. It needs routinely maintenance.
Hino: (Still seems depressed, murmurs) The magic violin, huh?
(Hino goes out of the room.)
Lili: (said to himself) You're too honest, Hino Kahoko. It's me who has selfishly involved you...

[domino]

Originally Posted by ad454

Thanks for the answer Kaitou Icery.
But that does seems very strange to me. What are the writers thinking! First Hino is upset that her success is unfair since she is cheating with her magically violin. Then she allows Lili to magically recharge her violin, allowing her to continue to cheat.

Do you know what was said between Lili and Hino in that scene?

Alicia.

I think Hino has accepted her "cheating" by that point and is determined to not give up. It's not that she WANTS to cheat, she just isn't in the contest to win... Lili just wants Hino to use her violin to bring happiness to as many people as possible. It's not about winning for her.

[Morikawa Yuki]

For anyone who knows about the corda game, how different is the PSP version from the PC version?

[domino]

Originally Posted by Morikawa Yuki

For anyone who knows about the corda game, how different is the PSP version from the PC version?

according to this, the PSP game just features some new events and talk features and different BGM during some parts. It gives no indication of whether or not the game has the PS2 version endings or the PC version endings.

The difference between the PC game and the PS2 game is that in the PC game, the love endings are just like any other event, followed by a manga-style CG. In the PS2 game, the love endings are animated movies.

[DoReMiFaSo]

Does anyone know how many episodes will there be?

[htsuji]

Originally Posted by DoReMiFaSo

Does anyone know how many episodes will there be?

Maybe 26. But strangely, it isn't officially confirmed. It may be or may not be 24 or 25.

According to someone who read the sales plan for the DVDs, there will be 9 disks; the first disk has 2 episodes (with a bonus track, I guess), the others have 3 episodes. If this is correct, we'll see 26 episodes in total (2 + 3x8 = 26). The first and the second disks, which will be out on Jan. 24 and Feb. 28, 2007, are already listed on the website of DVD sellers such as Amazon.co.jp (the Japanese branch of Amazon.com). Amazon.co.jp says, the first one's run time is 50 minutes, the second is 75.

So, I think there will be 26 episodes.

[domino]

Originally Posted by htsuji

Maybe 26. But strangely, it isn't officially confirmed. It may be or may not be 24 or 25.

According to someone who read the sales plan for the DVDs, there will be 9 disks; the first disk has 2 episodes (with a bonus track, I guess), the others have 3 episodes. If this is correct, we'll see 26 episodes in total (2 + 3x8 = 26). The first and the second disks, which will be out on Jan. 24 and Feb. 28, 2007, are already listed on the website of DVD sellers such as Amazon.co.jp (the Japanese branch of Amazon.com). Amazon.co.jp says, the first one's run time is 50 minutes, the second is 75.

So, I think there will be 26 episodes.

Any word on what the bonus track could be? For the Angelique TV series (same company as Corda), they did it like that... released 1 episode less than the rest of the DVDs for the first DVD to include a bonus. For Angelique, the bonus was an amazing chibi comedy mini-episode. I hope Corda does something like that..!