Nodame Cantabile: Finale

[aliensporebomb]

Originally Posted by Sinestra

Spoiler for reply:

exactly its not just about the music. Look at Chiaki he was raised around this his whole life. He is use to the media he is use the attention and the business aspect of it. Now look at Rui who after being the spotlight for quite some time nearly had a break down and had to stop for a while. Nodame personality can be volatile and unpredictable Auclair is thinking long term and he has every right too. The way he has approached Nodame instruction is for her own good so i can most def identify with why hes pissed and i agree.

Agreed also but...

Spoiler:

Stresemann may not have been thinking; he might think what he did hasn't really done any harm. But, Auclair has been a qualified teacher for years and KNOWS the pitfalls.

But by all appearances with offers pouring in, the world wants what she's got whether or not she is ready to provide it.

Someone posted a while back that Nodame may not have been a virgin when she met Chiaki but I honestly believe this was the first guy she fell for and she fell hard.

She's got no experience in these things and is acting like a junior high schooler fumbling around with her first relationship.

Chiaki has been around the block a time or two but for Nodame it's painful - she's feeling all kinds of things she can't handle properly. It's going to take some time.

In the episode it properly showed her at a bit of a crossroads. She really is and she'd better tread carefully.

The support of her friends (and Chiaki) if removed could do some major psychic damage.

[BBOvenGuy]

Okay, having seen Episode 10, I have two questions:

#1 - Is next week the last episode?

#2 - Didn't anybody else catch the great Nausicaa reference?

[Shiroth]

Yeah last episode next week. That preview builds it up nicely.

[aliensporebomb]

I thought there were twelve episodes not 11?

My thoughts now that I've seen the translation:

Spoiler:

-Auclair let Streseman have it with both barrels. BLAM. I wouldn't want to make him angry but wow....

-Nodame, once again, is running away from everything - she faced music properly but not anything else.

-A bit frustrating and sad this week, I hope next week works out - if it ends like I think I could end I'll be kind of irritated.

-It's obvious though that the mangaka is playing around with our heartstrings.

[Dop]

Originally Posted by BBOvenGuy

#2 - Didn't anybody else catch the great Nausicaa reference?

I caught it, and thought it was brilliant!

One episode left! *sobs*

[aliensporebomb]

Preview for next week hints at

Spoiler:

heartbreak.

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by aliensporebomb

Preview for next week hints at

Spoiler:

heartbreak.

Strange, because i didn't think that going by the scenes shown in the preview. Just goes to show how different people can judge things.

[TJR]

How much of the manga remains unadapted? Next week's episode is explicitly titled "La Derniere Lecon" (and not Lecon 11 as with the end of Paris), which means that it's truly the end.

[BBOvenGuy]

Originally Posted by TJR

How much of the manga remains unadapted? Next week's episode is explicitly titled "La Derniere Lecon" (and not Lecon 11 as with the end of Paris), which means that it's truly the end.

Well, bear in mind that I've only read about the manga, and have not read the manga itself, but...

Spoiler for manga... more or less...:

...they seem to be pretty much on track to finish the anime the same way that the manga was finished, with one exception.

The manga introduces a new character, a Hungarian student named Jadwi who plays the theremin. Jadwi bonds with Nodame and helps her get back into music after her post-concert freakout. With only one episode to go, my guess is that the anime will drop Jadwi and have Chiaki be the one to bring Nodame back to music instead.

Jadwi does appear in the upcoming second movie, though. Aoi Yuu is dubbing her voice, because the French actress they hired for the part doesn't speak Japanese.

[Kanon]

I've resisted spoiling myself anything about the manga so far, but this week will be the worst. I'm dying to know what happens next !

I had the same thoughts as Chiaki when watching Nodame play with the kids. I don't think her coming to Paris was a mistake though, as she clearly enjoyed learning more about music. Auclair was probably right, if she had more time to "mature" with him, she probably wouldn't have freaking out like this. Speaking of Auclair, his scene with Stresemann was great ! "You were supposed to be younger than me, when did you age so much?"

I can't believe there's only one episode left... I doubt I'll see everything I want to see. I hope they'll have that long awaited Chiaki x Nodame concert at least. Or maybe we'll have a gigantic twist and Nodame will go back to Japan to become a kindergartner. Nah...

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by Kanon

Or maybe we'll have a gigantic twist and Nodame will go back to Japan to become a kindergartner. Nah...

I so won't be shocked if that happens. Especially with all the hinting from this episode.

[Anh_Minh]

Originally Posted by Kanon

I don't think her coming to Paris was a mistake though, as she clearly enjoyed learning more about music. Auclair was probably right, if she had more time to "mature" with him, she probably wouldn't have freaking out like this.

I don't know. She was going to take the plunge anyway. I'm not sure what Auclerc thought he could do by waiting a bit more.

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

I so won't be shocked if that happens. Especially with all the hinting from this episode.

Having Nodame go back to her original goal after all the time and effort she and other people (Chiaki first) have put in trying to make her become a profesionnal musician would be very shocking for me. I mean, pretty much her whole development has been about this.

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

I don't know. She was going to take the plunge anyway. I'm not sure what Auclerc thought he could do by waiting a bit more.

It seems he wanted to make her gradually learn how to enjoy and love music, and start small instead of throwing right away into the industry... which he says she hates. I'm not sure that would have worked but she would have been more confident this way.

[Ascaloth]

RL has once again held me back, ooooh.....Watched Episode 10.

And I have to say, oy. *facepalm*

I mean, I suppose I should have seen it coming, the omission of

Spoiler for manga:

Chiaki Masayuki

for another character in the restaurant scene, but it just feels weird for the scene to use Stresemann of all people in the mentor role in that scene. I mean, you don't generally expect Milch to act as a reliable source of wisdom at any rate, and the fact that he himself got chewed out by Auclair on a similar topic right before that just makes it feel weirder. It's like, one moment he doesn't know better as usual, the next he somehow wises up just in time to pass it on to Chiaki? It's just weird, seriously.

Otherwise, not too bad an episode, although it's not up to the standard of the previous one (not that I was expecting it to be). Sometimes the pacing feels like it's rushing again, other times it feels almost right.

One more episode left. Let's see what kind of swansong they'll give for the Nodame franchise we've loved for years now.

[Joojoobees]

Originally Posted by Ascaloth

Sometimes the pacing feels like it's rushing again, other times it feels almost right.

I assume they compressed a bunch for this episode because the location hopping was pretty extreme (e.g. Milchy goes from Egypt -> London? -> Rome).

[Kazu-kun]

Originally Posted by Joojoobees

I assume they compressed a bunch for this episode because the location hopping was pretty extreme (e.g. Milchy goes from Egypt -> London? -> Rome).

Milch was in London (the concert was there, remember?), and went to Rome. In the manga he stays in London though. The episode felt rushed because they skiped Chiaki Masayuki and Yadovi.

[Joojoobees]

Originally Posted by Kazu-kun

Milch was in London (the concert was there, remember?), and went to Rome. In the manga he stays in London though. The episode felt rushed because they skiped Chiaki Masayuki and Yadovi.

So Nodame went to Egypt by herself? I thought she went to Egypt with Milchy and his assistant (Elise?).

I figured they must have compressed something. They need to wrap this up soon.

[Kazu-kun]

Originally Posted by Joojoobees

So Nodame went to Egypt by herself?

Yes, she went by herself. And it's a pity they skipped Masayuki. That was a highlight of the manga for me.

Now that I think about it, they also skipped Brazil, which was a great moment for Chiaki's character development.

[Loc]

Well, that was a nice ending.

It was hinted by Stresemann, that Nodame and Chiaki will play a concerto next year. That and some other stuff leaves enough plot for the second movie.

[Shiroth]

End was pretty sudden, though i like how it all came to a close. Really going to miss this show, though i guess i can carry on with the manga now.