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I came into the manga through the brilliant TV series made in 2006 with Juri Ueno playing Nodame. The manga was almost faithfully followed, taking the first few books and editing them together to fit time formats. The ideas and characters are unusual compared to the most popular comics from Japan, but it's probably the most entertaining series I've read in the past decade. Granted, it's a very earthy idea without blood, robots, swords, nudity, or magical waitress girls. Nodame is a human interest story about young adults at a musical college in Tokyo where they discover themselves as events unfurl.

A great love-comedy.

The art is a little lackluster, but it works flawlessly to tell the story and connect the reader to the characters. All the stories and character arcs are strong and memorable. Nodame is a world-class manga.


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Nodame Cantabile Vol 1 Tomoko Ninomiya 9780345481726 Books Reviews

Nodame is an offbeat title from the word go, and that may be one of it's best points. The idea for the story as explained by the author sounds like what's happened to inspire many good story artists. Another famous manga artist who does her own stories, Rumika Takahashi, started one of my favorite manga's, Maison Ikkoku, because she observed some weird people in a neighboring run down apartment building apparently having fun, and began to think about what must go one there. Nodame started with the authors view of a picture, of a music students room, that was filled with trash surrounding a piano. Normally a more orderly picture comes to mind with most, of us about the discipline, plus many hours of practice required to play good music, and the messy room thing just doesn't fit. From that small observation of an actual Nodame character, and her trashed out dwelling, the author develops an interesting story.

The story is a bit different again, in that it does not focus on the main character. In truth, if we followed the logic, and day to day activities of Nodame, it would have made for a quirky, offbeat, but also somewhat disjointed story. I doubt that kind of story would not have attracted much of a readership. The author instead creates a brilliantly conceived lead character to focus on. One who is more like the concept of the supremely talented music student, but then gives him some nearly fatal flaws. Those flaws are helped in the story by the Nodame character, who ultimatly sees him as her boyfriend. He invaribly, or perhaps inexplicably to him, helps her but does not acknowledge them as a couple.

What is intersting even more, is that the main characters as they play music, talk music, and interact at a music school can make this series about music interesting, without hearing a single note of it. There is an anime, I discovered later in fansub that is not yet licensed, and even a live action version, that can be had on popular auction sites, these both have music. I found out that it was just as interesting to read it than to listen to it, but getting both is still not a bad idea.

I spoke of Nodame's character, so she should be discussed a bit more as an unusual character. She makes up words, tells white lies about herself to avoid confrontation, steals lunches, and is a constant mooch. She rarely takes baths, doesn't wash her hair, or groom it, and has a facination with a kiddie animated TV show. Her goal in life is to become a kindergarden teacher, yet she's on a maturity level of most kids of that age. Still as a person, she's incredibly talented without having any discipline, warm and caring, especially for the main character, and somewhat selfless. This is definately one of the oddest pairings in all of manga, but it's fun, and somewhat real.
Received exactly what I ordered. It took the full 21 days to arrive, but it arrived safe and sound. As far as the story, I cannot advocate this story enough. I adore Nodame Cantabile. -)
Nodame Cantabile stands out in the manga crowd it's about classical musicians and is more mature overall (characters are college-age and things like dating are treated as no big deal). It's a unique and fun title that even well-read adults will enjoy.

The problem is, that's all. I had hoped that a manga dealing with classical music might, like the music itself, reach for high art. But no, it's essentially soap opera with a string section.

The characters, although enjoyable enough to hang out with, are manga cliches and stereotypes. Chiaki is the Japanese alpha male common to much manga he's the best student in school, most talented, and works hardest. Nodame is an eccentric who, like many manga females, acts inexplicably like a child. A gay character who appears in later volumes is treated as a punchline, not in a mean-spirited way but surprisingly cartoonish.

That said, almost anyone will enjoy Nodame Cantabile... just don't expect Beethoven's Ninth.
Thank you so much for publishing this series in English. I just obtained Vol.12 from Japan, and am enjoying with my friends here; and in there finally Chiaki kissed Nodame-chan for the first time. (^^)v I'm wondering how American female readers find this comical love story. Chiaki is quite an arrogant man from American girls view, although his type is not unfamiliar to Japanese female.

Translation is quite good. Some interpretations are really good like "No-dummy," or rotten cream stew is depicted as toilet swirl, and more. A few confusing or different interpretations, but it is still good. But, one big part I have to point out "Hari-sen." I know all the dictionaries refer it as "Hari-sen-bon"(A thousand needles=a blow fish). In fact, "Harisen" means the tool (?) that Professor Eto always carries at the lesson (to whack his students when they make mistakes). The shape is like a large fan. This is from Kansai(Osaka)-area, if I'm not wrong. That is why Chiaki yelled to him to go back his home. Most of Japanese don't use it! (I thought only Yoshimoto Comedian Enterprise used it on TV.) Fold the paper such as newspaper or a construction paper like a fan, but 1-1/2' to 2' wide. Open it and hold or wrap one end for holding, and whach! (Not the way you use the regular fan, but side-way.) It sounds loud, but it doesn't hurt much. It is good for discipline a dog(?). That is what it is. And when this series goes on, Professor Eto has to give up his favorite tool when he wants to take in Nodame-chan as his student. At that time, this "blow-fish" translation will contradict. And he doesn't look like a blow fish. (The translator should be puzzled when translating.) I'm looking forward next volumes. (^^)
I came into the manga through the brilliant TV series made in 2006 with Juri Ueno playing Nodame. The manga was almost faithfully followed, taking the first few books and editing them together to fit time formats. The ideas and characters are unusual compared to the most popular comics from Japan, but it's probably the most entertaining series I've read in the past decade. Granted, it's a very earthy idea without blood, robots, swords, nudity, or magical waitress girls. Nodame is a human interest story about young adults at a musical college in Tokyo where they discover themselves as events unfurl.

A great love-comedy.

The art is a little lackluster, but it works flawlessly to tell the story and connect the reader to the characters. All the stories and character arcs are strong and memorable. Nodame is a world-class manga.