Oh oh oh!! Nodame made me adore Ueno Juri beyond words. ♥ Also, this dorama was fantastic because it gave us that comic manga feel, but was still very effective as a standalone dorama. (And I read, like, a single volume of the manga, and based on that, the series was VERY loyal to the original.)
I was very skeptical about this at first because it was about classical music, which I don't really care much for, but after eleven episodes it made me appreciate classical, even if only a little.
At first, I feared Mine would get his heart trampled and be left behind because he had a teeny cxrush on Nodame: And I thought this too, and felt kind of sorry for Eita, because at the time I saw this, I've never ever seen Eita get the girl. :p But yay, Kiyora, haha.
And I thought this too, and felt kind of sorry for Eita, because at the time I saw this, I've never ever seen Eita get the girl. :p But yay, Kiyora, haha.
Yeah. He "got" the girl in Tokyo Friends, but then left her because he thought it was better for her. She heads off to drag him back at the end, but I haven't seen the movie yet to see how that turns out.
in the movie, she gets him back for a short while, but in the end it's like they're not really together because they have to think of their music first? something like that, heh. :p
Eeeeee, I'm so glad you loved it. :D It's one of those dramas that seems universally loved as opposed to splitting its audience into those who hate it and those who absolutely love it. I don't what it is about it, it just wins you over.
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... I was close to being all "Tamaki Hiroshi hottest Japanese man everrrr" but then I figured you might have to *see* it to believe it. And yeah, those "you should check out this drama because this dude is so mesmerizingly hot!!" isn't really huge praise for the drama's storyline, which may be more or less lacking but a fangirl bias helps fill in whatever is missing. :P
but for most of the series it feels like a straight comedy with a wonderful OTP, then suddenly it clicks that it IS a romanceThis is true. It helped that I didn't build much expectations for the OTP as I saw right off the bat Nodame was a little too weird for Chiaki to fall in love instantly. The romance
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Yeah, and it's usually obvious when the fangirl bias is filling in (not that I don't do the same, but it often makes it hard to get interested if that's most of what's being talked about.)
The OTP is one of those where you just can't see them when you start and yet. you can't possibly imagine either one without the other they they both just literally fall apart when they aren't together.
Mine/Kiyora was just great. I love how she often looked at him like "well, he has no brain, but he's a darling and he is rather cute..."
I shipped them right from the start when she found him outside their dorm rooms and he woke up in her chaotically messy apartment.. But I kept thinking, "I have no idea how they'll ever develop romance here." as for a while it seemed such a desperate crush on Nodame's side and on Chiaki's, just lack of care and extreme annoyance. But pretty quickly the layers started to peel off and reveal more and oh, they are precious.
You inspired me to rewatch this a bit before work, I watched episode 7 and bits of the last episode.. In episode 7 the Mine/Kiyora pairing only really kicks off, I love the scene where he's all "I love your playing, teach me!" and she gets flustered and ends up punching him. And their drunken "we said the same thing, marriage!" moment.
Eita is the best kind of hot...the kind where you see his pictures and go "I don't see what the big deal is" and then when you watch you can't look away, because it's all about presence and charm.
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I was very skeptical about this at first because it was about classical music, which I don't really care much for, but after eleven episodes it made me appreciate classical, even if only a little.
At first, I feared Mine would get his heart trampled and be left behind because he had a teeny cxrush on Nodame:
And I thought this too, and felt kind of sorry for Eita, because at the time I saw this, I've never ever seen Eita get the girl. :p But yay, Kiyora, haha.
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Yeah. He "got" the girl in Tokyo Friends, but then left her because he thought it was better for her. She heads off to drag him back at the end, but I haven't seen the movie yet to see how that turns out.
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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...
I was close to being all "Tamaki Hiroshi hottest Japanese man everrrr" but then I figured you might have to *see* it to believe it. And yeah, those "you should check out this drama because this dude is so mesmerizingly hot!!" isn't really huge praise for the drama's storyline, which may be more or less lacking but a fangirl bias helps fill in whatever is missing. :P
but for most of the series it feels like a straight comedy with a wonderful OTP, then suddenly it clicks that it IS a romanceThis is true. It helped that I didn't build much expectations for the OTP as I saw right off the bat Nodame was a little too weird for Chiaki to fall in love instantly. The romance ( ... )
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The OTP is one of those where you just can't see them when you start and yet. you can't possibly imagine either one without the other they they both just literally fall apart when they aren't together.
Mine/Kiyora was just great. I love how she often looked at him like "well, he has no brain, but he's a darling and he is rather cute..."
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You inspired me to rewatch this a bit before work, I watched episode 7 and bits of the last episode.. In episode 7 the Mine/Kiyora pairing only really kicks off, I love the scene where he's all "I love your playing, teach me!" and she gets flustered and ends up punching him. And their drunken "we said the same thing, marriage!" moment.
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And ... EITA IS HOT!!! ;-)
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