The Fun In Nodame Cantabile

These are my own PERSONAL opinions, if you agree or not, I don't care. Yes my grammar is off, so what.

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Nodame Cantabile, SP1 & 2, staring Ueno Juri as Noda Megume aka Nodame and Tamaki Hiroshi as Chiaki Shinichi. Horrah for Nodame, now this drama was good. Ueno is an awesome actress. To bring to life Nodame was not a easy task, but she did it wonderfully. From the 'Gyabo' to the funny face she makes while playing the piano, she was brilliant. I think she put a lot of heart into this character and just made me love the 'Nodame' character even more. Even the dramatical parts, in which she cries, it felt real. Tamaki was a good pick for Chiaki. He, along with Ueno, brought alot of character into the show. Even though I believe he was a little too dramatic in certain parts, I think he was a wonderful actor. Takenaka Naoto was perfect for the role as Franz Stresemann, even the pimp suit fit him perfect ^-^. The rest of the cast made everything come to place, made everything set.

The plot. Of course if wasn’t exactly like the manga, but they put the most important parts in it. Nadame and Chiaki meeting was perfect. Chiaki becoming S Orchestra after Nodame punching Franz, was funny. They even made foam come out of Franz mouth, very funny. Chiaki running up to Nadame after staying at her parents house after losing the competition, was a classic moment, very touching. In the SP's, I love how they brought outside help into the show (i.e. musicians), that made the whole SP's more authentic. In all I think they kept to the heart of the story, thus making it one of my top favorite dramas based on mangas. I recommend it to all.

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-The Goon

As I will start my reviews from now on.....

These are my own PERSONAL opinions, if you agree or not, I don't care. Yes my grammar is off, so what.

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“Hanazakari no Kimitachi e” staring Maki Horikita as MIzuki Ashiya and Shun Oguri as Izumi Sano was, how do I say, very air-headed. I found myself being forced to watch to the end of the series, only because I wanted to see the ending. I think if your looking for something with a bunch of guys to drool over then this is the one for you. As for quality, it sucked. Maki Horikita is not a good actress. She needs to take some acting lessons on improving her voice and her facial expressions. Yeah she's cute, but so what. I think that's the main reason this drama had a lot of watchers, was just for the looks, which in my opinion weren't that great...well except Yuusuke Yamamato (he was a cutie!). Next in line is Shun Oguri. Now talking about people needing lessons, he's definitely top priority. Good thing he got his looks to help him get by because without those, he would be in trouble. Not only is his monotone voice boring but he just doesn't bring any life into the character. But when I think about it, the rest of the characters had so much life it kinda even things out. Talking about the other actors, I think it was nice to see more life into them then the manga. I think in that aspect the drama did good.

Now on to the plot of the story. Not much to say actually. Yes it was definitely different from the manga, but which drama isn't. Actually i should've written this review right after watching it, its been awhile. But I guess the thing that really stuck to me were the actors. Heh, I guess they were that bad in my eyes.

Not sure if you can call this a review, but meh.

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-The Goon