Different Worlds Apart

summary:
Nodame Cantabile is an 11 episodes drama that aired on Fuji TV from October 16th 2006 to December 25th 2006. Adapted from the manga of the same name by Tomoko Ninomiya it tells the story of two very opposite individuals who happen to meet by accident at Momogaoka Music Academy.

Noda Megumi (Ueno Juri), calling herself Nodame, is a very talented yet strange young woman. She is a genius in piano playing yet in every day life she lacks certain skills, like cooking, taking care of herself or her apartment and comes across as slightly autistic. She sometimes raids the bento boxes of her school mates when she either has forgotten to eat or her allowance has run out. In a university full of musicians and other quirky characters, she certainly stands out.

Chiaki Shin'ichi (Tamaki Hiroshi) is a model student and said to be the best piano player at university. Coming from a very musical family and having been able to accompany his parents to all big musical cities in Europe from a very early age, he is multi-lingual and not only skillfull in piano playing but also playing the violin. Due to his skills and his upbringing he is an arrogant young man whose pride and also expectations of his family keeps him from fulfilling his one dream: becoming a conductor.
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The drama is available at d-addicts as RAW with S-Projects providing the soft subs, or you can download both avia nd subs from jdramas.

summary:
Nodame Cantabile is an 11 episodes drama that aired on Fuji TV from October 16th 2006 to December 25th 2006. Adapted from the manga of the same name by Tomoko Ninomiya it tells the story of two very opposite individuals who happen to meet by accident at Momogaoka Music Academy.

Noda Megumi (Ueno Juri), calling herself Nodame, is a very talented yet strange young woman. She is a genius in piano playing yet in every day life she lacks certain skills, like cooking, taking care of herself or her apartment and comes across as slightly autistic. She sometimes raids the bento boxes of her school mates when she either has forgotten to eat or her allowance has run out. In a university full of musicians and other quirky characters, she certainly stands out.

Chiaki Shin'ichi (Tamaki Hiroshi) is a model student and said to be the best piano player at university. Coming from a very musical family and having been able to accompany his parents to all big musical cities in Europe from a very early age, he is multi-lingual and not only skillfull in piano playing but also playing the violin. Due to his skills and his upbringing he is an arrogant young man whose pride and also expectations of his family keeps him from fulfilling his one dream: becoming a conductor.
( read more ... )
The drama is available at d-addicts as RAW with S-Projects providing the soft subs, or you can download both avia nd subs from jdramas.

Nodame is sukebe!! And the whole show is CRACK!!! And the German ... OMG!!! *rotflmao* Definitely have to see the rest tomorrow ... heading for bed now :)