I gathered up the scattered music notes...
in the 88th scene with my hands.
I don't know how to put my feelings in words.
I put them in the music score as the days passed by.
When we come across...
At the third time, the feelings will ring out here.
Let me put it straight forwardly like a song.
I write all of them in a song.
This endless crescendo is so strong...
and reaching out to someone.
The melody is heading to the pianist on the stage.
The melody of everything about life.
It's the real face.
A whole new world...
has opened up before my eyes.
A new prelude repeats.
"Momogaoka Music Academy"
Ordinary.
Everybody's ordinary.
Hey, who's that?
Oh, that's the big brother of "Uraken".
"Uraken"?
Isn't that... You mean the Chinese restaurant behind the school?
That's the one. He's the son.
Making a delivery?
Don't think so. He's not carrying a box.
For me, it's got to be rock.
"Ryutarou Mine, Violin major, 2nd year (21)"
Hey! What songs should our band play for the school festival?
Shouldn't be thinking about your violin exams.
They're next week, right?
What if you end up staying back a grade again?
That piano accompanist I set you up with ran off on you, didn't he?
You've got it all wrong!
You stink.
It's disturbing. I'm leaving.
That guy Chiaki just can't keep up with my sharp musical sense.
Say what?
I need an accompanist with more technique and flexibility!
I need someone who is an artist!
What happened?
- No juice. - Damn!
All right, who did it?
Who unplugged... my electric cord?
Urg! Hmph!
I was one bite away from the good bit inside!
- And it was cod roe, my favorite! - Hey, easy, easy.
Hm? Whoa. She's cute!
Um... ur... You studying piano?
Yes. Why?
Will you accompany me on my exam?
What happened to "I need an artist"?
"Megumi Noda, Piano Major, 2nd year (20)"
At last, the final movement.
"Piano Major, 3rd year. Shinichi Chiaki, 21."
It is ready.
Surprise, surprise! I'm crashing my neighbor's dinner!
Am I too early?
I'm still doing charity work.
Wow! That looks amazing! What is it?
Chicken Caprese.
"Caprese", huh?
Why am I obliged to feed you every night, huh?
Answer me that!
It started a week ago...
when she brought over her "home cooking".
- It's mackerel! - No, it's charcoal!
- Try a bite. - You trying to kill me?!
If you're offer up some home cooking
make sure you can at least make something basic like this!
Mmm... this is delicious! What is it?
Mille rige ala panna con i broccoli.
Did you conjure this food up magically?
Wow! You're a wizard chef! You're better than my mother!
I doubt that.
- Woo hoo! "Un brera"! _ - Before I knew it,
I found myself feeding NODAME like a pet.
That was great.
Married life is bliss.
Who said anything about being married?
That reminds me...
Do you know Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major?
"Spring", right?
I'm going to be playing accompaniment on it,
but I don't know it well. Could you teach it to me?
- Did you bring the music? - Yes, I did.
When it comes to this, though, she's real disciplined.
After dinner, it's always the piano.
- That's all wrong! - Gyaah!
Wow, I'm really feeling this!
Wow! We finished it in one try!
Bravo, Nodame!
You play piano with incredible "soul"!
- "Soul"? - With spirit!
At last, I've found her... my ultimate partner!
This time, I'm sure to pass!
What'll I make for dinner tonight?
Fish in season right now are perch, rockfish and sea bream.
Sea bream's too expensive.
And it requires a celebratory occasion.
Gyaah!
What the? I know that stupid scream.
Here you are!
One "Uraken" fried rice special!
Gyaah!
Hey, Pop! How about some gyoza, too?
Coming right up!
So, Nodame? What do you think of our food?
- Ah ooh! _ - Is that so? That good, huh?
That's that sad sap violin student, Mine
I guess so!
If she's your "partner of destiny" like you say!
Looks like he found himself an accompanist in Nodame.
Well... they make a good pair as complementary incompetents.
I wish them luck.
How do you like our food?
Phew!
This is awful.
Damn! That ingrate girl!
She'll take food anywhere she can get it, I guess!
Meeeow...
Idiotic!
At last, a quiet night for once.
A night with Beethoven and Vieira.
Damn! How far does she plan to test me?
Look, eye cheese!
Do you have any idea how late?
Hi...
Saiko?
"Eye cheese"?
"Saiko Tagaya, Vocal music major, 3rd year"
- I'm insulted. - I didn't mean you!
A new girlfriend, then?
- "Ms. Eyecheese"? - 'Course not!
"Uraken"
It can't be. He has... a girlfriend?
Nodame? What's wrong?
Where's you soul? Your spirit?
Love...
It is a phantom.
A purple rose.
Shinichi! Hurry or we'll be late!
How can you be so energetic, Saiko?
You have a lesson with solfeggio today, right?
Gak! She spent the night there, I see.
Roses... roses... wither so beautifully.
So this is heartbreak, huh? Drat!
My exam's next week! We can't perform like this!
Who is he? Where is he?
We've got you get back together with him!
An upper classman. At this school.
- Point him out. - On that bench, reading a book.
That's... Chiaki!
There you are, Shinichi!
- What're you reading? - Nothing.
So she's your rival, huh?
Give it up.
That's Saiko Tagaya,
the beautiful and talented diva of the vocal music department.
Plus, she's the cool and sophisticated daughter
of the Tagaya Music Company president.
Your chance of stealing Chiaki away from an incredible woman like that
is close to zero.
So that's that. Make a clean break, forget about him
and let's focus on practicing our music!
Gyaah! You've made it worse!
How could they give the role of Pamina to that fat bitch!
Yes, yes, I know.
You told me repeatedly all night long yesterday.
What's that supposed to mean, huh?
That just proves how hurt I am by all of this!
Saiko...
It appears that a slightly "large" lady
who never registered in Saiko's mind as a rival
has stolen away the lead vocal role in the school opera The Magic Flute.
Say, Shinichi?
How about us getting back together, huh?
I hate losers.
How rude!
Not long ago, I was just like that.
It's cold out.
I mustn't forget.
Nodame! Get a hold of yourself!
The piano is all you've got!
At least be serious about that... and make something of your life!
Hey!
I want to see him.
I want to eat his cooking.
Chiaki's cooking? What's that?
"Caprese" something and "broccoli" something.
Magical love food.
That man was cooking for you?!
- Waaaaah! - Wow! Maybe there's still a chance!
A "chance"?
A guy doesn't cook for a girl he doesn't like.
If you work hard, you just might be able to steal him back!
Steal him back?! How?
If it were me, I'd bed him to my side.
"Bed him"?
Use your weapons as a woman,
and appeal directly to his instincts.
As if to say, "Here I am... fresh fruit."
I mean, men are real weak to that!
A woman's "weapons"..."fruit"...
Hey, Sailor!
Too old! And creepy, too!
Don't you have any sexy clothes at all?
- Summer clothes? - How about makeup?
Stolen from friend I do! Some I borrowed from a friend!
This is the Marilyn Monroe look, right?
My God! Have you ever put on makeup before?!
I think you should go with a little softer look.
- Yeah? - Stop crying!
I was smiling!
You're hopeless! Give it here!
It's got to look more natural.
CHIAKI seems like kind of a "closet letch."
Is a "closet letch" more natural?
Yeah. Rather than going with the obvious,
I'll bet he prefers understated, natural pheromones.
Hey. Just what are you two discussing?
Eek!
He came! To see me!
Chi... Chiaki!
What in the world were you two doing?
I thought you were supposed to be practicing for your exam!
What do you mean? This is all your fault!
Just when she was tuned right into my artistic sense,
she went batty on me!
Thump_thump. Fruit...
So... You really believe you've got talent?
You bet!
I placed 3rd in the National Junior Competition!
Graah!
- Lend me this. - What?
"Spring".
The main melody should be enough.
If you're talking Juniors, I won that competition in Vienna.
I could help you a little, if you want.
It's all rhythm this, timbre that,
precise faithfulness to the score!
No matter how much they say to put yourself into it,
they jump all over you at the slightest mistake.
That's why I hate classical music
This is completely different from what me and Mine played.
This is "Spring", huh?
What you play is "New Year's"
Would you mind playing the violin for a little bit?
Just once.
She plays it like this after hearing the CD just once.
She's fearsome.
that felt great.
- Don't sigh like that. - It's strange.
I couldn't play in sync with Mine like that.
But Mine said it felt good.
That's what we call...
Masturbation.
It means self indulgence, got it?
G_got it.
Next. You don't know the meaning of "ensemble"!
You're not listening to the piano at all!
Going off on your own 'cause it feels good will get us nowhere!
Don't be so concerned with just technique!
That's it. Four points of advice from Nodame.
He's made a fool of me.
To be that good at the piano, but then good on the violin, too?
I'm a sham. I suck! I have no talent whatsoever!
You're really brittle as glass aren't you, Mine?
Leave me alone!
But Chiaki never said you weren't good.
He said things like, "you have creative expression,"
and you're a good soloist
despite not being very good with ensemble work.
He did have complimentary things to say.
He did? Chiaki?
Right? So let's practice.
If we're in sync, it's a piece that really feels good!
"Spring" is a field of flowers!
Don't say that.
You want me to play with a childish image of a field of flowers?
Oh? Then what image would you like?
The radiant joy of youth... and spring storms, sounds good.
A violin nut... and a piano nut...
How will this exam turn out, I wonder?
What!? She has a cold!?
I got it from wearing all that summer clothing
in trying to look sexy.
Anyway, I brought her for you. Here.
What do you mean "here"?
What am I supposed to do with a sicko?
How should I know?
What is it, Nodame?
Uh_huh, I see.
She says if she were receive a kiss from her "Prince",
she might recover.
All right, already.
I'll play piano for you, Mine. A one time, do or die!
Whaaaat!?
"Violin Exam Venue"
This guy's no good, either.
It must be nice to be rewarded for talent you don't have to work at.
What?
I'll have you know I've been practicing piano and violin
since I was 3.
Particularly with the violin,
it was blood, sweat and tears all the way up to university.
Huh?
I just wasn't as good on the violin as the piano.
That's why I entered the Piano Department in school.
I went at it pretty seriously, too.
And although it took me to the top by my second year,
right now, I feel a little like running away.
Hey, so what is your point here?
My point is...
I dream of being a conductor.
That's what drives me to keep studying.
But I haven't received a single "reward", as you claim.
A conductor.
Mr. Mine! You're up. We're waiting!
Let's do it.
Uh... right.
Today, don't worry too much about technique and stuff.
What?
Just make sure you listen to the piano.
Outside of that, just play as you'd like.
"Beethoven, Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major Opus 24 " Spring" "
The radiant joy of youth... and lightning.
Figures...
I tell him to play as he likes, and he does.
Just like NODAME, he's all over the place.
It doesn't matter. I'll match him.
Wow... he comes through when I need him.
I get it now.
CHIAKI's conducting with his piano.
I feel secure. I feel good.
A field of flowers.
I hear you passed!
Now our band can practice.
- Sorry but I'm breaking up the band - What?
I'm sticking to classical music only.
So why are you here?
Food delivery!
For three! Let's chow down, the three of us!
Chiaki, look. Ah!
Why are you recuperating in my apartment, anyway?
Nodame! I brought egg flower soup!
Love is painful.
I realised it when I was with you that night.
Because I know you...
more than everyone in the world.
Your casual attitude and tenderness...
make my chest feels constricted.
I am here. I am here. I am here right next to you.
Tell me why. Tell me why. Why are we merely "normal friends"?
I love you. I love you. No matter how much I love you,
you still don't get it.
You don't understand. I'm so in love with you.
My heart breaks day after day.
I can't sleep night after night.
The day when I first met you...
I wish if time can go back to that day.
I'm so in love with you.