Nodame Cantabile, Vol. 9

のだめカンタービレ / Nodame Cantabile #9

by Tomoko Ninomiya

MUSIC TO THE EARS

Nodame’s grueling lessons with her teacher have paid At last she agrees to play in a piano competition. Too bad there’s not enough time for Nodame to learn all the required pieces. . . . Meanwhile, Shinichi has mysteriously overcome his fear of flying and finally decided to go to Europe to further his musical studies. Out of the blue, he asks Nodame to join him–but she turns him down. Determined Shinichi travels to Nodame’s hometown. Will the challenge prove too great, once he finds out about Nodame’s strange past–and her wacky family?

Genres: Manga, Josei, Romance, Music, Comics, Shojo, Komik

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Associated names :
НИНОМИЯ Томоко
二之宫知子
โทโมโกะ นิโนมิยะ (Thai Profile)

Tomoko NINOMIYA (Japanese name: 二宮 知子) is a Japanese manga artist. In 1989, she made her debut with London Doubt Boys. She is best known for her series Nodame Cantabile, which received the 2004 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo manga. Nodame Cantabile has been adapted for television as both live-action drama series and 3 anime seasons.

Reviews

[Tar Buendía]

Este tomo me toca la fibra sensible muchísimo. Tiene una escena que fuera de contexto no es nada pero que, para cuando llega, es oro puro.

[Kindred Reader (lilastrings)]

Big changes!

What an emotional volume! This is the volume where the season 1 of the anime ended. I love that this volume (and the whole story actually) really focus not only about Nodame and Chiaki's weird relationship with each other, but also their relationship with music. It's what draw them close to each other and also what brings conflict. Music is both their first love after all.

[Leonor]

La orquesta Rising Star ofrece su último concierto con Chiaki como director; lo titulan como "Evolución".
Por otra parte, Nodame termina su presentación en la competencia Maradona, quedando muchos impresionados por su técnica y carisma.
Chiaki por fin le propone a Nodame irse junto a él al extranjero... cuál será la respuesta de nuestra extraña protagonista?

[Ella Oktaverina]

"Para musisi terkenal dikenang sejarah... karena mereka bertemu dengan orang-orang penting. Bukan hanya bakat mereka."

My fave volume so far! Nodame yang sangat kecewa karena kalah di kompetisi kehilangan motivasi buat main piano. Berhari-hari nggak bisa dihubungin, ternyata dia balik pulang kampung. Dan...... Shinichi sampai bela-belain jemput dia ke sana 😢 And not to forget THAT HUG! 😭😭

[scarlettraces]

OK, this is where the story starts to get really sweet.

[Conejo Literario]

MEJOR TOMO DEL MUNDO 💓💓💓.
Adoro a Nodame, ya muero por verla triunfar.

[Anastazia Hamilton]

Fave volume thus far

I think that this point in the series was most enjoyable for me. There were many parts where the emotion of the illustration really came out. I enjoyed it.

[Sebastián Ubilla]

Bastante bueno.

[Elena]

After two years Chiaki finally accepts (?) his relationship with Nodame and they are going to Paris!

[Bell Potter]

(Aviso: lectura hecha en ejemplar en español, publicado en México. La presente nota se modificará cuando se dé de alta en GR la edición correspondiente).

[elif sinem]

So good actually. Nodame and Chiaki's relationship finally takes flight because we're serious and no longer fucking around with Nodame's character.

[quinnster]

This review is for the series as a (almost) whole, reviewing after reading books 1-10.

It took me quite some time to really get into this series. Books 2-4 were okay. They kept me entertained and curious enough to keep going, but I don't think it was really until book 5 that I really got invested in the series and Nodame and Shinichi.

I'm not a fan of classical music so some of the lingo and storylines went over my head, but I got the gist of most stuff. Shinichi finds himself stuck with Nodame no matter how mean he is to her. He tries to make her aware that he wants nothing to do with her, but when something goes wrong he is always there. When she leaves their apartment complex mysteriously for a long period of time he must know what happened and if she's okay. And Nodame loves him despite everything. Even though she's a little nutty and extremely childlike she does her best to take care of him, ultimately giving him the greatest gift she could give him and he doesn't even know it.

Unfortunately, the library only has the first 10 books so I'm on the hunt for books 11-16 which is proving to be harder than I thought. I did also find that Crackle has the anime series available to watch!

[Annchan Maulana]

i watch, dorama version :

Nodame - Noda Megumi is a girl who like playing piano since she is a little girl, but weirdy she can't read a music score ?? She play it with Cantabile Style - when she hear another people playing piano, she can remembered it and played it. She is a little like stupid girl who cannot cook and really lazy to clean her apartement where she live.

One day when she meet with Chiaki-sama - the son of a famous pianist who have a dream becoming a famous conductor. But too bad his fear of flying make his dream must wait. she teaches Chiaki something that he has forgotten for a long time that is to enjoy the music we play / hear no matter when and where.

Originaly review by AnnChan ^^

[Yue]

I feel that Chiaki is falling for Nodame just because of her piano's skills...

He finally asks her to go with him to Europe, but she turns him down. She does not want to play piano and achieve "a higher goal" just becaue everyone tell her too. Go Nodame! Why people likes to meddle into other's people's life?

Chiaki goes then to Nodame's hometown after not hearing from her for a while (after the competition's final). And he meets her family, who are as odd as she is.

I was listening to Beethoven Symphony 7 while reading this. The RS Orchestra plays this piece in this volume.

[Sophie]

Poor Nodame! She has a bit of a crisis when she realises her own competitiveness in the competition, and has to re-evaluate her future. I particularly enjoyed this volume as Chiaki started to realise how much he needs/values Nodame's company, and he even goes out of his way to travel to her hometown! Adorable! Also - I LOVE Nodame's family!

[Marc]

Relecture 2019 : beaucoup d'émotion dans ce tome qui clôt la 1ère saison de l'histoire. J'ai adoré cette série jusque là, elle est passionnante, drôle et donne envie d'écouter de la musique classique (^^;).

[Indah Threez Lestari]

#Program BUBU

Pertama kali dibeli dan dibaca pada tahun 2006.

[Jessica]

chiakiiiiiiiiiii, i also want you to hug meeeeehhhh~ >.<

[Amy]

Chiaki and Nodame, wuhuhuhuhuh!

[Ora]

Volume 9. Chapter 47-52

[Pancito Café]

Lloro.
Ha sido el volumen más emotivo :'3
Lo mejor fue Nodame peinada XD