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“Conductor Matsuda, jealous of Chiaki, lures him for drinks to pry about Chiaki's love life.”
Nodame Cantabile OVA
のだめカンタービレ OVA
7.4
2,556 rank · 29,451 viewers · 10 favorites
Comedy
Romance
Adult Cast
Music
Performing Arts
Josei
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Synopsis
Conductor Matsuda, jealous of Chiaki, lures him for drinks to pry about Chiaki's love life.
Yukihisa Matsuda, principal conductor of the Rising Star Orchestra, arrives in Paris to perform Wagner's Tannhäuser Overture as a guest conductor for the Recyl Symphony Orchestra. When Matsuda overhears the orchestra members praising Shinichi Chiaki, the budding Japanese conductor of the Roux-Marlet Orchestra, he can barely contain his contempt at there being another "Black-Haired Noble" in the same city. Freshly dumped by his mistress following the performance, Matsuda catches Chiaki and takes him out to drink under the pretense of discussing career. But much to Chiaki's chagrin, the subject soon turns to Chiaki's own special someone.
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Derived from 2 sampled reviews
5.0
/10
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50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 3
σ 2.00
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.00 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.0 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 3.0
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Score over time
↓ 2.00
Running avg · Mar 2011 → Oct 2022
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “This Paris-chapter side story successfully retains the quirky humor and familiar feel of the Nodame Cantabile franchise, making it an entertaining standalone episode that's certainly better than...”
- 3 “Nodame Cantabile has quickly become one of my favorite shows of all time but this OVA is just yikes yikes yikes. I could overlook the show's mildly stereotypical treatment of its gay characters and...”
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A Ova Production
J.C.Staff.- Format 1 × 21′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 21m all episodes
- Aired Aug 2009 – ongoing
- Source Ova media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-4486 catalog