What can I say?! I loved the animated Nodame, so why can't I not love the manga? Although I started reading at chapter 50 or something, which is where the animation left off, I'd still say it's worth the read. I don't know though if you'd love reading the manga when you haven't watched the animation first because you may never appreciate the music behind each story. But there are NC fans out there that started with the manga rather than with the animation, so I can't say much. Storywise, it is a good read. If you liked how the story went through the animation,the next chapters are way better. The mangaka made it a point that every chapter outdoes the previous one. There's a LOT going on in the Europe arc.

Chiaki and Nodame forever!!!

Poof!