From: kishik@parkcity.ne.jp   
      
   It's getting more pain for me to wait for every   
   next volume of "Nodame Cantabile". The volume   
   13 came out yesterday, and I grabbed it and read   
   it ASAP. The manga is so funny and entertaining.   
      
   Nodame, aka Noda Megumi, is a born pianist,   
   a wild animal and a "hentai" [abnormal] girl who is   
   studying piano in a music school. One day, Chiaki   
   Shin'ichi heard a strange but techinically excellent   
   play of piano in the school. Later, Shin'ichi found   
   the palyer of the piano was Nodame and begun to   
   take care of her in a bizarre way. Besides, the music   
   school is full of funny people who are doing wrong.   
   Shin'ichi whose only wish is becomming a conductor   
   is always disturbing by them.   
      
   Nodame is a kind of super pianist, but she don't   
   want to be a concert pianist and plays piano only   
   for her own enjoyment despite hopes of people   
   who know her performance.   
      
   The manga is a very good mix of humor and seriousness.   
   It's like a "spokon" campus love comedy about music.   
   There are many scenes of performing classic musics   
   in a variety of situations such like concerts, competitions,   
   lessons, studies, etc. The character design isn't very   
   sophisticated but isn't bad either. The artwork of the   
   background looks good and of the musical instruments   
   is excellent.   
      
   In the 13th volume, I was shocked by Nodame having   
   kicked Shin'ichi's back or having bitten his neck for   
   jealousy. What brutal girl she is! But she begun studying   
   piano seriously in the Conservatoire in Paris to fix her   
   week points in playing piano. Has she changed her mind   
   and is she going to be a concert pianist eventually? At least,   
   she got a first chance to play with Shin'ichi in a concert.   
   How well they can play? We'll see in the next volume.   
      
   --   
         / Ishikawa Kazuo /   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)