Top piano student Chiaki Shin’ichi aspires to become a conductor, but his travel phobia prevents him from acquiring greater exposure overseas even though he should have no problems in getting scholarships. While he feels his musical career is in stalemate, he meets Nodame, a girl from the same university. Though she is also a music genius, she is everything he is not - carefree, messy, chaotic. They may run into conflicts, but they also make perfect complements for each other!

My comments? *ties hands to prevent from overreacting* Watch it! Watch it! I swear, I’ve never been a fan of instrumentals, much less classical music so for me to love this really wacky and endearing series is quite a surprise. I could rave a lot about it, and I know that given a chance I would, so I’ll just say, go watch it!

I started watching the second season of Hana Yori Dango (Hana Yori Dango Returns) yesterday and was a bit surprised at the change in their appearance, mostly for the F4 though since Tsukushi looked the same to me. XD They looked more mature in this though.

Verdict? From the couple of episodes I’ve watched so far, I think this is a good sequel for the first season. I didn’t even know I could cry during a sushi dinner, damn it!

I’m also reading the manga in my spare time to see how the live action series deviated from the manga. Well, it deviated a lot. I guess the one who followed the manga more closely would be the Taiwanese version, Meteor Garden. But in my opinion, the japanese version is definitely better.

Much to Jas’s relief, I’ve finally got time to watch the Asian movie Shinobi, which features Nakame Yukie from Gokusen and The Ring fame.

Verdict? Watch it! It’s set in the Tokugawa period, where Tokugawa just got himself seated as the new Shogun so things are still shaky and he needs to solidify his position. That’s where the Shinobi come in, for they are warriors of great and mystical powers. Each one has their own special technique. One warrior even reminded me of Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII! XD

It’s also has a romantic element of star-crossed lovers. Plus, the story made me teary-eyed in the end. T_T