8.7/1025 votesLoading...#1 - Goodbye, Nodame! A Tearful Christmas Concert
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/25/2006
Defeated, Nodame runs home to her parents' place in the countryside. Chiaki goes after her.
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8.3/1019 votesLoading...#2 - Madness at the Competition! A Surprising Confession
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/18/2006
Nodame loses herself at the Maradona competition, putting her Europe plan into doubt. Rising Star Orchestra, meanwhile, undergoes painful evolution.
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8.2/1024 votesLoading...#3 - Rhapsody of a Weirdo Pianist and a Snob Conductor
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/16/2006
Noda Megumi, AKA Nodame, is a sloppy third-year Piano student at Momogaoka School of Music who lives and plays with abandon. Meanwhile, Chiaki Shin'ichi, an aspiring conductor, is at the top of his game, and acts the part. He notices something special in the way she plays Beethoven's Pathetique.
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8.2/1020 votesLoading...#4 - Will They or Won't They? Battle of the Regular Concert!
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/6/2006
Chiaki turns out to be impossible to please. Nodame's terrestrial alien army invades Chiaki's apartment in an unidentified heating object, in a desperate attempt to reprogram him in time for the regular concert.
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8.1/1017 votesLoading...#5 - Goodbye, Orchestra S! A Tearful Disbanding and a Piano Duet of Love
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/20/2006
Nodame is desperately practicing the Rach 2, for reasons unknown. Orchestra S, meanwhile, is about to disband, just as they learn that Chiaki and the orchestra have become famous.
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8.0/1018 votesLoading...#6 - Competition vs. Studying Abroad! A Relationship-Ending Decision
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/11/2006
Brainwashed by Nodame, Chiaki goes on a plane trip to Hokkaido. Nodame prepares desperately for her competition, which could open the door for her to study in Europe.
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7.9/1016 votesLoading...#7 - Rising Star Orchestra's Concert! Fighting Old Traumas with Love
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/4/2006
Nodame contemplates attempting to treat Chiaki's fear of airplanes, which could lead to her losing him to Europe. Meanwhile, her teacher nominates her for the Maradona Piano Competition.
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7.8/1018 votesLoading...#8 - Attack of the Creep Flunker Orchestra!
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/23/2006
Chiaki is desperate to transfer from Piano to Conducting, but infamous conductor Franz Stresemann refuses to let him. Meanwhile, Stresemann recruits a band of misfits and flunkers to create Orchestra S out of misfits and near-dropouts, including Chiaki and Nodame's new mutual friends, Mine Ryutaro and Okuyama Masumi.
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7.8/1018 votesLoading...#9 - Goodbye, Maestro! School Festival Battle of Love
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/13/2006
Maestro Stresemann's rightful owners arrive in Japan to take him home, while Orchestra S and Orchestra A prepare for the school festival concerts.
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7.6/1020 votesLoading...#10 - Orchestra of the Lesser: Can Love Trump Poverty?
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/30/2006
Stresemann bails on Orchestra S, leaving Chiaki to conduct. The bassist, Saku Sakura, isn't coming to all the rehearsals -- but it might not be her fault.
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7.6/1016 votesLoading...#11 - New Orchestra! Tensions in the Relationship
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/27/2006
Chiaki and Orchestra A concertmaster Miki Kiyora recruit elite students from all over Japan to start a new orchestra. Nodame gets assigned to a new teacher, leading to her becoming a zombie.
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The Best Episodes of Nodame Cantabile
Every episode of Nodame Cantabile ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Nodame Cantabile!
Megumi Noda, or "Nodame" is a piano student at Momogaoka College of Music. An extremely talented pianist who wants to be a preschool teacher, she...
Genres:DramaComedy
Network:Fuji TV
Best Episodes Summary
"Goodbye, Nodame! A Tearful Christmas Concert" is the best rated episode of "Nodame Cantabile". It scored 8.7/10 based on 25 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/25/2006. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Madness at the Competition! A Surprising Confession".