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Shinichi Chiaki is a first class musician whose dream is to play among the elites in Europe. Coming from a distinguished family, he is an infamous perfectionist; not only is he highly critical of himself,

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Nodame Cantabile Season 3 Episode 1 - Leçon 1
    6.6/10(14 votes)

    S3:E1

    Chiaki's popularity ahead of the Martlet Orchestra keeps increasing while Nodame gets depressed as she feels the distance between them growing and she decides to enter in a competition by herself, even without her teacher Auclair's approval. Pieces featured: Bach's Concert No. 1 in D minor, Romeo and Juliet's Overture-Fantasy by Tchaikovsky, Études Op. 10 No. 8 and Op.10 No. 12 by Chopin

    Director:Hikaru Sato
    Writer:Masahiro Yokotani

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  2. Nodame Cantabile Season 3 Episode 5 - Leçon 5
    6.6/10(14 votes)

    S3:E5

    Tanya and Yu Long have poor performances at the competitions they took part, and thus they will be forced to return to their respective countries after graduation. While trying to cheer Tanya up, Kuroki ends up making a surprising proposal to her. Meanwhile, Nodame hears a piece of music that draws her attention. She hopes to play it along Chiaki someday, unaware that it's the same piece that will be featured at Chiaki and Rui's concert.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Masahiro Yokotani

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  3. Nodame Cantabile Season 3 Episode 7 - Leçon 7
    7.1/10(12 votes)

    S3:E7

    Chiaki helps Rui for their concerto. When Nodame found out, she feels betrayed, and uses that feeling to help her master a piece. Pieces featured: Paris Symphony by Mozart, Third Movement of Piano Sonata No. 31 by Beethoven

    Director:Youhei Suzuki
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Nodame Cantabile Season 1 Episode 3 - Lesson 3: Queen of Percussion Instruments
    7.2/10(36 votes)

    S1:E3

    An admirer of Chiaki, timpanist Masumi Okuyama becomes jealous of Nodame's relationship with him, and torments her with pranks. To sort out their rivalry, they compete to see who can snag a date with Chiaki on Christmas Eve. The piece performed in the episode is a jazz arrangement of Chiaki's composition arranged by Nodame, Mine, and Masumi.

    Director:Shigeru Ueda
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Nodame Cantabile Season 2 Episode 1 - Lesson 1
    7.2/10(14 votes)

    S2:E1

    Chiaki and Nodame arrive at Paris to hone their musical skills. While he who had lived in France before easily adapts himself to their new environment, she must face some difficulties herself, including having to learn the country's language.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Yoji Enokido

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  6. Nodame Cantabile Season 2 Episode 3 - Lesson 3
    7.2/10(13 votes)

    S2:E3

    Nodame and Chiaki meet Stresseman in Paris. Chiaki starts to travel the world attending concerts with Stresseman after being forced to sign a contract with his manager, while Nodame has her first class with an acquaintance of hers at the conservatoire.

    Director:Tomoaki Ohta
    Writer:Yoji Enokido

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  7. Nodame Cantabile Season 2 Episode 9 - Lesson 9
    7.2/10(13 votes)

    S2:E9

    Nodame travels to Saint-Malo with Chiaki, Tanya and Kuroki for her very first recital. However, her companions are worried about her insecurity, as she usually has trouble in playing pieces by Mozart.

    Director:Nanako Shimazaki
    Writer:Yoji Enokido

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  8. Nodame Cantabile Season 3 Episode 2 - Leçon 2
    7.2/10(13 votes)

    S3:E2

    Chiaki decides to move to another apartment much to Nodame's despair and Rui tries her best to convince Auclair to have lessons with her, but he seems to be more much more interested in teaching Nodame instead. After hearing Nodame's smooth playing, she also starts to doubt herself. Pieces featured: Sonata K157 in C Major by Scarlatti, Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 in Eb Major by Chopin

    Director:Youhei Suzuki
    Writer:Hiroshi Onogi

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  9. Nodame Cantabile Season 3 Episode 4 - Leçon 4
    7.2/10(13 votes)

    S3:E4

    Tanya starts to feel jealousy when Kuroki is asked to take care of a young japanese girl who is trying to enter the conservatoire. While trying to get closer to him, she starts to wonder about her own future as she is near her graduation.

    Director:Sadanori Kaneda
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Nodame Cantabile Season 1 Episode 4 - Lesson 4: Master Milch's Appearance
    7.3/10(35 votes)

    S1:E4

    A foreigner visits Chiaki's school and becomes friends with Nodame. Chiaki refuses to let him into his house because of his perverted behavior. It turns out the foreigner is Maestro Franz von Stresemann and is attending the school as head of the conducting department. Chiaki, interested in changing his major to conducting, gets rejected by the new professor who is apparently at odds with Chiaki's former "teacher", Vieira. The piece performed in the episode is Fantaisie Impromptu, Op. 66 by Frédéric Chopin (brief).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Masahiro Yokotani

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  11. Nodame Cantabile Season 1 Episode 6 - Lesson 6: Secession
    7.3/10(34 votes)

    S1:E6

    The S orchestra is to perform before the A orchestra at the upcoming concert. However, Stresemann takes "business" leave and Chiaki is forced to take his place conducting the S orchestra. In a twist of events, Stresemann quits the S orchestra and in revenge against Chiaki, plans to lead the A orchestra in humiliating the S orchestra at the concert. With the concert just a week away, Chiaki becomes the S orchestra's new conductor. The piece performed in the episode is Symphony No. 3 Op. 55 "Eroica" by Ludwig van Beethoven.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tomoko Konparu

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  12. Nodame Cantabile Season 1 Episode 2 - Lesson 2
    7.4/10(35 votes)

    S1:E2

    Ryutaro Mine is a violinist who needed a piano player for his violin jury. But when he chooses Nodame as his partner, little did he know his troubles were just beginning. The piece performed in the episode is Sonata No. 5 "Spring" for Violin and Piano, Op. 24 by Ludwig van Beethoven.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tomoko Konparu

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  13. Nodame Cantabile Season 1 Episode 5 - Lesson 5: Many Years of S Orchestra's Direction
    7.4/10(36 votes)

    S1:E5

    With Stresemann knocked out cold, Nodame "convinces" Chiaki to be substitute conductor for the special orchestra. Chiaki agrees and finds out that the group he's conducting is out of synch. As the rehearsal falls apart, Stresemann takes over and demonstrates everything that Chiaki failed to do. Stresemann finally accepts Chiaki as his student but tells him to remain a piano major. The piece performed in the episode is Symphony No. 7, Op. 92 by Ludwig van Beethoven.

    Director:Youhei Suzuki
    Writer:Tomoko Konparu

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  14. Nodame Cantabile Season 1 Episode 8 - Lesson 8: Milch's Repatriation
    7.4/10(32 votes)

    S1:E8

    Chiaki is asked to leave the S orchestra to play the piano solo of Piano Concerto No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff as requested by Stresseman for the A orchestra. It is revealed that Stresseman was asked by his ex-lover, a member of the academy's board of directors to instruct Chiaki in conducting. The piece performed by Nodame towards the end of the episode is Etude N° 4 in C Sharp Minor by Frédéric Chopin. The short piece that was played by Stresseman's ex is an excerpt from Nocturne Op 55 No. 1 in F minor, also by Frédéric Chopin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Nodame Cantabile Season 2 Episode 4 - Lesson 4
    7.4/10(13 votes)

    S2:E4

    Chiaki rehearses for his debut concert in Paris, and finds that Nodame is troubled as she is not doing fine at the conservatoire. While he tries to cheer her up, their relationship ends up moving a little forward.

    Director:Nanako Shimazaki
    Writer:Yoji Enokido

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  16. Nodame Cantabile Season 2 Episode 5 - Lesson 5
    7.4/10(13 votes)

    S2:E5

    Kuroki was having trouble to adapt himself to life at Paris until he meets Nodame at the conservatoire. Meanwhile, Chiaki is feeling insecure as Nodame does not answer his phone calls and wonders if both will really be able to spend Christmas together.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Yoji Enokido

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  17. Nodame Cantabile Season 2 Episode 6 - Lesson 6
    7.4/10(13 votes)

    S2:E6

    Chiaki is appointed as the official conductor of a famous orchestra which is facing serious dificulties, and Son Rui, a famous pianist who is an old friend of his, gives a break on her performances to study at the conservatoire. However, Rui's closeness to Chiaki is more than enough to ignite Nodame's jealousy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Yoji Enokido

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  18. Nodame Cantabile Season 3 Episode 8 - Leçon 8
    7.4/10(13 votes)

    S3:E8

    After Chiaki and Rui's concerto, Nodame and Chiaki spend the night together and she proposes to him in the following morning, just to be rejected by him. However, Chiaki starts to wonder about how serious she was at that time, and Stresseman pays a visit to her. Pieces featured: Piano Concerto in G major by Maurice Ravel and Third Movement of Piano Sonata No. 31 by Beethoven

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Nodame Cantabile Season 1 Episode 13 - Lesson 13: Graduation
    7.5/10(26 votes)

    S1:E13

    It's graduation time at the Momogaoka College of Music and its graduating students (including Chiaki and Masumi) put on a performance of various classical pieces for their graduation recital. Kiyora, the former concert mistress of the Nina Lutz Seminar Youth Orchestra, proposes to Chiaki her idea of assembling an orchestra. She invites Chiaki in as their conductor. Needless to say, she also requests that Chiaki and his "superstar" status to invite some of the elite musicians (cellist, violinist, and oboist) into the orchestra. The S Orchestra has their final get together as they disband and move on. The pieces performed in the episode are Concerto for Flute and Percussion by André Jolivet and Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke) by Franz Liszt.

    Director:Hideaki Uehara
    Writer:Masahiro Yokotani

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  20. Nodame Cantabile Season 1 Episode 14 - Lesson 14: Past
    7.5/10(26 votes)

    S1:E14

    Under rather bizarre circumstances, Nodame makes a visit to the home in which Chiaki grew up, meets his family, and even makes dinner for them (onigiri and nabe). Since the passing of Chiaki's grandfather, tensions seem to have risen within the family, nearly to a breaking point. The pair end up staying over night, and when a nightmare wakes Chiaki, he retreats to his grandfather's audio room. Upon waking to the sound of the opera, Nodame finds Chiaki in the study, listening to records. Eager to play, she convinces him to accompany her on the violin while she plays the piano. There are no pieces performed in this episode; however, Chiaki listens to Matthäuspassion by Johann Sebastian Bach in his Grandfather's audio room.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michihiro Tsuchiya

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  21. Nodame Cantabile Season 2 Episode 7 - Lesson 7
    7.5/10(13 votes)

    S2:E7

    The Marlet Orchestra is short on staff, and Chiaki asks Nodame to take a part on it. However, Nodame's dreams of having her first performance along Chiaki are crushed when Rui is forced to assume her place due to a misunderstanding.

    Director:Shigeru Ueda
    Writer:Yoji Enokido

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  22. Nodame Cantabile Season 3 Episode 3 - Leçon 3
    7.5/10(13 votes)

    S3:E3

    Thanks to Chiaki's encouragement, Rui decides to keep playing and a special concert featuring both is arranged. Stresseman is seriously depressed over the death of a friend of his and Chiaki, on the way to attend one of Nodame's recitals, have a surprising reunion with Sebastiano Vieira and he decides to accompany him instead. Pieces featured: Italian Concerto, BWV 971 by Bach, Op. 19 No. 1 "Sweet Remembrance" from Songs without Words by Felix Mendelssohn, Polonaise Fantasie by Frédéric Chopin, Légende No. 1: St François d'Assise by Franz Liszt

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Nodame Cantabile Season 1 Episode 1 - Lesson 1
    7.6/10(40 votes)

    S1:E1

    Shinichi Chiaki was almost giving up his dream of becoming a conductor, until he met Megumi Noda, also known as "Nodame". The pieces performed in the episode are Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso by Camille Saint-Saëns (brief), Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major "Emperor" by Ludwig van Beethoven (brief), Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 13 "Adagio Cantabile" by Ludwig van Beethoven (brief) and 2-Piano Sonata in D Major, K.448/375a by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tomoko Konparu

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  24. Nodame Cantabile Season 1 Episode 7 - Lesson 7: Kazuo's Many Years
    7.6/10(33 votes)

    S1:E7

    Chiaki is still having trouble getting the orchestra into shape, and everyone's confidence shatters under his harsh criticisms. With help from Nodame, Chiaki finally realizes Stresemann's reasoning behind the S Orchestra just in time for the concert subscription series, and the S Orchestra manages to impress their audience with an unorthodox display. The piece performed in the episode is Symphony No. 3 Op. 55 "Eroica" by Ludwig van Beethoven.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Masahiro Yokotani

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  25. Nodame Cantabile Season 1 Episode 12 - Lesson 12: Course
    7.6/10(27 votes)

    S1:E12

    Chiaki and Nodame perform Rachmaninoff on two pianos and cause quite a stir attracting an audience including Saiko and Etou-sensei. Later Chiaki meets with the writers from Classic Life magazine and they try to investigate why Chiaki is still in Japan when he could be going abroad. Nodame goes around bringing candy to various 4th year students in the S Orchestra as they reflect on their experience playing under Chiaki and on their future as graduation looms around the corner. The piece performed in the episode is Piano Concerto No. 2 (for 2 pianos 4 hands) by Sergei Rachmaninoff.

    Director:Shigeru Ueda
    Writer:Tomoko Konparu

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Leçon 1" is the worst rated episode of "Nodame Cantabile". It scored 6.6/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by Hikaru Sato and written by Masahiro Yokotani, it aired on 1/15/2010. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Leçon 5".