Oct 1, 2022
Nodame Cantabile has quickly become one of my favorite shows of all time but this OVA is just yikes yikes yikes.
I could overlook the show's mildly stereotypical treatment of its gay characters and its weird sexual harassment "comedy" with Stresemann as those are things you kind of just need to look past when viewing anime, especially older titles, but this was the straw that broke the camel's back. The character this OVA focuses on(I don't even remember his name) has no redeeming qualities, and isn't likeable or funny or interesting to watch. I was actually really confused for the first 5 or so minutes of
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the episode because he literally hasn't even appeared other than a blink it and miss it mention at the end of season 1. And that isn't even the most offensive part of this OVA.
Newsflash: Rape isn't funny. It's not funny when it's happening to a woman, and it's just as bad when it's happening to a man. I guess you could attribute a lot of the problematic aspects of the show to the time period it came out(and I did during season 1), but this was just too far for me and I'm honestly pretty disgusted with the ending of this episode. Really soured my view of this anime in the worst way possible.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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