Thus, I finish off the intro with these following thoughts: Nodame Cantabile is a coming-of-age and romance story of two classical musicians aspiring to work together in prestigious orchestras. Nodame Cantabile Special is a beach episode.
Something is clearly wrong.
This special is best watched after episode 8. It may be reasonable to call this 8.5 if the special wasn't this lame; it focuses on Chiaki's hydrophobia and has all the major characters that we all adore: the two lead characters, Mine, and the campy Masumi. And oh yes, we must not forget the glimpses of abs and Nodame's bra. Basically, this work is fanservice. Thank you, JC Staff; we wouldn't know what to do without you.
While the perfected relationship dynamics of the characters from the parent story are shown in this special, it feels lacking. There is no compelling need for the characters to go to the beach. The humor just didn’t come off right, thus being bland and stale. This is not the Nodame Cantabile that I wanted.
It isn’t entertaining. I cannot fathom a Nodame Cantabile episode that is not entertaining. This special clearly breaks the laws of physics; it is unimaginable to find an episode such a bore. However, this one did and good god, it did too well.
