La Corda d'Oro ~primo passo~ and ~secondo passo~

The anime was great and I enjoyed evey moment of it. The music was exceptional and I really enjoyed the ride start to finish.

What's confusing is how some of the people reviewing really didn't understand that it's not that she's a whining girl, but that she's up to that point held a magical violin that was tearing her apart to play and participate in a competition with some pretty amazing artists. After the 3rd performance she hits a wall when that magic is removed but it's really great how she finds her love for music again. Her music is rudimentory but honest and it shows in how she plays and the way it moves her audience. It's a story about music and how it can move those around you. Also for those of you that complain about how there's no final oh these two got together moment it's because it's an anime that was based off of a video game and the secundo paso was mearly to create hype for the video game. I bet if you played the game for all those grumbling about it you'd understand.

A final note now that I've finished speaking my peace is that this is a wonderful show filled with wonderful music that made me feel like playing my clarinet again and refreshed my interest in the violin.

I absolutely loved the first dozen or so episodes of this show. The music was sensational, and the characters were interesting.



Basically, the first season is worth watching, but the second season is utterly disappointing.

I love this anime. It really touched my heart. I loved the music and drama in this anime. The main character kyhoko hino is a general studies student that was given a magical violin by a fairie name lilli. After that her whole world has change. She met 5 good looking guys that all fell in love with her, except the fact that she doesn't really notices it. La Corda d'oro is a anime you will never forget!!! (especially the music!!)

I've written a review about reverse harem animes based on otome games.

Most animes can't pull it off. But this is KOEI, the very people who invented the genre, so naturally they do a better job than other non-KOEI sponsored animes on the genre.

I'm going to start with plot. Okay, this particular type of music is not my cup of tea, especially bland drivel that most high school musicians have to puke back out in performances. So the "classical" selections they did could have been better, but the basic method of learning about music is there and man is it a different thing for a plot to focus on. I certainly hadn't expected it, but it was a good diversion from the typical multiple guys protecting one girl. At certain parts though, I didn't feel they had much connection and maybe they could have expanded on her getting help from her fellow students and I wish I understood their fascination with her, but I don't. They just say they all admire her for some reason and leave it at that. Individual reasons for being fascinated with her could have been in more detail.

Characters is next. All are different and dynamic. That's great, and a few have a good underlying purpose behind their struggles. But a few seem off balance. For example, Tsukimori is this brooding kid for no particular reason other than he feels "pressure" to achieve because his mother is a world famous musician. His mother isn't pressuring him or anything to be a world renown violinist, but the way he acts its like she's holding a gun to his head forcing him to play. Meanwhile, Yunoki has real pressure in comparison. He has to be a stand out individual. The best he can be BUT he can't be better than his siblings. So he, literally is trapped. How am I supposed to be sympathetic towards Tsukimori's "stuggles" when in comparison to a kid like Yunoki, his angst seems so trivial. Hihara and Shimizu I'm not sure what their motivations are or struggle, but obviously I wasn't as invested.
This anime does fall into a trap of highlighting three of the five guys, but sort of pushing the other two back, which is unfortunate because those ignored two seem to very interesting in and of themselves.
Overall though, the guys (for the most part) are interesting and I can easily differentiate between them.

Now the main lead, Hino, is a good female lead. Of course, I hated her at first since she is literally handed talent without having to work for it. But later in the series, she's forced to start over from scratch and actually does develop her skills and character. Even when she does have the talent, she feels guilty for having such skills while others worked years and years to achieve the level they are at.

I wish this show was more like Scrubs. A comedy mostly, with a few poignant scenes to bring out the seriousness. The first half of the show I was laughing my ass off and then it did a full 360 into a serious drama during the second half. I'm sorry, a show about high school music students doesn't need THAT much drama. The show got away with the stupid cliche's like falling on a guy because it was set up as a comedy, but when it shows itself as a serious drama, those cliches seem...well...cliche. They should have kept the comedy throughout.

One thing they did RIGHT which I can't emphasize enough when people make animes based on otomes is that the main doesn't directly choose anyone. At least not obviously.

I know I've seen reviewers who are pissed because "I want to see if she ends up with Len!!!" or whatever, but that type of ending lacks any sort of purpose for the main lesson of the story.

Otomes are setup so that the player can choose which guy she wants to go for, because everyone has different tastes. Unfortunately, most of the time animes choose a guy for you and you have to like him apparently. It's usually the most angsty, most tsundere, most generic looking, most obviously boring of the guys, and this show was making it obvious that we were supposed to cheer for the cliche blue-haired tsundere to end up with the girl (which I couldn't stomach personally) but thankfully they didn't show her personal choice that I'm aware of. THAT's how you should end one of these. Leave the forced romance to the non-otome reverse harems.

So, yes, I am ECSTATIC that they didn't reveal who her love interest was. It allows me to use my imagination that she learned something other than how to get angsty violinists to like you.

Is it a GREAT anime? No, most harems and reverse harems aren't, but its pretty freaking good for an anime of this genre. It's far from perfect, but since I usually don't get too invested in this type of thing, I don't mind. The pacing is good, the characters as a cast are good, the plot is something different. So yeah, despite some personal woes about a few of the characters, its worth the watch.

Easily 5 stars.

I will tell you straight out why I love this anime.

1) It expands musical knowledge and is filled with beautoful performances
2) All the characters, especially the guys. are drawn very good looking but not so much that it is un realistic
3) It always keeps you guessing for an anime that at first appears obvious
4) This anime is adorable and I'm not gonna lie about that.
5) This is a ratehr serious anime but the hint of comedy just adds to this anime's greatness

This is about Kahoko Hino and her magic violin from Lili. The violin breaks halfway through the competition, but Kahoko still continues playing, though she was considering stopping for a time.
Here are some of the things that make me love this anime series:
"All that matters is that I love the violin"-Kahoko Hino
"I need your sound, sempai."-Keichii Shimizu
"It is an... honest sound."-Shoko Fuyuumi
"Do you think all that matters is technique? Have you heard Hino's playing? Her ability may be low, but because she puts her love of the violin into her music, her playing is what it is."-Len Tsukimori

Overall a great anime that highlights that music is not all about competition but it also matters whether you enjoy the music.

Yeah the story was good and it got a little boring in most episodes, But I'd like a doujinshi Yaoi to be made because all the guys here are so hot o///o and probably pee sparkles. is there a doujinshi made and no one told meh? Omg... I feel stupid if there was... If there is please inbox me with a link or if you can comment on reviews link it in the comment section below... o.o Sounding like ray... That one Fag. XD Yeah so thanks for reading this... And Duck you all who didn't take the time to read this.

A good anime to pass by the time! This anime mainly focuses on character development (and music!), in my opinion. It doesn't really focus on the plot, though the plot does play a big part in this anime. We see the protagonist, Hino Kahoko, pull through the hard times and enjoy the happy times. All the characters certainly develop from who they were in the beginning to who they are in the end! The animation in my opinion was fantastic; each character looked different from one another, the background animation was great as well. Gotta say though, the ending (Second Passo) left me in a cliff hanger; which is okay I guess, but I'm not really a fan of cliff hangers. The produces, directors, etc really need to make more episodes! The ending was kind of rushed.. Also, the protagonist, Hino Kahoko, is kinda in.. indecisive love. Just a heads up(: Finally, the music was simply amazing! Very soothing, you won't be disappointed if you like classic, orchestra music(:
All in all, I really did enjoy this anime, if you like anime that mainly focuses on character development and the love and struggle of music, this is an anime for you to watch!