I can't believe that I'm only NOW learning that there's going to be a sequel to the anime adaptation of Tomoko Ninomiya's Nodame Cantabile, covering her "Paris" story arc. I love this series (the live action was pretty good too, and God knows the actor who played Chiaki was super smokin' hot, but I generally prefer over-the-top characterization in anime form), so this is awesome news.

But if any of you are are Nodame newbies, here's a glimpse of one of my favorite scenes. The dialogue is in Japanese, but all you really need to know is that Nodame is the girl in the mongoose suit, and Chiaki is the stunned-looking guy in the audience. She's a gifted but very, very strange pianist, and he's an equally gifted but massively uptight conductor-in-training:

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