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Cute couple.

I wonder if they’re on their honeymoon?

Come on, Nodame.

Okay, Senpai.

It’s the Basilique du Sacré-Coeur.

How nostalgic.

I’m finally back in Paris.

In the land of classical music, Europe...

Vieira-sensei...

and Stresseman-sensei.

The world shines and flowers bloom like magic

when they wave then batons.

I want to become like them.

Sky high!

bokura wa maiagaru kaze wo mitsuketa

We discovered the rising winds.

kanjiru kimi no melody

I can feel your melody,

kanadetara yume ga meguriau

and when you play, it feels like my dreams will come true.

maneita te no hane wo hirogete

Spread the feathers on your hands,

ima sugu ni oozora haruka e tobitatsu

and let us now take off to the distant heavens.

hora miorosu sekai wa

Just look, the world we're overlooking is now

Sky high!

It’s been thirteen years.

My mother’s apartment. She’s renting it out, mostly to music students.

We’re living in this castle?

It’s just an apartment.

Close the taxi door already.

They’re not automatic over here.

I’ve been waiting for you.

Your luggage is already here.

This is Megumi’s room, and down there is Shin’ichi’s.

We’re next-door neighbors again.

I bet my mother’s behind this.

Here’s your room.

How are you?

I am...

She seems to like it.

Piano, piano.

Sorry, the tuner is coming tomorrow.

This is the washroom over here.

That’s good.

Let’s go to my room now.

Come in.

What’s up with this apartment?

How many rooms are there?

Owner’s family gets perks.

It sounds different.

The air is different.

This is what you grew up listening to.

Play something. To celebrate our arrival in Paris.

Ravel’s “Mirrors”.

Ravel wrote this piece for his artist friends.

I wonder if they’re greeting us.

Frank,

sounds like the new residents are here.

Tanya,

what’s with that bikini at this time of the year?

Come on, I’m just getting ready for the vacation.

And what’s with that shirt of yours, Frank?

I don’t expect you to understand otaku culture.

By the way, you’re wearing too much makeup.

Whatever. Isn’t the pianist really good?

He’s Madame Seiko’s son, isn’t he?

Hey, let’s go look.

The door’s open.

Let’s go greet them.

He’ll flip out if you greet them in a bikini.

Fine.

Pardon me.

What are you two up to?

Who are you?

We’re —

He’s hot.

Frank!

Nodame!

Why are you here?

Thank god, you passed the exam.

I’m glad to see you again.

February

Concervatory Entrance Exam

This is the solfège exam room.

Boo.

Are you okay?

Poor you.

Tense exam atmosphere

Looks like we’re too late to find a spot in the listening exam.

I’m sorry, it’s my fault.

You’re cute.

Are you Chinese?

You there, shut up!

Shock...

Nodame, glad to see you again!

I’ve been thinking about you ever since.

And now we’re meeting again.

Maybe our paths are crossed by fate.

Oh my.

That’s a man from the land of love for you.

Japanese

You’re living in this apartment too?

I thought you’re French.

French

I was surprised,

I never thought that was you playing the piano.

It was magnificent.

Japanese

Oh yeah, that snack you treated me to during the exam —

where do they sell those?

French

Come to my room sometime.

I want you to hear me play piano too.

Do you know what I’m saying?

Chiaki-senpai,

what are we saying?

Let me introduce the two of you.

This is Frank.

He was with me at the conservatory exam.

And this is Chiaki Shin’ichi-kun.

He’s the man of my life.

Okay, Senpai, chenji purizu.

Chenji purizu means “change please”!

Senpai, are you going home already?

Don’t you want to see Vieira-sensei?

They might let you in backstage.

It’s fine, I don’t need to see him yet.

I don’t expect him to let me study with him right away.

I’m going to enter the conducting competition first to test myself.

Chiaki-senpai.

Conducting competition.

If I perform well and earn some reputation,

I’ll go see Vieira-sensei.

All right, let’s go eat something nice.

It’s our first night in Paris.

May I take your order?

Yes...

Seafood platter and a Steak Tartar.

Would you like wine with that?

Do you have red wine from Alsace?

Very well, sir.

Excuse me, washroom.

I’m all alone.

Pardon me, young lady.

Unfortunately we’re out of Steak Tartar.

Are you telling me to order more?

What’s that?

Snails?

Irk...

Did we order this?

Yes, the young lady ordered this in place of tartar steak.

I ordered a whole bunch of seafood already.

How many are there anyway?

This is what I wanted. It’s what I paid for.

It’s what I ordered. It’s good.

Liar.

You didn’t study French at all, did you?

Study up before school starts.

Everyday French Dictionary

Everyday French Dictionary

I know, I’m studying right now.

Nice to meet you! My name is Megumi Noda.

I am his wife. Here is my husband.

You’re lying right off the bat.

Help me! Call the police!

I’ve been raped.

No, that’s not true!

What’s with that look?

Start with the basics, why don’t you?

With a normal book.

Why don’t you teach me French then?

The conducting competition is two weeks away.

Sorry, you’ll have to study by yourself.

Come to think of it though,

I’m surprised you passed the exam.

You’ll be fine.

You speak the Okawa dialect.

You’re already bilingual.

French is dead easy compared to the Okawa dialect.

But seriously, I’m surprised you made it.

What’s wrong, Nodame?

Don’t just stare at your feet, look at the scenery.

Paris is pretty at night.

Akihabara’s prettier.

You’re being creepy today.

Singing and dancing and stuff.

Sure you’re happy, this place is sort of like your home.

You can speak the language. You can read the menus.

You like bread over rice,

and wine is like water to you!

Are you homesick already?

You make fun of me,

but you were clinging to me on the plane,

shaking like a puppy!

And then the moment we get here, you act like a king.

“Look at the scenery” my ass!

This isn’t even your country!

Nodame, are you drunk?

Whatever, I’m going home.

Get it together.

I wonder if they’re really going out.

No, that’s not certain yet.

I’m going to ask Nodame out for tea tomorrow.

When did you drink so much?

Come to think of it,

she’s been practicing piano nonstop since she decided to study here.

She never had any time to learn French.

Sorry I made fun of you.

She really pushed herself to make it this far.

See you in the morning.

Good morning.

Take you sightseeing?

Yes.

I want to go to Versailles.

I’ve always wanted to since I was a kid.

And why did you wake me up at 6 AM?

I want to go to the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower too.

Oh, to the Champs-Élysées.

Get lost!

I told you, I’m busy studying for the competition!

Go learn your French!

I’m an otaku.

The Japanese cherish otakus — those who adamantly pursue just one thing.

I heard they’re admired.

Really?

But...

That doesn’t mean they’re popular with women.

Shit.

I gotta clean this up so that Nodame doesn’t hate me.

It’s time for Puri Gorota.

Frank,

you said you’d hook up my Internet connection.

Can you do it already?

Puri Gorota

Be quiet,

I’ve been waiting for the Puri Gorota movie for a long time.

That’s why you keep getting rejected, you otaku.

Don’t tell Nodame I’m an otaku.

You sure like Japanese girls.

She’s going to reject you,

just like Naoko did.

You just got dumped by your boyfriend too.

He even went on about how you’re lame and wear too much makeup.

I dumped that asshole.

I hate French people.

Always so pompous.

They think they’re fancy and intelligent.

I don’t think that.

You’re a Frenchman from a different planet.

Say that again.

Boo! Mr. Frenchman next door.

How are you?

Nodame.

I’m so glad to see you!

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I never thought you’d make the move.

Do you want to go out?

Oh, well,

I wanted you to teach me French conversation.

It’s just a TV show.

It was just on right now.

I wasn’t watching it.

You’re recording it.

Oh, I am.

I wonder why, I never set it to.

Nodame?

Why don’t you do your homework, Gorota?

Gorota, have you been doing your homework?

Oh yeah, Puririn, take me to space with your magic!

Oh, Puririn!

Take me to space with your magic!

Nodame.

She’s talking to the TV.

Two weeks until the competition.

It sucks for Nodame, but I don’t have time.

Hi, Mister Chiaki!

Hey, where are you staring?

I was going to ask you for a favor.

Do you have time?

No.

Just a few minutes.

I got this computer second hand from a friend.

Can you hook it up to the Internet?

Why me?

You’re Japanese, you’re good with electronics.

Electronics? Come on.

Damn it, I don’t have much time.

I’m going to just choose an Internet provider.

Sorry, I asked Frank to do it,

but he’s hooked on anime right now.

Anime?

He’s an otaku.

Your girlfriend’s quite an otaku too, huh?

They’re really excited right now.

You sure you’re just going to leave your girlfriend like that?

Whatever, she’s not my girlfriend.

Really?

Maybe we should get together then.

I just broke up with my boyfriend.

I’m alone on Easter vacation.

This sucks.

Hey, you’re Madame Seiko’s son, aren’t you?

You have cottages in the French Riviera, don't you?

Done.

I got you online.

I’ve been going out with my boyfriend since I was 17.

I was clueless when I arrived from Russia.

He taught me all sorts of things.

He was such a fun guy.

Now I’m alone.

Everyone at school acts like a rival.

No one invites me to go on a vacation.

She’s been here since she was 17, to study music alone,

at such a young age.

What am I going to do for this vacation?

Everyone’s working hard on their music.

Play piano.

You’re a student at the conservatory, aren’t you?

I’d be glad to hear you play.

To hear a Russian international student play.

All right!

It looks like we share tastes too.

This has got to be fate.

My otaku friends think it’s too childish,

but I think Puri Gorota is a true grown-up anime.

You think so too, right, Nodame?

You’re watching it again?

Can I have a snack?

Did you finish your homework?

She picked up the French.

She’s got good ears.

Oh no, Kazuo-kun’s going to get blown away!

We have to help him!

But we’re moving really fast.

We’ll be spacedust too if we aren’t careful.

Oh no, Kazuo-kun’s going to get blown away!

We have to help him!

What concentration.

I screwed up again.

Hey, are you really a conservatory student?

Hey, Nodame,

I can’t take it anymore.

I’ve reached my limit.

Please, go home.

No!

You start with the second finger.

Again!

This piece is in the exam repertoire.

You don’t have it down at all.

What have you been doing all year?

To hell with the vacation!

Give your vacation to a dog.

I want to eat steak tonight!

Puri — no, my dear Shin’ichi.

You want rice with that?

Awesome~!

You’re pretty amazing...

What?

I think I know why Japan’s an economic superpower.

They don’t take vacations.

I’m ashamed to have called myself an otaku.

She is the true face of otaku culture.

I can’t keep up.

And so begins our student life in Paris.

From Tokyo to Paris,

Tokyo et Paris

and from Paris to Tokyo,

Paris et Tokyo

there would always be music.

Et puis toujours la musique

And in Paris, we'll study together.

A Paris nous étudierons la même année.

We've known each other since childhood.

On se connait depuis l'enfance

We would go to the piano classes next door

On allait au cours de piano à côté,

in front of the marketplace,

En face du grand marché.

and we would play hopscotch and dodgeball

On jouait au square du quartier

in the neighborhood park.

à la marelle et au balle au prisonnier,

And then it was over.

Puis c'était de côté.

They were the best years of our lives,

C'était bien là nos plus belles années,

unaffected by worries.

Qu'aucun soucis ne pouvait altérer.

From Tokyo to Paris,

Tokyo et Paris

and from Paris to Tokyo,

Paris et Tokyo

there would always be music.

Et puis toujours la musique.

From Tokyo to Paris,

Tokyo et Paris

and from Paris to Tokyo,

Paris et Tokyo

there would always be music.

Et puis toujours la musique.

And in Paris, we'll study together.

A Paris nous étudierons la même année

And tomorrow —

the anime festival begins!

Shut up!