It was a mistake to watch La Corda d’Oro ~Primo Passo after the best music anime in the world, Nodame Cantabile (shameless plug). I wash my hands. I’ve never heard of La Corda until after I saw Nodame. A fair comparison can never be made since La Corda exists in my world as a bishonen anime, not as a music one.

I don’t think a lot of people even watched this show for the music that much. Some of the selections were nice though. However, I’ve never even heard of a person watch this anime for it’s compelling story on a student’s journey into music appreciation. Or if they did, there is always the follow through of the bishonens. I’ve come to a point where if I hear Ave Maria again, I’ll tear my hair out.

Can’t Hino just choose a guy and have an ending with him? Preferably with Tsukimori. I mean it’s nice that she found purpose for playing her magic violin even after it broke, but can’t she just have it all (preferably with Tsukimori) since she’s a Mary Sue anyway?

Hino and Tsukimori didn’t even have a gratuitous scene together. Then they threw in another bishonen in the mix using a transfer student flag.

Okay, fine. Whatever works then. At long last, someone’s treating Hino like the princess Mary Sue that she is. Finally, she went out on date with a bishonen who took her to generic amusement park date.

Aaaah! You’re not Tsukimori! You cannot let several potential pairings go on for several episodes in the regular season and throw in a new guy for Hino without getting anyone from the original man-harem become aware or jealous.

Then they throw in a random bishie who looked like he was going to torment Hino. He ends up existing to say these words before disappearing from the story forever.

My, that’s encouraging. The new bishie has a violin fetish. Hey, he’s like me! Anyway, at least Aoi isn’t so shallow to be into Hino because of her looks.

Aoi’s just some guy who quit the violin and blames a chibi Tsukimori so screw him! The ickle wittle Tsukimori just that good.

Then it suddenly becomes one of those ‘Hino taught me the joy of reaching people’s hearts with my performance’ shows. The two strongest contenders for Hino merely talks about Hino and their love for the violin. It didn’t even cross their minds that Aoi was a threat. The hint of jealousy is virtually non-existent.

Maybe they didn’t even see Hino as a potential girlfriend. What were those 24+2 OVAs of mindless fangirling for?

New boy gets first dibs on Hino’s… hand.

He cannot just waltz in that school, take Hino and expect to get him. He just did and it annoys me so much. There is something strangely admirable about his way of taking what he wanted. The other guys should learn something from him. I still don’t like him.

Tsukimori, Tsuchiura, you two are pure failures. Pull her away from Aoi even if it breaks her arm! Preferably Tsukimori. Narcoleptic kid does not count.

I’m not saying that the OVA is a complete failure in my books. It’s always a pleasure to watch sixty minutes of pure, unadulterated bishonen bliss. However, the downer is that Hino already developed her love for the violin at the latter part of the regular season and connected with each bishie on the OVA. So, the expectation on the Second Passo is the conclusion that one of those guys from the original series (preferably Tsukimori) would finally make her move on Hino and complete her blissful Mary Sue existence. The Second Passo ended up being a repetition of both love for violin with the lack of connection towards the original cast and put her focus on a newer, much more forward guy.

There is a certain argument that an OVA is a made-for-video story that may not be connected to the original story. When I first read about the Second Passo of La Corda and saw the new bishonens introduced on the website, I thought that one or all of the are nothing more but plot devices to get one of the bishies (preferably Tsukimori) to finally confess to Hino. A Secondo Passo means that it follows the Primo Passo, meaning it connects with the original story. Yes, it gave Hino full circle with a boy. It was like being given a sudden curveball.

Is it justice? It might be. No one makes a move, out comes guy from out of nowhere to sweep Hino away. Hino and Aoi may not have ended up with each other in the end? Not possible. If she didn’t like Aoi romantically, she would have kicked Aoi instead of chasing after that camera girl before pictures of Aoi kissing Hino’s hand go around the school. But damn it, Tsuchiura obviously had the longest crush on Hino and Tsukimori’s too delicious to be ignored even if he’s a tactless tsundere.

Thanks anyway for the weak, overused implied BL joke.

Now please produce the thirdo passo or whatever the hell you’ll be calling it.

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