Past Anime Review: La Corda d'Oro: Primo Passo

Posted by IAmBored
October 18, 2012

I am back! ....
I should remember to finish my reviews after I start writing them.... :( This review has been in draft for I don't know how long...... HAHA :D

Yeah so today is another music based anime.... :)

 La Corda d'Oro: Primo Passo (金色のコルダ Kin'iro no Koruda)

Hino and Lili

To know this story, you have to know about the school. The school, Seiso Academy, has a history. The founder went overseas to appreciate music and there, he saved a fairy, who repaid him by granting his wish of founding a music school. The statue in front of the school is modeled after the fairy that the founder saved.

The Seiso Academy has two sections. The first one is the General Education section, where the 'normal students' attend. They are differentiated by their black uniform. The other section is the Music section, where the musically talented students attend. (Duh...) They are differentiated by their white uniform. So some of the students from the Music section has some sort of a superiority complex, where they view themselves better than the 'normal students'. This perception has led to a few plot development.

I bet I can form a rainbow with their hair

The emo one

The fairy that was saved by the founder is called Lili. He cannot be seen by everybody. This is portrayed at the beginning of the anime where Lili asked why nobody can hear him. So enter the protagonist, a girl named Kahoko Hino. She is a 2nd year student in the General Education student. She is a very passionate and kind-hearted girl, she is also quite blunt. She was a normal student until she met Lili. Apparently, only those with a pure musical heart can see and hear Lili. Since it has been quite some time that someone had since him, Lili was extremely excited and rang the school bell using his magic, signifying that the upcoming music competition will be held in the school and not elsewhere.Through all this, Hino was freaked out. She later found out that she is to participate in the music competition too even though she has no music background and didn't enter her name. The reason is because she can see Lili that is why she needs to enter the competition. Hino confronts Lili afterwards. But Lili used his charms and tears to 'persuade' Hino not to drop out of the competition. At the same time, Lili also gave Hino a magical violin. The violin can be played by anyone, as long as they us their heart to play. So then Hino enters the competition. There were other competitors, and Hino was the only one who was in the General Education section. (Of course later she wasn't the only one.... Watch yourself to know who :D) Yeah, and the story goes on and you know the plot, a few one-sided love stories and a rude and cold guy usually appears... Then... LOVE! Yeah, pretty much predictable. (I just realized I talked too much on the plot.... Oh well...)

idk what they're doing

So my impressions: 

Shimizu - One of the competitors

1) Awesome music!!! :D There is a lot of different instruments, violin, cello, flute, piano etc. So you can hear different classical music from different instruments! As I come from a musical background, classical music usually interests me, especially piano music.

2) The plot development is rather fast paced, since the contest is separated into parts, and the anime brought through these periods rather quickly. Though, there are some characters that need more development.

3) Rather cute and funny at times, but a little dry at other points. So much so that I want to throw my shoe at the screen so that they will hurry up and get to the more exciting points.

All in all, a rather cheerful (though a little sad at times) kind of anime. This anime is quite cute at times too. Although I wouldn't really promote this anime to those who have no interest in classical music, as they will probably fall asleep halfway through. There are a lot of mentions of composers and their pieces. So this would probably be more interesting to those who want to increase some of their knowledge in the field of classical music.

There is a second season of this anime, called La Corda D'Oro: Second Passo. But it is only two episodes and ends with a cliffhanger!!! :( And it is mainly to promote the video game, so I didn't really watch it in detail as I am unsure whether there is going to be more episodes (though I highly doubt so.....)

Primo Passo debuted on 1st October 2006 and has 26 episodes.
Enjoy!!!! :D

Hint for next review: Mafia related! :))

IAmBored
Edited by Tr3xus