Song 17 : Strum the golden strings

Recently, i got addicted to this anime called La Corda D'oro, a very interesting shoujo anime that revolves around classical music.
And yes, it's reverse harem! Crowded with a gang of bisshies i am sure people will wonder why on earth would a boy watch an anime that was intended for girls?
well, I am not pretty sure myself, but the only reason i can think of is that, the main character, Hino Kahoko sorta resemble Yuuki Nao from Mai Hime and Juliet Nao Zhang from Mai Otome, my two favourite character ever.


Ok they may not look exactly alike, but there are some resemblance right? After all, they do have the same hairstyle and the colour is just about one shade away. Anyway, if you were to add a little more detali to Nao, then i am sure she will turn out to look like Hino.
Anyway, this anime is all about the music. Well, i don't mean the Bing! Bang! Bong! music, but smooth and calming classical music.
Oh, its also about the bishonens. Duh, that applies to all reverse harem anime.


Ok enough crap. Let's get to the story. La corda d'oro takes place in a Seisou Academy, a school that divides its students into the the general stream and the music stream. And of course, since it's a music academy, the general stream students are inferior in many ways to the music stream students.
so, Hino Kahoko is a gen stream student who has no talent in music at all, until she met Lili, a mysterious fairy, who granted her a magic violin. After that incident, her name was automatically listed in the school concour, together with 6 other participants. However, doubts began to arouse as Hino was a gen stream student and she had never played the violin before until duh, the day she met Lili.
Interesting huh?
Besides that, the theme and messages brought fourth in this anime reflects a lot upon our soceity.

Things that were discussed in this anime:
-Practice makes perfect
-Social prejudice
-You are the architect of your own life
-Winners don't quit, quitters don't win
-You are who you are, accept it!
-A friend in need is a friend indeed
-Believing is the key to achieving
-Never say never
-Music is magic
-You can deceive others but you can never deceive yourself

haha, i felt that this anime really compensated their childish plot with very matured theme, message, and character development.