I'd been wondering some time about the order of #4 and #3, but in the end I went with the order I had decided before starting mulling over it. Therefore, the bronze medal goes to Nodame Cantabile Finale, which was a series that would make me laugh each episode, yet it contained a well-made story imbued with various human emotions. Furthermore, the characters in Nodame, particularly Nodame and Chiaki as well as Stresemann, were absolutely wonderful and extremely funny.Nodame Cantabile combines two worlds - the world of romance, and the world of classical music - to create one, very entertaining world, the world of Nodame. You are very likely to get absorbed, unless Nodame herself will jar on your nerves, which is not very likely I believe.Chiaki is striving to become a professional conductor while Nodame is supposed to do her best to become a spectacular pianist. Chiaki's life in Paris is quite hectic, leaving him with little time for anything except work, which of course leads into mental harm on Nodame who, as a result, lacks "Chiaki power" or whatever she calls it. Thus, love has to overcome hard obstacles to blossom between these two. And Stresemann doesn't help it at all<iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="500" height="405" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4s6IMG0m-kg?hd=1" frameborder="0"></iframe>Nodame Cantabile may be the best romantic comedy I've watched so far. Some people say that Finale wasn't as good as the first season, but I think exactly the opposite. For me, it really was the grand finale of Nodame Cantabile series.
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