La Corda d'Oro: Primo Passo

Category:	TV Series
Adult:	No
Native:	金色のコルダ ~primo passo[プリモ・パッソ]~
Romaji:	Kin'iro no Chord: Primo Passo
Titles:	Златната корда: Първа стъпка 金色琴弦 The Golden Chord La Corda D'Oro Kiniro no Corda La Corda D'Oro ~primo passo~ Kiniro no Chord Złota struna ~pierwszy krok~ Золотая струна
Runtime:	25 minutes
Aired:	Oct 2, 2006 [18 years 3 months ago]
Ended:	Mar 26, 2007 [17 years 10 months ago]
Language:	Japanese
Genres:	Comedy Fantasy Music Romance
Tags:	School Life Angst Magic High School Contemporary Fantasy Stereotypes Love Polygon Bishounen Reverse Harem
Links:	ANIDB

The Hoshisou High School has a tradition of two different classes. They are separated into ordinary classes and music classes. One day, the second-year student Hino Kahoko, who applies for the ordinary classes, meets Lili, the music fairy, who gives her a magic violin. Afterwards she is nominated for a music contest at school. Thus her first steps into the music world begin. As she interacts with the other contestants, she encounters love, and friendship, feels the pressure of the contest and also the rivalry and intrigue that comes with it. So will she reach her new-found dream? * Based on a game from the neo romance romance simulation series.

Episode 1: An Unbelievable Prelude Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2006-10-02 Episode one introduces the main characters, Lili and Kahoko Hino, and the Seiso Academy setting. Lili is a fairy involved with the school's music contest, the Intramural concours; Hino is a student who is chosen to enter the competition by Lili, despite not being a music student, because she is able to see Lili. Lili presents Hino with a magic violin, which can be played by any true lover of music. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 2: The Impending Troubles of Gavotte Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2006-10-09 Episode two introduces Len Tsukimori, a highly talented but very conceited second year music student. He is disdainful towards Hino and her friend Ryoutarou, a member of the Soccer Club, when they meet. Despite this, when she hears Tsukimori practicing the violin, she is greatly moved and give him great praise, which he haughtily dismisses. After hearing him play, Hino is able to recall the feelings and with the magic violin, she is able to play the piece, which Lili tells her is Schubert's Ave Maria. Hino also meets the friendly, outgoing third-year music student, Kazuki Hihara, on the rooftop. Hihara tries playing Gavotte, Hino's practice piece, on his trumpet, but Hino is puzzled that the melody sounds different from when she plays it. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 3: The Anonymous Chopin Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2006-10-16 Hino has decided to help Lili and practice hard. Hino rescues Tsukimori from being cornered by two other music students by splashing them with water from a vase; however, the vase breaks and cuts her fingers. Tsukimori shows concern, though ostensibly because this will affect the overall performance of the concours, and not on Hino's behalf. Later Tsukimori and Tsuchiura get into an altercation over Hino and music. Tsukimori informs Tsuchiura disdainfully that general education students have no right to say anything about music. Afterwards, Hino was informed that she needs an accompanist for the first selection. Then, Hino discovers Tsuchiura playing the piano beautifully in a music shop. When Tsuchiura notices Hino, he becomes upset and makes Hino promise not to tell anybody about it. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 4: The Waltz of the Bewildered Heart Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2006-10-23 Hino seeks a piano accompanist, which proves difficult because she is a general education student. She is wary of an offer by Azuma Yunoki to find her an accompanist. Eventually another girl offers to accompany her and she accepts. She visits the shop after practice, where the manager offers to show her a video recording of a young prodigy, who turns out to be Tsuchiura. She is amazed at his piano playing, and is overwhelmed with emotion, which makes her cry. She laments that as a violinist, she cannot play Chopin’s pieces. The manager manages to find the score, Chopin's Allegro, for the violin. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 5: Barefoot Vibrato Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2006-10-30 On the day of the first selection, Hino turns up dressed informally through her ignorance. Thankfully, Lili shows up in her dressing room and uses magic to provide her with a selection of dresses. However, during the performance, Hino's accompanist ducks out, criticizing Hino's lack of commitment to music practice. Tsukimori arrives at the scene and defends Hino, while her accompanist runs away crying... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 6: The Uneasy Polka Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2006-11-06 After the first selection, Tsuchiura was added to the participants for the concourse. All the seven participants including Kanazawa went Fuyumi's family villa for four days and three nights. Hino apologizes to Tsuchiura about him being in the concours and he rubs her head and says that its alright and she begins to blush. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 7: The Secret Duet Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2006-11-13 After falling asleep Tsukimori awoke hearing Hino playing. Upon returning to school, Tsukimori is chased by school newspaper reporter Nami Amo. He stumbles upon Hino who just finished practicing her violin and covers her mouth when Amo's voice is heard just outside and after she passes, he releases his cover over her mouth prompting her to leave. Walking away, Hino comments on how she felt Tsukimori's cold hand before and this time it was hot with a burning feeling, realizing what's happened she runs back to the practice room to discover Tsukimori leaning against the wall almost unconscious. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 8: The Heart-Spun Canon Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2006-11-20 The second selection is coming close and Hino still hasn't decide what song she will play. Being stressed like she is, practicing violin every time she has the chance causes her to be in a fight with her friends. At home, Hino accidentally broke her music box, which was a birthday present from Mio and Nao which played Pachelbel’s Canon. After fixing her music box and reconciling with her friends, Hino decides to play the Canon for the second selection. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 9: The Peaceful Concerto Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2006-11-27 Hino is having problem with her performance because she thinks that her performance is not good enough. Tsuchiura advises her that she can perform in a public place to have more confidence. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 10: The Aloof Virtuoso Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2006-12-04 The second selection has started. After a few performances, Tsukimori goes to the waiting room. It's almost his turn but he still hasn't come back yet. Therefore, Hino, Tsuchiura and Hihara look for him. Hino finds Tsukimori in the locked closet. When they go back to the concourse, everyone is already leaving the auditorium. When everybody has gone home, Tsukimori's mother and Hino hears him play in the auditorium. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 11: The Black & White Adagio Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2006-12-11 Hino begins to feel guilty about getting second place when she's not using her own talent but the magic violin's. Hihara cheers her up when he asks Hino and Yunoki to help him find a present for his older brother. After shopping for the present, they rest for a while near the harbor, where Hihara explains to the curious Hino how he and Yunoki met. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 12: The Pianissimo of Guilt Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2006-12-18 Yunoki continues to insult Hino, telling her to quit the concourse. The next day, Hino tries to tell her two friends about Yunoki's sudden negative personality but before she can tell them, they spurt on about their love for Yunoki. She encounters Amo at the stairway, and as she tries to tell her about Yunoki, she hears Yunoki's voice behind her. Surprised, she slips on the stairs and falls down... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 13: Irreplaceable Melody Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2006-12-25 Hino tries to immerse herself in practice to keep from feeling that pang of guilt for placing 2nd. She's so immersed in practice that she doesn't even think about the upcoming mid term exam. Lili, seeing her neglect her studies, takes away her violin until after the mid terms. Lili tells Hino that she shouldn't ignore things like sleep to practice the violin. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 14: Capriccio for a Young Girl's Heart Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2007-01-08 Kazuki overhears Hino muttering about Yunoki and her, and he automatically thinks they are going to get married. However, in actually, Yunoki told Kahoko about a fiance "candidate", Ayano, and how she was being too persistent in chasing after him. Meanwhile, Kazuki tells everyone in the concourse, with the exception of Shoko, about what he heard... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 15: Aria of a Pounding Heart Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2007-01-15 In the conference room, for the concourse meeting, Amo and Mori talks about their impression of the male participants while Hino and Shoko just listen to them. Unbeknownst to them, Kazuki, Ryotaro, Len and Keiichi were eavesdropping on their conversation... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 16: The Lying Violin Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2007-01-22 Osaki asks the concourse participants to help him on a violin class. Kahoko, Len, Keiichi and Kazuki helps him. After a quartet performance, the children start to practice. Kahoko seems to be guilty and jealous of not being able to play normally. After class, Hino comes back to the room to get the other violin. Alone, she tries to play, but it does not come out so beautifully... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 17: Crescendo of Uneasiness Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2007-01-29 Hino is still affected of what Tsukimori has said. It seems that even Hihara, Tsuchiura, Tsukimori and Shimizu are also affected by Hino's troubles. Moreover, it affects their performance in the third selection. Seeing how great Tsukimori and Tsuchiura's performance level, Hino has felt that she is never going to be as good as them. She wishes strongly to the magic violin to help her have a good performance, causing the strings to snap during her performance. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 18: Partita of Grief Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2007-02-05 Yunoki is the one last to perform. In some way, it seems that he is also affected by what's happening because it is said that his performance was more serious than before. Nevertheless, he says that such things will not affect him. During this time, it seems like Kahoko and Tsuchiura also have problems of their own... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 19: Pavane for a Lost Heart Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2007-02-12 Azuma tells Kanazawa that he will withdraw from the concourse because he's going to study in England causing this rumor to spread in the music department. Azuma then confronts Kahoko about this - as she too has been considering dropping out - disappointing Kazuki who is dismayed upon hearing this. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 20: A Tear-Colored Rondo Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2007-02-19 Hino tries to return the violin to Lili but get distracted, so on her way home, she bumps into Shimizu. He plays a song for her and requests her to play one for him, she refuses and leaves in tears... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 21: Once More, Andante Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2007-02-26 Hino asks Tsukimori how to restring violins. He takes her to a violin artisan, Mr. Nakata, who resides out of town. Mr. Nakata is amazed how the violin was build but he is surprised not to see any label on the violin... Source: crunchyroll
Episode 22: A Fanfare for You Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2007-03-05 Since Hino has started to play the violin without the magic, it sounds horrible. She tries her best and keeps on practicing. Moreover, it has been the talk of the school. Hihara is greatly affected of what is happening and Hino tries to cheer him up. Hihara also tells her his story about the time he quit track team to play the trumpet. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 23: Our Cadenza Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2007-03-12 Yunoki has already left and the theme for the final selection has been decided: “Setting Free”. After class, Hino returns Amo's lost negatives to her. Suddenly, a pile of old stuff has fallen from the shelf as they discover a cassette tape with someone singing...who is singing? Source: crunchyroll
Episode 24: A Heartful Harmony Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2007-03-19 At the rooftop, Hino meets Tsukimori and gives her a ticket to the charity concert. He says he wants her to hear his music. The next day, practicing at the park, Kazuki waits for Kahoko to finish practice, however Kahoko's heart is still in turmoil over whether or not to play the violin. That is until Lili tells Kahoko that she and only she shall play the violin. Source: crunchyroll
Episode 25: My Beloved Ave Maria Runtime: 25 minutes Air Date: 2007-03-26 It's the day of the last selection and everyone is surprised to know that Yunoki has come back from England. Everyone takes the stage to perform and a select few decide to end the ceremony with a special musical number... Source: crunchyroll