I absolutely LOVED this manga!!!! I should have read it a long time ago, as a huge fan of the live-action. Chiaki manages to be even MORE dreamy in the manga (despite Hiroshi Tamaki playing him in the live-action) and Nodame is definitely less annoying and even really cute in the manga. And their relationship is just so adorable. Aww. Side characters are also excellent and memorable, especially the R-S Oke members and Stresseman.

It also expands on so much more than the live-action did (understandably) with many volumes taking place in Europe and Chiaki/Nodame's adventures there. I love music-themed manga so much. I do wish that the ending was a little stronger though and that it felt more "wrapped-up"... would have loved to see more of the Japanese gang and R-S Oke.

I am a big fan of classical music and music in general so I really enjoyed it. The 2nd half of the manga has our lead couple visiting major music cities in Europe like Vienna, Prague, Berlin etc... I had just visited those places when I was reading this manga so it was very nice, lol.

Another thing that is really impressive is just that it is a manga about music. You can't hear the symphonies and concertos that they play in this manga, but you can feeeeeeeeel it.