The WORST episodes of La Corda d'Oro ~Primo Passo~

#1 - Blue Sky Grand Finale

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/22/2014

#2 - A Summer Encore

Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 10/26/2007

The principal arranged for a 3 day-2 night training camp. The theme is “The one and only tune”. Hino wants to go sight seeing but doesn't know where to start so Hihara asks her to go with him to the park. They both played Gavotte there. After they play, Hino goes by herself but gets lost. Fortunately, Osaki, who's there to help a friend in a beach resort, finds her in the street. At the rest house, Yunoki tells Hino to go to the entrance hall after dinner. Yunoki shows Hino the Queen of the Night flower which only blooms once on a summer night. He plays a song just for her while the flowers bloom. It's already late at night and Hino can't sleep. She finds Kanazawa making a snack for himself and asks her to join him. Next day, they go to the beach to have some fun. Then Shimizu asks Hino if she can listen to his music. He takes her to a church and plays. After that, she goes to the aquarium where she sees Tsukimori. He was asked to help cheer up a dolphin by playing the violin. Before dinner, Tsuchiura asks Hino to accompany him. He plays a song just for her and as the room is filled with a romantic feeling, the ceiling lights up and shows the constellation. It's the last night of the camp and Amou shows up. Everyone then asks Hino to play a song for them, she then plays Elgar’s Salut d'Amour, being accompanied by Fuyumi.

#3 - First Movement

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/26/2009

The contest has long ended. Kahoko continues to play the violin. A mysterious student transfers into her class. The new principal decides to form an ensemble out of the participants in the contest, but excludes only Kahoko.

#4 - Second Movement

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/5/2009

Kahoko struggles with her self-doubt and admits to being afraid of appearing on stage again while Kaji says that he'd long given up on playing music. Kaji faces the stage again and plays beautifully with everyone, after Hino plays her violin in Osaki's place. To thank her Kaji kisses her hand.

#5 - The Opening Partita

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/6/2014

#6 - Sighs and Ave Maria

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/13/2014

#7 - A Melodic Experiment

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/20/2014

#8 - Summery Einsatz

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/27/2014

#9 - Aida of Heroes

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/4/2014

#10 - The Forbidden Passage

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/11/2014

#11 - The Wandering Rhapsody

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/18/2014

#12 - Brillante of the Noble Rose

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/25/2014

#13 - The Roaring Tarantella

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/1/2014

#14 - Da Capo of Memories

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/8/2014

#15 - Elegy of Love and Hate

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/15/2014

#16 - An Unlikely Prelude

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/2006

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. Another character introduced is Shoko Fuyumi, a first year student who is bullied by other music students because she was entered into the concours. When Hino defends Fuyumi, the music students challenge Hino to play, and she agrees to play before the concours in one week's time. Also introduced is Ryotaro Tsuchiura, when he accidentally bumped her and she nearly fell off the stairs, but catching her just in time.

#17 - The Heartbreaking Partita

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/4/2007

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. At home, his grandmother tells him that he will continue his high school education abroad. At the waiting room, Lili tries to fix the magic violin but couldn't. After the 3rd selection, Hino goes home. The next day, she lives her life before the concourse. She doesn't play anymore saying that she doesn't have the right to play and love the violin. Tsuchiura confronts her but it's no good because she says that she is going to withdraw from the concourse. Going home, he passes across the soccer club. The team captain says to him that he has to choose. If he decides to continue soccer, he must withdraw from the concourse. If not, he can't return to the soccer club anymore.

#18 - Heart-Spinning Canon

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2006

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.

#19 - The Gavotte's Grim Future

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/2006

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.

#20 - The Anonymous Chopin

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/2006

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.

#21 - The Guilty Pianissimo

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/2006

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 they interrupt her with their love for Yunoki before Hino could tell them. She encounters Amo at the stair way. As she tries to tell her about Yunoki, she hears Yunoki's voice behind her. Surprised, she slips on the stairs and falls down. During the fall, she had acquired a bruise on her knee. Yunoki takes her hand and drags her to the nurse's office. Putting up a smiling facade, Yunoki inquires Hino if she thought about what he said, about quitting the concourse. Hino hesitantly says that she'll stay in the concourse despite anything. Yunoki's facade falls off as he approaches Hino. He pushes Hino onto the bed and threatens her. Hino realizes that she has no choice but to keep Yunoki's personality to herself because she realizes that no one will believe her compared to the perfect, kind student, Yunoki. She feels more dejected and guilty that she's deceiving everyone. Hino decides to skip practice and leave school when she meets up with Hihara. Hihara invites Hino and Yunoki to his orchestra. After hearing a first year try her hardest on a piece of music, she becomes filled with guilt and runs out, resulting in her meeting Shinobu Osaki. He manages to comfort Hino.

#22 - The Black and White Adagio

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/2006

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 (a cap), they rest for a while near the harbor, where Hihara explains to the curious Hino how he and Yunoki met. After the flashback, Hihara reveals that after high school, he will be attending a university that has musicology. Yunoki, on the other hand, will abandon music to study business, which surprises Hino, who believed Yunoki will pursue music. The next day, Hino goes to the roof to practice, hoping to immerse herself with practice other than drowning in her guilt, discovers Yunoki already practicing on the roof. After exchanging pleasantries, Yunoki begins to get hostile and calls Hino annoying.

#23 - The Aloof Virtuoso

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/2006

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.

#24 - A Peaceful Concerto

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/2006

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. The next day, Hino goes to practice outside but Amou sees her and Fuyumi. Amou helps the both of them to choose the clothes for the upcoming selection. When she is going back home, she meets Manami, the owner of the music shop; he tells her about a concert so she goes to watch it. There she meets Shimizu and they watch the concert together. They also get to meet the players. Hino is asked to play her violin. Then Hino played Ave Maria for them.

#25 - Waltz Of The Bewildered Heart

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/2006

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. She makes up her mind to play this in the concours. Later, Hino encounters Tsuchiura, and on her request, he plays for her. When she tells him about the video she saw, the feelings about his playing, and her regret that he no longer plays the piano in public, Tsuchiura becomes upset and leaves but then regrets it.