Ahahaha wow, okay so apparently the theme of this volume was me freaking out over the series ending. Like I got to the end of Chapter 70 and it cut away to the side story and I was like ????? Oh god is it over? It can't be over! There isn't enough sense of resolution here! D: I calmed down as I read the side story and then I got to the postscript saying the next volume would be the last. ;_; But I'm not ready to let go!I hope the story with the new kids will continue in its own series and get translated because I like them and I'm going to be really disappointed if it was all that was just for a oneshot. I don't think it can be, it'd be unpardonably messy to introduce that many characters if Yuki Kure didn't plan to do anything with them. 3.5 stars I have been too generous with this series. A four star series it is not (as I have rated it in past volumes), or at least, not anymore. The artwork aside, which has been a consistent weakness though not a deal breaker in the series, the story is, simply put, floundering.What was charming in the beginning - a girl with no talent in music suddenly thrust into the spotlight as a competitor in a school-wide music competition, her learning how to play the violin with supernatural aid, her feeling guilty because she hasn't done all this on her own, and thus she becomes determined to really learn how to play the instrument - is all lost in the story now. Instead, we have our heroine, Kahoko, pining after the violin prodigy, Len. Pining so much so that she loses her focus on her performance to ridiculous levels.Now, I like a good romance. But, I also like a smart romance. This is neither.To top it off, about of third of this volume is dedicated once again to a side-story or spin-off or whatever that the mangaka is trying to promote. La Corda d'Oro should have wrapped up volumes ago. Instead, we have one more to go. sigh.
Do You like book La Corda D'Oro, Vol. 16 (2012)?
This volume was really fun & I really enjoyed the bonus chapters.
—Arsu
Len finally allows himself to have feelings! Awesome moment.
—pushkiwa
UGH THIS VOLUME MAKES ME SO MAD. Rant to come.
—Carol_bu
