Kiniro no Corda



Also known as La Corda d'Oro (the golden string), Kin'iro no Corda is an Otome Game with a Manga and Anime adaptation. The anime adaptation gives a face to the nameless protagonist in the form of Hino Kahoko, an ordinary high school student who was given a magical violin by Lily, the spirit of the school.

Every few years, the prestigious Seisou Academy holds a prominent musical competition, and only the very best students at the Academy are allowed to participate. Though all are eligible to apply, only students from the music department actually make it to the competition... until now.


 * A Boy and His X: A girl and her magic violin.
 * Anime of the Game: La Corda d'Oro: Primo Passo and Secondo Passo (a 2-episode OVA).
 * Ascended Fanboy: Kaji.
 * Brought Down to Normal:.
 * Cast Full of Pretty Boys: Pretty much a given. Hell, just look at the trope image.
 * Classical Music: Lots and lots of it. The performances in the game and anime are actually pretty good.
 * Elegant Classical Musician: Almost all of the cast.
 * Foils: Among others: Hino and Tsukimori, Tsukimori and Tsuchiura, and Hihara and Yunoki.
 * Heroes Want Redheads: All the boys towards Hino.
 * Heroic BSOD: Happens to Kahoko.
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: Hihara and Yunoki.
 * Jerkass: Tsukimori, but he develops into a Jerk With a Heart of Gold.
 * Keet: Hihara and Kaji.
 * Last Name Basis: Many characters refers to others by their last name.
 * Love Confession:
 * Out of all the characters, is the first to directly confess to Hino in Chapter 71.
 * in Chapter 75.
 * Meaningful Name: La Corda d'Oro means "the golden string" in Italian.
 * Oblivious to Love: Hino, to the rest of the boys' crushes on her.
 * Pinky Swear: Between Hino and Tsukimori when she asks him to attend the competition in Chapter 65.
 * Poor Communication Kills: Most recently in the manga,
 * Red Headed Heroine: Hino.
 * She Is Not My Girlfriend: A funny incident involving Tsuchiura's ex. Involves both Tsukimori and Tsuchiura denying that Hino is their girlfriend.
 * Shrinking Violet: Fuyuumi.
 * Theme Naming: The main characters all have kanji in their last names that refer to the days of the week. Hino has the "sun" character from Sunday, Tsukimori has the "moon" character from Monday, Hihara "fire" from Tuesday, Shimizu "water" from Wednesday, Yunoki "tree" from Thursday, Kanaya "gold" from Friday, and Tsuchiura "earth" from Saturday. Of course, by the time they added Kaji and Etou to the cast, they had run out of days to work with...
 * The Smurfette Principle: Despite the fact that she isn't the only female competitor, Hino has pretty much most -- if not all -- of the boys' affections.
 * Those Two Girls: Hino's two best friends.
 * Tsundere: A bit with Tsukimori and . Also, Etou.
 * Unwanted Harem: Do I really have to explain by now?
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Seriously, nobody's hair color is the same as any other (just take a look at the top image, for crying out loud! It's a rainbow of manliness!). Hair dye must be really cheap in this world.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Seriously, nobody's hair color is the same as any other (just take a look at the top image, for crying out loud! It's a rainbow of manliness!). Hair dye must be really cheap in this world.