Glass Heart Episode 1

First 4 minutes are electrifying

I spent a few days running away from The First Jasmine, because i didn't like the first 2 minutes of it. As i was looking for the courage to continue with it, Glass Heart comes along and immediately goes: "Here's a rain-soaked music festival, a drummer whose life is falling apart, and a musical genius at a grand piano." Playing the most amazing spontaneous live music. And I was hooked.

Glass Heart opens with: Music as craft. Performance as craft. Obsession as craft.
What the scene was trying to communicate: whether it's realistic or not is not "He plays piano" or "She plays the drums" But:
"They both think in music, and they are thinking at the same frequency."

I am not musically creative, but I am someone who has sat in front of a piano, reading notes and practicing passages, so I know how much effort goes into producing even competent music. So when a character is presented as someone for whom music appears to flow naturally, it feels almost supernatural. The piano or the drums weren't just background music. What it immediately told me was: "This story is about someone who has dedicated his life to a craft." Now, if that doesn't hook you....

Sato Takeru is awesome and absolutely delivers (just like he did Kenshin Himura) at playing the lonely genius composer, just a step away from a breakdown every time, and, of course, absolutely drop-dead good-looking rock band lead of TENBLANK. I loved almost every song played in Episode 1 including all the other band songs.

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