=="Who wrote the plot??"== 
 "Chiaki starts to question exactly how far he can possibly go in music, especially when he's passed over again and again for others he believes less worthy of musical scholarship and fame."  Who wrote this crap??  When and where in the anime or manga did they say or show that Chiaki got passed over for...????  "Recently dumped by his girlfriend for a "ham" looking fellow, passed over for a chance to go overseas, and removed from his star spot in the piano competition because he walked out on his piano instructor, Chiaki is at his limit." Wow, someone watched something completely different and made one idiotic interpretation of storyline.  Taking that garbage off and copy&pasting; dramawiki's synopsis which is wrote 20x better than current crap.