A high school 3rd year student, Miyamoto Dai, whose heart was touched by Jazz, continued to play the Saxophone alone in Kawahara, rain or shine, day or night, for many years. "I want to become the world's best Saxophone player…!!" Effort, talent, faith, environment, luck…which are necessary? A tale of reaching towards his goal recklessly and sincerely begins in Hirosegawa, Sendai. [Official Site](https://bluegiant.jp/) --- - English release by [Seven Seas Entertainment](https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/blue-giant/) - Indonesian release by m&c! Comics (2018) --- - **Won the 62nd Shogakukan Manga Award for General Manga** - **Won the 20th Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize for Manga**

Nishimi Kaoru has moved from city to city and school to school because of his father’s job. So the first day at his new school was just routine for him. Being intellectual and the new transfer student, he has always been seen as an outcast and all Kaoru had to do was bear it until the next time he moved. But things were slightly different this time. First, he started to get close to the class president, Mukae Ritsuko, and, secondly, unlikely as it seemed, grew closer to Kawabuchi Sentaro. Sentaro was infamous for getting into fights, skipping class and was an overall bad boy. Strangely enough, the three of them find common ground in music, namely jazz, and Kaoru finds himself actually enjoying the new town. --- - It won the 57th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga. - Volumes 1-6 contain unrelated oneshot extras at the end. --- Official Release: - Indonesian release by Elex Media as **Apollon on The Slope** (2010; including Bonus Track)

Cover: Takeshima Eku

(from ebookjapan): The "Koka Revue" has a tradition of over 100 years. Sarasa Watanabe, who has just entered the music school that trains its talents, will she be able to become the "Lady Oscar" of her dreams?　 This is the prequel to the popular "Melody" serialization of the life of the splendid Revue Music School! (This is a re-edited e-book of the Shueisha version of "Kageki Shojo!)

In commemoration of her 40th debut anniversary, a selection of 7 works by the artist herself! A chronicle of belne's career, spanning her first 8 years in shoujo magazines, 1980s in JUNE, 1990s in Kadokawa Publishing and 2010s in Nemuki+. **Table of contents** ・Seishun Shokan (青春書簡) (1976) ・Juusangen no Koibito (十三弦の恋人) (1981) ・Hitodenashi no Koibito (ひとでなしの戀人) (1982) ・Igarashi Masao ni Tsuite (五十嵐五男について) (1991) ・Shintaku no Otome (神託の乙女) (1991) ・Arcadia no Ken (アルカディアの剣) (1991) ・Itan Bunsho Jungle (異端文書 JUNGLE) (2010)

Sakuya, the lead singer for the hard-rocking band Lucifer, is the unattainable object of desire for millions of hopeful women. Aine is the demure high school student who suddenly finds herself in the middle of a raucous rock'n'roll circus. Together they're writing the book of love — one hit song at a time!

Moriyama Rin was born with an incurable disease. Despite her best efforts to live a normal high school life, Shinohara Satoshi was the one who ruined it at the very end. 'I wish I didn't say I liked her.' Satoshi, full of regrets, experiences a time leap and meets Rin for the second time. 'If I don't involve myself with her, Rin will be able to spend her short time left and end it with a smile…'

High school student Gou Karube is a big fan of Noa Mukanae, a member of the VTuber idol group "Hoshigaoka High School". Gou dedicates both time and money to support Noa, and his hard work has become famous amongst her other fans, the "NoaTomo". Noa, whom he's devoted all of his youth to supporting, one day decided to hold a solo live show, which had been her dream. Her fans were supposed to witness the moment when her dream came true... is how it should have been.

Nanami Haruka is a shy teenage girl who has a dream to become a talented song writer. She is accepted by Saotome Gakuen, an elite entertainment industry school developed for the sole purpose of nurturing future idols. The classes are taught by famous idols; facilities include top notch recording studios and live theaters. Most importantly, only a small portion of the most talented, natural born idol students are allowed into the prestigious Shining Agency after graduation and introduced to the nation. The school randomly pairs up a singer to a song writer but as fate would have it, Haruka ends up being paired with 3 very different boys all striving to become the next big idol; Ittoki Otoya is upbeat and lively, Shinomiya Natsuki is bright and intelligent, Hijirikawa Masato is cool and calm. Haruka, determined to make all three boys into future idols must work harder than anyone else and overcome her shy personality if she wants to reach her dream. Based on the visual novel of the same name by Broccoli. Note: digital store fronts lits both trhis and debut as seperate entries and MD will reflect as such

Similar to the TV Anime, HIkari and Karen watched "Starlight" when they were young and promised to stand on the same stage in the future… Karen, although a sleepyhead, continues to study the path of the Stage Girl everyday! However, due to her tardiness, the selected students were subjected to the 'Legendary Training' that would make them into 'Top Stars'…? And soon… they will all be singing, dancing and taking from one another by following the mysterious audition started by Souda-sensei and… a Giraffe!?

Growing older is pretty rough and Kenji is finding out just how hard it can be as life starts wearing down on him. On top of trying to make ends meet running a convenience store he has to care for the niece that his missing sister left in his care. Memories of youth make it easier, until those memories come back to haunt him. Picking up directly after the events of 20th Century Boys, it seems like the world is finally out of danger, but the mystery of "Friend" still exists. As the world is threatened again, Kenji must search his memories for any clue about "Friend."

General of the Three Kingdoms, Kongming had struggled his whole life, facing countless battles that made him into the accomplished strategist he was. So on his deathbed, he wished only to be reborn into a peaceful world… and was sent straight to modern-day party-central, Tokyo! Can even a brilliant strategist like Kongming adapt to the wild beats and even wilder party people?! ___ **Additional Links:** - **Alt Official Raws:** [MagaPoke](https://pocket.shonenmagazine.com/title/01755/episode/348761), [YanMaga Web](https://yanmaga.jp/comics/%E3%83%91%E3%83%AA%E3%83%94%E5%AD%94%E6%98%8E) - [Official X](https://x.com/paripikoumei_pr) - [KManga](https://kmanga.kodansha.com/title/10203/episode/312910)

In a world just a little further in the future, one night, Iroha, a caring and highly skilled high school girl, picks up Kaguya, a princess from the moon. At Kaguya's invitation, the energetic and unconventional, the two decide to become live streamers (liver) in the virtual world "Tsukuyomi." As the girls deepen their bond through music, their destinies begin to unfold. (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

One day, a UFO suddenly crashes in the middle of an ordinary city, making the world change in unexpected ways. Suddenly, all sorts of wishes come true and everything seems possible… The series follows the stories of the people affected by these changes.

Shamisen is a traditional Japanese musical instrument that looks similar to a guitar. Teenager Sawamura Setsu’s grandfather who raised him and his older brother Wakana, recently passed away. His grandfather was one of the greatest Shamisen players and the two siblings grew up listening to him play and learning to play the instrument. Since the grandfather’s death, Setsu dropped out of high school, moved to Tokyo and has been drifting, not knowing what to do besides play his Shamisen. That’s when his successful and rich mother, Umeko storms into his life and tries to shape Setsu up. She enrolls him back into high school but little does Setsu know that he is about to rediscover his passion for Shamisen. Nominated for the 4th Manga Taisho Award (2011). --- Official Alt. English: [Kodansha](https://kodansha.us/series/those-snow-white-notes/)

Violinist Masumi Todo gave up her professional career after failing in an international competition. Despite her disappointment, she is unable to give up the violin, but one day she suddenly falls down a flight of stairs and is lost in another world. In the midst of the confusion, she is accused of espionage and taken to a place where she is forced to explain herself to the Knight Commander Arc. In a situation of absolute desperation, Masumi's destiny is illuminated by a "violin" that has come to the other world with her. ___ **Original Web Novel:** [Kakuyomu](https://kakuyomu.jp/works/16818093094190192531), [Syosetu](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n4293cy/)

Scenes from the day to day life of "Ketchuppers," a band named for its lead guitar player Wakatabe's love of ketchup. Besides steadfast singer Hashitani (Tani), flaky Wakatabe (Waka) is accompanied by Tachin, Sakai and Hino. Together since high school music club, they’ve hit the big time thanks to their talent and the efforts of their manager, Ida.

Morimura Yuuki, concertmaster at Fujimi Citizens Orchestra, loves music and his small, amateurish, but tight-knit group at Fujimi. His world is shaken up when a brilliant, new conductor, Tounoin Kei, is recruited to breathe life into their music and orchestra. Yuuki feels Tounoin's high demands will do nothing but chase away the members, but when he draws more from them than they ever thought possible, Yuuki reconsiders his own motives for staying at Fujimi. Obviously, the newcomer Tounoin understands Fujimi more than Yuuki ever did and even has the girl that Yuuki's been in love with for the past three years, at his feet. Nursing a wounded pride Yuuki resigns from Fujimi, but Tounoin has other ideas…

Keita, a boring university student, is a gachikoi (fan who's seriously in love) otaku of Mimika, the center of the idol group Tetra. Even though he's aware that it's a love that will never happen, he continues to push on with giving her his emotional support. On the other hand, as her group's popularity continues to rise, Mimika bears anxiety over the uncertainty of the future even while she's happy with the fervently cheering Keita's affection. One day, Mimika falls into despair after her mother gets into a traffic accident, and with the help of social media, she heads towards Keita's part-time workplace...

Noa Kuroda worships Ibuki, a member of the super popular idol group ILY, as a god. After ILY's concert, Noa happens to run into Ibuki at a convenience store. When Noa learns that Ibuki is stressed out from being worshiped as a "god" and "charismatic" by his fans, she unconsciously hides the fact that she is an otaku, but...?! (Source: SeishunScans)

The manga version of the theatrical play "Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight - The LIVE - #2 Transition". Seiran General Arts Institute versus Seisho Music Academy, a revue where they put Starlight on the line, who will win this Cultural Exchange Program!?

Two childhood friends, Karen Aijō and Hikari Kagura make a promise that one day they will reunite in the "Revue Starlight" stage after they watch a stage perfomance. Several years later, Hikari returns to Japan after studying abroad in England. She later reunites with Karen and participates in the Revue Starlight with other girls. This is the story of the nine stage girls from Seisho Music Academy and their daily lives before the TV Anime!

"Even if I'm not faced with talent, I'll always be facing the music." Unable to become a member of his middle school's Wind Orchestra Club, Haremitsu joins Tosaka High School, a school renowned for its Wind Orchestra Club. Surrounded by warm-hearted but strict upperclassmen as well as peers with strong-personalities, Haremitsu's talent blossoms! Dreams, setbacks, camaraderie... an exhilarating story filled with everything about wind orchestras starts with a blast!!!!

Guitar Shop Rosie is a guitar repair store run by two brothers, Angus and Malcolm, who aren’t good at making money, but love AC/DC and rock music. A heartwarming drama about guitars and the people who play them!