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Fashionable and upbeat high schooler Aya falls head over heels for an employee at a local CD shop. He's got an air of mystery about him, great style, and an impeccable music taste. Little does she know—this supposedly male employee is actually her female classmate Mitsuki! Mitsuki generally keeps to herself, but since her seat is right next to Aya's, she can't help but be extremely aware of the other's crush. Revealing the truth is out of the question for Mitsuki—but perhaps getting closer to Aya wouldn't be so bad... (Source: Yen Press)

Hitori Gotoh just wants to be popular, but the thought of interacting with her classmates makes her fall to pieces. Her solution-become a rock legend so cool that people approach her instead! However, while spending all of middle school in her closet shredding on the guitar may have earned her anonymous internet fame, it did nothing for her social skills. Now a high schooler, Hitori’s feeling ready to shrivel up and die-when she gets a sudden request to fill in for a band! It’s like her wish came true-but does this most anxious of introverts have what it takes to perform in front of a live audience?! (Source: Yen Press)

Nana Komatsu is a young woman who's endured an unending string of boyfriend problems. Moving to Tokyo, she's hoping to take control of her life and put all those messy misadventures behind her. She's looking for love and she's hoping to find it in the big city. Nana Osaki, on the other hand, is cool, confident and focused. She swaggers into town and proceeds to kick down the doors to Tokyo's underground punk scene. She's got a dream and won't give up until she becomes Japan's No. 1 rock'n'roll superstar. This is the story of two 20-year-old women who share the same name. Even though they come from completely different backgrounds, they somehow meet and become best friends. The world of Nana is a world exploding with sex, music, fashion, gossip and all-night parties. (Source: VIZ Media) Note: Winner of the 48th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shoujo Category in 2002.

For the first 14 years of his life, Yukio Tanaka has been one heck of a boring guy. He has no hobbies, a weak taste in music, and only a small vestige of a personality. He yearns for an exciting life, but his shy, and somewhat neurotic personality make him his own worst enemy. Little does he know that his life will be forever changed when he meets Ryusuke Minami, a wild and unpredictable 16 year-old fresh from America, who happens to be in a rock-and-roll band named after his Frankenstein-like patched dog—Beck. (Source: TOKYOPOP) Note: Includes a one-shot ""THE LAST DAY OF EDDIE LEE".

With a passion for richly textured Japanese rock, first-year high school student Chihiro Hatono steps into the world of the light music club, new guitar in tow. But what awaits her behind those doors...? A drama of unfiltered youth and musical ambition takes the stage! (Source: MANGA Plus) Note: - Winner of the Tsugimanga 2024 Award in the Web Manga Category.

Shiori was once a guitarist in a light music club in high school, but her first live performance was dashed when her brother ran away from home with a lot of debt to become a musician in Tokyo. A decade later, Shiori is now a high school teacher, leading a boring, uneventful life and paying off the debt... till she runs into the ghost of none other than a famous guitarist Jim-you-know-who. A story of a 27-year-old woman on her way to a music legend begins here.

Hyunseung Min earned his reputation as a genius composer through hard work and raw talent. All it cost him…was his family. After his father passed and his sister declared she never wanted to see him again, Hyunseung died mysteriously only to find himself back in his teenage body—before he began his career and before his father died. This time, he'll use his skills to support the family he took for granted in his previous life and show them just how much he loves them. (Source: Tapas)

Chihiro, who quit his previous band due to a failed love affair, has been a vocalist in his current band for two years after being invited by Mikumo. Chihiro has been asked to sing a love song many times, but for some reason he has always refused. In their final year of college, job hunting started to get them busy, and before the band part their ways, Mikumo confesses how much he loves Chihiro's voice and asks him to rethink the idea of singing a love song for the last time. (Source: Gentosha Comics, translated) Note: An extra chapter is included.

Yohei is in the Woodwinds Orchestra at his high school where he plays the clarinet as one of the few boys in the group. The president of the group is Azumi who also happens to be Yohei's first girlfriend. Azumi has never had a boyfriend before, and the couple has many awkward moments as their relationship is still fresh. With both Yohei and Azumi acting a little shy with each other, being intimate is difficult but their love for each other makes them braver.

Since the graduation of the senior members of the club, Takezou ends up being the sole member of the "Koto" (traditional Japanese string instrument) club. Now that the new school year has begun, Takezou will have to seek out new members into the club, or the club will become terminated. Out of nowhere, a new member barges into the near-abandoned club room, demanding to join the club. How will Takezou be able to keep his club alive and deal with this rascal of a new member?

Ritsuka Uenoyama is bored with it all—with school, with his basketball club, and even with his one true passion: playing guitar. That is, until the day he finds his favorite hidden napping spot occupied by a strange boy cradling a broken-stringed guitar. At first, Uenoyama is nonplussed by Mafuyu Sato and his slightly odd behavior, but when, on a whim, he asks Mafuyu to sing, the power of that song pierces him to the core.(Source: SuBLime)

In this wholesome, heartwarming tale, a lonely older man takes home a pet-shop kitten that no one else wants. It doesn't take long for the pair to warm up to each other, and soon, they're inseparable. Told through the eyes of both the man and his cat, this sweet and hilarious story is a balm for the soul! (Source: Square Enix)

Bubbly, energetic first-year high school student Himari falls head over heels for her senpai Yori after hearing her band perform on the first day of school. Himari tells Yori she just loves her, and to Himari's surprise, Yori says she loves Himari back! But when Himari realizes that she and her senpai are feeling two different kinds of love, she begins to ask herself what "love" really means... (Source: Kodansha USA) Notes: - Eighteenth place of Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category - First place in Yuri Navi’s best Yuri Manga of 2020

Tough luck for Sayo, who was suddenly presented with the sight of her boyfriend cheating on her while at work. Thereafter, her boss forces a close coverage program on her, but the composer, Kobuchi Chizuru, outright rejects her! However, he will agree to do the program if Sayo agrees to be his contract lover?! An eccentric composer who doesn’t know what love is x a really unlucky girl at both her job and love life, a heart-racing lovers’ contract! Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.

Killer mermaids, gender swapping, and a devilish little sister with the power to end the world—four more unforgettable short stories that reveal the starting point of Tatsuki Fujimoto, the twisted mastermind behind Chainsaw Man. (Source: VIZ Media) 1. Mermaid Rhapsody (人魚ラプソディ); 2014 2. Woke-Up-as-a-Girl Syndrome (目が覚めたら女の子になっていた病); 2017 3. Nayuta of the Prophecy (予言のナユタ); 2015 4. Sisters (妹の姉); 2018

Lukia Nanami is turning seventeen. Her family has just moved to a town by the sea, and on her first walk down to the beach, she saves a handsome surfer from drowning. The next day, she’s shocked to discover he’s not only a classmate at her new school, but has no idea who she is, and insists he was saved by a mermaid! A new chapter in the saga of Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch, from original artist Pink Hanamori! (Source: Kodansha USA)

A girl who is troubled by her voice that doesn't match her appearance, and a girl who feels she has reached her limits in songwriting. The story of two young musicians. (Source: Ichijinsha, translated)

When Shino saw Sena playing guitar in middle school, it was love at first sight—and then her first relationship, her first real boyfriend…and countless other firsts! Even after Sena’s transfer to another school forced them apart, Shino has carried a torch for him all the way to college, where she’s found him again by some miracle! But that pure and genuine face she once knew is no longer there, instead replaced by a distant expression… (Source: Yen Press)

With her weird talents and weirder personality, idol trainee Yoon Hyesung can't help but catch everyone's eye, even though that's far from what she wants. She's actually a fangirl from a different future with one goal in mind—help Na Yeonwoo debut as an idol! Now as Yeonwoo's friend, Hyesung is determined to get Yeonwoo the top spot on an idol survival program with the help of an oddly supportive game system. Can Hyesung help Yeonwoo debut, even if it means she will too?(Source: Tapas)

Lucia is the new girl at school. She and her sister run a public bath that's all the rage. When Lucia meets a terrific-looking surfer boy, there's just one little problem: Lucia is a mermaid-not just any mermaid, but a princess on an important mission to save the seven seas from an evil force bent on taking control of the marine world. Such a responsibility doesn't leave much time for romance. But Lucia vows to protect her world and win the heart of handsome Kaito. (Source: Del Rey) Note: Includes the one-shots Moonlight Goddess Diana (MOONLIGHT GODDESS ディアナ), Nude ni Natte (ヌードになって, Get Nude) and Cherry Blossom (チェリー ブロッサム), contained within Volume 7 of the manga.