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Million Doll revolves around Suuko, an idol-loving hikikomori (shut-in) who has one ability: to make any idol popular through the power of blogging. She puts her sights on the Fukuoka's idol Itorio and tries to make her sell more, but she is impeded by the charismatic idol Ryuu-san and the underground idol Mariko. (Source: ANN)
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Due to Yuto's sudden death, Eiji, his elder twin brother, who was merely a college sudent, was forced to substitute for the charismatic vocalist of a popular rock band. The guitarist, Toru, who loved Yuto, painfully watches Eiji, who resembles Yuto, while at the same time, Hikawa, who is Yuto's lover and also the producer of their band, tries to have sex with Eiji as he doesn't know the truth. And then...? (Source: Countless Time)
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"Miss Monochrome" is an original character design from seiyuu Horie Yui. In March 2012, she first used the "Miss Monochrome" character as a 3D virtual singer to sing her songs at her concert Horie Yui wo Meguru Bouken III ~Secret Mission Tour~. Later, the character appeared in a range of merchandise as well as in the social network game Girlfriend (Beta). According to the setting, Miss Monochrome loves only the monochrome style, dislikes all kinds of color, and always dreams about changing the world into her favorite monochrome color.
A girl whose dream is to be a world renowned pianist. A guy who is a popular pop star. Would it be love at first sight? Rin just moved back to Japan, and Yuya, a popular artist lives next to her. Unhappy incidents between them happen and Rin's crush, Ryochi falls for another artist, Akaya! She is upset but her relationship with Yuya seems to improve. Will she fall for Yuya in the end? And will she become a world renowned pianist? (Source: SweetLove)
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The manga centers on Shiori Kozono, a high school girl who leads a prim and proper everyday life. But one day, she follows her friend Miki into a club, and she finds a contest where girls use words as weapons. Shiori steps into the world of freestyle rap battles! (Source: ANN)
A war rages through the city, where battles are fought with music. Theo is disappointed by his brother Will's refusal to take part in the war, despite his talent for composing battle music, and decides to take matters into his own hands by using the music Will has composed. (Source: MU)
In an era of competitive Idols, there's one idol group that gazes over all of them, overwhelming the masses and leading the idol world, the incarnation of Zeus himself… “Jupiter”.
Shy Niina Nijikawa loves to sing, but hates to perform—the thought of an audience scares her speechless—which leaves her dreams of being an idol dead in the water. But when a classmate introduces her to the world of VR, her world opens up... and she finds that becoming an idol—a VR idol—is within her reach after all! (Source: Kodansha Comics USA)
The idol unit "TINGS" has big dreams, but only small achievements, and is not very popular. The best manager in the world was supposed to be their savior, but... "I'm not interested in being your manager." The man who shows up is Naose Hinaki, a man with no motivation. However, he has a special power...? This is a story of you and the girls shining brightly to become "absolute idols." The best idol entertainment begins here! (Source: Crunchyroll)
Asahara Yuu attends a private high school for the fine arts. Her parents are professional musicians and she herself is a good pianist. With her talent and looks, everything has come easy for her, but when her parents force her to live in the school dorms with the visual art students while they are away for the year, things take a very sharp turn... Note: Vol. 3 of this series also contains a one-shot titled "Gozen Oji no Saishuu Ressha" about a guy photographer who is wondering whether it is finally time to end it with his girlfriend of many years, when he suddenly meets another young girl on a trip up north.
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Misaki, a former delinquent transfers schools in hope of changing her life. But everyone is afraid of her until she meets Akira, the club chief of the idol club.
A collection of music-related oneshots, one of which is called Vienna Concerto.
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The shining lights, the magnificent stage! Friendships created through singing, making a future through dancing, the girls embark on their journey towards their dreams! One who has lost status due to a scandal is hiding a plot behind her back. A pair of bosom friends, separated by fate. A girl who tries to exonerate her mother sets off on her journey for a talent competition. When the stage turns into an empty battlefield, she uses her voice to chase after her dreams. (Source: SideWalk Group)
Chaos ensues after Take's guitar, which belonged to his late uncle, gets stolen.
Guitarist Kai's father passed away when Kai was young, leaving his mother and younger brother as his only family until recently when his mother remarried. Now, Kai and his brother have been living with their stepfather and new stepsister, Miyu, for about a year. It's the kind of happiness Kai had always wanted for his family ever since he was a child and he certainly cannot rock the boat. That's why it is absolutely imperative that no one find out he is in love with Miyuu. Still, he can't help but express the pain of a love that will never be in his compositions...
With the Second Division Rap Battle around the corner, the matriarchal Party of Words finalizes the details of having a six-team tournament. To earn one of the spots in the competition, the Dotsuitare Honpo crew—Sasara Nurude, Rosho Tsutsujimori, and Rei Amayado—must survive the preliminary matches first. However, such is easier said than done, as Rosho's stage fright makes him question his usefulness to the team. Meanwhile, Bad Ass Temple starts gearing up for the preliminaries, but each member is struggling with their own issues. For group leader Kuko Harai, a quarrel with his father causes him to doubt his ability to lead his team to victory; one of Jyushi Aimono's bullies returns from his brief stint in juvenile detention, thirsty for revenge; and Hitoya Amaguni's recent blunder in the courtroom raises the concern that he is unable to separate his personal and professional lives. In a race against the clock, the two teams must face and resolve their difficulties to stand a chance at claiming glory. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
An anthology of stories centered around the idol band Aqours by various mangakas.
The story of Rin, a young dancer.
Legendary band REXX was only popular when releasing their debut single. They never revealed their faces. A taciturn boy who found a CD of REXX's that was never publicized, and a group of band who named themselves REXX tries to revive the band!
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"It is obvious that we can listen music for free." In a such world, events offering live music have started gathering attention once again. In a training school for live events, Kanadegaoka Jogakuin (Kanadegaoka Girls Academy), girls are struggling to reach the top. (Source: Crunchyroll)
The story revolves around a rock band formed by a trio of punks, none of whom had prior experience with musical instruments. Included one-shots: Yama, Ramen, Manga
Spin-off with I-1 club's point of view.
The idol unit "TINGS" has big dreams, but only small achievements, and is not very popular. The best manager in the world was supposed to be their savior, but... "I'm not interested in being your manager." The man who shows up is Naose Hinaki, a man with no motivation. However, he has a special power...? This is a story of you and the girls shining brightly to become "absolute idols." The best idol entertainment begins here! (Source: Crunchyroll)
Kaoru Yase is a third-year college student and part-time florist doing his best. Running late to class one day, he accidentally bumps into professional pianist Kouichi Sumizome and spills his drink onto the pianist's sheet music. While Koichi easily waves off everything as an accident, Kaoru is adamant about reimbursing him for the damage done. After a few stubborn tries, Kouichi relents Kaoru's offer of a personalized bouquet. Does a friendship then bloom between the two or maybe something more? (Source: Fantasista Inc.) Included one-shot: Somaru Ao ni Kiss (A Kiss Dyed Blue)
A novel fantasy genre based on music. The MC is taken back in time to the 1800s by a devil under the pact made by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. According to the devil, Goethe's request is for his body to be replaced by MC's, and then his soul to be implanted into MC's body and to slowly take over. As such, MC shares memory and knowledge of Goethe. The devil will claim Goethe's soul (which is now MC's soul) the moment MC declares he wishes time to stop due a state of ultimate bliss. (Source: C.E. LN Translations)
Guitarist Kouhei is always fighting with his other band members due to wanting to go a different direction. Then while he's at a local music venue, he hears an incredible singing voice and falls in love at first "sound." He doesn't know who the voice belongs to or where it came from, but when X mysteriously appears, Kouhei unconsciously gets hard. He searches desperately to find him again, but his only clues were X's voice and a tattoo on his left arm. After several months with no luck, he runs into X by chance at the convenience store! Kouhei starts hitting on the man who introduces himself as "Rei," only to be completely rejected... (Source: Dogenzaka Shobo, translated)
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Kabata Ikumi and Uesugi Keishou aim to be the idols of tomorrow! Both are members of the same talent company and take singing and dancing lessons together. While Ikumi joined only recently, Keishou has been a member for years and has considerable talent. Their personalities clash and they are quick to disagree and fight. After only a month of training, Ikumi's big debut has been decided. However, he's been paired up with Keishou! (Source: shinkeikaku)
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Ryou Katase is a high school student who has always been treated as an errand boy by his juniors on the baseball club. He has always been an unpopular guy and people even often mistakenly call his name. His life however is forever changed when Nagano, a female classmate who happens to be his high school crush, lends him Weezer's first album and when he meets Yomogida, a wild, insane, and unpredictable guy who asks him to form a band.
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This is the true story of Jun, who was born with autism in a country, South Korea, which views disability with extreme suspicion. After years of trying to "cure" their son, his parents discovered his great passion for traditional music, and through his extraordinary talent, Jun will be able to fully express himself as he has never done before. (Source: BAO Publishing, translated)
When I dressed up as a woman and posted a music video on the internet, I suddenly became famous as a mysterious high school girl net musician (although I'm really a guy). I thought it was okay as long as I didn't show my face, but my high school music teacher, Misao Hanazono, discerned my identity, and I was blackmailed. My high school life—which should have been uneventful—was noisily and annoyingly colored by the three girls I meet through Hanazono-sensei: Rinko, the "twisted genius pianist," Shizuki, the "flower-arrangement princess drummer," and Akane, the "truant zashiki-warashi vocalist." A boy-meets-girls story, spending all their time in love, youth, and the band! (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
One day a strict conductor was having a hard time achieving the sound he wanted from the orchestra he was leading. During a over-long rehearsal, he was late coming back from a break, and his little daughter Hibiki conducted the orchestra briefly in his place. Everyone was moved by the beauty of the music she directed, including the young violinist Kuzumi Akio, who only happened to be there watching. Nine years later, Akio is entering college as a violinist, though he feels he has lost his passion for it. Over the intervening years, he was unable to recreate the feeling that Hibiki's music stirred in him. By an amazing coincidence, it turns out that Hibiki is entering the same college, as an aspiring conductor! Will Hibiki be able to help Akio rediscover what his music is missing? (Source: MangaHelpers)
The story will focus on a man named Otonashi, who gave up on the way of the piano. (Source: ANN)
Manga adaption retelling the events of the anime adding more information and characters backgrounds and past.
Based on the real-life members of the J-POP group Morning Musume. The stories themselves are also mostly based on true happenings in the group's history.
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A fish-faced scientist hears pleasant music in the distance. As the captivating melody draws him closer, he realizes its true value and decides to capture it—sending it off to a distant neighbor. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
This series is on hiatus.
The story follows the adventures of a boy who until has rock music, he manages to survive everything: to the school, which for him is very hard, to bullies, to the fact of not having a girlfriend.
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The somewhat rough Hideki, former idol Mako, and cool host Ichiro live together on a stage in the middle of a daikon field. Their dream is to build a concert dome there to perform blues music to the masses, but they're just too poor to get anywhere.
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Shirahase Ayumu is a shy junior high school trumpeter. He isn’t the popular kid, and he has trouble speaking with other people, but when he has that trumpet he feels on top of the world. One day when playing alone in a park after running away from a social function he spots a girl playing the French Horn, whom he can’t keep up with. After entering high school, he discovers that this girl is Seryuu Yuriko, a fairly gifted musician who has attempted repeatedly to give it up because her mind enters a sort of fugue state when she plays, and she doesn’t remember what she does when it happens. She’s big and tough and sexy and angry all at once – can Ayumu bring her to just enjoy music? (Source: Animeraider)
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Band member Hoshina wants to do something with music but struggles to write love songs. Recently, his co-worker at a convenience store and a college student, Seto-kun, has been dazzling with purity and... Healing. On a day that Seto-kun is sad and drenched in the rain, Hoshina takes him home and spends the night with him. But the next morning, it turns out that Seto-kun is "younger" than he thought he was...! Hoshina is shaken with regret. Although Hoshina tries to be sincere in his mature and inadequate way, Seto-kun becomes even more in love with him. A dramatic story of age difference x music! (Source: Shu-Cream, translated)
Increasing income divide, creeping environmental pollution, unsolvable waste issues, childcare waiting lists being discussed without those concerned, repeated corruption… The government, smeared by vested interests, can't do a thing against the many problems and sources of discontent. It's in this situation, with Japan cornered with no way out, that idols rise up to save the day! The Heroine Party, Sunlight Party, Starlight Party, Bishoujo Party, Wakaba Party, Subculture New Party, and SOS Party. From these seven idol political parties, the idols who have become National Diet members and representatives for each prefecture will smash through the sense of stagnation covering Japan using the power of song and dance! They'll bring back the smiling faces of the people, and wrap Japan in a glittering aura!! (Source: Honeyfeed)
This is the (imaginary) beginning story of the crazy popular Vocaloid Character GUMI!! By some freak incident, the now-cyborg schoolgirl has her eyes set on her idol debut as "Gumi" under the mysterious organization, "Intane Group"!? (Source: ComicWalker)
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From the mobile game The iDOLM@STER SideM. Dramatic Stage tells the story of 315 production idols, in particular the units DRAMATIC STARS and High×Joker.
Thanks to her friend Mari, school girl Narumi is introduced to the world of visual rock. She is immediately enthralled by the wild music, strange clothes and cool guys. Narumi soon becomes a rock-enthusiast too, and goes with Mari to all the concerts and meets all the rock stars, including Ichirou, the lead singer from Mari’s favorite band, ‘7th Gate’ and Kyousuke, the lead singer of a rival band, ‘Misfit’. The story follows Narumi as she learns more about Japanese visual rock bands, finds herself attracted to Ichirou, and at odds with Kyousuke.
"My name is Miku, I'm 13 and I love to sing. My story gets underway after arriving at a local broadcasting station to watch the shooting of a popular television series, and getting lost on the set. Next thing I know, I run into popular comedian Kaname Ukyo, and the rest is history!" (Source: MU)
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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)
A crime comedy centered on Satoshi, Ryohei, and Kota, who formed a band called "Terukan Boys" in high school. Beyond the age of 30, the three had in common that they were struggling and living in reality while walking their respective paths. (Source: Shogakukan, translated)
After the death of his grandmother who raised him, Ange Yuki travels to Tokyo to pursue the ghost of a childhood dream. His favorite vocalist, Guiltia "Guil" Brion of the band ECLIPSE, was once active in that city. Although Ange does not believe he has what it takes to sing himself, he wishes to follow in his idol's footsteps. While in Harajuku, Ange witnesses an unbelievable live performance by ECLIPSE, which has now been reduced to only two members. As he is caught up in the music, the rival band LOST EDEN crashes the show and violently ruins the atmosphere. Feeling overwhelmed by the strange phenomena surrounding the dueling musicians, Ange is on the verge of passing out when he comes face to face with the very person he longed to meet. Full of wonder at this unexpected encounter and the subsequent opportunity to duet with Guil, Ange is taken off guard by an apparent teardrop falling from the sky and leaving a brand on his hand—OZ. The mark is proof that the Scarlet Moon has acknowledged Ange and permits him to perform in Visual Prison, the competition where vampires sing and fight for the victor's prize of great power to change the world. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Manga based on the Visual Novel.
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It unfolds here... The story of a girl who gave up on being an idol. Himemiya Sakurako is a student from Elizabeth Girls' School. She is popular in the school for being the role model of a lady. However, that was merely a mask she wore...?! (Source: Shueisha, translated)
A collection of short stories based the IDOLiSH7 franchise.
Although hailed as a musical prodigy since he was very young, Fukao Kairi, now a conductor/piano major at a conservatory, seems to have lost his passion for music. He skips class and lessons left and right and has not participated in any major competitions for years. His friends are concerned for his future, but it is only when Kairi meets Miyamura Ruka and encounters her undying love for Shion that he starts to change little by little. This story is about love and its true semblance.
One strange day, Dorothy and her boyfriend, Toto, are swept away by a mysterious tornado to Munchkinland, an imaginary country filled with music-loving dwarves. Encouraged by the Good Witch of the North, Dorothy and Toto decide to start a band and embark on a journey to Oz, the famous record company. Along the way, the couple encounters a gifted scarecrow guitarist, a tin bass player, and a drumming lion. Together, they are the Dorothy Band! (Source: Tapas Media)
"89th of the keyboard is played, the most beautiful sound in the world."
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Mio Ninagawa is a member of a yankee biker gang, who one day crashes into an expensive car on accident. So she can repay him, the owner of the car demands that Mio compete in the idol audition TV program that he produces—and to find out who's behind a letter threatening to kill the winner of the audition.
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A set of short stories, including: 1. A drunken game of cards leads to some unexpected results 2. Shouji is in love with Miwa-chan who is in love with Shuuhei. A love triangle of childhood friends. 3-5. Introverted Ritsu and extroverted Souta both play saxophone in their school band. But Souta also plays jazz in some local clubs. One day he invites Ritsu to hear him play...
The story will deal with Nakagawa's coming-of-age as she dealt with grade-school bullying and the passing of her father. (Source: ANN)
From the Ultimate Manga Guide: Rio Midorikawa and Usou Ogata took violin lessons together. The sound of Rio's violin reflects her talent and has a deep effect on her audience.
"I don't want to make music anymore." Satoshi, a boy with a hoarse voice, appears in front of Akito, who thought so. But moved by his voice, Akito begins to write songs again. Slender and friendly as a dog, Satoshi grows closer and closer to Akito, who takes good care of him. Then one day, Satoshi appears with a large amount of luggage in his hands, asking to stay at Akito's house... (Source: Ichijinsha, translated)
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Starting from the events of the Wake Up, Girls! movie, the story shows the perspective of Yoshino Nanase and Kaya Kikuma, the leader and sub-leader of the group. (Source: Wikipedia, translated)
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Kotoko gave up the piano because she hates practicing, but she still loves music and the sound of the piano. And now shes met a rough and tumble boy who has some skill as well…
Kousaka is a violinist who is looking for a new orchestra to perform with as he’s tired of his current one. He, along with others, answer an ad for a new orchestra only to find an abandoned warehouse and a crazy old man constructing the rehearsal space. And no conductor. Kousaka takes over as first violin when the old man interrupts and criticizes him. Turns out that the old man IS the conductor and musical director, and he’s put together this orchestra with lofty goals in mind, and has told them he’s going to shape them up in only a month… (Source: MU)
Fureru Yubi wa Piano Mamiko is a piano teacher with mostly young students, but also one adult businessman, who unfortunately does not have much talent. Why does he want to learn in the first place? Mitsumecha Yaa yo Mimura Miho has a very large bust. Because of that, she's often not taken seriously by the guys she truly likes, including her current crush, her boss Sugisaki. Urumu Tsukiyo ni Misaki, who has had trouble sleeping at night, accidentally calls Lunarium, a strictly non-sexual service that rents out people that will simply sleep next to you in the same bed to help you feel more comfortable at night. A handsome boy named Polaris arrives and...?? Sensei datte Onna no Ko Yukina, a high school teacher, checks out a finishing school and finds out that the owner is the father of one of her own students!
The End of Rain was distributed at Comiket 73 by Kogado as a spin-off of their visual novel Symphonic Rain. It is an anthology containing four short stories written and illustrated by various people.