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Ten years ago, after "the Gate" that connected the real world with the monster world opened, some of the ordinary, everyday people received the power to hunt monsters within the Gate. They are known as "Hunters." However, not all Hunters are powerful. My name is Sung Jin-Woo, an E-rank Hunter. I'm someone who has to risk his life in the lowliest of dungeons, the "World's Weakest." Having no skills whatsoever to display, I barely earned the required money by fighting in low-leveled dungeons... at least until I found a hidden dungeon with the hardest difficulty within the D-rank dungeons! In the end, as I was accepting death, I suddenly received a strange power, a quest log that only I could see, a secret to leveling up that only I know about! If I trained in accordance with my quests and hunted monsters, my level would rise. Changing from the weakest Hunter to the strongest S-rank Hunter! (Source: Kakao, translated)
ComedyMusicSchool
When Fujiwara Motomu was first introduced to live rock music, he decided it was amazing and he wanted to be a part of it! He ran into a band member from "Blue Bears" (the band he first saw live) at a convenience store, and begged the band member to let him join. The band member told him that if he could get the top rank at the Japan Academy of Music (J.A.M.), he could join them. Fujiwara (nicknamed Fuji Cue) immediately started practicing guitar, and somehow managed to pass the entrance exam for the J.A.M.. At the entrance ceremony, he found that he would be paired with another student, and they would be required to give a live performance at the Welcome Convention. His partner, Hoshikawa Uta, is an incredibly talented girl, who suffers from crippling stage fright. Will they make it through their live performance, and will he be able to achieve his dream of getting to the top? (Source: MangaHelpers)
RomanceYaoi
Though he's a High School senior, Takitani works as an escort named Ryou. To escape being caught, Takitani does his best to remain inconspicuous in school. But one day a classmate suddenly shows up as his customer. The son of a doctor, Kunimi is a total prick who's always picking on Takitani. Anxious not to be caught, Kunimi is completely oblivios to Takitani's disguise and becomes smitten with his cute and cool attitude. Takitani tries to push him away so they don't become too intimate, however... [from Baka-Updates]
DramaMusicRomance
Slice of LifeSeinen
Gen Kinokura loves camping solo. He enjoys the quiet solitude away from the hustle and bustle of the city, and being able to appreciate nature all by himself. But on one camping trip, his solitude is broken by the appearance of Shizuku Kusano, a young woman who wanted to camp solo herself, but is ill-prepared and completely out of her league. While he tries to to get her to go home so he can camp in peace, she refuses, and stubbornly insists on accompanying him on future camping trips until she's ready to camp solo. Thus Gen and Shizuku's days of solo camping together begin. [Written by Denji]
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A story about a solitary diva, Minato Yukina, who decided to form a band and to go to "FUTURE WORLD FES." to fill the regret of her father. (Source: Overlap)
Heroine - Asako Sue Music comic: Love story. A famous Japanese pianist Aiko Sue's daughter Sue Asako struggles to grow as a pianist and as a person through struggles and interacting, and understanding others around her.
iM@S manga that revolves around Miki from when she was scouted by the producer until she joins the 765 production.
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)
A manga adaptation of the Idolmaster Live for You! XBOX game.
ComedyMusic
The first fan creation to receive official recognition within the Vocaloid world, Hachune Miku is the small and spirited spin-off character of the famous Hatsune Miku. Equally recognizable by her long pigtails and affiliation with leeks, Hachune Miku and her friends go on their own adventures in this full-color collection of comedic shorts. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
MusicSeinen
This new series takes us to 2010, where four Japanese students have decided to form a band called The Fab 4, in memory of the Beatles. The plot takes a sudden turn when three of the four protagonists are fighting on the subway and one of them falls to the track, taking with him another. At the time, the two musicians realize that they are in a park, just that there was something that did not fit: they were in Japan, but in 1961.
MusicShoujo
A manga that details the meeting and formation of the idol group TRIGGER, rivals of IDOLiSH7. The three move beyond rocky first impressions and clashing personalities to form a group that is truly first-class.
MusicShounen
Manga adaption of the Project DIVA games.
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MusicSchool
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.
1. Utatama♪ 2. Tokyo Love Stalker
The story follows Enka Misora and Hanamichi, two aspiring idols who decide that the best way to become stars is to sing enka (a style of ballad singing loosely inspired by traditional Japanese music). (Source: MU)
Nakazono Erii is a high school student who loves enka! She is a talented singer and happily performs requested enka songs while she mans the front counter at her family's public bath house. When the vocalist of the band JOKER fails to appear for their cultural festival performance Erii is quickly recruited as JOKER's new vocalist!
Sick and bedridden, the zaibatsu tycoon Tomiko senses that her death is near and must nominate an heir among her three granddaughters. To decide who will receive her whole fortune, she launches a challenge: whoever will give her best in the next three months will be the winner. Shizuka, the oldest granddaughter and owner of several business companies, and Reika, the second oldest and a genius scientist, are sure that it's going to be a battle between the two of them. However, Erika, the youngest, has a plan of her own: using her only talent, singing, she aims to break through as a super idol and to do so, she must first seek the help of seven other companions. (Source: Wikipedia)
This manga adapts Mizutani Eri's route from the game The iDOLM@STER Dearly Stars. Eri Mizutani,mostly known as ELLIE on Internet, is a hikikomori that spends most of her time chatting on the Internet with people that she hardly knows. One day she receives a message from a producer named Ozaki who encourages her to debut as a real idol. Eventually she is able to build up the courage to meet Ozaki.Then she makes her debut at the 876 productions. She meets Ai and Ryo there and decides to give up her life as a net idol and hikkikimori. Will Eri be succesful in the idols world? (Source: MU)
A collection of music-related oneshots, one of which is called Vienna Concerto.
FantasyMusic
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)
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)
MusicYaoi
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...
Hibike! Euphonium begins when Kumiko Oumae, a girl who was in the brass band club in junior high school, visits her high school's brass band club as a first year. Kumiko's classmates Hazuki and Sapphire decide to join the club, but Kumiko sees her old classmate Reina there and hesitates. She remembers an incident she had with Reina at a brass band club contest in junior high school. (Source: ANN)
The latest great works by Ishizuka Shinichi! 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. (Source: MU)
"Please make us shine brightly!" A few years after making promises with three girls in his childhood days. Having refrained from taking his high school entrance exam, Yuto Hayashizaki was invited by the girl that used to stand on the same stage as him, Akari, to come to tour the grandiose Entertainment school. There, he not only came across the legendary Idol, but also had a destined reunion with his childhood friends?! The tale of three fated childhood girls, and the school of pinnacle "Production" now begins!
Charon's lead vocalist Akira wants to sing a song written by Sunaga, a famous actor but Sunaga requests Akira's body as payment for that song. Sunaga has great musical talent, but he has a careless attitude towards everything; Akira is angry with Sunaga's easygoing attitude, but can't help himself from feeling... (Source: MU)
MusicJosei
Miroku Oosaki, age 36, height 190cm and weight 120kg... He was bullied as a child. Soon after he became a member of society, he was laid off from his job. In despair, he was a hikikomori for almost 10 years, but after getting addicted to online video sites by chance, he left that lifestyle. Going to the gym and the karaoke by himself, he transformed into an extremely hot and handsome ikemen, but wasn't aware of it! He took the world by storm with the dance video he accidentally uploaded, and bewitched the staff at the modeling work he went for as a fill-in. Miroku, not knowing when to stop, soon caught the eye of a big-shot producer. Dragging in the Director (41) of the model's office where he worked and a former host (40) who went to the same gym, the three ossans somehow ended up debuting as idols! The three middle-aged men, who met by chance, carve a new history in the world of showbiz! (Source: Shufu to Seikatsusha, translated)
Kasumi Toyama has always been captivated by the "beat of the stars." Since then, she's been searching for something... a spark that'll excite and thrill her! Following a trail of star-shaped stickers, she soon stumbles upon a Random Star guitar at her school mate's house! Could this mark the start of something amazing? A sparkling, heart-racing high school life begins for Kasumi as she decides to form a band! (Source: Shogakukan Asia)
A spin-off of baseball series Diamond no Ace.
Based on the iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls mobile game. The story focuses on Riina Tada, Kanako Mimura, and Rika Jougasaki.
Hinano, vocal of the band, which aims to pro debut. However, with new member Yusuke, also comes new problem. Story of youth and love!
Akira, charismatic vocalist for the hit rock band Charon, has it all: youth, beauty, fame, and fortune. But what he really wants is Sunaga, a popular but mysterious actor, and he doesn't know how to interpret the signals that Sunaga is sending. (Source: DramaQueen)
Miki Ishimoto, a recent college graduate, is so excited to have landed her first job! Although she's inexperienced, she's to be the manager for a new boy band. Miki thinks life couldn't be going more smoothly, until she finds out that her new boy band members are all... Greco-Roman stone busts? Join leader Saint George, talented Hermes, passionate Mars, and the pretty boy Medici as they take the entertainment world by storm in Sekkou Boys!
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)
MusicRomance
One of Hayashi's early contributions to the alternative manga magazine Garo, Flowering Harbour is a love story filtered through the aesthetics of enka music, known informally as "Japanese blues". (Source: Breakdown Press)
Seven boys reunite to become an idol group: IDOLiSH7! Along with their clumsy manager, they'll try to become the best in Japan.
Ai, wishing to become an idol as famous as her mother once was, has been participating in tests at various talent agencies, but she has failed every single one of them. Her inability to even begin to follow into her mother's footsteps becomes a complex to her. As Ai bursts into tears, alone in a public park, she is approached by 765 Production idol Haruka Amami, who was a special judge at one of the tests Ai has taken. Having sensed something special about Ai's singing, Haruka comforts her and introduces her to 876 Production's president Ishikawa. The president is very quick to invite Ai into 876, as she believes that her mother's name alone should be enough to propel Ai to the top. Ai protests, stating that she wants to become an idol using only her own strength. She is then given one chance to prove herself, at a rookie idol audition. (Source: project-imas.com/wiki)
14-year-old Rin Amami is a gifted dancer who has been forced to give up his dream of becoming a singer like his mom because of his deep, frog-like voice. A chance encounter with the idol singing group Beatmen, however, gives him the opportunity to bring his old dream to life. Despite its oddness, his voice possesses a certain charisma: a captivating power, recognized by some as the legendary "Dragon Voice." Rin's destiny becomes intertwined with the Beatmen, Shino, Goh, Toshi, and Yuhgo, as the smalltime idol agency RedShoes attempts to take them to the top! (Source: Tokyopop)
Chopin and Liszt - both great composers, friends, and rivals. Liszt, after Chopin's death, Liszt remembers their meeting, their friendship, their lives together, and the music they made.
Young Lemon Sawaguchi has a gift for music: whoever listens to him can't help to be carried away by his marvellous ringing voice. Lemon's only ambition is to realize the dreams of his father, who died before he could start his career as a professional singer. Which won't be an easy task...
Four high-school students are forced to join a gangsters band as punishment for various misdeeds they committed during a concert. The problem is, they can't get along. -From AnimeNewsNetwork
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!
HistoricalMusic
"89th of the keyboard is played, the most beautiful sound in the world."
A story that depicts a yankee high school student and his aim to be a top voice actor. (Source: MU)
MusicSchoolShoujo
Set eight years after Kiniro no Corda. Kohinata Kanade is a second year violin student at Seiso Academy's Music Division. She lives together at the school dorm called Linden Hall with her childhood friends, brothers Kisaragi Ritsu and Kyouya. They practice intensively day after day at their orchestra club, aiming for victory at the nationwide music concours. However, one day Kanade is told by a boy she doesn't know "Your performance has no flower"?! (Source: MU)
MusicSupernaturalSeinen
A boy who can see music... A man rescues an instrument from a museum... And a boy hears the first rhythm... These stories and more are included in this collection of music-related one-shots from the mangaka of Oh, My Sweet Alien! and Why Not Be My Dog. (Source: Antisense Scanslations)
MusicRomanceShoujo
Nene, Hajime, and Ryou are childhood friends. After watching a marching band in their town, all three practice and join their school's marching band. Unfortunately, with the seniors graduating, the club now lacks members and and is going to be merged with the Wind Band. Amidst the dejection, feelings between the three intensifies, and Nene finds her emotions in a turmoil. [Written by orithyea] Included one-shots: Cat Lover, Love Warriors
DramaMusicShounen
"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)
ComedyMusicJosei
To find her missing father, Tachibana Izumi goes to search for him at the Mankai Company Theatre he once worked at as the director. What she finds there, however, is the theatre group burdened with a huge sum of debt, just one young actor, and no success worthy of mention. To save the theatre group her father had loved so dearly, Izumi has to become the new director and re-establish the four troupes: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter; and lead the theatre group to success. This manga follows the story of the first troupe, the Spring Troupe (Haru-gumi).
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ComedyMusicSeinen
Souichi Negishi is a common boy, timid, quiet. He loves flowers, walking and musical hits like the ones that radios play. But he is also Krauzer II, leader of Detroy Metal City (DMC), the most popular underground metal band of Japan! Souichi would like to change his life and start to play Swedish pop songs with peaceful and loving lyrics instead of the violent and vulgar ones of DMC, but when he is playing with his band he completely changes his attitude and behavior...
DramaMusicSeinen
Ever since he was kicked out of his previous friend's rock band, Hoshino gave up playing the guitar... until he couldn't take his high school student's life anymore which led him to decide to create a new band. Maybe they will never become famous, maybe they will face a great amount of difficulties for months before being able to play live, but that's not important! What is important, is to enjoy yourself, let out everything, to feel music sound within yourself!
Hatsune Miku and her friends Rin, Len, and Luka are not only back in manga... they're back to school, enrolling at the St. Diva Academy for Vocaloids! They're going to give it their best at St. Diva, as a wonderland of friendship, determination, and even love unfolds! But can they stay out of trouble, especially when the mad professor of the Hachune Miku Research Lab is nearby? (Source: Dark Horse)
MusicRomanceJosei
When Hilary got a place on the San Francisco Symphony as a flute player, she decides to move into her own place to escape her restricted life with her over-protective mother. Although excited at her new found freedom, it doesn't last for long. The next morning, the quiche she left in the fridge for breakfast was gone, her milk had been used and an unfamiliar bag was in the living room! As she stood confused, a handsome man she had never seen before appeared in front of her and says to her angrily "what are you doing in my house?" (Source: MU)
First year high school student Ari is fascinated by Youta-kun, the leader of a popular indies band, and ends up joining the band herself as a keyboardist.
MusicShoujoSupernatural
One day, nine-year old girl Miho Shinohara is given two stuffed dinosaurs by a stranger. The stuffed dinosaurs come to life and present her with a magic sketchbook and a pen. Within limits, and subject to varying degrees of control, she can draw in the sketchbook and bring the drawings to life. Miho can also transform into a teenage girl, whom she names Fancy Lala. Fancy Lala is scouted by Yumi Haneishi, the president of the talent agency Lyrical Productions, and begins the long road to stardom. (Source: Wikipedia) Included one-shots: Volume 1: Toy no Kuni kara Volume 2: Jungle Princess, Kikki ni Omakase, Comecome Circus
MusicSchoolShounen
When an outgoing up-and-coming singer named Alice meets a shy, but talented composer named Taiyou—his life gets turned upside down! He's only made songs online and doesn't consider himself a real songwriter, but Alice sees him differently. Will they make beautiful music together? (Source: VIZ Media) Included one-shots: Volume 2: Ushinokoku Counter Strike Volume 3: Alice to Taiyou (pilot)
ActionFantasyMusic
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)
MusicShounen Ai
ComedyMusicShounen
Agetarou works at his family's tonkatsu restaurant in Shibuya, but he's not very excited by the work. One day, he takes a delivery to the staff of a night club, and the worker lets him in to enjoy the club for a while. Agetarou finds that he loves the club, with its relaxed people and cute girls, all enjoying the music supplied by the DJ. He continues going to the club, until the night comes when the guest American DJ Big Master Fly puts on a show. Agetarou is inspired by Big Master Fly, and realizes that the groove of being a DJ is very similar to the groove of being a tonkatsu chef. Now Agetarou is determined to master both disciplines, though he is most excited to become a DJ! (Source: MangaHelpers)
MusicShoujo Ai
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)
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.
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