Gravitation

BECK

Yukio Tanaka is a fourteen-year-old boy with no hobbies, an unremarkable taste in music, and a quiet, neurotic personality that keeps him from chasing the exciting life he dreams of. His days pass in monotony until a chance encounter with Ryusuke Minami, an unpredictable sixteen-year-old who has just returned from America, turns everything upside down. Ryusuke plays guitar in a rock band named Beck, after his patchwork dog, and introduces Yukio to the raw energy of western rock music. Inspired for the first time, Yukio picks up a guitar and discovers a passion that gives his life new meaning. As he joins Ryusuke in pursuit of the ultimate band, Yukio must balance school, work, and friendsh

Fuuka

Yuu Haruna has just moved to Tokyo with his sisters after their father is transferred overseas for work. Addicted to Twitter, he is on his phone while out buying dinner when a high school girl suddenly crashes into him. Convinced he was trying to take upskirt photos, she grabs his phone, breaks it, and slaps him before walking away. The girl turns out to be Fuuka Akitsuki, a classmate at the school Yuu is transferring to. Unlike most people, Fuuka doesn't own a cellphone and listens to music on a CD player. As the two grow closer, they decide to form a band with their friends and step into the professional world of music. With the impulsive and free-spirited Fuuka now in his life, Yuu's qu

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A young man who can play the piano meets a mermaid with a deadly secret. A boy wakes up one morning in the body of a girl and must learn to live with the change. A little girl with horns claims to be the devil's sister and carries a power that could destroy the world. Two sisters with very different talents face the pressure of expectations and the weight of family. These four short stories explore strange transformations, supernatural encounters, and the fragile line between ordinary life and the extraordinary. Each tale follows characters caught between their desires and the consequences of forces they cannot control. From mermaids and prophecies to identity and sibling rivalry, the coll

Breathless Momentum

Jun Shizuki plays the baritone saxophone in his local woodwind choir and tends bar for a living. He is a hedonistic flirt who hits on anything that moves, and he makes no secret of his dislike for Yukiji Yano, the choir's gifted flutist, a man so unfailingly kind and well regarded that the rest of the group treats him like a prince. During practice the two barely exchange a word, and nobody in the choir would guess that they have anything in common. Away from the rehearsal room, though, a shared interest draws them into secret meetings in hotels, and the two opposites keep those encounters carefully hidden from everyone else.

La Corda d'Oro

Kahoko Hino is an ordinary student at Seiso Academy, far removed from the elite world of its prestigious music department. Her routine life is upended when she encounters Lili, a musical fairy residing on campus. Delighted that Kahoko can see him, Lili bestows upon her a magical violin and a forced entry into the academy's annual music competition, a high-stakes event traditionally reserved for the most talented music students. Reluctantly accepting the instrument, Kahoko discovers she can play any piece flawlessly as long as she knows the melody and plays from the heart. Thrust into a world she knows nothing about, she must navigate the intense practice and pressure of the competition alon

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Tsunagu Kurose is a high school student who composes music but is cursed with a terrible singing voice, leading to harsh criticism whenever he posts his songs online. His quiet classmate Otoha Hinomori, who sits next to him, seems to have nothing in common with his musical world. During the school culture festival, a crisis strikes his childhood friend's stage performance. In a desperate attempt to help, Tsunagu provides a demo track, but a mistake leads to his embarrassing vocal version being played publicly. Just as Tsunagu is plunged into despair, the unassuming Otoha steps up, removes her glasses, and begins to sing his song with a stunningly beautiful voice. To his shock, Tsunagu real