Not much to say; just that the line "Fin." made me die a little. Just as a bad break up, "四月は君の嘘" took a part of my heart. *Sobbing as a girl*
Thank you 新川直司 for this work of art.

good story, good character design, and good quality picture, well for the quality picture in the first chapter, this one is somehow suck but, after that one there are some improvement.

Well this one is one of the best manga in my list but :

Yup, it's definitely shounen, not slice of life for me
with some spice of black past, burden and real target to achieve
whenever they play the piano, there's some battle background for me
if you saw most battle shounen manga that having many dialogue in their fight
here, is dialogue within self, while playing the piano
so whenever i read when they play, I dunno why I always picture it as a battle manga

the MC is great, have a talent, but he honed it from little age
while the past is not quite good with him
he achieve the skill in manner, not burst out some magic that make him Imba in little time
now he overcome his trauma
and now he have a target, to awaken her to music again through music

BTW as long as I read, i not see any NTR which many forum tell about this manga/anime -_-'
just a little tsun-tsun which not tsun-tsun

based till ch35

This beautiful manga about kids going on a journey through life with music has been giving me tragic foreshadowing since the very first chapter. Maybe it's just me and my melodramatic tendencies but every chapter leaves me with a bittersweet taste, especially on the romance asp3ct. I'm not saying that the manga disappoints. It definetely does not disappoint - it actually tells a great story of hope for a boy who lost his zest for music. If you ignore the undertones of loneliness and fear, this manga is a light read. I recommend this to music lovers and fans of self-discovery stories.

(As of Chapter 22)
It was kinda of obvious within the first few chapters were this story is heading, but it maybe be a ruse as it was too obvious. It may still surprise this reader and leave him gob smacked.

What is this manga about, you ask? Well, it's about a boy named Arima Kosei who is a prodigy pianist thanks to the strict tutelage and beatings of his mum. But after his mothers death he can no longer play as he he lost the ability to hear the notes he plays. Two years later he meets a girl (Kaori) who is also violent. Kaori beats the crap out of him, and lo and behold he is starting to learn to play again.

His mother when she beats him was angry and depressed, Kaori on the other hand is a happy go lucky girl and it shows through in the beatings and the end result of his piano playing. You see Arima Kosei is powered by beatings like a nuclear plant is by uranium. In the end uranium destroys the casing of the tank and likewise Arima is heading the same way.

On a serious note. In most cases I loath love triangles and generally speaking I always root for childhood friend unless said childhood friend is violent, then she/he can rot in hell. And here is the conundrum, his childhood friend, Tsubaki, not only is she violent but also happens to set-up Kaori with Watari, a player who is dating several girls at once. What kind of friend sets up a friend with a player? But in saying that, Tsubaki's beatings cannot compete to that of the beasts Kario who excels in beating without bruising. Personally I am rooting for Kosei and Emi but it ain't going to happen.

The story is so and so. I say about a 6.5 so far. It nothing exceptional but it is good. It is labelled as comedy but it isn't. It's slice-of-life with a bit of romance. There's no major depth and the soliloquies are long winded and occur too often.

(Update: Well finished a while back and there was no surprise. I didn't bond with any of the characters and didn't feel any loss. Worth a read.)

... Last updated on May 30th, 2015, 6:14am

The quote above from the MC sums up how I feel about the series at current translated ch19.
Feels like the first few volumes have been the prologue to better things to come.
Honestly it took a long time to actually settle on how i feel about this manga, but now I am eagerly waiting to see how Arima progresses as a musician and as a person from now on.
I am sure my rating of the series will go up now as more chapters are translated.

... Last updated on October 13th, 2014, 5:50am

I like the plot development for this manga. We can see the struggles of the MC playing piano and how much his past effects him. The plot is starting to pick with the MC returning to piano competition. The only downside is that you don't get the full affect of this manga because you can't listen to the music. Luckily, this manga is getting an anime in October.

I can't deny this manga is really nice.
Ok I gave it a 6 but it's mostly because of some bad points that are probably only bad for me.
Firstly, since chapter 4, I have the feeling it'll turn to a tragedy. And since I have a hatred to tragedy it's a big let down when I try to immerse myself in the story. Even if it'll not turn in a tragedy I can't find myself thinnking otherwise.
Secondly it's the 4 MC, mostly because I really like the relationship between Kosei and Tsubaki and I can't really like Kaori. Yeah I'm pretty bad with love triangle when the girl I prefer don't seem to be the leading one (it's probably not a love triangle but that's how I want to see it)

So the manga itself is really good but since I hate tragedy and story that seems to not go to my selfish choice of relationship, I'll probably drop it. That's why I gave that note.

The tempo.The artwork.The story.
It's an underrated series.
Hope the translators can put more effort in it and thanks to the translators and scanners

Surprised there are no comments for this one. It is a nice read, refreshing art. Doesn't quite feel like shounen but so far I like the character development, it is definitely promising. If I recall right, it is monthly releases, so though there is a long pause between chapters, the release itself is meaty. Reading this kept reminding me of Nodame Cantabile, which is no bad thing. And similarly, I kind of know where the story is going but not how I'll be taken there, which makes reading it fun (at least for now).