This manga series, written by Naoshi Arakawa, was tame in comparison to other manga’s that I have read in the past. If it were a novel, it would be a contemporary slow-burn teen romance.

Our main character is a boy with a serious gift for the piano who combats his inner thoughts throughout the story. Kosei lost his mother, seemingly before the story starts, and has not touched the piano in some time out of grief and maybe out of spite. He only gets back into playing when a capricious girl confronts him and gets him to resume is piano-playing.

There is a love square included, though most of the characters in the love square do not even realize it, and a string of characters that seem to revolve around Kosei. As the reader gets further into the series, a serious health issue arises with one of the characters that sends Kosei and everyone else into further turmoil.

The entire manga series is eleven volumes and a pretty quick read. I rate it a total of three out of five stars. It was memorable, but not five stars (incredible) for me.