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11 Episodes
23 min each
SUMMER 2019

Synopsis

Tightly clutching his Gibson guitar, Mafuyu Satou steps out of his dark apartment to begin another day of his high school life. While taking a nap in a quiet spot on the gymnasium staircase, he has a chance encounter with fellow student Ritsuka Uenoyama, who berates him for letting his guitar's strings rust and break. Noticing Uenoyama's knowledge of the instrument, Satou pleads for him to fix it and to teach him how to play. Uenoyama eventually agrees and invites him to sit in on a jam session with his two band mates: bassist Haruki Nakayama and drummer Akihiko Kaji. Satou's voice is strikingly beautiful, filling Uenoyama with the determination to make Satou the lead singer of the band. Though reticent at first, Satou takes the offer after an emotional meeting with an old friend. With the support of his new friends, Satou must not only learn how to play guitar, but also come to terms with the mysterious circumstances that led him to be its owner.

Drama Music Romance Slice of Life
Format
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Episodes
11
Per Episode
23 min
Source
Unknown

Episodes

11 / 11 Episodes
1
Episode 1

Boys in the Band

Ritsuka Uenoyama meets Mafuyu Sato one day in his normal napping spot. Ritsuka ends up fixing Mafuyu’s guitar, which leads to Mafuyu pestering Ritsuka to teach him guitar over and over. Ritsuka declines over and over but somehow, after seeing how passionate Mafuyu is about learning guitar, Ritsuka starts to remember how he felt when he first started playing music.
2
Episode 2

Like Someone In Love

Ritsuka agrees to teach Mafuyu to play guitar, and invites him to continue to observe his band's practice sessions. During one of their lessons, Mafuyu sings an original melody to Ritsuka. Stunned, Ritsuka invites Mafuyu to join the band.
3
Episode 3

Somebody Else

Ritsuka is floored after hearing Mafuyu’s singing voice and invites him into the band, but Mafuyu declines. Ritsuka just can’t take no for an answer and keeps trying to invite Mafuyu into the band, but now, Mafuyu is avoiding him. Then during band practice, Haruki asks Ritsuka to actually think about if he ever thought about how Mafuyu felt...
4
Episode 4

Fluorescent Adolescent

Mafuyu finally decides to join the band. In order to compose a song to go along with the little tidbit that Mafuyu sang for him, Ritsuka dives back into playing guitar nonstop. Haruki is at his part-time job one day when his friend Koji Yatake comes by and asks him if he and his band would like to appear in a live show he’s putting on. Ritsuka is teaching Mafuyu guitar at school as usual and then invites Mafuyu to go look at effect pedals with him.
5
Episode 5

The Reason

It was decided that Ritsuka and the rest of his band were going to do a live show. Haruki and Akihiko were at a bar drinking, talking about Ritsuka and Mafuyu. Since Akihiko had ridden his motorcycle into town, he asks to spend the night at Haruki’s place and Haruki thinks back on the first time they met. That was right around the time Haruki’s old band had disbanded and he had first encountered Ritsuka, who had just entered his third year of middle school...
6
Episode 6

Creep

Ritsuka hears a rumor that the person that Mafuyu used to date had died and is a bit shaken. Ritsuka couldn’t build up the courage to ask Mafuyu about it, but then, Akihiko visits his place. Akihiko then suggests that Mafuyu write the lyrics for the song Ritsuka had made. Ritsuka was thinking the same thing, and at the next band practice, asks Mafuyu if he’d do it.
7
Episode 7

Tumbling Dice

Ritsuka realizes how he truly feels and ends up taking out his frustrations and confusion on Mafuyu. Ritsuka ends up talking to Akihiko, who tells him that what he’s feeling is completely normal, but Ritsuka still wonders if it’s okay to admit these feelings. As Akihiko watches over Ritsuka and Mafuyu, he remembers his past with Ugetsu.
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Episode 8

Time Is Running Out

As the day of the live show approaches, the season heads into the rainy season and the high school boys have finals. While Mafuyu has trouble coming up with lyrics, he gets visited by his childhood friend, Hiiragi Kashima, who was also Yuki’s childhood friend.
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Episode 9

A Winter Story

Mafuyu has a breakthrough moments before the band's performance, and sings a song about his feelings of loss over Yūki. The song prompts Mafuyu to realize his romantic feelings for Ritsuka, and they kiss backstage. A post-credits scene depicts a flashback to a date between Yūki and Mafuyu.
10
Episode 10

Wonderwall

Ritsuka comes to the realization that he was so worked up at the concert that he kissed Mafuyu. Ritsuka hears that Mafuyu didn’t come to school because he had a fever, so he decides to go visit him. The next day, Mafuyu is feeling better and the band gets together to celebrate his recovery and to try to figure out their future as a band and figure out a name for their band.
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Episode 11

Song2

The relationships between the band members are all shifting as they begin to pave a way forward for their new band: 'Given'.

Characters

Akihiko Kaji
Voice Actors
Takuya Eguchi (japanese)

Akihiko Kaji

Main

Ritsuka Uenoyama
Voice Actors
Yuuma Uchida (japanese)

Ritsuka Uenoyama

Main

Mafuyu Satou
Voice Actors
Shougo Yano (japanese)

Mafuyu Satou

Main

Haruki Nakayama
Voice Actors
Masatomo Nakazawa (japanese)

Haruki Nakayama

Main

Ugetsu Murata
Voice Actors
Shintarou Asanuma (japanese)

Ugetsu Murata

Supporting

Itaya Shougo
Voice Actors
Kengo Takanashi (japanese)

Itaya Shougo

Supporting

Staff

Natsuki Kizu
Natsuki Kizu
Original Creator
Hikaru Yamaguchi
Hikaru Yamaguchi
Director
Yuniko Ayana
Yuniko Ayana
Series Composition
Mina Oosawa
Mina Oosawa
Character Design
Kouhei Honda
Kouhei Honda
Art Director
Eiko Tsunadou
Eiko Tsunadou
Art Design

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Aired Jul 11, 2019 to Sep 19, 2019
Season SUMMER 2019
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