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9/10
One of my favourite stories EVER, being a musician myself I love a good story about music and here you can hear it's presence through the panels. The love story is both idealistic and realistic, I see it as good representation tho
TW: Suicide, (almost) sexual assault, toxic relationship
>>>Anime adaptation: "Given" (2019), "Given: The Movie" (2020)
10/10
A personal favourite of mine, one of my first BL manga back in the day, I also own physical copies of the volumes. A cute and simple story of two normal boys in an all-boys high school. Kusakabe is a flashy and casual guy and Saijou is your local quiet kid, their class is organising a musical show and the two have an opportunity to know each other through private music lessons.
So heartwarming, I love it
>>>Anime movie adaptation: "Doukyuusei" (2016)
9/10
Sequel to Doukyuusei
Kusakabe and Saijou have left high school and they have to learn how to deal with their new adult life
8/10
Seryou, who's immensely popular, has the odd habit of going out with anyone who asks him out first at the beginning of the week, dumping them at the end of it. This is also applied to Shino, a superficial boy who casually asks Seryou out just to see his reaction. They start dating, but Shino starts feeling fear of loosing him bc of how the things always go the same. Very cute, they're adorable
Given