given
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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. (Source: MAL Rewrite)
given is a tv with 11 episodes, from Summer 2019, produced by Lerche, rated 8.3/10 on AniList.
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. (Source: MAL Rewrite)
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Tags
- Band — Main cast is a group of musicians.
- Boys' Love — Prominently features romance between two males, not inherently sexual.
- Coming of Age — Centers around a character's transition from childhood to adulthood.
- Male Protagonist — Main character is male.
- Primarily Male Cast — Main cast is mostly composed of male characters.
- LGBTQ+ Themes — Prominently features characters or themes associated with the LGBTQ+ community, such as sexuality or gender identity.
- Primarily Teen Cast — Main cast is mostly composed of teen characters.
- Suicide — The act or an instance of taking or attempting to take one's own life voluntarily and intentionally.
- Tragedy — Centers around tragic events and unhappy endings.
- Rehabilitation — Prominently features the recovery of a character who became incapable of social life or work.
- Rock Music — Centers on the musical style of rock, not to be applied to anime that use rock in its soundtrack.
- Cute Boys Doing Cute Things — Centers around male characters doing cute activities, usually with little to no emphasis on drama and conflict.