is a shōjo

Shojo

The term refers to manga marketed to a female audience roughly between the ages of 10-18. The name romanizes the Japanese 少女 , literally: "little female". Shōjo manga covers many subjects in a variety of narrative and graphic styles, from historical drama to science fiction — often with a strong...

 manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 by Ayumi Shiina

Ayumi Shiina

is a Japanese shōjo manga artist. Her debut was in 1987 with the story Namida no Message, published in the Autumn issue of Ribon Original. She has since published her manga in Ribon and its spin-off magazines....

 and published by Shueisha

Shueisha

is a major publisher in Japan. The company was founded in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The following year, Shueisha became a separate, independent company. Magazines published by Shueisha include Weekly Shōnen Jump, Weekly Young Jump,...

. It was serialized in Ribon

Ribon

is a monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Shueisha. First issued in August 1955, its rivals are Nakayoshi and Ciao. Its target audience is young girls roughly 9–13 years old. In 2009, the magazine's circulation was 274,167, down from the previous year's circulation numbers of 330,000...

from 1993 to 1995 and was published as five tankōbon

Tankobon

, with a literal meaning close to "independently appearing book", is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series , though the manga industry uses it for volumes which may be in a series...

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Plot

Tomoka falls in love with Yuuki at first sight on the train, not realizing that Yuuki is a girl. Arata has a crush on Tomoka, and invites her to join his new band, which includes Yuuki. Tomoka joins the band and tries to get Yuuki to fall in love with her.
Eventually, Tomoka realizes there may actually be someone else she has been in love with.

Characters

- a fifteen year old girl who is a skilled pianist. She likes Serika. - a boy that used to take piano lessons with Tomoka and loves her. - a tomboyish girl who is the vocalist for the band. She doesn't return Tomoka's feelings. She is forced to be tomboyish as she is trying to get out of an arranged marriage. - Is an infamous playboy. He tries to avoid Eriko. He is often called 'Take-chan'. - The leader of the band. He is the bass guitarist and usually writes the songs. Dubbed as "freaky eyes" by Tomoka. Used to be in a band with Shiga Yukio. - a pretty girl who has a rivalry with Tomoka. - Eriko's cousin. Has a rivalry with Tamotsu. Angry at Takemi for 'stealing' his girlfriend.

Volume list

External links

• Review by Erica Friedman of Yuricon
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