Piyohiko has a dream: He wants to be a succesfull guitar-player. Then this guy Jaguar shows up, and coaxes him into playing the recorder, thus... more>> ending Piyohiko's noble dream. <<less

Nana "Hachi" Komatsu hopes that moving to Tokyo will help her make a clean start and leave her capricious love life behind her. Nana Osaki, who arrives in the city at the same time, has plans to score big in the world of rock 'n' roll. Although these two young women come from different backgrounds, they quickly become best friends in a whirlwind world of sex, music, fashion, gossip, and all-night parties!... more>>

Won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo in 2002.

Note: The Nana oneshots that introduce the MCs appeared in Cookie's first two issues in late 1999 and early 2000. The "first" compiled volume was out as volume "one", which was before the regular serialization's beginning. So you can see as the irregular serialization began with oneshots as Cookie was irregular magazine. Because of this, the series generally tagging and counting as "90s" series on Japanese sources. <<less

Long ago, an emperor suddenly decided to execute the members of his court. Only after being offered a girl named Aehwa, did the emperor’s rampage... more>> stop. The emperor cherishes his “flower” dearly. When Aehwa expresses an interest in music, the Emperor makes Harang Kang her personal court musician. However, the emperor decreed that only he can lay eyes on Aehwa and has Harang’s eyes destroyed. After finding out the true cause of his father’s death, Harang swears revenge on both Aehwa and the Emperor. In this twisted realm of snakes and flowers, who will prevail? <<less

Kuon Otogami was a genius pianist whose name is among the greatest in the annals of the music world. He had seven children who also all became genius pianists. All seven except for the one named Lucky that is. This is the miraculous story of a regular kid taking on godly talent!... more>>

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Love of music unites the four members of the band Given: hotheaded guitarist Uenoyama, playboy drummer Akihiko, gentle bassist Haruki, and Mafuyu, a singer gifted... more>> with great talent and burdened by past tragedy. Their struggles and conflicts may drive them apart, but their bond to the music—and to one another—always brings them back together again. <<less

A high school 3rd year student, Miyamoto Dai, whose heart was touched by Jazz, continued to play the Saxophone alone in Kawahara, rain or shine, day or night, for many years. "I want to become the world's best Saxophone player...!!" Effort, talent, faith, environment, luck...which are necessary? A tale of reaching towards his goal recklessly and sincerely begins in Hirosegawa, Sendai.... more>>

Note: Was nominated for the 8th and 9th Manga Taisho Award. Won the 62nd Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga. Won the 20th Japan Media Arts Festival's Grand Prize for Manga.

A special prequel chapter was published in Volume 2 of CoroCoro Aniki on March 14th, 2015. It was not collected in the main volumes. <<less

Ogasawara Aki is the reclusive, idealistic composer of the popular band Crude Play. Discontented with his life and with no drive to succeed, he meets... more>> Riko, the 16-year-old grocer's daughter in a band consisting of her childhood friends, and asks her to be his girlfriend on a whim. Riko, young and innocent, agrees immediately, but worries about her new boyfriend, whom she suspects has just broken up with a woman he cared very much for. <<less

Rival gangs from various Tokyo barrios battle over turf, leaving many a foot soldier bloodied in the violent clashes. But when the heat between two of the clans waxes personal, a bitter rivalry explodes into all-out warfare. ... more>>

Manga-ka Santa Inoue's hard-hitting, fantastical tale of Tokyo street thugs battling it out in the concrete sprawl of Japan's capital raises the bar for manga storytelling, transcending genres and conventions. <<less

Crash is about a girl named Hana who has a very unusual gift. Her home is a talent agency and she helps her mother using her "gift". She literally has nosebleeds when she sees someone with celebrity potential. Naturally, this is a secret she keeps from her classmates. On the company's anniversary, Hana is sent to find a new awesome talent. And that's when the story unfolds...... more>>

Also included is a short story called Piyokko 24 in vol. 5.

The original series ended at vol. 7 and took a four month hiatus before resuming with a second part featuring Yui, Kazuhiko's childhood friend, as the main character. <<less

Hashiba Kyouya is a 28 year old game developer. With his company going bankrupt, and him losing his job, he returns to his hometown. Looking at the success of creators of his age, he finds himself regretting his life decisions as he lay distressed on his bed. But when he opens his eyes, he finds that he has travelled 10 years back to the time before he entered college.... more>>

Will he finally make things right? This is a story about a failed person who is given a second opportunity to follow his dreams. <<less

Kang Seoyoon, a normal office worker, falls asleep in the performance hall of the pianist An Heewon. Being the only left in that concert hall,... more>> she witnesses Heewon abetting a murder incident and performing the piano in a puddle of blood…? “So to die or be consumed. Make the choice, my dear Seoyoon.” <<less

While waiting for her friends on the street one day, university freshman and band music enthusiast Do Ahyeon reunites with former high school classmate Lee... more>> Haerang, who's now... the vocalist of a band? Having only hung out with Haerang once during high school to see a live show together, Ahyeon still has some unanswered questions about him... Why did he drop out of school after the show? How did he end up in a band? But most importantly, what does he think of her? <<less

Kamine Shuuta is a person who can see a person's heart (literally) whether it's angry, wounded, broken, guarded, troubled etc... and because of this he's at his wits end, because he can't do anything about it. ... more>>

Tokisaka Hibiki is a saxophonist in the music club. Shuuta first listens to his saxophone on the terrace and wanted to ask something but Shuuta tells him to come to his performance later in the ongoing school festival. After seeing Hibiki's performance, he see the notes of music as hands which can heal the wounded, tend the broken, break the shielded hearts: in other words "seize the soul" of a person.

After the performance Shuuta asks Hibiki if there isn't a person to whom your sound doesn't reach. Shuuta says although Hibiki's sounds can seize hearts of others and move them, his own heart is guarded and is unmoved and troubled. Hibiki then takes Shuuta to his childhood friend Moko (Takizawa Momoko) who loved singing but somehow became mute. Shuuta sees her as a sea of depression and despair. Thus begins their journey to heal people's hearts with music. <<less

This is the tale of two members of a Beatles cover band who find themselves transported back in time to 1961 – to a time... more>> before anyone had ever heard of the Beatles – and decide to take the mantle of the world’s greatest rock band for themselves! <<less

V1 - V3: Kuuden Noise no Himegimi... more>>

Hosaka Mao's never stood out. Her father's a washed-up rock-and-roller. Her hair reminds people of Pippi Longstocking. She's nowhere near the in-crowd. The arrival of long-haired beauty Hasekura Yokiko changes everything...

V4: Kuuden no Himegimi <<less

Through piano lessons a love slowly grows between the cool adult, Goshima-sensei, and one of his students, a high-school girl named Kae. The most popular stylish love romance.... more>>

In volume 1 are also included the oneshots:

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3) Osaka Life (still untranslated) <<less

Aozora Yell centers on Tsubasa, a girl who saw an inspirational brass band performance at the finals of the Japanese high school baseball championships one... more>> summer. Tsubasa vows to join the band when she enters high school, and she happens to meet a certain boy who has a similar goal which both of them are striving for. <<less

A young Tetsuou watched a performance by Giovanni Bazonni and was inspired to become a master cellist. But he knows that living as he is in an out-of-the-way Japanese island means his musical aspirations are unlikely to be realised.... more>>

One day, a boy named Ikumi comes to stay at Tetsuou's place. Ikumi is the sole survivor of an accident at sea, wherein he saved himself by swimming out to Tetsuou's island.

But he makes a surprising claim: he says he found his way to safety by following the sound of beautiful cello music, and is convinced that the player was Tetsuou. <<less

A tale about a cash strapped college girl, a band, a cafe and disillusionment. ... more>>

It seems that the author discontinued her series in order to start this new one.

(Note: The releases by this do not follow the chapters of the manga. Instead, these are "updates" of approximatively 15 pages each) <<less

Han Sae Bik, who has a beautiful singing voice, wishes to be a famous singer in South Korea. She moves to Seoul along with her family in order to fulfill her dream. However, she fails in all 48 singing auditions not because of her talent but her unconventional style.... more>>

Her family, especially her grandfather, is strongly opposed to her dream, forbidding her from becoming a singer because of the thought that it's not a proper job for a person born into a traditional house. When Sae Bik falls asleep in a hairdresser's, she gets her hair cut just like a handsome boy. She participates in a singing contest in order to earn money for a wig. She is mistaken to be a boy and wins the contest. An entertainment agency notices her and asks her to be in a boy band with other 4 members. The story now begins. <<less

A boy communicates with the world through music... Yutaka, a boy soprano with an angelic voice, who is sensitive and perceptive and cries easily, decides to become a member of the choir when he enters junior high-school. This work portrays the harmony of the passing days of life at school, in which boys and girls share both their joys and conflicts. (via: Japan Media Arts Festival)... more>>

17th Japan Media Arts Festival Jury Selection (2013) <<less

Rembrary, the deputy of God loved by all and the holy high priest.... more>>

When I woke up while fighting against the Demon King who invaded my world, I woke up as an underrated idol in Korea..!

Will he be able to safely adjust to the idol life and return to his original world? <<less

Discharged from the hospital after recovering from a serious accident, music teacher Hibiki Kyousuke finds himself able to see and hear musical notes coming from... more>> the people and the world around him! As he contemplates this lasting damage (and maybe a malpractice suit against the hospital), he finds himself face-to-face with a haughty young girl decked out in frilly Gothic Lolita clothing. And when she suddenly points at him and orders him to be her servant, will Kyousuke have no choice but to dance to the little princess’s tune?! <<less

Act I - 3 Volumes (Complete)... more>>

Act II - 2 Volumes (Complete) <<less

Ever dream of being in a rock band? Ever dream of being in a GENIUS rock band? Could there be such a thing? For Chul, Dal Bong, Mickey, and Rae-young, it's not a matter of if, but of when. ... more>>

These four deviant misfits of society find themselves stalked, caught, and coerced into forming the greatest boy band of the century. It doesn’t hurt that they have talent, looks, and personality. A female detective, an heiress, a Betsy Johnson-inspired wardrobe, an evil dude, a cute evil dude, and other casts and characters all come together in this brilliant high jinks story of rock ’n roll, friends, and yes, love, that will make you wish you could have been there for the Audition. <<less