Manga like Carole & Tuesday

Kono Oto Tomare!

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance

Since the graduation of the senior members of the club, Takezou ends up being the sole member of the "Koto" (traditional Japanese string instrument) club. Now that the new school year has begun, Takezou will have to seek out new members into the club, or the club will become terminated. Out of nowhere, a new member barges into the near-abandoned club room, demanding to join the club. How will Takezou be able to keep his club alive and deal with this rascal of a new member?

Tags: School Club , School , Band , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Shounen , Bullying , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Delinquents , Found Family , Tragedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Female Protagonist , Estranged Family , Teacher , Nudity , Maids

BLUE GIANT

Also known as Blue Giant.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Slice of Life

Dai lived a normal high school life in Sendai: a city of hot summer days and rainy nights. Between basketball, part time jobs, and an uncertain future, something was missing. And that thing was music. With his days in senior year running out, Dai swears a heartfelt vow: “I’m gonna be the best jazz player in the world.”

But what do you need to be the best? Talent? Effort? A lucky break? Or maybe just a deep, pure love for music, and too much stubbornness to know when to quit.



Note: Nominated for the 22nd Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Tags: Seinen , Band , Jazz Music , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Bar , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast

Mashiro no Oto

Also known as Those Snow White Notes.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music

Shamisen is a traditional Japanese musical instrument that looks similar to a guitar. Teenager Sawamura Setsu's grandfather who raised him and his older brother Wakana, recently passed away. His grandfather was one of the greatest Shamisen players and the two siblings grew up listening to him play and learning to play the instrument. Since the grandfather's death, Setsu dropped out of high school, moved to Tokyo and has been drifting, not knowing what to do besides play his Shamisen. That's when his successful and rich mother, Umeko storms into his life and tries to shape Setsu up.
She enrolls him back into high school but little does Setsu know that he is about to rediscover his passion for Shamisen.

Notes:
Won the Kodansha Manga Award for Shounen (2012).
Nominated to the 23rd Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Tags: Musical Theater , Male Protagonist , Shounen , School Club

Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sci-Fi

An AI named Matsumoto appears before Vivy, the world’s first autonomous humanoid AI. Matsumoto’s mission is to rewrite history together with Vivy, in order to stop the war between AI and humans that will happen one century later.



Tags: Artificial Intelligence , Robots , Musical Theater , Tragedy , Idol , Chibi

Andante

Also known as Andante.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music

Mei is a girl that can only be described as "normal" when compared to her older brother. While she's a devoted member of her school's Wind Orchestra Club, he's a famous musical prodigy. When their irresponsible parents send a girl named Mel to live with the siblings, Mei's feelings for her brother start to seem a lot more complicated than she first thought.

Tags: Shoujo , Classical Music

Buzzy Noise

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance

Apartment building clerk by day and electronic music composer by night, Kiyosumi enjoys his "clean and simple" existence free from relationships and distractions.

One day he gets an unexpected admirer as a distressed female neighbor destroys both his room's window and his solitude...

Tags: Band , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Musical Theater , Female Protagonist

Rock wa Lady no Tashinami Deshite

Also known as Rock is a Lady's Modesty.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Music

Obviously, the music genre most suitable for refined, young ladies is…rock!

After being forced to attend an all-girls school, Ririsa Suzunomiya stumbles upon her ladylike peers jamming out.



Tags: Primarily Teen Cast , Rock Music , Primarily Female Cast , Ojou-sama , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Band , School