Manga like Hashikko Ensemble

Genres: Music

What is Hashikko Ensemble about?

Status: Finished

Fujiyoshi Akira and Kimura Jin are new students at Hashimoto Technical High School. Akira sports an unusually deep voice that cracks when he tries to raise it, so he generally avoids speaking if he can help it. Jin is anything but quiet. Notorious throughout the school for his undaunting enthusiasm and his loud, boisterous tunes between classes, Jin wants to recruit fellow students to form a vocal ensemble.



Tags: Seinen
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Box of Sound

Oto no Hako

Also known as Box of Sound.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Sequel for the story of the same name from "Flower cookies". Another freshman, Tanabe Kimi, enters the choir club of Sakura high school...

Tags: Josei , School Club
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Kuchibiru ni Uta wo

Kuchibiru ni Uta wo

Status: Finished
Genres: Music

The story follows Kashiwagi, a stunningly beautiful, self-described NEET (Not in Employment, Education, or Training) part-time teacher who went to a music college in Tokyo. Her old middle-school classmate Matsuyama is now the advisor for a middle school chorus club on Nagasaki Prefecture's Gotou Islands, but she has to go on maternity leave. Matsuyama asks Kashiwagi to take over the club for one year. The chorus club had only female members before, but the arrival of Kashiwagi suddenly attracts lots of boys, resulting in conflict among its ranks. Despite this, the club prepares for NCon, NHK's real-life nationwide school music competition, with its newly diverse roster.

Tags: School , Shounen
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Shonen Note: Boy Soprano

Shounen Note

Also known as Shonen Note: Boy Soprano.

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

Yutaka Aoi has a talent few boys have: He can sing soprano. But when Yutaka's voice begins to change as he enters puberty, the journey ahead will be one of self-discovery and reflection for not only himself, but also for those around him.



Tags: Coming of Age , Musical Theater , LGBTQ+ Themes , Seinen , Disability , Transgender , Male Protagonist , Classical Music
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Those Snow White Notes

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

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