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★ 8.2 7K votes 2019–2019 1 season · 11 episodes Ended Fuji TV
Music sceneMusicians, bands and the industry behind them.This show: 9/10Queer storiesLGBTQ+ lives and relationships at the center.This show: 9/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 9/10Distinctive scoreMusic inseparable from the show's identity.This show: 8/10MelancholicA wistful sadness woven through the story, even in its lighter moments.This show: 8/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 8/10Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 8/10TearjerkerEngineered to make you cry, and it works.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Jonah ScottJessie James GrelleBrandon McInnisYuma UchidaTakuya EguchiYung-I Chang
Starring
Jonah ScottJessie James GrelleBrandon McInnisYuma UchidaTakuya EguchiYung-I Chang
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"Grief and guitars, quietly devastating"

A teenage guitarist finds a beat-up bass shoved into a corner of a train station, still owned by a boy who seems to be running from something painful. That chance meeting pulls him into a fledgling rock band whose members are each nursing quiet grief. The show moves slowly and tenderly, more interested in silences and shared glances than plot mechanics, building toward live performances that hit far harder than the low-key setup suggests. It's a small, intimate character study dressed up as a band story.

Watch it for

the final performances, which land with genuine emotional weight after a patient build.

Maybe skip if

you need fast pacing or plot-driven momentum rather than mood and character.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

▼
Season 12019
8.03K114h 4m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Boys in the Band7.6
31022 min
▶2Like Someone In Love7.4
25723 min
▶3Somebody Else7.8
25022 min
▶4Fluorescent Adolescent7.5
23322 min
▶5The Reason8.1
25322 min
▶6Creep7.6
23022 min
▶7Tumbling Dice7.8
23122 min
▶8Time Is Running Out7.9
23123 min
▶9A Winter Story9.4
45422 min
▶10Wonderwall8.0
22622 min
▶11Song27.9
23822 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Jonah Scott Akihiko Kaji
Jessie James Grelle Ritsuka Uenoyama
Brandon McInnis Mafuyu Satou
Yuma Uchida Ritsuka Uenoyama
Takuya Eguchi Akihiko Kaji
Yung-I Chang Haruki Nakayama
Kelsey Maher Crowd, Fans
Masatomo Nakazawa Haruki Nakayama
Shogo Yano Mafuyu Satou
Kengo Takanashi Shogo Itaya

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