What is Musical Band manga?

A musical ensemble also known as a music(al) group or music(al) band is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music, typically known by a distinct name.

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Nana

(Nana)

8.27

Description:

Nana Komatsu is a young woman who's endured an unending string of boyfriend problems. Moving to Tokyo, she's hoping to take control of her life and put all those messy misadventures behind her. She's looking for love and she's hoping to find it in the big city. Nana Osaki, on the other hand, is cool, confident and focused. She swaggers into town and proceeds to kick down the doors to Tokyo's underground punk scene. She's got a dream and won't give up until she becomes Japan's No. 1 rock'n'roll superstar. This is the story of two 20-year-old women who share the same name. Even though they come from completely different backgrounds, they somehow meet and become best friends. The world of Nana is a world exploding with sex, music, fashion, gossip and all-night parties. (Source: Viz Media)
Type

manga

Volumes

21

Chapters

84

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2000-05-26

Beck

(BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad)

8.27

Description:

For the first 14 years of his life, Yukio Tanaka has been one heck of a boring guy. He has no hobbies, a weak taste in music, and only a small vestige of a personality. He yearns for an exciting life, but his shy, and somewhat neurotic personality make him his own worst enemy. Little does he know that his life will be forever changed when he meets Ryusuke Minami, a wild and unpredictable 16 year-old fresh from America, who happens to be in a rock-and-roll band named after his Frankenstein-like patched dog—Beck. (Source: Tokyopop)
Type

manga

Volumes

34

Chapters

103

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2000-02-17

Hello, Melancholic!

(Hello, Melancholic!)

7.71

Description:

Asano Minato is hiding in plain sight. She’s tall, but she’s very quiet, and very withdrawn. She keeps her hair over her face and her head down. It’s not hard to see that she’s avoiding being seen. While eating lunch alone in her secret spot, she hears what is obviously an instrument. She immediately wonders why, since this high school doesn’t have a band. She knows that… because that’s why she transferred here. (Source: MU) Note: Chapter count includes 4 bonus chapters
Type

manga

Volumes

3

Chapters

18

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2019-06-18

Yoru no Kurage wa Oyogenai

(Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night)

0

Description:

Four girls, "Yoru Mitsuki", an illustrator who stops drawing, "Nonoka Tachibana", a former idol who wants to prove herself with singing, "Nox Ryūgasaki", a self-proclaimed "the strongest" VTuber, and "Kimura-chan", a mysterious composer who wants to support her favourite person, together form an anonymous artist group, "JELEE".
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2024-04-07

Outer Halo

0

Description:

When his band breaks up and Sora is feeling lost, he happens to attend a concert where he reunites with Naoharu Tamaki, an upperclassman from his middle school. "I know that voice..." A vivid memory from 10 years ago comes back to him. But there's a huge distance between Naoharu, shining in the light of the stage, and Sora, standing in the audience... The faint memory of his first love is reflected in these glittering lights. Sora and Nao's love story begins with a fated reunion. (Source: Kodansha, translated)
Type

manga

Volumes

1

Chapters

5

Status

finished

Started

2023-08-05

Kimi wo Wasureru Koi ga Shitai

0

Description:

Once, there was a delicate teenage romance between a boy and a girl, who shared all of their firsts. But then they broke up and the boy moved to Tokyo. Years later, the girl goes to college in Tokyo, where she meets her ex-boyfriend again, who has somehow become a cocky womanizer?! But there's still this certain spark between them.
Type

manga

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2023-09-13

Futsuu no Keionbu

(Girl Meets Rock!)

0

Description:

With a passion for richly textured Japanese rock, first-year high school student Chihiro Hatono steps into the world of the light music club, new guitar in tow. But what awaits her behind those doors...? A drama of unfiltered youth and musical ambition takes the stage! (Source: Manga Plus)
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2024-01-14

Suibu Yametai Hagino-san

0

Description:

Hagino and Kiritani are members of the school's brass band. Hagino-san gets angry and complains at every practice that she has no time for a boyfriend or to play games, and keeps saying every chance she gets, "Maybe I should quit the band......." (Source: Natalie, translated)
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2023-06-29

Rakuen Noise

(Paradise Noise)

0

Description:

When I dressed up as a woman and posted a music video on the internet, I suddenly became famous as a mysterious high school girl net musician (although I'm really a guy). I thought it was okay as long as I didn't show my face, but my high school music teacher, Misao Hanazono, discerned my identity, and I was blackmailed. My high school life—which should have been uneventful—was noisily and annoyingly colored by the three girls I meet through Hanazono-sensei: Rinko, the "twisted genius pianist," Shizuki, the "flower-arrangement princess drummer," and Akane, the "truant zashiki-warashi vocalist." A boy-meets-girls story, spending all their time in love, youth, and the band! (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
Type

manga

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2022-03-26

Rakuen Noise

(Paradise Noise)

0

Description:

When I post a video of myself performing as a woman on the Internet, I become famous as a mysterious high school girl Internet musician (though I’m a guy). However, my secret is discovered by my music teacher, Misao Hanazono-sensei, and I’m forced to work around her to keep her mouth shut… My high school life, which was supposed to be tasteless and odorless, was turned upside down by three girls I met through Hanazono-sensei. – “Rinko, the twisted genius pianist” – “Shizuki, the flower-arranging princess drummer” – “Akane, the school-skipping vocalist” Boy Meets Girl, a story of love, youth, and bands!
Type

novel

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2020-05-10

Love Song ga Utaenai

(Can't Sing a Love Song)

0

Description:

Chihiro, who quit his previous band due to a failed love affair, has been a vocalist in his current band for two years after being invited by Mikumo. Chihiro has been asked to sing a love song many times, but for some reason he has always refused. In their final year of college, job hunting started to get them busy, and before the band part their ways, Mikumo confesses how much he loves Chihiro's voice and asks him to rethink the idea of singing a love song for the last time. Note: The series is a oneshot released in 2 parts.
Type

manga

Chapters

2

Status

finished

Started

2023-01-01

Mikazuki March

(Crescent Moon Marching)

0

Description:

To escape the stress of city life, high school, and her overbearing mother, Mizuki runs away from home to spend spring break with her aunt. But her future is looming and she still has no idea what she’s interested in… until she crosses paths with Akira, a high school trumpet player who introduces her to the world of marching band! Music, movement, and the passions of youth collide in a breathtaking coming-of-age tale for fans of Sound! Euphonium and Whisper of the Heart! (Source: Azuki)
Type

manga

Volumes

6

Chapters

42

Status

finished

Started

2020-02-04

Moment Lily

(Moment Lily)

0

Description:

"You must always be careful with band members because they're known to eat up their fans, okay!" Unohara Riri is a big fan of "Moment Lily", an indie band that mostly performs in small live venues. For 6 years, she has only been sending letters with her impression of their CDs through the band's staff but now that she's a university student, she's finally found the courage to attend their live show. When she finally did, she got so excited from her first time experiencing the heat of watching the "real" Moment Lily in action that she was cutting it close to her last train. While she was in a panic to leave the venue, a drunk started to give her a hard time. That's when she was rescued by none other than Moment Lily's vocalist, AZ (Azu)!! This is the pure love story of a timid university student and the vocalist of her favorite band. (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2021-08-10

Bocchi The Rock! Anthology Comic

0

Description:

Bocchi the Rock! anthology by various mangaka.
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2022-10-27

Mugi-kun ni Koi wo Shite wa Ikenai

0

Description:

Yui is a 28-year-old office worker who has just moved into a shared house after a break-up. There, she meets a 19-year-old boy who is a member of a band...?! What will happen with the secret love between the two?
Type

manga

Volumes

3

Chapters

24

Status

finished

Started

2020-04-29

Studio Cabana

0

Description:

Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2021-06-24

K-ON! Story Anthology Comic

0

Description:

An anthology comic of K-On! by various mangaka.
Type

manga

Volumes

3

Chapters

40

Status

finished

Started

2011-11-26

Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle - side B.B & M.T.C+

0

Description:

Following the events of the First Division Rap Battle, Ichirou Yamada and Samatoki Aohitsugi return to their normal lives, vowing to improve their rap skills in anticipation of the next Division Rap Battle. However, a mysterious new drug called "Grasshopper" begins to pop up on the streets of Ikebukuro and Yokohama. The drug induces violent mood swings and hallucinations, even causing its users to lose their minds and suffer a heart attack when they overdose. Samatoki is tasked with eliminating the drug dealers who have moved in onto his gang's turf. He finds that his fellow teammate, Jyuto Iruma, is also investigating Grasshopper for the police, and the two decide to team up to find the origins of the substance. Meanwhile, a friend of Jirou Yamada seeks Ichirou's help in tracking down the whereabouts of his younger brother, who was kidnapped by a rival gang and is being held for ransom. Unable to go to the police for assistance, the Yamada brothers take the matter into their own hands. The youngest brother, Saburou, immediately suspects that something is amiss about Jirou's friend, but Ichirou cannot abandon someone in need. As the two teams delve further into their separate investigations, they encounter old friends and enemies. With an unknown culprit pulling the strings, Ichirou and Samatoki will stop at nothing to figure out who is responsible.
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2020-11-26

Banbandoridori

(Bang Bang Dream Dream)

0

Description:

A "surreal expansion four-panel manga" following female high school student Kasumi as she searches for things that are sparkling and heart-throbbing. (Source: Anime News Network)
Type

manga

Rating

All Ages

Status

current

Started

2017-06-15

BanG Dream!

0

Description:

After being made fun of for singing her favorite song, Toyama Kasumi, a first year high school student, could no longer directly express herself. Spending her melancholic days, she is led by fate to meet a guitar and new friends. Together, they will form bonds. (Source: BanG Dream Wikia)
Type

novel

Volumes

1

Chapters

6

Rating

All Ages

Status

finished

Started

2016-08-25

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