Aoi Akuma no Serenade - Recommendations

• One Shot
• 2010

Shuuhei is an endlessly enthusiastic pizza deliveryman with almost no ambitions or skills, and he's determined to date Hitomi, a classmate back from high school who made the mistake of kissing him once. When he asks her what she likes in a man, one of the things she mentions was the ability to play a musical instrument. In response, he decides to learn to play the trumpet. But learning about the trumpet and jazz music is going to change his life in more ways than he imagined.

• Vol: 9; Ch: 72
• 2020 - 2023

• Vol: 9; Ch: 45
• 2007 - 2012

Lonely Kaoru Nishimi has lost count of how many times he has moved schools thanks to his father's naval career. Newly landed in Kyushu, he finds most of his classmates instantly antagonistic towards him and suspicious of his elite background. Only two other students seem not to mind who he is – the infamously abrasive Sentarou and the gentle Ritsuko. Unbeknownst to Kaoru they have a passion for jazz, and they're about to pull him out of his stiff, joyless world into theirs of loose, swinging self-expression. Through friendship and frustration, love and despair, Kaoru will learn that life has a wealth of experiences in store for him!

• Vol: 11; Ch: 88
• 2016 - 2020

• Vol: 10; Ch: 80
• 2013 - 2016

Miyamoto Dai, a student with a taste for basketball, changes his life the first time he sees a live jazz performance. The incredible music strikes a chord deep inside him, and he immediately decides to dedicate himself to the saxophone. He has no skills, no formal training, and no idea what he’s up against, but his obsession drives him to play that instrument day after day. Will passion be enough to become the player of his dreams?

• Vol: 1
• 2008

When Hilary got a place on the San Francisco Symphony as a flute player, she decides to move into her own place to escape her restricted life with her over-protective mother. Although excited at her new found freedom, it doesn't last for long. The next morning, the quiche she left in the fridge for breakfast was gone, her milk had been used and an unfamiliar bag was in the living room! As she stood confused, a handsome man she had never seen before appeared in front of her and says to her angrily "what are you doing in my house?"

• Vol: 1
• 2008

Kathleen's dream was to be a vocalist. That was until the accident that left her with an injured leg. Despite this, her music teacher, Sister Cecily, takes her to an audition. Kathleen is a classical musician, but the audition is being judged by Morgan Llewellyn, a world-famous musical composer. Kathleen performs as best as she can, but the fiercely masculine and overbearing Morgan coldly tells her that she could never be a star.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 6
• 2014

• Vol: 4+; Ch: 17+
• 2020 - ?

• Vol: 1; Ch: 7
• 2008 - 2010

Taki Kanon and Nakamori Ryou met through a piano in their first year of high school. Nakamori played video game songs beautifully, while Taki's talent lay in piano tuning. They were in the same class, and they spent a lot of time together at a piano. But shyness and misunderstanding plagued the formation of a more serious relationship. Over the years, will they be able to find a way to make the paths of their lives finally converge?