Shonen Note: Boy Soprano - Recommendations

• Vol: 15; Ch: 123
• 2002 - 2013

Shuichi Nitori is an elementary school boy with a secret: he wishes he were a girl and likes wearing their clothes. With the right outfit and his cute, effeminate looks, he is often able to convince people that he is someone else - or even something else. Unfortunately, although his best friend and object of affection, Takatsuki, accepts him as he is, she does not return Shuichi’s feelings. Moreover, school is an unforgiving place and Shuichi walks a fine line between liberating his true self and being labeled a freak by all his peers...

• Vol: 3; Ch: 22
• 2003 - 2007

Kousaka is a violinist who is looking for a new orchestra to perform with as he’s tired of his current one. He, along with others, answer an ad for a new orchestra only to find an abandoned warehouse and a crazy old man constructing the rehearsal space. And no conductor. Kousaka takes over as first violin when the old man interrupts and criticizes him. Turns out that the old man IS the conductor and musical director, and he’s put together this orchestra with lofty goals in mind, and has told them he’s going to shape them up in only a month…

• Vol: 6
• 2008 - 2017

High school students Kamijou Haruta and Homura Chika are members of a wind instrument club that is on the verge of being shut down. The two are childhood friends and they spend their days practicing hard, while also trying to recruit new members. When a certain incident happens within their school, they work together to solve it.

• Vol: 4; Ch: 27
• 2011 - 2014

When Kamiyama Keito saw Oomiya Honden High School's (a.k.a. "Denkou") Rock Band "Kei-On" club, he was immediately struck by a sense of awe and admiration. Once he was admitted into the school, he immediately joined the club. To the despair of Keito, the club was run by two degenerate senior students who forbid any real practices. Once spring break turns around, Keito finds out that the two seniors were arrested for possession of marijuana, in turn pushing the club into the brink of termination. With the help of the only other member of the club, Tsukumo Shintaro, will Keito be able to prevent the termination of his club?

• Vol: 26; Ch: 241
• 1998 - 2015

This is a story about a piano, pitifully abandoned in the woods, and a young boy, Kai, who grew up playing it as his favorite toy. While Kai cannot even read sheet music, one day, he meets Shuhei Amamiya, an aspiring child pianist who transfers schools from Tokyo, and their music teacher, Sosuke Ajino. Ajino was also once a gifted pianist, until a tragic accident stole his promising future from him forever. Each from a different background, the trio's personalities gravitate to one another and rebound. All the while, the piano sits patiently, awaiting a hand to play it.

• Vol: 3; Ch: 24
• 2015 - 2018

High school students Kamijou Haruta and Homura Chika are members of a wind instrument club that is on the verge of being shut down. The two are childhood friends and they spend their days practicing hard, while also trying to recruit new members. When a certain incident happens within their school, they work together to solve it.

• Vol: 4; Ch: 46
• 1997 - 1998

Boy meets Girl!! Kazuo, a ronin aiming to get into a distinguished college of music, meets a girl who loves baseball. Her name is Uta Naruse, the piano prodigy who can play Debussy as if it were nothing! Manga may be a soundless way of storytelling, but your heart will be filled with beautiful music!!

• Vol: 1; Ch: 5
• 1957 - 1975

• Vol: 3; Ch: 19
• 2014 - 2015

The Kitauji high school wind instrument club had at one time participated in national tournaments, and was a champion school, but after the club's adviser changed, they have not been able to even participate in the qualifying tournament. Under the strict leadership of Taki, a substitute for Ms. Rikako, they steadily build up their strength. As they fight over who plays solos, some students give priority to studying and quit club activities. Finally, the long wished-for day of the contest arrives.

• Vol: 2; Ch: 16
• 2016