"Color."
Yes that's the word I use. Do you know why? This manga is black and white on the surface, but the feelings and the story are just so much more. I wanted to find a specific quote to start out my review, but this word in the story just stuck out so much more than any single quote.

On that note, lets get into the story. Sure the basis of the story is pretty basic and common (protagonist meets tragedy and meets girl who changes his life), but the way it is portrayed is truly remarkable. This manga will really make you think and besides really needing to think out of confusion in other mangas or animes, this really makes you think of various things in life. I went into this manga thinking it'd be another simple happy read; it seemed to start that way, but you could just tell that the story gets much deeper.

The art was fantastic. It stuck out to me in how it was a bit different from what I'm used to, but it was off and on for me. Some scenes, especially performance scenes, would just scream detail and you could practically just feel the music.

The characters! This is a fantastic change of pace from the static characters of most mainstream mangas/animes, our characters truly develop and start to change. Don't want to spoil. Seriously just read and find out. If you look at it generally, the characters do have that really mainstream, if you will, personality. I do feel that Watari could have used a little more development, but other than that, the characters were vivid and wonderful.

I probably don't need to write much for my overall and a enjoyment, but that was a perfect 10! Anything that can make think this much and feel so many feels will usually be up here.

P.S. listen to the songs they are playing on piano/violin while reading the manga, it really heightened my experience!