Sayonara Piano Sonata was a good manga to read simply because it shows how each one affects the other and how music became the center of all things.

Story-wise, it was good. The pacing and the interactions of the characters though some characters should have been given some importance such as the parents of the Mafuyu since they were introduced latter in the story[the mother that is]. It would have been better if the parents' problems were a bit exposed rather than a preview.

The art was... okay. It was not bad, but there were times where I felt the artist was too tired to draw especially the details of the fathers of the two protagonists. I, honestly, love how the artist draw the characters [mafuyu and nao] well 'xcept for the fathers...

As for character development, I think it was good. The characters resembles the youth now a days where they want to break-free and escape. A breaking-free/following your dreams type of manga.

hmm... all in all, it was a light-hearted manga, nothing heavy comes from it though sometimes you need to research on classical music they're playing so you could follow. If you want a manga to just pass time and not to think to much I guess this is a manga for you. Enjoy reading it til the end.^^