Bibliograph

Given, story and art by Natsuki Kizu ; translation, Junko Goda ; touch-up art and lettering, Sabrina Heep ; editor, Leyla Aker

Type

Label

Given, story and art by Natsuki Kizu ; translation, Junko Goda ; touch-up art and lettering, Sabrina Heep ; editor, Leyla Aker

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

T+, Older teen

resource.interestAgeLevel

16+

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Given

Nature of contents

comics graphic novels

Oclc number

1140415970

Responsibility statement

story and art by Natsuki Kizu ; translation, Junko Goda ; touch-up art and lettering, Sabrina Heep ; editor, Leyla Aker

Summary

Sometimes a song can save your life. Love of music unites the four members of the band Given: hotheaded guitarist Uenoyama, playboy drummer Akihiko, gentle bassist Haruki, and Mafuyu, a singer gifted with great talent and burdened by past tragedy. Their struggles and conflicts may drive them apart, but their bond to the music - and to each other - always brings them back together again. Ritsuka Uenoyama is bored with it all - with school, with his basketball club, and even with his one true passion: playing guitar. Until the day he finds his favorite hidden napping spot occupied by a strange boy cradling a broken-stringed guitar. At first, Uenoyama is nonplused by Mafuyu Sato and his slightly odd behavior, but when, on a whim, he asks the other boy to sing, the power of Mafuyu's voice pierces him to the core. Includes some sexual content.

Target audience

adolescent

Classification