Nishimi Kaoru has moved from city to city and school to school because of his father’s job. So the first day at his new school was just routine for him. Being intellectual and the new transfer student, he has always been seen as an outcast and all Kaoru had to do was bear it until the next time he moved. But things were slightly different this time. First, he started to get close to the class president, Mukae Ritsuko, and, secondly, unlikely as it seemed, grew closer to Kawabuchi Sentaro. Sentaro was infamous for getting into fights, skipping class and was an overall bad boy. Strangely enough, the three of them find common ground in music, namely jazz, and Kaoru finds himself actually enjoying the new town.
Kids on the Slope has finished publishing and it has 45 Chapters. It is also Known as: 坂道のアポロン, Sakamichi no Aporon
Genres: School Life , Music , Slice of Life , Drama , Romance , Josei
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Top 10 Manga Like Kids on the Slope (Sakamichi no Apollon) [2024 List]
- 10. Golden Days
- 9. Araburu Kisetsu no Otome-domo yo.
- 8. Hagoromo Mishin
- 7. Tetsugaku Letra
- 6. Diamond Dust
- 5. Ao no Flag
- 4. Nodame Cantabile
- 3. Blue Giant
- 2. Beck
- 1. Piano no Mori
10. Golden Days
Feeling rebellious toward his overprotective mother, Soma Mitsuya, a first-year high school student, only cares about his violin and his hospitalized grandfather. On the night his grandfather’s condition suddenly worsens, an earthquake hits, sending Mitsuya to 1921 in the Taisho era…
Golden Days has finished publishing and it has 47 Chapters. It is also Known as: ゴールデン・デイズ, 黄金岁月, 黄金男孩, 골든 데이즈
9. Araburu Kisetsu no Otome-domo yo.
The girls in a high school literature club do a little icebreaker to get to know each other: answering the question, "What's one thing you want to do before you die?" One of the girls blurts out, "Sex." Little do they know, the whirlwind unleashed by that word pushes each of these girls, with different backgrounds and personalities, onto their own clumsy, funny, painful, and emotional paths toward adulthood.
O Maidens in Your Savage Season has finished publishing and it has 33 Chapters. It is also Known as: 荒ぶる季節の乙女どもよ。, Maidens of the Savage Season
8. Hagoromo Mishin
College student Yoichi helps a swan stuck on a bridge, only to be visited later in the night by Miwa, a beautiful woman claiming to have been the same swan Yoichi rescued. Miwa stays with Yoichi to pay back her debt, but Yoichi harbors doubts about Miwa really being a swan. With his uneasiness, is there hope for a relationship between Yoichi and Miwa?
Hagoromo Mishin has finished publishing and it has 6 Chapters. It is also Known as: 羽衣ミシン, The Swan Robe
7. Tetsugaku Letra
In middle school, Ichinose Kimitaka taught his friends how to play basketball. Despite his experience with the sport, his friends quickly outmatched him in skill. After an incident brought on by his frustration and jealousy, he was crushed to overhear those same 'friends' discussing how they wished he'd just kill himself.
On his way to toss out his special basketball shoes, he met a girl who was just as frustrated, throwing her own dancing shoes away. She was so tall, and her hands and feet are so large, that she had been rejected from her chosen hobby of Spanish dancing. He urged her to give basketball a try, and the two exchanged their shoes instead of throwing them away.
As he enters high school, Kimitaka learns that meeting him changed that girl's life for the better, and she is now a happy, social basketball player. Will Kimitaka be able to find the courage to make new friends and pursue his own talents?
has finished publishing and it has 27 Chapters. It is also Known as: 鉄楽レトラ, Tetsugaku Letra
6. Diamond Dust
This is the story of a girl who was forced to become a piano prodigy with the pressure starting from the moment she was born. Her family has had distinguished musicians in their past. She is constantly forced by her father to practice (up to 12 hours a day, 10 if he's being nice), wear gloves whenever she's not playing, no friends, makeup, etc.
Diamond Dust has finished publishing and it has 40 Chapters. It is also Known as: Diamond Dust 다이아몬드 더스트, Diamond Dust
5. Ao no Flag
The "youth pure love" story begins when three students in their third and final year of high school meet during a time when they are worried about paths for their futures. Waiting for them are sweet, painful, and heartrending days.
Blue Flag has finished publishing and it has 54 Chapters. It is also Known as: 青のフラッグ, Blue Flag
4. Nodame Cantabile
Shinichi Chiaki is a first class musician whose dream is to play among the elites in Europe. Coming from a distinguished family, he is an infamous perfectionist; not only is he highly critical of himself, but of others as well. The only thing stopping Chiaki from leaving for Europe is his fear of flying. As a result, he's grounded in Japan.
During his 4th year at Japan's top music university, Chiaki happens to meet Noda Megumi; or as she refers to herself, Nodame. On the surface, she seems to be an unkempt girl with no direction in life. However, when Chiaki hears Nodame play the piano for the first time, he is in awe at the kind of music she plays. To Chiaki's dismay, Nodame moves into the apartment next to his and finds out that she is head over heels in love with him.
Nodame Cantabile tells the story of Chiaki and Nodame, as they not only learn to deal with each other, but learn lessons from one another as they strive for the top of the musical world.
has finished publishing and it has 146 Chapters. It is also Known as: のだめカンタービレ, Nodame Cantabile: Encore Opera-hen, Nodame Cantabile Backstage
3. Blue Giant
A high school 3rd year student, Miyamoto Dai, whose heart was touched by Jazz, continued to play the Saxophone alone in Kawahara, rain or shine, day or night, for many years. "I want to become the world's best Saxophone player...!!" Effort, talent, faith, environment, luck...which are necessary? A tale of reaching towards his goal recklessly and sincerely begins in Hirosegawa, Sendai.
Nominated for the 8th and 9th Manga Taisho Award.
Blue Giant has finished publishing and it has 80 Chapters. It is also Known as: BLUE GIANT, Blue Giant
2. Beck
For the first 14 years of his life, Yukio Tanaka has been one heck of a boring guy. He has no hobbies, a weak taste in music, and only a small vestige of a personality. He yearns for an exciting life, but his shy, and somewhat neurotic personality make him his own worst enemy. Little does he know that his life will be forever changed when he meets Ryusuke Minami, a wild and unpredictable 16 year-old fresh from America, who happens to be in a rock-and-roll band named after his Frankenstein-like patched dog—Beck.
BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad has finished publishing and it has 103 Chapters. It is also Known as: BECK, Beck
1. Piano no Mori
A tranquil tale about two boys from very different upbringings. On one hand you have Kai, born as the son of a prostitute, who's been playing the abandoned piano in the forest near his home ever since he was young. And on the other you have Syuhei, practically breast-fed by the piano as the son of a family of prestigious pianists. Yet it is their common bond with the piano that eventually intertwines their paths in life.
Piano no Mori has finished publishing and it has 242 Chapters. It is also Known as: ピアノの森, Forest of the Piano, The Perfect World of Kai
