Top 20 Musical Band manga you should read right now. [2025 List]

20. Futsuu no Keionbu

With a passion for richly textured Japanese rock, first-year high school student Chihiro Hatono steps into the world of the light music club, new guitar in tow. But what awaits her behind those doors...? A drama of unfiltered youth and musical ambition takes the stage!

Girl Meets Rock! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ふつうの軽音部, Futsu no Keionbu

19. Studio Cabana

Studio Cabana is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: スタジオカバナ, Studio Cabana

18. 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

17. Nana

Nana Komatsu is a young woman who's endured an unending string of boyfriend problems. Moving to Tokyo, she's hoping to take control of her life and put all those messy misadventures behind her. She's looking for love and she's hoping to find it in the big city.
Nana Osaki, on the other hand, is cool, confident and focused. She swaggers into town and proceeds to kick down the doors to Tokyo's underground punk scene. She's got a dream and won't give up until she becomes Japan's No. 1 rock'n'roll superstar.
This is the story of two 20-year-old women who share the same name. Even though they come from completely different backgrounds, they somehow meet and become best friends. The world of Nana is a world exploding with sex, music, fashion, gossip and all-night parties.

Nana has finished publishing and it has 84 Chapters. It is also Known as: NANA, Nana

16. Yoru to Asa no Uta EC

The continuation of Asaichi and Yoru's story.

The Song of Yoru & Asa Ec has finished publishing and it has 8 Chapters. It is also Known as: よるとあさの歌 Ec, Yoru to Asa no Uta Encore

15. Hello, Melancholic!

Asano Minato is hiding in plain sight. She’s tall, but she’s very quiet, and very withdrawn. She keeps her hair over her face and her head down. It’s not hard to see that she’s avoiding being seen. While eating lunch alone in her secret spot, she hears what is obviously an instrument. She immediately wonders why, since this high school doesn’t have a band. She knows that… because that’s why she transferred here.



Note: Chapter count includes 4 bonus chapters

Hello, Melancholic! has finished publishing and it has 18 Chapters. It is also Known as: ハロー、メランコリック！, Hello, Melancholic!

14. Yoru no Kurage wa Oyogenai

Four girls, "Yoru Mitsuki", an illustrator who stops drawing, "Nonoka Tachibana", a former idol who wants to prove herself with singing, "Nox Ryūgasaki", a self-proclaimed "the strongest" VTuber, and "Kimura-chan", a mysterious composer who wants to support her favourite person, together form an anonymous artist group, "JELEE".

Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 夜のクラゲは泳げない, YoruKura, ヨルクラ

13. Mugi-kun ni Koi wo Shite wa Ikenai

Yui is a 28-year-old office worker who has just moved into a shared house after a break-up. There, she meets a 19-year-old boy who is a member of a band...?! What will happen with the secret love between the two?

Mugi-kun ni Koi wo Shite wa Ikenai has finished publishing and it has 24 Chapters. It is also Known as: 麦くんに恋をしてはいけない, Don't Fall in Love with Mugi-kun, MugiKoi

12. Bocchi The Rock! Anthology Comic

Bocchi the Rock! anthology by various mangaka.

Bocchi The Rock! Anthology Comic is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ぼっち・ざ・ろっく！アンソロジーコミック, Bocchi The Rock! Anthology Comic

11. Banbandoridori

A "surreal expansion four-panel manga" following female high school student Kasumi as she searches for things that are sparkling and heart-throbbing.

Bang Bang Dream Dream is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: バンバンドリドリ, Banbandoridori

10. Kimi wo Wasureru Koi ga Shitai

Once, there was a delicate teenage romance between a boy and a girl, who shared all of their firsts. But then they broke up and the boy moved to Tokyo. Years later, the girl goes to college in Tokyo, where she meets her ex-boyfriend again, who has somehow become a cocky womanizer?! But there's still this certain spark between them.

Kimi wo Wasureru Koi ga Shitai is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 君を忘れる恋がしたい, Kimi wo Wasureru Koi ga Shitai

9. BanG Dream!

After being made fun of for singing her favorite song, Toyama Kasumi, a first year high school student, could no longer directly express herself. Spending her melancholic days, she is led by fate to meet a guitar and new friends. Together, they will form bonds.

BanG Dream! has finished publishing and it has 6 Chapters. It is also Known as: BanG Dream! バンドリ, BanG Dream!

8. K-ON! Story Anthology Comic

An anthology comic of K-On! by various mangaka.

K-ON! Story Anthology Comic has finished publishing and it has 40 Chapters. It is also Known as: けいおん！ストーリーアンソロジーコミック, K-ON! Story Anthology

7. Outer Halo

When his band breaks up and Sora is feeling lost, he happens to attend a concert where he reunites with Naoharu Tamaki, an upperclassman from his middle school. "I know that voice..." A vivid memory from 10 years ago comes back to him. But there's a huge distance between Naoharu, shining in the light of the stage, and Sora, standing in the audience... The faint memory of his first love is reflected in these glittering lights. Sora and Nao's love story begins with a fated reunion.

Outer Halo has finished publishing and it has 5 Chapters. It is also Known as: アウターハロー, Outer Halo

6. Brass & Sass

It may have been the music that attracted her to band class, but it was love that made her stay…even if she doesn't have any musical talent whatsoever. But what high schooler Camilla lacks in ability, she makes up for in passion – especially when it comes to Victor, the handsome musician who’s caught her eye. Will love rule the day, even when your crush-of-choice is a real brass-hole? Read on to find out!

Brass & Sass is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Brass & Sass

5. Hibike! Euphonium

After a terrible experience in her past at the National Music Band Competition, Kumiko abandoned music once and for all. She starts her first year at Kitauji High School, she finds herself being roped back in. But their school's band is hopeless. There was a time where they had placed well in nationals, but now they can't even make it past their regional qualifiers. In the midst of all of this, Kumiko meets the last person she'd ever want to see again, Reina. Will Kitauji High manage to pull itself together with the day of the concert drawing ever closer?!



Included volumes:
Vol. 1: Hibike! Euphonium: Kitauji Koukou Suisougakubu e Youkoso (Sound! Euphonium: Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band)
Vol. 2: Hibike! Euphonium 2: Kitauji Koukou Suisougakubu no Ichiban Atsui Natsu
Vol. 3: Hibike! Euphonium 3: Kitauji Koukou Suisougakubu, Saidai no Kiki
Vol. 4: Hibike! Euphonium: Kitauji Koukou Suisougakubu no Himitsu no Hanashi

Sound! Euphonium has finished publishing and it has Chapters. It is also Known as: 響け! ユーフォニアム, Hibike! Euphonium: Kitauji Koukou Suisougakubu e Youkoso, Sound! Euphonium: Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band, Hibike! Euphonium 2: Kitauji Koukou Suisougakubu no Ichiban Atsui Natsu, Hibike! Euphonium 3: Kitauji Koukou Suisougakubu, Saidai no Kiki, Hibike! Euphonium: Kitauji Koukou Suisougakubu no Himitsu no Hanashi

4. Fuuka Special Edition

Released in April 2018 as a standalone project. Featuring main female characters from Seo Kouji's popular series Fuuka in alternative timelines with the Main Character of the series Yuu Haruna!

Fuuka Special Edition has finished publishing and it has 10 Chapters. It is also Known as: Fuuka Special Edition

3. Angel Beats! Original Comics

CD-manga included in the "Last Song" single consisiting of two short stories: Last Song and a 4-Koma with the Girls Dead Monster

has finished publishing and it has 2 Chapters. It is also Known as: Angel Beats! Original Comics

2. Suibu Yametai Hagino-san

Hagino and Kiritani are members of the school's brass band. Hagino-san gets angry and complains at every practice that she has no time for a boyfriend or to play games, and keeps saying every chance she gets, "Maybe I should quit the band......."

Suibu Yametai Hagino-san is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 吹部やめたい萩野さん, Hagino-san Wants to Quit the Wind Ensemble

1. Rakuen Noise

When I post a video of myself performing as a woman on the Internet, I become famous as a mysterious high school girl Internet musician (though I’m a guy). However, my secret is discovered by my music teacher, Misao Hanazono-sensei, and I’m forced to work around her to keep her mouth shut… My high school life, which was supposed to be tasteless and odorless, was turned upside down by three girls I met through Hanazono-sensei.

– “Rinko, the twisted genius pianist”

– “Shizuki, the flower-arranging princess drummer”

– “Akane, the school-skipping vocalist”

Boy Meets Girl, a story of love, youth, and bands!

Paradise Noise is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 楽園ノイズ, Rakuen Noise