What’s it about? When Ritsuka Uenoyama agrees to fix the strings on the Gibson guitar his strange classmate Mafuyu always carries, he finds his entire life turned upside down. Now Mafuyu is coming to his band practice, following him around…and making him remember what originally made him so passionate about music. Vrai Kaiser There’s been […] The post [Review] given – Episode 1 appeared first on ANIME FEMINIST.
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