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High schooler Ritsuka Uenoyama is the electric guitarist for a band composed of himself, bassist Haruki Nakayama, and drummer Akihiko Kaji. He becomes a reluctant guitar teacher to Mafuyu Sato, a shy classmate, after repairing the broken strings on Mafuyu's Gibson ES-330. Ritsuka quickly realizes that Mafuyu is an exceptionally talented singer, and invites him to join the band.
Ritsuka learns that Mafuyu's guitar was previously owned by Yuuki, Mafuyu's childhood friend and boyfriend who died in an apparent suicide. The band begins composing music in advance of a live performance, but Mafuyu is unable to write lyrics for the song. The day of the performance, Mafuyu has a breakthrough and sings a powerful song about his feelings of loss over Yuuki. The song prompts Ritsuka to realize his romantic feelings for Mafuyu; he kisses him backstage, and they begin dating shortly thereafter.
The band names itself – "Given", in tribute to the guitar given to Mafuyu by Yuuki – and begin to develop a following after posting a video of their live performance online. Given qualifies for a major amateur music festival, and begin preparing new material. Their efforts are complicated when Akihiko, who Haruki secretly has romantic feelings for, becomes involved with his roommate and ex-boyfriend Ugetsu.
| Given Volumes & Chapters |
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| Volume One | |
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| Release date: | November 30, 2014 |
| Given 1 Cover: | Chapters: |
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1. code. 1 2. code. 2 3. code. 3 4. code. 4 5. code. 5 6. code. 6 | |
| Mafuyu is in Ritsuka's resting spot at school and he asks him to fix his guitar. Wanting Ritsuka to teach him how to play he then joins his band with Kaji and Haruki after Mafuyu demonstrates his singing. | |
| Volume Two | |
| Release date: | January 31, 2016 |
| Given 2 Cover: | Chapters: |
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7. code. 7 8. code. 8 9. code. 9 10. code. 10 11. code. 11
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| Volume Three | |
| Release date: | March 2, 2017 |
| Given 3 Cover: | Chapters: |
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12. code. 12 13. code. 13 14. code. 14 15. code. 15 16. code. 16 | |
| Volume Four | |
| Release date: | December 30, 2017 |
| Given 4 Cover: | Chapters: |
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17. code. 17 18. code. 18 19. code. 19 20. code. 20 21. code. 21
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| Volume Five | |
| Release date: | April 2, 2019 |
| Given 5 Cover: | Chapters: |
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22. code. 22 23. code. 23 24. code. 24 25. code. 25 26. code. 26 27. code. 27 28. code. 28
30. code. 30 31. code. 31 32. code. 32 33. code. 33 | |
| Volume Six | |
| Release date: | TBA |
| Given 6 Cover: | Chapters: |
34. code. 34 35. code. 35 36. code.36 | |
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