Now that he's finally set his sights on becoming a pianist, things at school are easy for former delinquent Shusuke Matoba. But he's starting to realize just ho

Shu's had a rough start to life, and doesn't think he has much of a future—until fate brings him together with talented young pianist and fellow student Akari

In order to restore Akari's father Mikage's faith in himself, Shu becomes the student of Mikage's old rival—Greg the Hammer! As he and Akari struggle to devel

Now that Shu has the ability to interpret the pieces, he wins a place in the PTKA finals, and with offers for work coming in he starts to see a future for himse

Shu will be performing at a recital hosted by Cliff, where he'll play among other prolific pianists, and the audience will expect from him a performance to repr