Sometimes a song can save your life. Love of music unites the four members of the band Given: hotheaded guitarist Uenoyama, playboy drummer Akihiko, gentle bassist Haruki, and Mafuyu, a singer gifted with great talent and burdened by past tragedy. their struggles and conflicts may drive them apart, but their bond to the music-and to each other-always brings them back together again. Uenoyama realizes hes in love with Mafuyu and steals a kiss from him backstage at their first live performance. But now hes even more confused-he hasnt shared his feelings with Mafuyu and has no idea how Mafuyu feels about him. In contrast to their naive romance, Haruki has been harboring a secret desire for bandmate Akihiko, whos already entangled in an intense, conflicted relationship with someone else.