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given begins when high school student Mafuyu Satou encounters Ritsuka Uenoyama while carrying a Gibson guitar with damaged strings. After realizing that Uenoyama knows the instrument, Mafuyu asks him for repairs and guitar lessons. Uenoyama eventually agrees and brings him to a jam session with bassist Haruki Nakayama and drummer Akihiko Kaji. When Uenoyama hears Mafuyu sing, he becomes determined to make him the band's lead vocalist. Joining the group gives Mafuyu new friends and a reason to learn the guitar while he also confronts the circumstances that brought the instrument into his life.