Protagonist
Kosei Arima
A broken piano prodigy learning to play — and feel — again.
The story
What's it about?
Kosei Arima was a piano prodigy until his mother's death left him unable to hear the sound of his own playing. Two years later, a free-spirited violinist named Kaori Miyazono crashes into his gray world and drags him back to the stage — and back to life.
Meet the main characters
Deuteragonist
Kaori Miyazono
A violinist who plays by her own rules and carries a secret that gives the story its heartbreak.
Antagonist
Kosei's trauma
Not a person, but the ghost of his abusive mother and the silence in his own mind that he must overcome.
Side characters
Childhood friend
Tsubaki Sawabe
Kosei's sporty neighbor who realizes her feelings too late.
Friend
Ryota Watari
The popular soccer ace caught in the group's tangle of feelings.
Rival
Takeshi Aiza
A pianist who has chased Kosei's shadow for years.
Rival
Emi Igawa
A fiery pianist whose every performance is aimed at Kosei.