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“Brass band rivals Shizuki and Yano secretly meet in hotels despite their public animosity.”
Breathless Momentum
息できないのは君のせい
7.82
1,426 rank · 2,806 readers · 50 favorites
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Synopsis
Brass band rivals Shizuki and Yano secretly meet in hotels despite their public animosity.
Shizuki is a hedonistic playboy who plays the baritone saxophone in the local council's brass band and he openly dislikes the band's popular and prince-like flutist, Yano. At a glance, it seems like they barely associate with each other during practice. However, due to a shared interest, they now have secret meetings in hotels afterwards... (Source: Libre, translated)
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9.5
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Score distribution
median 9.5
mode 9
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Running avg · Apr 2023 → Apr 2026
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “This story is about two musicians in the same choir being friends with benefits (and more). Normally, this type of plot will entail lots of sex scenes, like sex for sex's sake kind of story. But...”
- 10 “This is my ABSOLUTE favorite manga, the story and art are well made. I've probably reread this manga (what exists at least) at least 7 times over. Something this manga does that other manga in this...”
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A Manga Publication
- Published Sep 2020 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M57966 catalog