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“Piano prodigy Ichirou Yaso seeks redemption through Beethoven's mentorship after abandoning music post-competition trauma.”
Star of Beethoven
Bの星線
5.81
21,960 rank · 1,577 readers · 7 favorites
Shounen
Music
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Piano prodigy Ichirou Yaso seeks redemption through Beethoven's mentorship after abandoning music post-competition trauma.
The door of fate now opens... Piano prodigy Ichirou Yaso left the world of classical music after an incident at a competition. He vowed to never play the piano again, but now that he has a mentor claiming to be Beethoven, it may be time for his redemption! (Source: MANGA Plus) Included one-shots: Volume 2: Life Liar from Hell Volume 3: Violin-hime
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
7.3
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 9
σ 2.05
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.05 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.0 pts
Recommenders 9.0 · others 4.0
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No
Score over time
↓ 1.75
Running avg · Mar 2025 → Aug 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “One of the more experimental or unique mangas I've read. As a music enthusiast, I always pick the once in a blue moon mangas that come up in Shonen Jump related to the topic. I remember 6Ps by...”
- 9 “Star of Beethoven was the most original manga that this magazine had since Psych House (two precious stones of this magazine), and which unfortunately did not see the light of a 4º volume... this...”
- 9 “By far, it is one of the more promising works to come out WSJ in recent years. I'll keep it real and say we're still in the early days. It could crash, or it could burn, or it could meander. But...”
Verbosity
Short · 25%
Medium · 50%
Long · 25%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 22 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 56m approx
- Published Feb 2025 – Jun 2025
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M80575 catalog