The story is beautiful and also makes you begin to appreciate the music more and more. I love the detail of the author for having researched about music facts, details, instruments, even real places to make the story a little more real. You get attached to the characters, some of them or most of them, but there are a few (huge) things you can't forgive, although it also depends on one's perspective, like Akihiko and Ugetsu situation or the moment that you can see Haruki's heart break in a lot of pieces because of Akihiko. I only forgave Akihiko because he changed, but I won'tforget what he did in the past.