Japanese: 坂道のアポロン
Synonyms: Sakamichi no Aporon, Kids on the Slope
Type: Manga
Volumes: 9
Chapters: 45
Status: Completed
Published: Sep 28, 2007 to Jan 28, 2012
Genres: Drama, Music, Romance, School, Slice of Life, Josei
Mangaka: Kodama Yuki (Story & Art)
Serialization: Flowers (Monthly)
Synopsis: Nishimi Kaoru has moved from city to city and school to school because of his father's job, so the first day at his new school was just routine for him. Being intellectual and the new transfer student, he has always been seen as an outcast, and all Kaoru had to do was bear it until the next time he moved. But things were slightly different this time. First, he started to get close to the class president, Mukae Ritsuko, and, secondly, unlikely as it seemed, grew closer to Kawabuchi Sentaro. Sentaro was infamous for getting into fights, skipping class and was an overall bad boy. Strangely enough, the three of them find common ground in music, namely jazz, and Kaoru finds himself actually enjoying the new town.
Background
Sakamichi no Apollon won the 57th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.
Related Manga
Side story: Sakamichi no Apollon: Bonus Track
Spin-off: Sakamichi no Apollon - Official Fan Book
Adaptation: Sakamichi no Apollon
Note: Volume 10 -- Sakamichi no Apollon - Bonus Track -- is a side story and epilogue.
Groups Scanlating
Stiletto Heels
sukikatte
Source: MAL Manga info, Baka updates
Side notes: Well I've seen the anime on the half way but... (I got bored) so it's still on hold. The problem was mainly that I didn't know anything about the anime or the manga at the time. I just picked up 'cause people were giving so many praises for it and I thought that "Okay, let's see it a bit." So not saying manga anything now... 'cause I've only read the first chapter.XDDD So to say more I need to read more.^-^b
Main characters
Sentarou Kawabuchi (川渕 千太郎)
Age: 15
Birthday: December 25
Class: 1st year high school student
Height: 193 cm (6'3")
Weight: 72 kg
Sentaro is a wild 1st-year high school student who meets incoming student Kaoru at Higashi High School. Sentaro is mistakenly thought of as a thug by his peers, who fear him. Though tall and gifted with prodigious physical strength, Sentaro is also straightforward and bighearted. He's the exact opposite of Kaoru, yet somehow they hit it off when Sentaro starts to share his boundless love for jazz. The drums are Sentaro's instrument of choice.
Kaoru Nishimi (西見薫)
Age: 16 Years Old
Class: 1st Year High School Student
Height: 168 cm (5'6")
Weight: 57 kg
Kaoru is a brainy young man who moved during the summer of his first year in high school, from Yokosuka to his uncle's house in Kyushu. In fact, Kaoru has been moving from place to place ever since he was a little kid, a lifestyle that has made him introverted. But after Kaoru encounters Sentaro, he started to change, all while learning the joys of jazz. Kaoru has been familiar with classical music for many years and is quite the pianist, so naturally he's on piano.
Ritsuko Mukae (迎 律子)
Age: 16 Years Old
Class: 1st Year Higschool Student
Height: 165 cm (5'5")
Weight: 54 kg
Ritsuko is a classmate of Kaoru and Sentaro and an old friend of the latter. This kind, always cheerful and charmingly-freckled high school freshman is also the poster girl for Welcome Records, her family's record shop. The basement of the shop has a practice studio that serves as a hang-out for Sentaro, Kaoru, her father, and assorted jazz cronies.
Supporting
Junichi Katsuragi (桂木淳一)
Sentaro idolized Junichi, whom he affectionately calls "Brother Jun". In fact, the friendship between Junichi, Sentaro, and Ritsuko goes way back to when they were kids. "Brother Jun" goes to college in Tokyo now, but whenever he comes home, he always stops in at Welcome Records and jams on the trumpet, playing jazz with Sentaro and whoever else is around.
Yurika Fukahori (深堀百合香)
Yurika is a sophomore at Higashi High. Though the daughter of a well-to-do family, Yurika has a spunky personality and is brimming with curiosity. Her birthday is February 10th and is in the art and kendo club. She becomes acquainted with Kaoru and the gang after Sentaro helps her out by chance. And then, through them, she meets college student Junichi...
Tsutomu Mukae (迎 勉)
Ritsuko's father. He owns a record store. He occasionally holds jazz sessions in the basement of the store. He plays the upright acoustic bass.
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| Seiji Matsuoka (松岡星児) |
Source: MAL
Promotional video for the anime
Short, music only
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