Beck
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Genres
Comedy, Romance, Shounen, Drama, Slice of Life, Music
Summary
- Koyuki let most of his middle school life pass by until he runs into Ray, a talented guitarist
- This mysterious man opened his ears to the world of western music, and inspired him to play guitar
- Music, balancing your life, and the struggles any aspiring musician faces through their carrer
Description
Yukio "Koyuki" Tanaka wasted away his middle school days listening to Japanese pop music and apathetically trudging through life—until a casual run-in with the enigmatic guitarist Ryuusuke "Ray" Minami. Through this encounter, Koyuki realizes what he has been missing all this time as Ray introduces him to western rock music and jumpstarts his desire to play guitar.
Although various struggles plague his path to rock fame, Koyuki refuses to abandon the passion that gave his life purpose, balancing it together with school, work, and friends. Beck tells the story of the love and trial that accompanies pursuing a professional career in music as Koyuki and Ray work toward realizing the guitarist's dream of the ultimate band.
Authors
Characters
Ryuusuke Minami
main
Maho Minami
main
Tsunemi Chiba
main
Yuuji Sakurai
main
Masaru Hyodou
support
Izumi Ishiguro
support
Yoshiyuki Taira
main
Yukio Tanaka
main
Kayo
support
Eiji Kimura
support
Sayaka Kobayashi
support
Hiromi Masuoka
support
Yoshito Morozumi
support
Manabu Miyazawa
support
Eddie Lee
support
Rikiya Kitazawa
support
Kenichi Saitou
support
Ran
support
Momoko Ogasawara
support
Matt Reed
support
Jim Walsh
support
Kazuo Satou
support
Other Facts
Published
Feb 17, 2000 to Jun 5, 2008
Serialization
Shounen Magazine (Monthly)
Original Publisher
Kodansha
English Publisher
Kodansha Comics
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