The holidays are a time that's full of music (whether you want it or not), so it felt like as good of a time as any to talk about this one.
SHONEN NOTE, by Yuhki Kamitani. First published in 2010 and first published in North America in 2022.
PLOT:
Yutaka Aoi loves music. It's not just that he has a beautiful, expressive soprano singing voice, it's that good music can bring him to tears and the sounds of the everyday world are like music to him. He overhears the choir practicing at his new junior high school and immediately wants to join. Not every member is thrilled by this first-year upstart, but others are awed by his talent and hope that he can lead them to bigger, better things. All the while, there's always the concern that Yutaka could lose this special talent once puberty kicks in....
