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K-ON! (manga)

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Alternative title:
K-ON！輕音部 (Chinese (Taiwan))
けいおん！ (Japanese)
Themes: music, school, 4-koma
Plot Summary: It's Yui Hirasawa's first year in high school, and she's eagerly searching for a club to join. At the same time, Ritsu Tainaka, a drummer, and her friend Mio Akiyama, a bass player, are desperately trying to save the school's light music club, which is about to be disbanded due to lack of members. They manage to recruit Tsumugi Kotobuki to play the keyboard, meaning they only need one more member to get the club running again. Yui joins, thinking it will be an easy experience for her to play the castanets, the only instrument she knows. However, the other members think their new addition is actually a guitar prodigy...
User Ratings: 119 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 15 votes (Eng:14, sub:1)
 Excellent: 37 votes (Eng:31, raw:2, sub:1, dub:1, others:2
1 Indonesian
1 Indonesia
)
 Very good: 27 votes (Eng:20, sub:4, dub:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Chinese (Taiwan)
)
 Good: 22 votes (Eng:17, ?:1, sub:1, raw:1, others:2
2 Portuguese
)
 Decent: 8 votes (Eng:5, ?:1, sub:1, others:1
1 Finnish
)
 So-so: 6 votes (Eng:5, sub:1)
 Not really good: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Weak: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Bad: -
 Awful: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 290 users, rank: #298 (of 6876)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.916 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.6377, rank: #1407 (of 7723)
Weighted mean: 7.745 (Very good−), rank: #1901 (of 7723) (seen all: 7.90 / seen some: 7.96 / won't finish: 2.89)
Bayesian estimate: 7.743 (Very good−), rank: #966 (of 3520)
Number of tankoubon: 4
Number of pages: 120
Vintage: 2007-02-09 to 2012-06-08 (serialized in Manga Time Kirara)
Release dates: We have 16
Official website:
K-ON! @ Manga Time Kirara Web (Japanese)
K-ON! @ DokiDokiVisual (Japanese)
Trivia: We have 1
Reviews:
K-ON! GNs 1-2 (Dec 28, 2011)
K-ON! GN 3 (Oct 21, 2011)
News: Show:
North American Anime, Manga Releases, December 11-17 (Dec 15, 2022)
Yen Press Announces Oshi no Ko, Your Forma Manga; Puella Magi Oriko Magica, K-ON! Omnibus Editions; 11 More Titles (Jul 1, 2022)
WFS, Houbunsha Launch Manga Time Kirara Comics App on Facebook (Sep 28, 2020)
New K-ON! Manga Launches in July (Updated) (Jun 8, 2018)
2 Arrested for Uploading Berserk, K-ON, Working!! Manga via Share (Sep 10, 2014)
K-ON Manga's Last Volumes Slated for September, October (Jun 9, 2012)
K-ON Manga's High School Edition to End on June 28 (Updated) (May 26, 2012)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, December 11-17 (Dec 23, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: December 11-17 (Update 2) (Dec 13, 2011)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, August 21-27 (Sep 2, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: August 14-20 (Aug 16, 2011)
Company Apologizes for Allegedly Traced Moe Art (Jun 9, 2011)
Yen Adds 1st 2 Yotsuba&! Manga Volumes to iOS App (May 3, 2011)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, April 17-23 (Apr 29, 2011)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, March 27-April 2 (Apr 8, 2011)
K-On! Manga to Cover College, High School in 2 Mags (Mar 6, 2011)
Tiger Mask Manga/Anime Gets Live-Action Film in 2011 (Feb 10, 2011)
K-On! Manga Relaunches in Manga Times Kirara This Spring (Feb 7, 2011)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, November 29-December 5 (Dec 10, 2010)
North American Anime, Manga Releases Nov. 28-Dec. 4 (Nov 30, 2010)
Japanese Comic Ranking, October 4-10 (Oct 13, 2010)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 27-October 3 (Oct 6, 2010)
K-On! Manga's Last Installment Listed for September (Aug 7, 2010)
Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 1st Half of 2010 (Jun 2, 2010)
Yen Press Adds Haruhi-Chan, K-On! Manga, Bungaku Shoujo (Feb 3, 2010)
Japanese Comic Ranking, December 21-27 (Dec 30, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, December 14-20 (Dec 23, 2009)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, November 30-December 6 (Dec 13, 2009)
University's Open Campus Site Includes K-On! Cameos (Jun 21, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 11-17 (May 20, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, May 4-10 (May 13, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, April 27-May 3 (May 6, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, April 7-13 (Apr 15, 2009)
K-ON! Four-Panel School Comedy Manga to Get Anime (Dec 6, 2008)
Interest:
Daily Cosplay: K-On!'s Mio Akiyama (Mar 4, 2011)
K-On!! Characters to Promote Japanese Census in Kyoto (Jul 27, 2010)
Other articles: Show:
Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Azumanga Daioh (Oct 6, 2011)
RIGHT TURN ONLY!! - Oh My Rain Goddess! (Jul 21, 2009)
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eBook
    K-ON! (eBook 1) 2014-02-18 (from $6.99)
    K-ON! (eBook 2) 2014-02-18 (from $6.99)
    K-ON! (eBook 3) 2014-02-18 (from $6.99)
    K-ON! (eBook 4) 2014-02-18 (from $6.99)
Graphic novel
    K-ON! (GN 1) 2010-11-30 (from $9.59)
    K-ON! (GN 2) 2011-03-29 (from $8.86)
    K-ON! (GN 3) 2011-08-16 (from $7.84)
    K-ON! (GN 4) 2011-12-13 (from $9.59)
    K-ON! - The Complete Omnibus Edition (GN 1-4) 2022-12-13 (from $26.93)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: kakifly
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Houbunsha
English staff
English cast
Translation: Jack Wiedrick

Lettering: Hope Donovan
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Yen Press
French staff
French cast
Adaptation: Fabien LEGALLE
(none)
French companies
Publisher: KAZÉ
Italian staff
Italian cast
Lettering: Bianca Pistillo
(none)
Italian companies
Publisher: J-Pop
German staff
German cast
Translation: Yvonne Gerstheimer
(none)
German companies
Publisher: Carlsen Comics
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Publisher: Studio JG
Polish cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Translation: Karen Kazumi Hayashida

Edition: Junior Fonseca
Lettering: Ed Peixoto (vol 1)
(none)
Portuguese companies
Publisher: NewPOP
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Sharp Point Press
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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