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ギヴン (Japanese)

Themes: music, yaoi

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Plot Summary: Ritsuka played guitar but has lost interest in the instrument. One day, he meets Mafuyu, who is holding a broken guitar. Ritsuka unwillingly starts teaching Mafuyu the guitar, but when he hears Mafuyu's voice, things suddenly begin to change for Ritsuka.

User Ratings: 8 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: -

Excellent: 4 votes (Eng:4)

Very good: 2 votes (Eng:1, others:1

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Good: -

Decent: 1 vote (Eng:1)

So-so: -

Not really good: 1 vote (Eng:1)

Weak: -

Bad: -

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Worst ever: -

Seen in part or in whole by 23 users, rank: #2485 (of 7117)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 7.750 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.7139, rank: #1663 (of 8047)
Weighted mean: 8.198 (Very good+), rank: #767 (of 8047) (seen all: 8.01 / seen some: 8.53)
Bayesian estimate: 8.025 (Very good), rank: #388 (of 3567)

Vintage: 2013-04-30 to 2023-03-28 (serialized in Cheri+, vol. 8 - May 2023)

Release dates: We have 4

Review:

Given GN 1 (Feb 10, 2020)

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Given (eBook 1) 2020-02-11 (from $6.99)

Given (eBook 2) 2020-05-12 (from $6.99)

Given (eBook 3) 2020-08-11 (from $6.99)

Given (eBook 4) 2020-11-10 (from $6.99)

Given (eBook 5) 2021-02-09 (from $6.99)

Given (eBook 6) 2021-09-14 (from $6.99)

Graphic novel

Given (GN 1) 2020-02-11 (from $12.99)

Given (GN 2) 2020-05-12 (from $10.39)

Given (GN 3) 2020-08-11 (from $12.99)

Given (GN 4) 2020-11-10 (from $10.39)

Given (GN 5) 2021-02-09 (from $12.99)

Given (GN 6) 2021-09-14 (from $9.99)

Given (GN 7) 2023-01-10 (from $12.99)

Given (GN 8) 2023-10-10 (from $10.39)

Given (GN 9) 2024-08-13 (from $10.39)

Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Story & Art: Natsuki Kizu

(none)

Japanese companies

Publisher: Shinshokan

English staff

English cast

Translation:
Jan Cash (vol 8 -)
Junko Goda
Sheldon Drzka (vol 2 - 7)

Design: Jimmy Presler

Editing:
Beryl Becker (vol 2 - 6)
Hope Donovan (vol 7)
Jennifer LeBlanc (vol 8 -)
Leyla Aker

Touch-up Art & Lettering:
Eric Erbes (vol 4)
Jeannie Lee (vol 3)
Mary Pass (vol 3)
Sabrina Heep

(none)

English companies

Licensed by: SuBLime

Spanish staff

Spanish companies

(none)

Licensed by: Panini Comics (Argentina)

Publisher: Milky Way Ediciones (Spain)

Spanish cast

(none)

Polish cast

Polish staff

Translation: Tomasz Molski

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Polish companies

Publisher: Kotori

Portuguese staff

Portuguese cast

Translation: Thiago Nojiri

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Portuguese companies

Publisher: NewPOP (Brazil)

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