Piano no mori is a great manga although the manga pictures are not fabulous and not cute the plot is what makes it good!In mangafox is it only halfway done but it has a movie adapation that you can watch on youtube and others.It is really intesting and you will be absorb into the world of piano.
Plot-
Piano no Mori: The Perfect World of Kai (ピアノの森 -The perfect world of KAI-?, lit. "Piano Forest") is an ongoing manga by Makoto Isshiki, about Amamiya Shuuhei, who transfers to Moriwaki elementary filled with hope and ambition about his new life. But it doesn't take long before he gets picked on by the class bullies, and gets involved in a dare to play the mysterious piano in the forest, leading to his meeting an enigmatic child that goes by the name of Ichinose Kai, who seems to be the only one capable getting sound out of the thought to be broken piano. His ability earns him the respect of Shu and his music teacher, former master pianist Ajino Sousuke. At first Ichinose is resistant to refining his art but after hearing Sousuke sensei play Chopin, a song he just can't seem to play by himself, he relents.
Reception-
Piano no Mori received the Grand Prize for best manga at the 2008 Japan Media Arts Festival.The movie adaptation debuted in 9th place at the Japanese box office the week it came out, unusually high for a non-franchise animated film.By the end of the year, it had grossed the equivalent of $1,555,297, ranking 119 on the overall yearly box office chart for Japan.The film was nominated for the 2008 Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year. It was also nominated in the Theatrical Film category at the 2008 Annecy International Animated Film Festival. The film made its Canadian/North American premiere at the 2008 Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema.
Ps-It is good and you can probably find it on mangafox or onemanga
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_no_Mori
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