She is shy and has a hard time speaking up. Mariko Ise Another first-year on the choir. He is unusually tall and often mistaken to be older than he is. Tomoya Tomo Yutaka's friend and fellow first-year on the choir. She also participates in opera with Yutaka. Midori Machiya Second-year student and vice captain of the school choir. A serious boy who sometimes clashes with others. Akitoshi Betsuyaku Third-year student, captain of the school choir, and pianist. He occasionally becomes overwhelmed by noise. As the school year goes by, he crosses paths with a famous Russian boy soprano who is already losing his high singing voice, and Yutaka's fellow choir members also face their own challenges.Ĭharacters Yutaka Aoi A first-year student with the rare gift of singing soprano. However, he must face the transient nature of his gift as soon puberty will deepen his voice. He also becomes involved with his community's local opera. Upon starting junior high, he joins his school's choir and develops friendships with various other members as they participate in competitions. Yutaka Aoi is a talented boy soprano with an angelic voice and an unusual sensitivity to sounds. The story follows a boy soprano named Yutaka Aoi as he enters the world of competitive choir and approaches inevitable voice changes due to puberty.

It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Morning Two from November 2010 to May 2014, with its chapters collected in eight tankōbon volumes. Our Dreams at Dusk is such a breath of fresh air considering how many manga out there fetishise same-sex relationship or portray wildly unrealistic queer characters.Shonen Note: Boy Soprano ( Japanese: 少年ノート, Hepburn: Shōnen Nōto) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuhki Kamatani.

If you’ve read and liked this series I 100% recommend you check out Nabari No Ou (it has ninjas, one of the best non-romantic relationship in the history of manga, some laugh out loud moments and plenty of my-heart-is-breaking scenes). While the issues the narrative touches upon, namely the realities of being lgbtq+ in Japan, are certainly realistic Kamatani does add a fantastical touch to this story through a character knows as ‘Anonymous’. Once again Kamatani provides some wonderful platonic relationship that will make you feel all the feels. Our Dreams at Dusk boasts Kamatani’s beautiful artwork and storytelling. To call Nabari No Ou my favourite series ever doesn’t convey just how much it means to me. Ever since reading Nabari No Ou back in the early 2010s I have been a huge fan of Yuhki Kamatani.

Our Dreams at Dusk by Yuhki Kamatani