Best rock music manga
16 manga about rock music, ranked by community score. Tags come from AniList voters; the percentage on each title page says how strongly the tag applies.
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4.4Nana
Manga · 2000
NanaNANAManga · 20004.4Nana Komatsu is a young woman who's endured an unending string of boyfriend problems. Moving to Tokyo, she's hoping to take control of her life and put all those messy misadventures behind her. She's looking for love and she's hoping to…
Mature
4.0Solanin
Manga · 2005 · 30 ch
SolaninManga · 2005 · 30 ch4.0College graduates struggle to cope with the real world. Music offers refuge in this modern manga with an American attitude. Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend Naruo is…
4.1The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All
Manga · 2022
The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at AllKi ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko ja NakattaManga · 20224.1Fashionable and upbeat high schooler Aya falls head over heels for an employee at a local CD shop. He's got an air of mystery about him, great style, and an impeccable music taste. Little does she know—this supposedly male employee is…
4.3BECK
Manga · 2000 · 103 ch
BECKManga · 2000 · 103 ch4.3For the first 14 years of his life, Yukio Tanaka has been one heck of a boring guy. He has no hobbies, a weak taste in music, and only a small vestige of a personality. He yearns for an exciting life, but his shy, and somewhat neurotic…
Mature
4.0Whisper Me a Love Song
Manga · 2019
Whisper Me a Love SongSasayaku You ni Koi wo UtauManga · 20194.0Bubbly, energetic first-year high school student Himari falls head over heels for her senpai Yori after hearing her band perform on the first day of school. Himari tells Yori she just loves her, and to Himari's surprise, Yori says she…
4.1Bocchi the Rock!
Manga · 2018
Bocchi the Rock!Manga · 20184.1Hitori Gotoh just wants to be popular, but the thought of interacting with her classmates makes her fall to pieces. Her solution-become a rock legend so cool that people approach her instead! However, while spending all of middle school in…
3.9Toki Doki
One-shot · 2016 · 1 ch
Toki DokiTokidokiOne-shot · 2016 · 1 ch3.9A heart can only beat so many times in a lifetime. Kokuhaku disease, a rare condition that weakens the heart, leaves the victim with less heartbeats and a shorter lifespan than normal. With the right device, the amount of heartbeats…
4.2SHIORI EXPERIENCE: Jimi na Watashi to Hen na Ojisan
Manga · 2013
SHIORI EXPERIENCE: Jimi na Watashi to Hen na OjisanManga · 20134.2Shiori was once a guitarist in a light music club in high school, but her first live performance was dashed when her brother ran away from home with a lot of debt to become a musician in Tokyo. A decade later, Shiori is now a high school…
3.8K-On!
Manga · 2007 · 57 ch
K-On!Manga · 2007 · 57 ch3.8When their high school's pop-music club is about to be disbanded due to lack of interest, four girls step up to fill the membership quota. Unfortunately, lead guitarist Yui Hirasawa has never played an instrument in her life. Ever. And…
4.0Phantom Busters
Manga · 2023
Phantom BustersManga · 20234.0In search of a fourth member for the club, Mogari, Eugene, and new recruit Kaoru Kanzaki set their sights on Kotaro Tamon, a classmate who seems to be able to talk to ghosts. Unfortunately, Kotaro's got some major problems communicating…
3.9Girl meets Rock!
Manga · 2024
Girl meets Rock!Futsuu no KeionbuManga · 20243.9With a passion for richly textured Japanese rock, first-year high school student Chihiro Hatono steps into the world of the light music club, new guitar in tow. But what awaits her behind those doors...? A drama of unfiltered youth and…
3.5Anonymous Noise
Manga · 2013 · 104 ch
Anonymous NoiseFukumenkei NoiseManga · 2013 · 104 ch3.5Nino Arisugawa, a girl who loves to sing, experiences her first heart-wrenching goodbye when her beloved childhood friend, Momo, moves away. And after Nino befriends Yuzu, a music composer, she experiences another sad parting! Both boys…Highest rated
4.4Nana
Manga · 2000
NanaNANAManga · 20004.4Nana Komatsu is a young woman who's endured an unending string of boyfriend problems. Moving to Tokyo, she's hoping to take control of her life and put all those messy misadventures behind her. She's looking for love and she's hoping to… 4.3BECK
Manga · 2000 · 103 ch
BECKManga · 2000 · 103 ch4.3For the first 14 years of his life, Yukio Tanaka has been one heck of a boring guy. He has no hobbies, a weak taste in music, and only a small vestige of a personality. He yearns for an exciting life, but his shy, and somewhat neurotic… 4.2SHIORI EXPERIENCE: Jimi na Watashi to Hen na Ojisan
Manga · 2013
SHIORI EXPERIENCE: Jimi na Watashi to Hen na OjisanManga · 20134.2Shiori was once a guitarist in a light music club in high school, but her first live performance was dashed when her brother ran away from home with a lot of debt to become a musician in Tokyo. A decade later, Shiori is now a high school… 4.1The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All
Manga · 2022
The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at AllKi ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko ja NakattaManga · 20224.1Fashionable and upbeat high schooler Aya falls head over heels for an employee at a local CD shop. He's got an air of mystery about him, great style, and an impeccable music taste. Little does she know—this supposedly male employee is… 4.1Bocchi the Rock!
Manga · 2018
Bocchi the Rock!Manga · 20184.1Hitori Gotoh just wants to be popular, but the thought of interacting with her classmates makes her fall to pieces. Her solution-become a rock legend so cool that people approach her instead! However, while spending all of middle school in…Mature
4.0Solanin
Manga · 2005 · 30 ch
SolaninManga · 2005 · 30 ch4.0College graduates struggle to cope with the real world. Music offers refuge in this modern manga with an American attitude. Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend Naruo is… 4.0Phantom Busters
Manga · 2023
Phantom BustersManga · 20234.0In search of a fourth member for the club, Mogari, Eugene, and new recruit Kaoru Kanzaki set their sights on Kotaro Tamon, a classmate who seems to be able to talk to ghosts. Unfortunately, Kotaro's got some major problems communicating…Mature
4.0Whisper Me a Love Song
Manga · 2019
Whisper Me a Love SongSasayaku You ni Koi wo UtauManga · 20194.0Bubbly, energetic first-year high school student Himari falls head over heels for her senpai Yori after hearing her band perform on the first day of school. Himari tells Yori she just loves her, and to Himari's surprise, Yori says she… 3.9Girl meets Rock!
Manga · 2024
Girl meets Rock!Futsuu no KeionbuManga · 20243.9With a passion for richly textured Japanese rock, first-year high school student Chihiro Hatono steps into the world of the light music club, new guitar in tow. But what awaits her behind those doors...? A drama of unfiltered youth and…
3.9Bocchi the Rock! Side Story: Kikuri Hiroi's Heavy-Drinking Diary
Manga · 2023
Bocchi the Rock! Side Story: Kikuri Hiroi's Heavy-Drinking DiaryBocchi the Rock! Gaiden: Hiroi Kikuri no Fukazake NikkiManga · 20233.9Kikuri Hiroi-genius bassist of Sick Hack, terror of concert venues, eternal deadbeat, and all-around poor role model-has always believed there’s no problem you can’t drink your way out of. The world might be dull and depressing, but… 3.9Toki Doki
One-shot · 2016 · 1 ch
Toki DokiTokidokiOne-shot · 2016 · 1 ch3.9A heart can only beat so many times in a lifetime. Kokuhaku disease, a rare condition that weakens the heart, leaves the victim with less heartbeats and a shorter lifespan than normal. With the right device, the amount of heartbeats… 3.8K-On!
Manga · 2007 · 57 ch
K-On!Manga · 2007 · 57 ch3.8When their high school's pop-music club is about to be disbanded due to lack of interest, four girls step up to fill the membership quota. Unfortunately, lead guitarist Yui Hirasawa has never played an instrument in her life. Ever. And… 3.5Anonymous Noise
Manga · 2013 · 104 ch
Anonymous NoiseFukumenkei NoiseManga · 2013 · 104 ch3.5Nino Arisugawa, a girl who loves to sing, experiences her first heart-wrenching goodbye when her beloved childhood friend, Momo, moves away. And after Nino befriends Yuzu, a music composer, she experiences another sad parting! Both boys…
3.5Rock is a Lady's Modesty
Manga · 2022
Rock is a Lady's ModestyRock wa Lady no Tashinami DeshiteManga · 20223.5When her mother marries into high society, Lilisa Suzunomiya is forced to leave her commoner ways behind. Now enrolled at an elite all-girls academy, she’s expected to smile politely, sip tea, and hang up her beloved guitar for (ugh…) a…
3.4Sayonara Piano Sonata
Manga · 2011 · 16 ch
Sayonara Piano SonataManga · 2011 · 16 ch3.4Enter Hikawa Naomi, son of a music critic and Ebisawa Mafuyu, a young prodigy pianist who suddenly disappeared from the music world. Together they formed a rockband with members involved in classical and rock music.
3.3Rock it, GIRL!!
Manga · 2011 · 12 ch
Rock it, GIRL!!Manga · 2011 · 12 ch3.3Kaname likes playing her guitar and singing by the streets and can't believe her ears when a strange girl who's actually a music producer suddenly offers her a contract for a debut CD. However she tells Kaname that her voice is completely…