The beginning of summer, 1966; because of his father's job situation, freshman high school student Kaoru Nishimi moves by himself from Yokosuka to Sasebo in Kyushu to live with relatives. Until then, Kaoru was an honor roll student who tended to keep to himself, but meeting notorious "bad boy" Sentaro Kawabuchi starts to change him. Through his devil-may-care classmate, Kaoru learns how much fun it is to play jazz and finds the first person he can call a real friend.

Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 13, 2012 to Jun 29, 2012
Producers: Dentsu, Fuji TV, Tezuka Productions, Toho Company, DAX Production, Sentai FilmworksL, MAPPA, Sony Music Entertainment
Genres: Drama, Music, Romance, School, Josei
Duration: 22 min. per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older