Given, vol. 05

Sometimes a song can save your life. Love of music unites the four members of the band Given: hotheaded guitarist Uenoyama, playboy drummer Akihiko, gentle bassist Haruki, and Mafuyu, a singer gifted with great talent and burdened by past tragedy. Their struggles and conflicts may drive them apart, but their bond to the music-and to one another-always brings them back together again. The final round of the music festival tryout is about to begin, but that`s not the only source of tension in the band. Mafuyu, who`s been spending a lot of time at Ugetsu and Akihiko`s place, learns about the complicated history between the two and realizes that Haruki`s heartbreak is part of that romantic tangle. Things come to a head during the band`s performance, where the emotions unleashed by Mafuyu`s new song will change the course of their lives forever.