Living Alone in Tokyo, They Say We Should Start a Band for Life

(This book has multiple heroines. Please ignore the single heroine tag.)

Tsukimi Naru, sixteen years old, moves to Tokyo on his own.

He thinks living alone will mean going to school, cooking, and playing the piano now and then, an uneventful routine fit to jot down in a diary.

But on his first day, he visits the neighbors and sees a doll perched on a girl's shoulder. He's the only one who can see it.

On the second day, he reports to his new school, where the girl sitting in front of him is a runaway heiress.

On the third day, he runs into a neighbor in the hallway, who turns out to be a hugely popular idol.

Before he knows it, he's been pulled into a band made up entirely of beautiful girls, filling in as their temporary keyboardist.

The lead singer's voice trembles whenever she opens her mouth, the guitarist can't even hold down an F chord, the drummer has a worse temper than her drumming is loud, and the bassist wears a gentle smile while carrying a heart full of worries.

He's the one who keeps rehearsals from falling apart, mediates their arguments, and even chases after anyone who runs off.

All he wants to know is: How did a high schooler who just wants to slack off become the rock holding the whole band together?

Then one night, while helping him wash vegetables in the kitchen, she suddenly starts humming.

Her violet eyes shine like stars in the lamplight as she says softly:

“Whatever else I have planned that day, I'll be there.”

He freezes, soup ladle in hand.

All right.

He'll be their backup after all.

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