As the author’s first shonen manga, Mashiro no Oto has been serialized in Kodansha’s Monthly Shonen Magazine since 2010 and has released 25 tankobon volumes.
As an opening act of the club’s live show, he ends up playing Tsugaru Jamisen on the stage.
The Tsugaru Jamisen performances in the anime are supervised by the internationaly renowned shamisen performance unit Yoshida Brothers.