A review by itshassan
Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad, Volume 1 by Harold Sakuishi

4.0

This manga might at start appear to be your regular "coming of the age" types with the middle school themes and characters as such, but the huge differencing factor about it is that it revolves around rock and roll. As one proceeds into further chapters, it can be seen that the plot changes pace, rather smoothly, and seems complete off from what it initially seemed from the pilot chapter(the middle school part). Rather, as the main protagonist (and Sakuishi) gets more into rock and roll, they slowly remove story devices (like the character Izumi Ishiguro, who bears a lot of resemblance to Maho, the protagonist's love interest), probably also to make the story less confusing in the future. The change is ofc good, cuz it made it what it is today because of it. IN the end, it is a good journey of a rock and roll band as they try to make it big, and a truly underrated masterpiece for rock and roll fans.