One day, Ritsuka Uenoyama meets Mafuyu Satou as Mafuyu’s walking with a broken guitar. He’s just had it fixed, but it’s already broken again. After fixing it, Mafuyu takes to Ritsuka. He has Mafuyu teach him how to play the guitar, but it happens to be the song that Mafuyu plays that pierces Ritsuka’s heart. Ritsuka invites Mafuyu to be a part of his band and the distance between the two begins to close.

Compared to lets say Carole & Tuesday, which balances the story and the songs, Given emphasizes more on the relationship between Mafuyu and Uenoyama, as opposed to the music, which feels very secondary. While it’s marketed as a BL series, the story does a great job of making the individual personalities and the relationship of the two leads very relatable and doesn’t “force” the romance for the sake of fan service. By episode 3, we start to learn a little more about Mafuyu and why he’s so introverted. Though the episode shows something happened has happened, it has yet to really tell. However, we still see that Mafuyu is still unique as an individual despite how aloof he comes across and you see how Uenoyama sees the potential inside of him. Within three episodes, it doesn’t really give much, but it does capture your curiosity to see what can happen next as you start to see Mafuyu come out of his shell a bit more, and the hidden potential he has inside of him.