Kono Oto Tomare! (manga)

## Kono Oto Tomare!

**Kono Oto Tomare!** (この音とまれ!, *lit. Gather at This Sound!*) is a manga written and illustrated by Amyū, published in Shueisha's monthly magazine Jump Square. It began serialization on August 4, 2012, in issue 9 of the magazine.

An anime series by Platinum Vision aired from April 6, 2019 to December 29, 2019.

## Plot

*Main article: Chapters and Volumes*
After the graduation of his upperclassmen, Takezo Kurata is the last remaining member of the Tokise High School Koto Club. Faced with the possibility of having the club disbanded, he desperately tries to look for new members with no success, until Chika Kudo, a delinquent with a troubled past, appears before him and declares that he wants to join the club. With more members joining, including a talented girl from a prestigious koto school, the club aims for Nationals.

## Stage Play Adaptation

A stage play adaptation of the manga ran in three different venues: from August 17 to 25, 2019 at the Zenrosai Hall/Space Zero, Tokyo; from September 7 to 8, 2019 at the Momochi Palace, Fukuoka; and from September 14 to 15, 2019 at the Morinomiya Piloti Hall, Osaka.

The stage play cast include Takuma Zaiki as Chika Kudo, Kazuki Furuta as Takezo Kurata, and Hinako Tanaka as Satowa Hozuki. Naohiro Ise directed and wrote the stage play.

## Reception

* As of August 2018, 2.3 million total copies of Kono Oto Tomare! has been sold.

## Gallery

### Jump Square covers

*See also: Chapter covers*
Jump Square issue 5, 2014Jump Square issue 3, 2017Jump Square issue 12, 2017Jump Square issue 5, 2018Jump Square issue 9, 2018Jump Square issue 5, 2019Jump Square issue 11, 2019
## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/amuse8/status/1190063799916621824
2. ↑ It has been mistook that the title translates to *"Stop This Sound!"* as the word "とまれ" is pronounced the same way as "止まれ", meaning *"stop"*. However, as the former does not use the kanji "止", the title does not translate to "stop".
3. ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-04-04/kono-oto-tomare-manga-gets-stage-play/.145388
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9. ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-11-11/japanese-comic-ranking-november-2-8/.95270
10. ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-09/japanese-comic-ranking-february-29-march-6/.99591
11. ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-03-16/japanese-comic-ranking-march-7-13/.99872
12. ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-07-13/japanese-comic-ranking-july-4-10/.104276
13. ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-09/japanese-comic-ranking-october-31-november-6/.108651
14. ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-16/japanese-comic-ranking-november-7-13/.108888
15. ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-08/japanese-comic-ranking-february-27-march-5/.113161
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17. ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-12/japanese-comic-ranking-july-3-9/.118732
18. ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-13/japanese-comic-ranking-december-4-10/.125239
19. ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-11/japanese-comic-ranking-april-2-8/.130241
20. ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-18/japanese-comic-ranking-april-9-15/.130550
21. ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-08-08/japanese-comic-ranking-july-30-august-5/.135249
22. ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-08-15/japanese-comic-ranking-august-6-12/.135520
23. ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-12/japanese-comic-ranking-december-3-9/.140714
24. ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-01/roundup-of-newly-revealed-print-counts-for-manga-light-novel-series/.134799

## External Links

* Official manga website: https://jumpsq.shueisha.co.jp/rensai/konoototomare/