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Writing this as of Ch. 31 (WARNING: Spoilers).

Art - 9/10, the strongest part of this manga. Sometimes the noses and mouths can look a little strange, but overall it's really high quality.

Story - 6/10. Honestly, this manga started off REALLY strong, but as it goes on it gets tedious. Kino is a complete airhead, which is apparent from the beginning, but she gets worse in later chapters. Much worse. She ends up becoming the manager of her girlfriend's rival band because she sticks her nose into business that's not hers because 'she wants her senpai to get along', but doesn't even care enough ABOUT her ... girlfriend to think about how she'd feel about it. She even then comes and boasts about her managerial activities to Yori, which only serves to exacerbate her jealousy, and Kino STILL never even thinks for a second that she's doing something wrong. She's honestly the worst type of character. To make things even more infuriating, Shiho, the main antagonist, hates Yori for no discernable reason, and refuses to just talk about what her issues are, and for some reason all the members of SS Girls (the 'hero band group') all want to know and even support Kino ignoring Yori's feelings to keep sticking her nose in and be Laureley's (the 'antagonist band group') manager.

Enjoyment - 4/10. As I mentioned, the story was very enjoyable in the beginning, but the way the story is at the stage of chapter 31, it's unbearable. I'm not averse to bittersweet themes or drama - one of my favourite manga is Yagate Kimi ni Naru - but this? This is just shallow drama for no reason aside from artificially inflating the manga's length.

Overall - 6/10. Read it if you like cliché tropes and shallow melodrama, but for the love of GOD you should avoid this if you like well thought-out storylines and purposeful drama with actual meaning and depth behind it.