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Gravitation

Alternative Titles

Japanese: グラビテーション
English: Gravitation
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 12
Chapters: 54
Status: Finished
Published: 1996 to 2002
Genres: Boys Love Boys Love, Comedy Comedy, Drama Drama
Theme: Music Music
Demographic: Shoujo Shoujo
Serialization: Kimi to Boku
Authors: Murakami, Maki (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 7.571 (scored by 74937,493 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #24512
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1397
Members: 14,793
Favorites: 727

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Volumes: /12
Chapters: /54

Synopsis

Shuichi Shindou is determined to take his band Bad Luck to the top of the Japanese pop charts. With his drive, talent, and satiny singing voice, he just might stand a chance. But Fate throws a wrench into his well-oiled machine in the form of a handsome stranger named Yuki, a romance writer with an attitude. Yuki is Shuichi's biggest critic, but as the two young artists gravitate towards each other, friendship, and perhaps something more, is sure to blossom.

(Source: Tokyopop)

Background

Gravitation was published in English by Tokyopop from August 5, 2003 to July 12, 2006. The series has also been published by Seven Seas Entertainment as 3-in-1 omnibus volumes since June 25, 2024.

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Reviews

Oct 3, 2009
I strongly recommend watching the series before reading the manga for the following reason:

The story. Due to Murukami Maki’s rather undeveloped art at the beginning of the series it had also hindered the flow of the story telling; so it is rather difficult to understand or get into the story. From own experience, I had tried to read it first but the art had threw me off completely and I dropped it after the 2nd chapter.

Now, onto the review...

Gravitation is often called the gateway to the shounen-ai genre because of its appeal. What separates this from every other of its genre is ...
Mar 7, 2008
Gravitation to me feels to be a bit of a hit or miss. Some anime and manga fans love it, and some of them do not appreciate it. For me I was a bit skeptical upon purchasing it. Although I wanted to broaden my horizons in the realm of shounen-ai I couldn't help but wonder if it was worth it. As the story started out I found myself curious as to how a music based manga would end. So I bought the first two volumes and had a go at it. I have to say I am thoroughly impressed with Murakami-san's ability to create an ...
Nov 3, 2023
Gravitation is a romance (allegedly) music (allegedly) BL manga. It’s one step away from being a great parody of the yaoi genre, but unfortunately it’s wholly unironic.

It suffers from many problems. The first and the most obvious is that the story just doesn’t make any sense. Both plot-wise and character-wise.

The main problem with the duo of main characters is that they have absolutely zero chemistry. They have no reason at all to like each other, it’s as if Shuuichi got hit by a fujo brainwashing tech which makes him fall in love with the first bishounen he sees and so he did. Both Shuuichi ...

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Poll: Gravitation Chapter 54 Discussion
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