Given, Vol. 5: Volume 5

Sometimes a song can save your life. Love of music unites the four members of the band Given: hotheaded guitarist Uenoyama, playboy drummer Akihiko, gentle bassist Haruki, and Mafuyu, a singer gifted with great talent and burdened by past tragedy. Their struggles and conflicts may drive them apart, but their bond to the musicand to one anotheralways brings them back together again. The final round of the music festival tryout is about to begin, but thats not the only source of tension in the band. Mafuyu, whos been spending a lot of time at Ugetsu and Akihikos place, learns about the complicated history between the two and realizes that Harukis heartbreak is part of that romantic tangle. Things come to a head during the bands performance, where the emotions unleashed by Mafuyus new song will change the course of their lives forever.