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Rock Is a Lady's Modesty, Vol. 1
Obviously, the genre most suitable for refined, young ladies is... rock! After being forced to attend an all-girls' school, Ririsa Suzunomiya stumbles upon her ladylike peers jamming out.
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192 pages, Paperback
Published September 23, 2025
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October 1, 2025
My usual preference is to read the manga versus the anime, although I am learning that with rock music shows such as Bocchi the Rock! and now this one, well, I see the merits of the anime version.
Not that I have watched the anime version of this series, but, boy, does this first volume ever make me want to. It’s a potent blend of class-s yuri shenanigans filtered through the lens of crippling conformity and some S&M for good measure.
The decidedly not-a-lady Lilisa is determined to maintain the facade of being the most perfect maiden there ever was. Her mother has married into money and Lilisa desperately wants to keep her mother happy and cared for.
As a result, her hard-rocking ways (learned from her father) have to be buried and left behind. Which would be much easier if the academy’s other stalwart young maiden, Otoha, wasn’t secretly drumming her feelings out in the old school building.
This is a really clever hook for a class-s parody, which sees modern day girls acting like Victorian maidens ready to get the vapours if somebody does something less than genteel. When Lilisa and Otoha meet, yes, the lilies are there.
Except that’s a smokescreen for a story that treats a jam session like an explosion of sexual energy. That might just be Lilisa’s sexuality talking, mind you, but she frames every note with Otoha as a struggle for control (the art here holds little back).
Otoha is basically Lilisa, just a version who can do what she wants. As such, she has no issue dragging the latter back into the world of hard rock. It’s a world that involves a whole lot of yelling at one another.
But that’s the point, of course. This is rock. It’s a means of expression for these two, especially the hopelessly repressed Lilisa (who is well aware of that fact and working hard to STAY repressed, thanks).
It’s a fun balance - the academy is so ridiculously uptight, as noted, that it feels like Lilisa is being choked to death with a tea cozy. Yet she has to do this for her family, even as her heart cannot deny what Otoha offers her. By which I mean music, obviously.
This makes for an undeniably enticing blend; the promise of these two demolishing the brass ensemble they join up with at the end of the volume, plus the imminent threat to Lilisa’s facade, are more than enough to draw the reader back next volume if you like this sort of story. Which I most assuredly do.
4.5 stars - this reads like nothing else, which is one of my favourite sorts of manga. I’m very much looking forward to seeing where it goes.
Not that I have watched the anime version of this series, but, boy, does this first volume ever make me want to. It’s a potent blend of class-s yuri shenanigans filtered through the lens of crippling conformity and some S&M for good measure.
The decidedly not-a-lady Lilisa is determined to maintain the facade of being the most perfect maiden there ever was. Her mother has married into money and Lilisa desperately wants to keep her mother happy and cared for.
As a result, her hard-rocking ways (learned from her father) have to be buried and left behind. Which would be much easier if the academy’s other stalwart young maiden, Otoha, wasn’t secretly drumming her feelings out in the old school building.
This is a really clever hook for a class-s parody, which sees modern day girls acting like Victorian maidens ready to get the vapours if somebody does something less than genteel. When Lilisa and Otoha meet, yes, the lilies are there.
Except that’s a smokescreen for a story that treats a jam session like an explosion of sexual energy. That might just be Lilisa’s sexuality talking, mind you, but she frames every note with Otoha as a struggle for control (the art here holds little back).
Otoha is basically Lilisa, just a version who can do what she wants. As such, she has no issue dragging the latter back into the world of hard rock. It’s a world that involves a whole lot of yelling at one another.
But that’s the point, of course. This is rock. It’s a means of expression for these two, especially the hopelessly repressed Lilisa (who is well aware of that fact and working hard to STAY repressed, thanks).
It’s a fun balance - the academy is so ridiculously uptight, as noted, that it feels like Lilisa is being choked to death with a tea cozy. Yet she has to do this for her family, even as her heart cannot deny what Otoha offers her. By which I mean music, obviously.
This makes for an undeniably enticing blend; the promise of these two demolishing the brass ensemble they join up with at the end of the volume, plus the imminent threat to Lilisa’s facade, are more than enough to draw the reader back next volume if you like this sort of story. Which I most assuredly do.
4.5 stars - this reads like nothing else, which is one of my favourite sorts of manga. I’m very much looking forward to seeing where it goes.
September 22, 2025
Two elite school girls bond over rock music. Lilisa’s mother has married into an upper class family and she’s been enrolled into an elite girl school, where she is determined to do her best to become a noble maiden so that her mother’s life would be easier. And she’s doing really well.
One day, she stumbles on her classmate, the most admired girl, Otoha, practicing drums in secret. The other girl challenges Lilisa to play guitar with her and the session gets out of hand. It reignites Lilisa’s passion for rock, inherited from her late father, but she’s determined to stifle it. Otoha has other ideas though, and before she knows what’s what, the two have formed a band. But they need to keep it an absolute secret or Lilisa’s new life will be ruined.
This was a good start to a series. It took an occasional abrupt turn to naughty, which surprised a little when the tone otherwise was comedic and light. Lilisa’s determination to become a lady was strong and Otoha’s determination to befriend Lilisa was equally strong. Art was good. The ending was a small cliffhanger so I’ll have to read more.
I received a free copy from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
One day, she stumbles on her classmate, the most admired girl, Otoha, practicing drums in secret. The other girl challenges Lilisa to play guitar with her and the session gets out of hand. It reignites Lilisa’s passion for rock, inherited from her late father, but she’s determined to stifle it. Otoha has other ideas though, and before she knows what’s what, the two have formed a band. But they need to keep it an absolute secret or Lilisa’s new life will be ruined.
This was a good start to a series. It took an occasional abrupt turn to naughty, which surprised a little when the tone otherwise was comedic and light. Lilisa’s determination to become a lady was strong and Otoha’s determination to befriend Lilisa was equally strong. Art was good. The ending was a small cliffhanger so I’ll have to read more.
I received a free copy from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
November 14, 2025
The art reminded me of Kill la Kill.
Granted, I've only been involved in very low-level collaborative musical work, but being antagonistic with your band mates feels like it would be...very counterproductive. Even if you are imagining her domming the hell out of you, or visa versa.
I can understand preferring one instrument over another, but not being able to appreciate a violin as a guitarist? Really? Really.
There's not enough here to bring me back for volume 2 when it gets released in five months, alas.
Granted, I've only been involved in very low-level collaborative musical work, but being antagonistic with your band mates feels like it would be...very counterproductive. Even if you are imagining her domming the hell out of you, or visa versa.
I can understand preferring one instrument over another, but not being able to appreciate a violin as a guitarist? Really? Really.
There's not enough here to bring me back for volume 2 when it gets released in five months, alas.
September 27, 2025
Great story.
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