Now that he's finally set his sights on becoming a pianist, things at school are easy for former delinquent Shusuke Matoba. But he's starting to realize just how long and difficult the road is between where he is and the top...and while his natural ear and big hands give him an advantage, he soon encounters a former pianist with hands just as broad, a man who shares history with Clifton Lano and Akari's father, Mikage Yuzuki, but who abandoned the path of music to drown his sorrows in liquor. Can Shu turn him from his destructive path?!