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Shoujo mangaka Chiho Saito is best known as the creator of the manga versions of ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]''. This series, '''Kanon''', is her next best known work, having won the 42nd Shogakukan Manga Award for shoujo in 1997; in fact, it's part of what influenced ''Utena'' director [[Kunihiko Ikuhara]] to invite Saito-sensei to join Be-PaPas. It predates and foreshadows many of the themes and trends in ''Utena'', sometimes to the point where one wonders if certain ideas and scenes from '''Kanon''' were simply recycled in order to make whole segments of the famous shoujo mindscrew.
Kanon Hayashi is an 18-year-old Japanese girl with a wild, freedom-loving spirit, who has an amazing talent for playing the violin. She lives in Mongolia with her mother. The two have lived there, a simple life among shepherds, for as long as Kanon can remember.
Kanon's sick mother dies, but leaves her the knowledge that her Japanese father is alive and is a famous musician. (She's unable to reveal his name, unfortunately.) Kanon travels to Tokyo in search of her [[Mysterious Parent|mysterious father]]. She meets by chance Gen Mikami, genius composer and director of a boarding music school, who is impressed by Kanon's gift for music. He decides to help her find her father and teach her violin to bring her talent out. Kanon eventually falls in love with handsome 30-something Mikami, and he returns her feelings. They start a torrid romantic/sexual affair...
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... and then, in a twist that shows well Saito's love for breaking taboos, they find that [[Parental Incest|Mikami is actually Kanon's father]].
'''Kanon''' was serialised in Shogakukan's "Petit Comic" magazine from 1995 to 1997, and was collected into six paper volumes for its initial release and three volumes for its later ''[
Absolutely not to be confused with the other ''[[Kanon]]'', a seinen visual novel and anime.<ref>If it helps, the two are written differently in Japanese. Seinen ''Kanon'' is カノン (in katakana), whereas this ''Kanon'' is 花音 (in kanji, being as it's the main character's name).</ref>
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* [[Aoyama Panel Judge]]: Because of the result of the "17th Piano Competition in Memory of Aoyama". This is the manga that made the words "in memory of Aoyama" a common expression among shoujo fans.
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* [[Backstory]]: Most of the cast.
* [[Bishonen]]: Lots of them.
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* [[Serious Business]]: Music!
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: Gen and Kanon, a lot.
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* [[Stereotype Gay]]: Kajiwara's boyfriend.
* [[Surprise Incest]]
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* [[Tsundere]]: Gen frequently acts as a male version.
* [[Twin Switch]] / {{spoiler|[[Dead Person Impersonation]]}}: Sawa.
* [[Two-Teacher School]]: Gen's academy — which, since we are on the subject, is in many ways surprisingly similar to Ohtori Gakuen in ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena|Utena]]''.
* [[Unwanted Harem]]: Kanon has several men competing for her.
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