Guest Author - James Shea

Kanon is a manga of music, of love and romance. The girl grows up not knowing her father, living in Mongolia, playing the violin. As she grows, she wants to know more about her father and her past. She goes to Japan with Tendou, a composer.

When Tendou has to leave for the US, Kanon remains behind in Japan, still searching for her father. Tendou's aunt, Yumiko, shows up with three photos - three possible pictures of Yumiko's father. Soon Kanon plays Carmen and gets great acclaim from it.

Later, Kanon sees one of the three potential fathers (Koiki Saw) and calls out "father" to him. He walks away, and she sobs. It turns out that the guy Kanon saw was really Koiki's younger brother, Masaki, who is in with the mob. Kanon figures this out and is captured, but is rescued.

Soon Kanon is working on the next photo, of Sachio Kajiwara. Sachio is judging a music contest, so Kanon enters. She wins an award and goes to the party afterwards, and finds out that it's not Sachio.

Now a friend of Kanon's, Mikami, marries Maria in Vienna. During this, Kanon realizes that the third man, Kent, is indeed her father. Her joy in this news was tempered by the knowledge that soon he would die. The two plan to play together, but Kent dies before the concert can happen. Tendou enters the picture again and realizes that in reality it was Mikami, not Kent, who was Kanon's father.

Soon Kanon and Mikami have a successful concert together, and Tendou shows his love for Kanon.