Jaguar") is a Japanese gag manga series written and illustrated by Kyosuke Usuta.
The story is about Kiyohiko "Piyohiko" Saketome, an aspiring musician whose daily life takes a bizarre turn when he meets Jaguar, an eccentric man obsessed with recorders.
In his way he sees a strange man named Jaguar carrying a big case, which turns out to be holding only a small recorder.
Piyohiko tries not to get distracted by him but fails, because when Jaguar plays his recorder, the most beautiful, passionate guitar-like sound comes out of it.
Finally, Piyohiko gets accepted at a record company only to find out that he will be staying at his new dorm with Jaguar as his roommate.
From thereon in, the story is an episodic chronicle of Piyohiko and Jaguar's lives, where they get into hijinks with fellow musicians and other bizarre characters.
[6] Shueisha collected its 435 individual chapters in 20 tankōbon volumes published from September 4, 2001, to December 3, 2010.
A 3-episode Flash-animated original video animation series produced by Kaeruotoko Shokai was released from November 19, 2007, to January 21, 2008.