Given began as a manga by Natsuki Kizu before its 2019 television anime adaptation, following a high school and university band brought together by guitarist Ritsuka Uenoyama and singer Mafuyu Satou. Fuyu no Hanashi became the series' defining song, performed during Mafuyu's breakthrough stage moment and tied to his grief for a lost partner. Clips from the performance spread through anime edits and fan communities, where short vocal excerpts are still shared as shorthand for heartbreak, healing and finally saying what was left unsaid.