Hello, Melancholic! Vol. 1

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The late night band practice in particular is probably the best section because it feels like everything truly comes fully alive in that moment - the story is very big on music and, as Whisper Me A Love Song ably demonstrated, there are worse hooks to hang a yuri on. Minato Asano, a tall but stooping first-year high school student, she makes every effort to blend in with her peers, all the while lugging a trombone around despite the absence of a music groups at school. However, after she caught the eye of an upper-classman named Hibiki, she is persuaded into joining her band.

When Minato Asano moves to a new high school, she finds herself eating lunch alone whilst being looked at strangely by her peers for carrying around a trombone despite there being no music clubs. Fate would have her meet another girl named Hibiki-sempai who tries to talk her into joining her band. Hello, Melancholic! is a Yuri Genre manga written and illustrated by Yayoi Oosawa, which was serialized in Comic Yuri Hime from June 2019 to November 2020 and compiled into three volumes. The manga is licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment. Seven Seas Licenses The Muscle Girl Next Door, 'Hello, Melancholic!', Witches Manga". Anime News Network. June 30, 2021 . Retrieved July 17, 2023. In general, really, there is something just off about Hibiki so far that I can’t quite put my finger on. I like the character, general annoyances aside, but her design or her attitude or some ephemeral thing is just rubbing me the wrong way a bit. It’s not necessarily something that’s easy to express, but the pairing doesn’t feel strong thus far. Friedman, Erica (February 7, 2022). "Hello, Melancholic!, Volume 1". Okazu . Retrieved July 17, 2023.Written and illustrated by Yayoi Ohsawa, Hello, Melancholic! was serialized in Ichijinsha's Comic Yuri Hime from June 18, 2019, to November 18, 2020. [2] The series was collected in three tankōbon volumes from October 2019 to March 2021. Asano Minato is hiding in plain sight. She’s tall, but she’s very quiet, and very withdrawn. She keeps her hair over her face and her head down. It’s not hard to see that she’s avoiding being seen. While eating lunch alone in her secret spot, she hears what is obviously an instrument. She immediately wonders why, since this high school doesn’t have a band. She knows that…because that’s why she transferred here. Okay, look, Minato is absolutely amazing. She is such a good, unique character - absolutely easy to root for, even as she’s the perfect encapsulation of teenage anxiety and feeling miserable in your own body. The way the art constantly shows her hunched over trying not to stand out is painfully realistic. Her depiction makes this volume.

Delinquents: When Chika first met Sakiko, she tried to go off with a grown man alongside other instances of Troubling Unchildlike Behavior. Sendo assim, esse curto romance de duas garotas que entram em um clube de música é extremamente agradável e fofo. Sem muitos plot's complicados ou tramas dramáticas, o enfoque se volta totalmente aos personagens e a música. So we have the odd situation of a yuri story where the yuri isn’t terribly well done, but the rest of the story is rather good. I really like the band aspect and the other members are a nice addition to the cast - there are a ton of fun moments amidst all the anxiousness. Nov 20 From the U.S. to Japan, You Can Control the Life-Size Moving Gundam from the Comfort of Your Own Home

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The scene with them practicing just the two of them, was a really moving scene and I liked how Hibiki comforted Minato telling her what she was great at. The series is licensed for an English release in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. [3] No. This did not start the way I thought it was going to. Starting her first year in high school, Minato feels excluded because of her height and social anxiety. She plays the trombone which catches the attention of an upper classmate, Hibiki, who wants her to join the band that she is trying to put together at school. Minato initially refuses, even going as far as to tell why she can't. But Hibiki is insisted.

A lot of that comes from Minato herself, and specifically how the series makes her character feel real and relatable beyond her archetypal traits. Her tall figure, uncombed mop of hair, and stiff body language make her stand out among the clean and casual cast around her, perfectly emphasizing her anxiety over attracting attention. Pretty much any time she's standing up, she's also hunched over, arms hugging into her chest as if to take up as little space as possible – there's even mention of the awkwardly fast walk that seems to be universal among clumsy nerds across the world. The only time she ever stands up straight, unashamed of her full size, is when she's lost in playing her trombone, excellently articulating how music allows her to express herself where words fail. While on a purely technical level Yayoi Ohsawa's art is fairly average, the attention to body language goes a long way in characterizing Minato and her compatriots, and making them feel real to the reader. Hello, Melancholic! ( ハロー、メランコリック！, Harō, Merankorikku! ) is a Japanese yuri manga written and illustrated by Yayoi Ohsawa. It was serialized in Ichijinsha's Comic Yuri Hime from June 2019 to November 2020 and was licensed for an English-language release by Seven Seas Entertainment in 2021. The series follows Minato Asano, a talented trombone player, and Hibiki, an upper-classman who wants her to join the band she's forming at school.Alverson, Brigid (June 7, 2022). "9 LGBTQIA+ Manga for Teens". School Library Journal . Retrieved July 17, 2023.

In my view, music and romance harmonize seamlessly because music has the power to convey the most genuine emotions, surpassing the limitations of mere words. Which is good, because this is a comic book about music, which is a pretty challenging thing to get by in a purely visual medium, especially with the frankly eclectic makeup of Hibiki's band – drums, trombone, flute, bass, and a single member pulling triple duty on piano, saxophone, and guitar. It's an odd mix of instruments that I imagine would end up sounding like some kind of jazz fusion, but the series never really gets into the nitty and/or gritty of them composing or practicing music. About the deepest you're really going to get here is the first chapter title being a possible reference to a song by The Pillows, because otherwise music here is strictly a means of building character relationships. Band or music nerds looking for a deep dive into the particulars of high school musicians composing or practicing music should best look elsewhere. La sempai Hibiki, es parte del club de música, únicamente que este no puede concretarse del todo debido al número de integrantes, en especial por su deseo de querer participar en un festival, es que trata de reclutar a Minato; sin embargo esta cuenta con un trauma al participar en público, debido a su anterior aparición en una orquesta. Comic Yurihime August issue announcement" (in Japanese). Ichijinsha. June 18, 2019 . Retrieved July 17, 2023. Minato is a great character. Too bad her romantic interest is an obnoxious and quixotic idealist. The manga's yuri-leaning theme aside, Hibiki would still make for an odd, almost dangerous teammate. Hibiki is aggressively Type-A; she makes decisions on others' behalf, she deliberately ignores other people's grievances, and she blends passion and obsession to such a serene degree that it's difficult to tell when she's being sincere and when she's being superfluous. It's the last of these vicissitudes, readers learn, that could prove most insidious for an emotionally frail counterpart (Minato) to manage upon first glance. Is Hibiki's energy and devotion to her almost-club a genuine act of inclusion (e.g., recruiting a talented but overlooked first-year)? Or, is Hibiki's dedication less a labor of love and more an affectation for the unrestrained (e.g., jazz music allows her to play whatever she wants)?It’s the start of high school and Minato is already feeling excluded because of her height and social anxiety. She also plays trombone and that catches the eye of her senpai, Hibiki, who’s putting together a little group. For Minato, however, the very idea is the definition of a band substance. But Hibiki can be persistent and Minato, well, she’s maybe got her own reasons… Hypocrite: Hibiki-sempai criticizes her father for his views on music while she herself is overly pushing when trying to convince Minato to play alongside professionals. Nov 25 i☆Ris the Movie - Full Energy!! - Anime Film Teaser Visual Revealed at i☆Ris Live Stage in Anime NYC & i☆Ris First Performance in New York Successfully Completed