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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. 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 She’s tall, but she’s very quiet, and very withdrawn.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. 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. As a consequence, the little bits of yuri that poke through here are fairly slight and, yes, we’re clearly at the start of a series so we can’t expect too much, but the chemistry feels strangely not-quite-right and said little bits that do happen don’t feel natural enough. 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

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Dark and Troubled Past: Minato used to be an enthusiastic trombone player until she was chosen to play in a competitive team over an upperclassman. Because of that, she was relentlessly bullied by her bandmates until she decided to give up on music. The series is licensed for an English release in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. [3] No. Shrinking Violet: Minato is an awkward tall girl who constantly felt that she was being a bother to the other girls. Seven Seas Licenses The Muscle Girl Next Door, 'Hello, Melancholic!', Witches Manga". Anime News Network. June 30, 2021 . Retrieved July 17, 2023.

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. 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.On July 18, 2019, Ichijinsha released a Power Push reading of the first chapter, featuring Hanayuki Matsumoto as Minato Asano, Natsumi Takamori as Kyosei Sugawa, Masumi Tazawa as Chika Inagaki and Aya Suzaki as Sakiko Arita. [7] Reception [ edit ] Sin embargo, a pesar de su nerviosismo y pánico, es bastante buena al medir los tiempos y adaptar su melodía a los demás, pero especialmente, a Hibiki; su superior nota esto, es en donde decide impulsarla a superar este miedo, sin embargo, en este proceso Hibiki comienza a tener sentimientos por Minato. 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. The friendship that Minato is building with the other bandmates is nice. I have a feeling there is more to Sekiko and Chika friendship than what we see. And I have a feeling that maybe Emma may like Hibiki, not sure if the other feels the same or not. 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.

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. 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…

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Berserk Button: Hibiki-sempai aggressively calls Minato a "jerk" when she pointed out that their playing with pros instead of having fun playing music was the same mindset her father had. Minato es una joven extraña que evita el tener que socializar con sus demás compañeras, pero en su intento de pasar por desapercibida es perseguida por una de sus sempais; quien se fijó en ella por llevar consigo un estuche instrumental. Estou aqui novamente para comentar sobre mais um romance divertido que li recentemente. E esse foi bem curto.