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Friday, September 20, 2019

Manga Review: Anonymous Noise, Volume 15, by Ryoko Fukuyama


Rating (Out of 5): ~3.5
Publisher: Shojo Beat (VIZ Media)
Release Date: July 2019
Volumes: 18.
Spoilers?: No.
Volume: 1. 14. 16.

Goodreads Synopsis:

Music and longing collide in this ballad of unrequited love!

Nino Arisugawa, a girl who loves to sing, experiences her first heart-wrenching goodbye when her beloved childhood friend, Momo, moves away. And after Nino befriends Yuzu, a music composer, she experiences another sad parting! Luckily, Nino reunites with Momo and Yuzu in high school, but things haven’t played out the way anyone expected…

In No Hurry gears up for a second Rock Horizon show, but due to a last-minute cancellation, they have to play a bigger stage than expected. As they watch Silent Black Kitty blow away the festival crowd, the vocalist of the day’s headliner comes to Nino with a surprising proposal!

Review:

It's time for Rock Horizon again, and this year, they've got an even better slot. This new concert brings on new challenges, and a new opportunity for Nino in particular. She gets the chance to perform with another artist, which pushes her in a new way.
There's some potential progress between Kurose and An, which is good. He deserves something happy after his unrequited anguish.
Then we get a really sweet moment between Miou and Haruyoshi, in which Mious also gets some much needed closure regarding leaving the band. Somehow Miou and Haruyoshi have become my favorite couple without me realizing it, and definitely the most stable couple in this series thus far in the series.
As a note, there really needs to be a character page at the beginning of each volume.
Maybe I should watch the anime, at least to get a feel for what the characters sound like and how the bands sound. Aside from that, while this series isn't my favorite, it's still a very strong one and one that goes by very quickly. Very well written, too.


 A review copy was provided by the publisher, VIZ Media, for an honest review. Thank you so, so much!

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