Hello, Melancholic!
| Hello, Melancholic! | |
| File:Hello, Melancholic! English Volume 1 Cover.jpg Cover of first English volume | |
| ハロー、メランコリック！ (Harō, Merankorikku!) | |
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| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yayoi Ohsawa |
| Published by | Ichijinsha |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Comic Yuri Hime |
| Original run | June 18, 2019 – November 18, 2020 |
| Volumes | 3 |
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 licensed for an English-language release by Seven Seas Entertainment in 2021. The series follows Minato Asano, a talented trombone player, and Hibiki, an upperclassman who wants her to join the band she's forming at school.
Plot
[edit | edit source]Minato Asano, a tall but stooping first-year high school student, makes every effort to blend in with her peerswhile carrying a trombone, despite the lack of music groups at school. However, After catching the attention of an upper-classman named Hibiki, she is persuaded to join the band Hibiki is forming.
Media
[edit | edit source]Manga
[edit | edit source]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 released between October 2019 to March 2021.
It is licensed for an English release in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment.[3]
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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| 1 | October 18, 2019[4] | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | February 1, 2022[1] | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
| 2 | June 18, 2020[5] | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | July 12, 2022[1] | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
| 3 | March 17, 2021[6] | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). | December 20, 2022[1] | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
Other
[edit | edit source]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 | edit source]The series has received positive reviews. Nicholas Dupree for Anime News Network gave the first volume an overall B rating, noting that while the series follows an "extremely familiar story" of an anxious teenager struggling to make friends who meets a quirky girl, "that doesn't mean it can't be a good one if told well, and through this first volume, this series is a firmly charming riff on the formula."[8]
Erica Friedman of Yuricon rated the first volume 8 out of 10 rating, describing “Hello, Melancholic! as a "story of a life redeemed from the darkness." She praised the depiction of Minato's musical experiences and noted Mo Harrison's lettering in the English volume for effectively capturing the music on the page.[9]
Hello, Melancholic! was included on the School Library Journal's recommendation list of nine LGBTQIA+ manga for teens.[10]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Manga official website (in Japanese)
- Seven Seas Entertainment's Hello, Melancholic! official website
- Hello, Melancholic! (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia