Anonymous Noise by Ryoko Fukuyama

 Anonymous Noise by Ryoko Fukuyama

review by: Gabby Mongwa


This manga series starts with the main character Nino and her childhood friend Momo, who liked to sing with her through the windows of their neighboring houses. One day, Momo has to move away, and Nino starts wearing a mask over her mouth all the time to keep from screaming. Not long after that, Nino meets Yuzu, a boy around Nino’s age who’s a composer and doesn’t sing because if he does, he’ll “turn to bubbles and disappear”. The two become close friends as well, with Nino singing the songs Yuzu composes, but after an incident that causes Yuzu to have to leave as well, Nino starts singing at the beach every day in an attempt to try and reach either Yuzu or Momo. 6-7 years in the future, Nino is in high school, still continuing her ritual of singing at the beach, until after a high school orientation performance, where she finally finds Yuzu again. She then joins the music club and the masked band “In NO Hurry” in her pursuit of getting her voice to reach Momo as well.


I really liked this series, though it was something I wasn’t able to finish until now because of the library where I got the books from not having more than 4 volumes until recently. It is a shoujo manga so there are quite a few romance plots, but it’s also band and music oriented as well, which I really liked! Especially with the one season of the anime, which meant that some of the songs in the manga got actually released, and then I could listen to them while reading the manga. I'd give this manga a 7.5/10 for the plot, a 9/10 for the art style, and while the music technically isn't a part of this review, I'd recommend listening to it! and I'd give it a 10/10!!


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