Kimi ni shika Kikoenai

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Des alternatives: English: Calling You
Japanese: きみにしか聞こえない
Auteur: Tsuzuki, Setsuri
Taper: Manga
Volumes: 1
Chapitres: 5
Statut: Finished
Publier: 2021-12-06 to ?
Sérialisation: Asuka (Monthly)

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Des alternatives: English: Calling You
Japanese: きみにしか聞こえない
Auteur: Tsuzuki, Setsuri
Taper: Manga
Volumes: 1
Chapitres: 5
Statut: Finished
Publier: 2021-12-06 to ?
Sérialisation: Asuka (Monthly)
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A volume featuring two short stories. Calling You—A lonely pair of high school students begin to psychically communicate through the “cell phones in their heads.” Their connection grows, and they discover that they’re not only separated by distance, but by time, as well. Kids—a story about high school bullying and abuse.

Note: Kiyohara Hiro also did a manga based on the same story.

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Kimi ni shika Kikoenai review
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LordSithaniel14
Apr 04, 2021
They also adapted Kizu in a shoujo style and I gotta say after reading both manga versions of the two stories, I lean towards the shounen one. Maybe cause I read the shounen first but there were some blaring differences when I compared the two. One of the most notable ones was how they were paced. The shoujo adaptions felt like they were two long one shot mangas with all the story content crammed into the pages with a composition that can only be called messy though its something that is repeatedly used in shoujo mangas. The shounen version paced each story within 5 chapters so there were more a short series than one quick story.

Another thing was its choice in artstlyes. The shoujo adaption used as seen a common style of drawing for shoujo mangas of the late 90s and early 2000s with extremely deformed facial structures, thin lines, super deformed character designs and heavy reliance on tones. This was a poor choice as both story's strongest elements was the mood it created of the existence of such a supernatural connection between two characters was shown in a normal, and mundane world. The shounen version captured this better with a slightly more realistic art style and darker toning overall. Also the shoujo style of the age was best used in light hearted/fluffy series of the comedy and romance genres that did not require the reader to focus too much on the actual settings or scenarios involved but more on the feelings being conveyed by internal monologues and parting images. They treated the stories more like a fantasy of a heart-beating romance between two individuals which doesn't complement the realistic and psychological nature of these stories.

The story of the two mangas in my opinion were interesting but not extremely so. They let the reader find interest in the situations where two individuals find a bond forming through their connection with a supernatural power but nothing greater ever seems to occur. Giving that both stories are short, there isn't much development into the characters beyond the scope of what the plot desires. In Kimi ni Shika Kikoenai, the girl was able to face her flaws and in Kazu the boy was able to get over his emotional baggage but nothing evolves beyond that. I guess you could call those very significant development in character for them but its not enough for us to really become attached to the characters, mainly due to the fact that both series where too short to give us anything else. The small plot twist in Kimi is also pretty predictable from the beginning as the possibility is directly given to the audience and there are an abundant of hints.

Overall I did enjoy the two series but it will probably become a forgettable read over time as they do not leave much of an emotional impact as Otsu-Ichi's other works GOTH or Shissou Holiday.



Kimi ni shika Kikoenai review
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ArcherKinao11
Apr 04, 2021
I think this manga is a clear example of how a bad storyboard can ruin a story.

The manga includes two stories:
Kimi ni Shika Kikoenai (Calling you), a one-shot about two highschool students who communicate psychically through cellphones they created in their minds.
Kizu (Kids), a story organized in two chapters, about a boy who can absorve the wounds of other people.

I have nothing against one-shots, or short mangas. I´ve read really good ones, and there are even some one-shots among my favorite mangas. I also think works should be judged within their genre and kind. Comparing a short and a long manga would be the same as comparing a short story with a novel. There is no use in doing that. But in this particular case, I think there was too much information to convey in such little space. At moments, the story isn´t clear, it´s too rushed, there are many gaps in the storyline, it´s chaotic. I think the art didn´t help either. I found it two "girly" and overly ornamented. The general feeling I got is that it ended up dealing with a deep and moving matter in a very superficial way.

To be true, the feeling I got may be related to the fact that I already knew the stories when I read the manga. When analyzing it, I cannot help but compare it with another version of these two stories, both drawn by Kiyohara Hiro, which are much, much better. They are two separate mangas, with the same titles: Kimi ni Shika Kikoenai, and Kizu. The first one has 5 chapters, the second one 4. They have a much slower pace, the character development is way deeper, the art is simpler, and has a more mature feel to it, which suits this plot better.

This version is just average. The story is still good. Otsu-Ichi´s story is still the same, so I can´t rate it as "bad". The problem is the adaptation.
I highly recommend reading Kiyohara Hiro´s version.

Kimi ni shika Kikoenai review
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Ione3
Apr 02, 2021
The idea of talking to someone you didn't know from a cell phone that didn't exist was too good to pass up on reading...

Summary:
Aihara Ryo is not a regular high school girl. She doesn't think she is anyway. Every high school girl has a cell phone, she doesn't. Tired of wishing for one she decides that she'll get one. She pictures one in her mind so clearly she even gives it her favorite song as ring tone. One day during class, she hears her song on a cell phone and wonders why no one is answering. Not even the teacher asks to shut it off. No one could hear it but her. It's ringing in her mind. What can she do but answer it? It was fate. In the other line was a boy, a high school boy who's talking to her the same way she is talking to him...by their made up cell phones.
Just like that she is lonely no more. She has someone to talk to and at last a friend. Suddenly it occurs to them to meet. Aihara is going to learn the hard way that you can't change destiny.

It's well written, and by the time you finish you should ask yourself if you believe in fate or destiny. That's what this manga is about, more or less. That no matter what some things have to happen and you can't change them, no matter how much you try. They are not your choices to make.

I don't think character development was the main goal of it but it still did well.
You could see by the end how the main character changed and became stronger, but sometimes you have to fall down to really get back up.

The art in this manga is nothing out of this world, it's actually very real looking (as real as manga gets anyway).

This isn't your typical shojo manga. It's actually a breath of fresh air for someone like me who is constantly just reading shojo's.