Hello, Melancholic!

Hello, Melancholic!
Cover of first English volume
ハロー、メランコリック！
(Harō, Merankorikku!)
Genre
Manga
Written byYayoi Ohsawa
Published byIchijinsha
English publisher
MagazineComic Yuri Hime
Original runJune 18, 2019 – November 18, 2020
Volumes3

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

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

Manga

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
1 October 18, 2019[4]978-4-75-807987-7February 1, 2022[1]978-1-64827-885-3
2 June 18, 2020[5]978-4-75-802126-5July 12, 2022[1]978-1-63858-340-0
3 March 17, 2021[6]978-4-75-802228-6December 20, 2022[1]978-1-63858-775-0

Other

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

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

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Series: Hello, Melancholic!". Seven Seas Entertainment. Seven Seas Entertainment. Archived from the original on July 17, 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  2. ^ "Comic Yurihime August issue announcement" (in Japanese). Ichijinsha. June 18, 2019. Archived from the original on August 31, 2024. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  3. ^ "Seven Seas Licenses The Muscle Girl Next Door, 'Hello, Melancholic!', Witches Manga". Anime News Network. June 30, 2021. Archived from the original on December 17, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  4. ^ "ハロー、メランコリック！（1）". Ichijinsha (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 1, 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  5. ^ "ハロー、メランコリック！（2）". Ichijinsha (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 1, 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  6. ^ "ハロー、メランコリック！（3））". Ichijinsha (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 31, 2024. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  7. ^ 【百合姫PP】ハロー、メランコリック！【PV】 (YouTube). ichijinshaPV. July 18, 2019. Archived from the original on April 22, 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  8. ^ Dupree, Nicholas (April 18, 2022). "Hello, Melancholic! GN 1 - Review". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 14, 2023.
  9. ^ Friedman, Erica (February 7, 2022). "Hello, Melancholic!, Volume 1". Okazu. Archived from the original on July 17, 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  10. ^ Alverson, Brigid (June 7, 2022). "9 LGBTQIA+ Manga for Teens". School Library Journal. Archived from the original on July 17, 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
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