Kingyosou

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Synonyms: Goldfish Sonata, Silent Love Song, Kingyou Sou

Japanese: 金魚奏

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 2

Chapters: 9

Status: Finished

Published: Aug 10, 2005 to Feb 10, 2007

Genres: Drama, Romance

Demographic: Shoujo

Serialization: LaLa DX

Authors: Fujitsuka, Yuki (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.00¹ (scored by 3,628 users)

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Ranked: #790²

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Popularity: #2347

Members: 8,624

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MangaLaLa DXFujitsuka, Yuki (Story & Art)

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Upon watching a breathtaking drum performance by Masami Imamura, second-year high school student Asuka Hirayama instantly falls in love with him. As she learns more about Masami, she quickly finds out that he is the older brother of her close friend Taisen. However, when Asuka realizes that the impressive drum player has a hearing impairment, indecision over whether she should continue pursuing his affection crashes down on her. Even so, Asuka remains determined to chase after the warmth blooming inside her.

Kingyosou narrates a young girl's endeavor to resonate with a man who has closed his heart to many people. Despite the many obstacles and heartbreak that come her way, Asuka slowly gets closer to Masami—one step at a time.

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Imamura, Masami

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Hirayama, Asuka

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Imamura, Taisen

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Sakai, Arata

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Carroll, Jessica

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Yamada, Suzuko

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Ryuu

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Dec 24, 2010

Kumorin

Recommended

I just had to write a review for this. First off, I stumbled across this manga by chance, and I'm glad I did.

Story 10/10:

The plot is not so original, but the way the story progresses is just amazing! It's not like many other shoujo mangas out there where the hero meets the heroine and poof!, they fall in love. There is a very strong sense of reality to it because everything that happened actually took time, instead of just happening overnight and everyone lives happily ever after. What I love about it is that the guy isn't the 'good-at-everything-he-does-and-extremely-good-looking-with-tons-of-fangirls' type, and the girl doesn't ...

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Mar 15, 2011

Moon_Light

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Falling in love is never easy, wait that’s wrong. Falling is easy the hard part is not knowing if you fell alone.

We are all fishes in this big ocean.Right until the very end this analogy didn’t run thin. Partly because it fit the mood of the manga perfectly and to a degree it makes perfect sense.
Silent Love Song demonstrates a relationship in it’s most basic level and yet the way it untangles and the characters make it the most realistic manga I have read. There are no exaggerations to make you laugh or that destroy the realism of the manga. It’s amazing in it’s ... simplicity however the characters give it the piece it needs to flow naturally with the hardships.

For Asuka it was love at first sound. That’s right, the sound of Masami playing drew her in and she wasn’t the same. By a happy coincidence Masami’s brother is in her class in school and volunteers to introduce them at his next training session. When that day finally comes and she’s standing right in front of him she is surprised to see them using sign language to communicate. Masami, the guy with the beautiful sound, slowly lost his hearing and is now deaf. Can Asuka get close enough to tear down the walls this aloof boy has built?

The way the mangaka handles the relationship and the communication between the characters is beautiful and gradually. There’s a good chance it’s because this is my first manga were the characters have had any sort of handicap (not including stupidity which there is never a shortage of) but I loved it. It was more than that, it was the interaction and the whole wanting to be with someone but also not wanting to be their crutch.
All relationships are hard and that's if both people can communicate through speech. It’s a lot harder when one person can’t hear what you’re saying and you can’t say it any other way for them. they both have to be willing to listen if not everything gets lost in translation. The characters don’t wake up one day and decide to go out or confess their undying love to one another. It happens like everything, with time. To me that’s the most beautiful part of any story, seeing how they fall: the cries, the frustration and the getting together. Not necessarily in that order.

It’s rare to find an original character whose personality is more or less unique but who’s “flaw” just adds to his perfection. Suffice it to say it’s no surprise that in this manga my favorite character is the male lead. My loyalty shifts to the more interesting character. No offense to Asuka in this one, and I’m sure she’d agree. Because what we all want, what we truly appreciate, at least I do, is a character that evolves and changes, becomes the best version of themselves. Again, not saying that Asuka didn’t mature, she did, but the baton has to be handed to him on this one.

The most popular character was the one that barely spoke, just goes to show you there’s other ways to express what you want. That’s a lesson they both learn together.

The lead characters art wasn't out of this world but they were different from other characters. Whether it be Askua’s petite self and boyish haircut, which I thought was adorable. Or Masami who was set off from the rest of the world with a different style and at some point that was exactly as he felt, different. At times the rest of the characters lack the details the main ones have but overall it was a good job in that art department and they kept it simple.

At the end, it leaves you a little sad that it’s over and even if it wasn’t my favorite ending, doesn’t mean it wasn’t kick ass.

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Jun 3, 2013

Nocti

Recommended

The plot in this manga isn't that innovative, put it isn't the usual shoujo fairy tail either. The mail character isn't the typical shoujo prince, the female character cries here and there, but in situations that call for it... there is no unnecessary crying. The love story is realistic, it moves forward in a slow reasonable pace. Although one of the characters has a serious handicap (his can´t hear), there isn't too much melodrama... The main problem among the characters is that they need to learn how to communicate their feelings.

I really love mangas where Japanese tradition is shown, be it go, karuta, poetry, traditional ...

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