Hibiki: Shousetsuka ni Naru Houhou

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Synonyms: Resonance: Way to Become a Novelist

Japanese: 響～小説家になる方法～

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 13

Chapters: 114

Status: Finished

Published: Aug 22, 2014 to Oct 11, 2019

Genres: Award Winning, Slice of Life

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Big Comic Superior

Authors: Yanamoto, Mitsuharu (Story & Art)

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Ranked: #3160²

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Ranked #3160Popularity #6167Members 3,180

MangaBig Comic SuperiorYanamoto, Mitsuharu (Story & Art)

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The literature industry is suffering from the publishing recession. While the literary magazine "Mokuren" was grieving over the present state of affairs, a composition intended for their Newcomer's Award was sent to their editing department. However, it completely ignored the application rules. It should have been torn to shreds, but the work caught the eye of a sole editor. As a result, the world began to change.

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Hibiki: Shousetsuka ni Naru Houhou won the Manga Taisho Award in 2017. It was also ranked 12th in the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2016.

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Hibiki, Akui

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Hanai, Fumi

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Sobue, Rika

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Sekiguchi, Kayoko

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Nov 20, 2017

Wotakunai

Recommended

Preliminary (24/114 eps)

Here's my take after reading 24 chapters of the vellichor of Hibiki: Shousetsuka ni Naru Houhou (Hibiki: Becoming a Novelist) by Mitsuharu Yanamoto.

It's seldom that I would find a manga relating to something I like, well... not actually reading books, but something about literature/writing. Hibiki satisfy that urge for me to read such a story but at the same time making it really interesting with a quirky cast of characters

The story revolves around the decline of the literature industry due to the publishing recession, and Hibiki a 15-year-old introverted bookworm who had submitted a literary work that could possibly save the falling industry.

It ...

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May 22, 2018

Tirta_Firdaus

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (31/114 eps)

This manga is an interesting one. It’s one of the very few mangas that makes me think and re-think really hard about the values and the author’s inner works. This kind of manga usually makes people raise their standard high before even re-reading it. That people including me. Yes, it’s a manga that is so good that can make people go like this.

But as i raised my bar higher and being honestly critical like what the MC in this manga did, then i would say, using Hibiki’s words, this manga is totally half-lame. Exatcly 50 out 100. Im talking about the inner values though, ... not overall score.

First, if we talk about technical qualities as a manga, this manga might got a little more than average grade. The art isn’t bad, but it is not something of a diamond either. In the story aspect, the premise might be normal but the start was very smooth and very natural. As the story progressed, however, it lost the natural feels and the smoothness that it had.
And my last view about the story is.... using Hibiki words again, it is as if the writer has lost everything that she/he want to write. In short, this manga has become a story from a vanished author. Well, one more harsh words, everything that Hibiki said as a lame novel to many characters in this manga, can be applied to this manga itself.

Despite my harsh words towards this manga, i love this manga and i admit from my heart that this manga is really something else. This manga shines the most in the aspect of characters and their characterization. It’s not like each character has good chemistry or good vide, no, not at all – but it’s unique and consistent. Their consistency, which is a sweeter way to say “stubborn”, trait make the characters clash as they are. In a sense, that’s pretty natural thing.

One more great thing about this manga that this manga is a form of rampage from the author’s inner-self. When we go deep in this manga, it feels like we can touch what the author really want to write. His/her screams, ideology, point of view etc, things that i personally call those as the inner-values, can be really felt. This manga isn’t talking about in what way a manga has to be written, but what kind of a manga i want to write.

As an ending, i want to say that...i feel this manga is kind of the opposite of Gintama. Both of them has strong inner-values and can make us think about our own values twice. But one thing that i notice that they are at opposite is the center of ego. Gintoki really cares about others and Hibiki doesn’t care about others, but both of them are totally, bluntly honest with their ownselves, their own values and their own lives. I wish i could see Gintoki and Hibiki had a dialogue about life......

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Sep 3, 2018

eri139

Not Recommended

Preliminary (33/114 eps)

(Small spoilers may be listed here, just be warned. I did try to stay away from them as much as possible, though, in case you still decide to read this cursed series after my review)

tl;dr - everything is kinda meh. Everyone for some reason seemed to worship the protagonist, Hibiki, her for shitty personality. Her character never had any development either, at least up until where I dropped this.

Let me just say, I don't think I have EVER hated any manga so much. I've read plenty of boring and cliche manga, manga with characters that have irked me a little, but NEVER a manga ...

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