Just Listen to the Song (Japanese: フツーに聞いてくれ, Hepburn: Futsū ni Kiitekure, "Listen to Me Normally") is a Japanese one-shot web manga written by Tatsuki Fujimoto and illustrated by Oto Toda. It was released on the Shōnen Jump+ website in July 2022.
| Just Listen to the Song | |
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| フツーに聞いてくれ (Futsū ni Kiitekure) | |
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| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Tatsuki Fujimoto |
| Illustrated by | Oto Toda |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Shōnen Jump+ |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Published | July 4, 2022 |
Plot
editA student uploads a song to YouTube as a confession of his crush on a girl within his class but when he returns to school the next day, he is rejected with a simple "Sorry" after she had shared the song with their classmates over Line. The student is tempted to delete the video after people start spotting a ghost within the video but is encouraged not to as it would anger the spirits by a different student. The video goes viral internationally as people begin to spot more and more anomalies within the video as well as hidden meanings when the song is translated into a multitude of languages and reversed. Due to the fame of the initial clip, the student releases a second video as encouraged by his mother who is being requested by the people at her work for a part two but it fails to replicate the first video's fame The student then deletes both videos but is met by his crush who tells him that people already downloaded the videos and it was pointless and brings up how both songs were inspired by the time he sketched her in art class in middle school. The one-shot ends with them both listening to the songs together.
Publication
editWritten by Tatsuki Fujimoto and illustrated by Oto Toda, the one-shot was released on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ manga website on July 4, 2022.[2][3]
Viz Media and Manga Plus published the one-shot in English simultaneously with its Japanese release.[4][5]
Reception
editBrian Salvatore from Multiversity Comics praised the story despite the manga's short length, especially for how it left several parts to interpretation; Salvatore also praised Toda's artwork. However, Salvatore felt that the manga tells the reader what to think at times.[1] Kazushi Shimada from Real Sound praised the story's message about looking for the deeper meaning in art and Toda's artwork. Shimada also liked that the story was left vague and open to interpretation at points.[6]
See also
edit- To Strip the Flesh, a manga anthology by Oto Toda
References
edit- ^ a b c d Salvatore, Brian (July 13, 2022). "This Week in Shonen Jump: Week of 7/10/22". Multiversity Comics. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ^ "藤本タツキ×遠田おとの短編読切「フツーに聞いてくれ」、ジャンプ＋で公開". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. July 4, 2022. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (June 20, 2022). "Chainsaw Man Manga's 2nd Part Launches on Shonen Jump+ on July 13". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ^ Chiu-Tabet, Christopher (July 5, 2022). "The Rundown: July 5, 2022". Multiversity Comics. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ^ "Just Listen to the Song". Manga Plus. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
- ^ Shimada, Kazushi (July 7, 2022). 藤本タツキ原作『フツーに聞いてくれ』に感じた“必ず伝わる”という確信 漫画に対する批評を考える. Real Sound (in Japanese). Retrieved July 16, 2022.
External links
edit- Official website at Shōnen Jump+ (in Japanese)
- Official website at Viz Media
- Official website at Manga Plus
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