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ましろのおと [Mashiro no Oto] #7
ましろのおと（７）
過熱する津軽三味線甲子園「松吾郎（まつごろう）杯」、個人戦！ 団体戦では端正な演奏で優勝を飾った大阪の梶貴臣（かじ・たかおみ）が舞台に上がる。ライバル達の演奏に触発されながら出番を待つ雪（せつ）、そして優勝候補の田沼総一（たぬま・そういち）の演奏は!?
- GenresManga
208 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 16, 2012
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About the author
Marimo Ragawa
161 books46 followersMarimo Ragawa 羅川真里茂 was born on September 21 in Hachinohe, Aomori, but her age is not disclosed.
Marimo Ragawa first started submitting manga to comic magazines when she was only 12 years old, which is when she was in 6th grade of elementary school. She continued to send her manga to the same magazine for four years, but a positive critical reception was yet to come. Ragawa then decided to switch to a different magazine. Surprisingly, her first submission to this magazine, Hana to Yume, won a prize called the Top-prize. She succeeded in achieving her debut with her first manga, Time Limit.
Marimo Ragawa continues to draw other manga such as Aka-chan to Boku (Baby and Me), New York New York, and Itsudemo Otenki Kibun. She received the 1995 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for Baby and Me. She continues to draw a tennis themed manga, Shanimuni-Go in Hana to Yume (Flowers and Dreams).
Marimo Ragawa's calm and cute design is one of the traits of her drawings. Her energetic drawing and characters are very attractive, even to non-manga readers. She is widely known for her great ability in describing complicated emotions, especially in New York New York and Baby and Me.
Her manga Mashiro no Oto has been nominated for the 4th Manga Taishō.
Marimo Ragawa first started submitting manga to comic magazines when she was only 12 years old, which is when she was in 6th grade of elementary school. She continued to send her manga to the same magazine for four years, but a positive critical reception was yet to come. Ragawa then decided to switch to a different magazine. Surprisingly, her first submission to this magazine, Hana to Yume, won a prize called the Top-prize. She succeeded in achieving her debut with her first manga, Time Limit.
Marimo Ragawa continues to draw other manga such as Aka-chan to Boku (Baby and Me), New York New York, and Itsudemo Otenki Kibun. She received the 1995 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for Baby and Me. She continues to draw a tennis themed manga, Shanimuni-Go in Hana to Yume (Flowers and Dreams).
Marimo Ragawa's calm and cute design is one of the traits of her drawings. Her energetic drawing and characters are very attractive, even to non-manga readers. She is widely known for her great ability in describing complicated emotions, especially in New York New York and Baby and Me.
Her manga Mashiro no Oto has been nominated for the 4th Manga Taishō.
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June 28, 2021
The individual performance section of the competition continues. No, seriously, that’s the entire book.
Nothing says shonen tournament more than the tournament, unless it’s the tournament taking multiple volumes to get through. I think we might escape its gravitational pull next time, after three volumes spent on it.
And hey, that’s fine. This book basically hangs on three performances and the emotions they instill in the audience and you could easily argue that with no actual music to listen to, the book needs to go to these great lengths to convey the players’ abilities and emotional resonance.
Sure, nobody’s brought to the point of climax and has all their clothes blown off in the style of Food Wars!, but I’d posit that a shamisen performance versus a good meal in real life would likewise never have a chance at measuring up either (and also that that aspect of Food Wars! is dumb). This book gets it just right.
The three performances are all different enough to be interesting - the first one is by a player from one of the strongest groups in the competition, but his confidence as a solo player plus some twists of fate make for a far more uncertain outcome.
Setsu is second and his own sound largely hinges on his grandfather. It seems implied that his own sound begins to develop out of this performance, but I hope there’s still work to be done there because it feels like this moment isn’t pounded quite as hard as it could be and Setsu’s still got a ways to go.
Tanuma, the health weirdo who calls Setsu friend for no particular reason, is last and he seems the surest bet to win this competition given the levels everybody else we’ve seen has been playing at.
I mean, that’s the book, really. Setsu’s mother still drives me insane and there are a couple of cute jokes, but this is definitely a performance forward manga right now. The girls are still very plucky, but since this is a book about string instruments, it makes sense.
3.5 stars, and I like what I’m being sold here, so hey, another 4 stars for this series. Tournaments are staples because they work and this one is working just fine by my estimation. A stalwart performer of a series.
Nothing says shonen tournament more than the tournament, unless it’s the tournament taking multiple volumes to get through. I think we might escape its gravitational pull next time, after three volumes spent on it.
And hey, that’s fine. This book basically hangs on three performances and the emotions they instill in the audience and you could easily argue that with no actual music to listen to, the book needs to go to these great lengths to convey the players’ abilities and emotional resonance.
Sure, nobody’s brought to the point of climax and has all their clothes blown off in the style of Food Wars!, but I’d posit that a shamisen performance versus a good meal in real life would likewise never have a chance at measuring up either (and also that that aspect of Food Wars! is dumb). This book gets it just right.
The three performances are all different enough to be interesting - the first one is by a player from one of the strongest groups in the competition, but his confidence as a solo player plus some twists of fate make for a far more uncertain outcome.
Setsu is second and his own sound largely hinges on his grandfather. It seems implied that his own sound begins to develop out of this performance, but I hope there’s still work to be done there because it feels like this moment isn’t pounded quite as hard as it could be and Setsu’s still got a ways to go.
Tanuma, the health weirdo who calls Setsu friend for no particular reason, is last and he seems the surest bet to win this competition given the levels everybody else we’ve seen has been playing at.
I mean, that’s the book, really. Setsu’s mother still drives me insane and there are a couple of cute jokes, but this is definitely a performance forward manga right now. The girls are still very plucky, but since this is a book about string instruments, it makes sense.
3.5 stars, and I like what I’m being sold here, so hey, another 4 stars for this series. Tournaments are staples because they work and this one is working just fine by my estimation. A stalwart performer of a series.
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