HIDE‘s second main premiere of Animation Boston 2024, Whisper me a love musichas a number of issues in widespread with their first, Jellyfish can’t swim at night time. Each exhibits revolve across the relationships between highschool college students in a band. The place the character of the relationships in Jellyfish nevertheless, could also be open to interpretation within the first two episodes, Whisper me a love music is completely yuri.
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Neither Himari nor Yori have ever fallen in love earlier than, however when Himari sees Yori performing with the Mild Music Membership on the primary day of faculty, she is obsessed. Yori is a substitute singer, however her bandmates need her to jot down a love music. When Himari confesses her like to Yori, the reluctant artist all of a sudden is aware of what romance appears like. The primary episode culminates with Yori confessing her love – which Himari in some way utterly misses as a result of it is about her and as a substitute thinks she’s speaking about one other singer.
I watched these first two episodes and questioned how silly Himari and Yori have been alleged to be. If Himari is only a fan of Yori’s singing and never really in love, why does she discuss and behave in such a approach that makes it look like she is in love with Yori? Suppose Himari is certainly in love with Yori (as Himari’s girlfriend Miki and Miki’s sister/Yori’s bassist Aki are satisfied she does). How on earth can Yori proceed to overlook what is clear to everybody?
Trying up details about the manga, it looks like there’s extra complexity occurring than simply ridiculous miscommunication, and this story will discover the spectrum of attraction and the various things “love” can imply. Even when this was nearly ridiculous miscommunication, it is fairly humorous. The cliffhanger on the finish of episode 2, which turns the confusion within the two-way relationship right into a love triangle, guarantees a further supply of battle.
Manufacturing smart, Whisper me a love music isn’t that spectacular (comparisons with Jellyfish can’t swim at night time do not do it any favors). The characters are cute (with or with out the bizarre meat tooth of one of many different band members), however the animation is proscribed. For a music-themed anime, I discovered the soundtrack disappointing. Yori’s singing is nice sufficient for the reluctant however gifted singer, albeit not as gorgeous as from Himari’s perspective, however the background music is sappy and generic.
These first two episodes are pleasantly entertaining, particularly subsequent to an enthusiastic conference viewers. I am unsure how compelled I’m to proceed Whisper me a love music. Perhaps it is price giving the nice outdated three-episode check when it premieres HIDE this spring.
