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Dragon Voice #1

Dragon Voice, Volume 1

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Rin Amami has a singing voice that can shatter an eardrum. When he auditions for the Beat Men he almost ruins the show.

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

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Yuriko Nishiyama

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1,343 reviews81 followers
March 11, 2017
Kompak-kompakan, lebay-lebayan~
Kejengkelan dan kegembiraan,
Terjatuh, putus asa, lalu berharap dan bangkit kembali~
Ini semua satu paket masa muda, yang jadi ciri khas komik ini dan itu (^▽^)

Dulu, aku dan si Beruk adalah penggemar Harlem Beat itu, tapi ga minat sama Dragon Voice ini.
"Tentang boyband.., kayaknya aneh, ya..," aku nunjuk komiknya di rental.
"Iya~ nggak usah minjemlah..," balas si Beruk.


Setelah lewat 'ratusan tahun', nemu komik ini di lapak. Ternyata bacanya membutuhkan 'aura-masa-muda' yang telah hilang dan ga bisa di-summon begitu saja~ (≧▽≦)

Setelah di-summon dengan paksa penuh kelebayan, "rasa dan aroma" baca DV memang 11-12 dengan HB (ღ˘⌣˘ღ) sama-sama sekelompok anak cowok yang bersahabat dengan akrab, yang berjuang mencapai impian bersama ^^ //khasshounen

Kelebayan dan 'keanehan' yang kocak, kekonyolan yang anehnya membuat semangat, cerita yang terkadang hendak dibawa ke arah yang realistis tapi jatuhnya tetap bernada idealis; semuanya terasa menghibur sekaligus membuat sedikit sedih~

Entah apa karena keikut lebay (^ ^;)> tapi itu yang terasa saat baca DV maupun HB.

Keceriaan dan tekad para bocah itu untuk menjadi pahlawan dalam kehidupan mereka sendiri, yang malah akhirnya berhasil jadi 'pahlawan' bagi orang-orang di sekitarnya, membuatku sadar kalau masa remaja dulu sepertinya dihabiskan untuk hal yang ga jelas (⌒_⌒;) hahahaa~ *antara menyesal dan putus asa*

Bagaimanapun juga, baca komik ini menyenangkan \^o^/ dan, khas Nishiyama-sensei, tambahan cerita spin-off Dragon Trek dan kisah-kisah di tempat kerjanya itu sangat menghibur (≧◡≦)
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310 reviews106 followers
September 8, 2025
REVIEW UNTUK VOL 1-11

Ini adalah manga perdana yang saya baca dari Yuriko Nishiyama dan saya lumayan menyukainya. Kirain saya bakalan udah ga cocok lagi dengan manga remaja khas shounen dengan komedinya yang kebanyakan fan service tapi saya salah. Manga ini syukurnya tidak banyak menampilkan komedi fan service yang memperlihatkan lekuk tubuh perempuan. Mungkin karena mangakanya perempuan kali ya? Walau tetep saja saya agak sebel dengan komedi .

Semangat remaja laki-lakinya sangat nampak di manga ini, tentunya dengan topik yang cukup unik buat saya yaitu dalam dunia hiburan alias idol. Saya suka melihat semangat membara Beatmen untuk bisa menembus pasar dunia hiburan walaupun memang banyak sekali tantangan yang harus mereka lewati terutama karena mereka datang dari agensi yang sangat kecil (bahkan menuju kebangkrutan). Terkadang saya juga masih harus geleng-geleng kepala sambil menghentikan segala kelogisan saya melihat pertarungan suara antara Beatmen dengan idol lain saat bertanding.

Tapi saya tetap merasa terhibur apalagi melihat perkembangan karakter para tokohnya sepanjang cerita. Masing-masing karakter diperihatkan kesulitan-kesulitannya bahkan latar belakang mereka sehingga membuat saya merasa terhubung dan dekat dengan para anggota Beatmen ini. Belum lagi perkembangan jalinan persahabatan kelimanya yang sungguh mengasyikan.

Untunglah saya sudah memiliki Harlem Beat sehingga tinggal tunggu waktu yang pas untuk kembali menyelami dunia Yuriko Nishiyama sensei yang penuh dengan ambisi dan semangat para remaja dalam meraih impian mereka.

Saya memberi rating 3,5 bintang yang saya bulatkan menjadi 4 bintang untuk Beatmen dan kegigihan para anggotanya untuk menghadapi tantang dalam dunia hiburan ini.
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605 reviews63 followers
April 23, 2017
--- Dragon Voice 1-11 ---
Plot: Ok
Gambar: Ok
Penokohan: Tiap karakter memiliki personaliti sendiri yang solid


"...Dunia hiburan itu berbeda dengan dunia olahraga. Peraturan di dunia hiburan adalah...
'Tidak memperlihatkan kerja keras kita 
dalam membangun dunia hiburan'

...Sebab, kalau ketahuan, penonton tidak bisa murni menikmati hiburan, 'kan?" - Dragon Voice 1 / Nishiyama Yuriko.


Dibanding beberapa komik dengan tema musik yang kubaca (komik cewek), komik ini setidaknya punya bobot yang lebih berbeda dibandingkan itu semua. Tapi toh komik tema musik yang saya baca sebelumnya memang cuma 'kulitnya' saja yang masik (haha) ^^.



Saat pertama kali saya baca dulu, menurutku pertarungan dengan musik-nya itu ide yang sangat unik. Kisahnya memang bisa dibilang sangat komik-cowok banget. Selipan humor yang mengundang gelak tawa, garis gambar yang tegas, sifat yang tegas dan plot yang agak klise tapi tetap sukses dimataku. Roman sebagai subplot-nya, jalinan persahabatan yang kental juga menjadi nilai plus untuk saya.

Nah lho. Bahkan setelah bertahun-tahun, saya ternyata masih sangat menikmati membaca Dragon Voice! Setidaknya cukup untuk membuat saya tertawa lagi dengan humor dan persahabatan mereka-- dan tentu saja segala hal klise di dalamnya.




Dragon Voice itu "cangkir komikku" yang masih bertahan sampai sekarang :D
[10/10]
Profile Image for duniamimpigie Anggi.
Author 2 books54 followers
August 17, 2019
Yaampun, akhirnya kudapatkan!!

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Pas dibaca lagi zaman sekarang, pandangan si Gie terhadap Rin kayaknya agak berubah. Dulu, si Gie sebel gitu sama Rin di awal-awal, berpikir, "Nih cowok bisanya bikin malu Beatmen aja!"--meskipun nantinya di jilid-jilid akhir jadi lumayan suka (kalau gak salah inget). Tapi sekarang, sejak awal baca si Gie langsung merasa si Rin itu lucuuuu dan maniiiisss~ "Yaampun, dasar anak muda" <-- semacam itu deh, bikin si Gie jadi sadar umur.
Aaaaahhh nostalgia bangeeeett huhuuuhuuu...
Saya belum tahu siapa yang bakal jadi karakter favorit untuk sesi re-read ini setelah eeer... 15 tahun? Soalnya, kalau dulu tokoh favorit si Gie kayaknya Yuhgo. Kayaknya, ya.

Terus, karena di jilid 1 ini lagu utamanya adalah "State of Shock"-nya Jacksons, si Gie jadi bernostalgia di segi musik juga deh. Eh, tapi zamannya "State of Shock" mah bukan zamannya si Gie. Cuma, karena ngobrak-abrik YT buat denger lagu ini, bikin si Gie nostalgia sama lagu-lagunya MJ yang lain. Beberapa yang rilis di era 90-an ada yang si Gie kenal, bahkan ingat dulu zaman kecil pernah liat beberapa video klipnya.
Haaaahh... senangnyaaaaa~~ Bukan cuma nostalgia sama komiknya, tapi sekaligus sama lagu-lagunya.
Tapi berhubung lagi banyak, B-A-N-Y-A-K, deadline, si Gie kayaknya menuntaskan rasa kangen Dragon Voice ini di jilid 1 dulu. Sisanya dibaca nanti lagi begitu kerjaan udah agak lowong.
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169 reviews16 followers
July 10, 2009
Salvaged from my long-gone manga site (circa 2002):

15-year old Amami Rin is a 3rd year junior high school student. In looks, intelligence, and sports, he's pretty much just above average, except with the one thing he's truly an expert at: dancing. With Rin, 'any dance is available'. Everyday, when he's not in school, he and his friend sell pictures of pop idols like SMAP and KinKi Kids on a street corner stall in downtown Shibuya. Anyone who buys a picture will get a free service: they can choose whatever song by their pop idol and Rin will dance to it, copying perfectly their pop idol's moves. The customers are always wowed by his awesome dancing and they all think Rin's very cool. That is, until he opens his mouth and speaks. Although Rin is an amazing dancer, he has a terrible voice, not unlike Godzilla's (hence the name DRAGON VOICE). He always manages to drive the customers away whenever he speaks up. One day, a guy, in a big hurry, crashes into their stall. He turns out to be Toshi, a member of one of Japan's hottest 'vocal unit', the BEATMEN. Rin is recruited to be a back-up dancer of the BEATMEN and later, somewhat unbelievably, a member (read the manga to find out how). Not only does Rin have to deal with training and his bandmates (who, with the exception of the leader, Shino, are not that enthusiastic to have him aboard), he also has to deal with rival boy bands like PRIVEE. And there's the love interest, whose sweet voice is the total opposite of Rin's. As Shino says to Rin, 'Welcome to show business!'

This manga just cracks me up! Witness their dance moves (this manga is just begging to be animated). And their get-ups! And the Engrish! I can't believe this is a shounen series...it's hard to imagine guys reading about boy bands. DRAGON VOICE sure is a far cry from Shonen Jump fare such as Bleach and Hikaru no go. The art is great; very clean and detailed. Even if you're not a big fan of boy bands (I'm not, either***), this series will make a great addition to your manga collection.


*** hohoho little did I know back then that four years later I will become a fan of Arashi
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2,437 reviews16 followers
November 7, 2025
The story is admittedly kind of... uh... (and the author's interstitial admission of this being the first thing in a year after Harlem Beat clued me in, even if I don't remember thing one about Harlem Beat)

What held my interest through the rest of the book was trying to imagine the odd dichotomy of Rin looking the part of the idol and his having a "bullfrog"/Godzilla voice, especially after Nishiyama admitted to not having a real-life example in mind.

I know this was 2000, so I don't know anyone who might have fit at the time, but I have to think a good approximation now would be from Stray Kids (I don't know their names, but you can tell which I mean). This would be after Rin learns to sing, though—personally, I had a classmate who had a ridiculously deep, scratchy voice even as a teen, so I just imagine that's what Rin's voice sounds like. Heck, even James Earl Jones or Rick Astley could work.

Then again, this is a country that thinks Aimer and LiSA have husky/broken voices. So who knows.

What sort of gets me is Rin's attitude through the whole thing, bristling against everything at every turn. The fans, the other band members (except Shino), and the agency (except the molester boss) are completely against Rin at each event until ONE thing happens and I guess they're okay again... until the NEXT thing.

I don't know. It's an interesting idea, and I kind of want to hear their voices for real, but it's a frustrating read, and again, I can just imagine this is about Stray Kids, haha.

Edit: I think it's Felix I'm thinking of.
1 review
October 7, 2018
Memory jadul
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3 reviews
January 6, 2020
Suka banget sebenernya sama komik ini.. berharap bisa namatin 😭
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3,956 reviews25 followers
February 6, 2020
I didn't think I'd like this at all but the characters were more interesting than I anticipated, especially Shino, who sees something in Rin that no one else seems to.
Profile Image for Yuu Sasih.
Author 6 books46 followers
April 10, 2013
This rating and review are for all completed volumes.

Baca komik ini jaman-jaman SMP. Teman saya yang koleksi. Mengisahkan tentang Amami Rin, cowok yang jago street dance dan ingin jadi penyanyi tapi suaranya super serak kayak kodok. Idolanya adalah BEATMEN, boyband yang beranggotakan 4 orang: Shino, Yuhgo, Goh, dan Toshio. Suatu hari tanpa sengaja Rin terlibat sebuah peristiwa dengan BEATMEN berakhir dengan menjadikannya anggota kelima kelompok tersebut. Dengan BEATMAN, Rin kemudian terkenal sebagai pemilik suara legendaris; Dragon Voice.

Ceritanya khas manga dengan tema 'cita-cita/hobi' khas jepang, seperti pergulatan-pergulatan hidup untuk mencapai cita-cita dan persahabatan. Yang menarik dari kisah ini adalah kelompok BEATMAN yang dikatakan sebagai kelompok kecil, dan sampai akhir tetaplah sebuah kelompok boyband kecil. (lol). Dalam pergulatan mereka menjadi musisi papan atas juga mereka tidak selalu dikisahkan menang dari pesaing-pesaingnya (dan seringnya mereka tetap kalah), namun mereka selalu berhasil memetik suatu makna dari perjalanan mereka. Ada twist-twist tidak terduga, dan resolusi konfliknya klimaks dengan memuaskan, tanpa perlu expanded filler arc ala sinetron. Hal yang tak kalah menarik, komik ini menggambarkan secara nyata persaingan dalam industri musik jepang: bagaimana sulitnya membuat rekaman dan menjualnya, bagaimana hebohnya syarat-syarat untuk manggung, kerasnya persaingan, dsb. Dan lagi, dari segi tema komik ini bisa dibilang unik, karena jarang ada komik yang mengangkat mengenai industri musik Jepang.

Ingin baca lagi. *lirik-lirik teman yang koleksi*
55 reviews
November 21, 2011
Rin Amami is a (somewhat) normal 15-year old. His main talent is dancing (he can imitate any dance pretty much after seeing it just once). He's got a big problem though; his voice sounds like a cross between a bullfrog and an old man's. Because of this he's somewhat mouthy and disillusioned; his dream growing up was to be a singer like his deceased mother, which he thinks is never going to happen now.

However, he has an (unfortunate?) run-in with a new boy band and gets swept (fighting all the way) into the world of show-biz. The group's manager and lead singer seem to think he has the legendary "dragon voice" that has "the power of a demon and the beauty of an angel." However, the other members don't believe it and even if he does, Rin can't control it at all! Will he ever be able to fit in with the other singers?


I really liked this story! I'm big into showbiz manga, but most of them are about a girl and include some sort of romance which she like relies on in some way. It's good to see one that's not only about a guy, but also about a main character who makes mistakes, yes, but because of his own personality and problems and not because he's being influenced by a crush. He's strong and pulls himself back up when he causes problems. He's got some fighting spirit!

Not to mention, the Beatmen are all pretty hot ;)
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Author 1 book30 followers
August 19, 2008
This is a really good graphic novel involving singing and dancing. Rin is the main character and he's a really funny guy. He is bold, determined, and other things and sometimes he gets into really weird situations that is totally hilarious. By the way, he has a really gruffy voice which leads him to depression a lot but he does not give up and that is his best trait.
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409 reviews11 followers
November 28, 2007
An idealized portrayal of the struggles of a Japanese boyband whose members don't lip sync, can act, dance and write songs as well. Not to mention they're also sexy as hell. Hm. If only they were real.
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Author 1 book28 followers
October 30, 2012
wah, nemu lagi komik zaman SD-ku :p
hihihi

komik ini menyenangkan, lumayan kocak, dan konfliknya cukup bagus.
hmm, meski sebetulnya kurang suka gambarannya Yuriko Nishiyama.
keseluruhan yang saya suka sih, ya.. tokoh-tokohnya :)
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398 reviews5 followers
January 5, 2023
I *love* this goofy premise and reject protagonist! I love me a loser and Rin does not disappoint. The Beat Men are SO COOL (Shinon owns my heart) and I love watching their songs play out over the pages. So, so so cool!!!!!
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3,657 reviews8 followers
February 25, 2016
Lots of cute boys singing and dancing! The scenarios are a bit contrived, but I was rooting for the characters all the way.
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