Whisper Me a Love Song, Vol. 2

ささやくように恋を唄う [Sasayaku yō ni koi wo utau] #2

by Eku Takeshima

An adorable new yuri manga for fans of Kase-san and Yamada and Bloom Into You. One day, high school girl Himari sees a girl, Yori, sing in a band, and it awakens feelings she doesn't understand... but Yori does!

Himari is starting to realize that she and Yori have two very different things in mind when they talk about being in love, and Yori can tell that things aren't quite the same between them since she asked Himari out. But if they want to stay together, whether as friends or something more, they'll have to hear each other out and see if they can get back in harmony. With band practice cutting into their time together and Himari making a new friend who tugs on Yori's deepest insecurities, both girls start to wonder: how can one little word make everything so complicated?

Genres: Manga, Romance, Yuri, LGBT, Queer, Young Adult, Lesbian

176 pages, Paperback

First published January 17, 2020

Reviews

[libby]

NOOO SECOND LEAD WHICH ONLY PURPOSE IS TO BE HEARTBROKEN I FEEL SO BAD FOR HER

[Giorgia]

Questo secondo volume rivela del potenziale per la serie. Sarebbe fantastico se Himari fosse all'interno dello spettro aroace, ma so che sogno troppo in grande per uno shojo-ai giapponese. Mi piace che ci sia un processo di riflessione interna su cosa siano i sentimenti nei confronti di una persona, e anche la nota di drama che si è inserita a fine volume. Curiosissima del prossimo

[lou]

i hate how much i relate to himari 😭😭

[Sarah ♡ (let’s interact!)]

Cute !! 🥰

[Mark]

Himari’s use of the word love is stuck back in her childhood, but Yori’s is firmly in the here and now. After their non-date date, Yori asked Himari to go out with her and made her intentions quite plain. She told Himari to think it over, but Himari has NEVER thought that way before. There’s a lot of soul searching on the way...

Whisper Me A Love Song hit all the right beats (it wasn’t any better if I said notes, trust me, I tried it both ways) in its first volume, setting up two different leads who were both easy to root for and a central premise about the word ‘love’ and what it means to people and how that meaning can change (shades of Bloom Into You!).

Things are certainly slower this volume, but to the credit of the writing, no less interesting. Himari and Yori are both refusing to stagnate and, while trying to figure themselves out, both are off trying new things (once they realize that they are trying these things for one another as much as themselves we’ll probably see some momentum here).

Yori figures out a way to try and reach Himari with her feelings that sees her back in orbit with the band from the first volume. Himari, left at slightly looser ends, tries to find a club that inadvertently ends up channeling her fondness for Yori.

There’s a strong jealous streak running through this one - Yori gets her first taste of it when Himari joins her club (knowing she’s being ridiculous doesn’t help her accept it any better, which many of us can sympathize with).

Himari does not get jealous, but somebody is certainly jealous of her, which leads to the emotional cliffhanger we close out on. This one is more interesting than it typically would be just because Himari hasn’t even figured herself out yet and the dilemma she’s presented with is pretty unfair to her.

If there’s a knock against this book, it’s probably how crazy accepting and, well, gay everybody is (the gay part is fine, but it’s prevalence is going to throw off statistical surveys in that area for years). This is definitely in the mould of many ‘yuri paradise’ style stories where men barely exist and the girls are all pairing off. I don’t think the one new character introduced in this volume is terribly interesting yet either.

Honestly though, the writing makes it very hard to care about the little problems. It’s not like it’s lacking for drama or strong storytelling. I also like how this book uses its bonus manga to presage story developments for the next volume (although, again, everybody also appears to know everybody else?).

4 stars. This volume is just as strong as the first. It’s definitely one of the best yuri titles that’s come out lately and just a wonderful romance in general. Super strong recommendation.

[hope]

i’m scared 😭 these endings have me 🫨🫨🫨

[Lucy (the invisible life of a reader)]

not the biggest fan of the insta love element

[Jos]

Adorable gem with a great dramatic cliffhanger. I had to read vol 3 immediately after.

[Rebecca]

Well, that answered my question from volume one - Himari's simply grown up hearing declarations of love from her parents and, being somewhere on the demi-sexual spectrum, didn't think beyond that. I do feel safe saying she may be demi because of the way she reacts to Miki's questions about what she wants to do with her ostensible crush; it seems to be much more a case of needing to get to know her before she wants to take things farther. I hesitate to label her as "immature" or a "late bloomer" because both invalidate the asexual spectrum (of which demi is a part), and because quite frankly maturity has very little to do with it.

Anyway, none of it gives Aki any right to make the demand of Himari that she does in the end.

[Roo]

Also adorable!

[hua]

Pas objective car c'est une romance lesbienne giga mimi mais ça parle des différentes conceptions de l'amour et des problèmes de communication etc du coup forcément j'aime trop !!!!

[Zara]

What the fuck was that end, that was not cool

[Wiktoria (^˵◕ω◕˵^)]

{3.8}

[Jenda Mazal]

peak

[Danika at The Lesbrary]

This is almost tooth-achingly sweet, but I enjoyed it and will be continuing with the series! Full review at the Lesbrary.

[blok sera szwajcarskiego]

3,5⭐

kurde powiem wam, że się nie spodziewałam

[haniula]

Spoczko ale chyba 1 Tom bardziej mi się spodobał niż 2 tom

[Beth]

Sweet and very cute. I like how Himari and Yori talked things out and are trying to meet in the middle. Things are painful for both of them. Himari is hurting Yori by not being ready for love, and knows it, and cries because she can't resolve things yet. Yori is being a trooper and letting Himari figure things out at her own pace, and feels pangs of jealousy when Himari joins a club that has only one other girl in it. I'm getting some of the other characters confused, partly because we don't see them as much as the main couple, partly because none of them are characterized particularly strongly. "It's a romance, so everybody's crushing on each other" is all I really need to remember. :D

I'm raising an eyebrow about this being rated for older teens. There's been no content so far that I would consider inappropriate for a reader who's in junior high.

[EyrisReadsTheWorld]

A second volume even better than the first one

Key words: romance, manga, lgbt, music, contemporary fiction

Even better than the first one. I loved it so much. Now that we know the characters and that the romance has started, it is much easier to appreciate Yori’s effort to make Kino fall in love with her. Yori opens herself up a little bit in this volume and I appreciate it a lot. I think she is my favourite character, though of course I love Kino too. I absolutely recommend this series.

5/5

[mymt zaza]

Les dessins sont très jolis et très expressifs (les yeux !!!) et les coupes de cheveux sont très soignées. Le récit est dynamique et se lit très bien.
Ca commence à faire palpiter mon cœur de shojogirl, on voit que les choses bougent, la relation s'avère plus compliquée !! Juste trop hâte de lire la suite

[Jillian -always aspiring-]

2020 Read #732

This isn’t as cute as volume one, but there are sparks and glimmers that this series has the potential to be just as good as Bloom Into You (one of the best yuri manga out there).

[Heather]

Oh Himari

[Ella]

4.5

[mary_ksiazki]

4/5
To było fajne. Fajniejsze. Uwielbiam. ALE CO TO ZA KONIEC

[Iliana]

i love that gay shit

[a]

Ooh boy the drama is building!

[Amber The Ninth]

Hi helloooo what happens next 🙃

[Non Finito]

I love that they just honestly talked about it but once again - THE ENDING????

[Josei Decay]

THE DRAMA!!!!! 😩

[Naomi (Mina)]

cuuute yes