言ノ葉ノ花

言ノ葉シリーズ #1

by 砂原糖子, 三池ろむこ (イラスト)

三年前から突然人の心の声が聞こえ始め、以来人間不信気味の余村。ある日彼は、自分に好意を持っているらしい同僚の長谷部の心の声を聞いてしまう。罪悪感を覚えつつも、言葉で、“声”で、一途に注がれる愛情が心地よく、余村も長谷部を好ましく思うようになる。そしてついに長谷部の告白を受け入れるが、余村が心の声を聞けると知った長谷部の反応は意外なものだった…。

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Genres: Fiction, Japanese Literature

276 pages, Paperback

First published September 10, 2007

Reviews

[Hoàng Nguyễn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lâu lắm rồi mình mới nghe lại drama CD của truyện này, phải nói đây là tiểu thuyết BL hay nhất trong đời mình từng nghe, và giờ mình đã nhớ ra tại sao bản thân lại thích Kamiya Hiroshi với Ono Daisuke đến thế (Cả chú Hirukawa Daisuke nữa, aww, nhưng đến lượt chú là quyển sau rồi :"> ). Cũng thật đáng tiếc là tiểu thuyết BL bây giờ thiếu nhiều xúc cảm, không giống như hồi xưa. Hồi chưa bước qua thập niên mới ấy, tiểu thuyết BL chẳng bao giờ khiến cho độc giả phải vừa đọc vừa khóc bù lu bù loa lên đâu, mà toàn là đọc xong rồi mới thấy đau thắt lòng ấy... Thôi thì hôm nào lúa về rước hẳn bunko cả bộ Kotonoha này về thờ vậy :">

[Yuu Sasih · Rating 4 out of 5]

Listening to the Drama CD. Kinda feel bad because I can't read/see the visual, but the voice actors are great in invoking emotions and several times I nearly cry.

Three years ago, Kazuaki Yomura was a top employee in a big software company with a beau as a girlfriend. In short, his life was perfect. But suddenly, after proposing to his girlfriend and spent the night at the hotel, he woke up hearing his now-fiancee talking about how she actually didn't want to get marry and be a housewife but saw it as better option to marry a top salaryman than work herself. She planned to marry Yomura while looking for someone with better status, and then divorced him. Turned out, what Yomura heard was his girlfriend's thought. Yomura broke off his engagement and thus, his life as a mind reader begun.

Now, after resigning from his old workplace because he couldn't bear listening to his co-workers' envy and hatred towards him, he worked as a computer salesperson in a shopping complex. He used his ability for mind reading to predict how to deal with costumers and being a top salesman there. But now he's being pessimistic and cold towards others, until one day he met Shuichi Hasabe, another salesperson in different department, whose first thought Yomura's caught from him was his panicked rant of "I hold hand with the man I love."

Hasabe was someone who appeared as the quiet and serious in his co-workers' eyes, but he's actually quite vocal in his head, moreover if it's about his love for Yomura. At first tried to avoid the 'gay' co-worker, Yomura couldn't help but getting more and more curious about the serious man., who also turned out to be a honest-to-boot man, unlike other people he met. Drawing near to his honesty, Yomura couldn't help but fall in love. But can he talk about his ability to Hasebe?

I really love the premise, and also how the mangaka explore the conflict in both Yomura and Hasebe's part. Nothing over-cliche. Hasebe is not all that accepting and Yomura is rather annoying, but their characters and their relationship's development interest me. This is a one-shot manga, but sure as well not a shitty-development-insta-love manga. Although, it would be nice if Yomura's reason for suddenly acquiring his ability was explained more, but I don't mind it that much.

I particularly love the conflict after Yomura lost his ability and how he adapt to the world again. The talk about trust is superb and perfectly carried, and though at that second-half of the story Yomura is a bit annoying, it was realistic in my opinion. What I found rather 'meh', though, was that later on Yomura and Hasebe felt more like the carbon copy of Nowaki and Hiroki from Junjou Romantica--even their physiques are quite similar. But still, a great manga and drama CD. I love it.

[Sophie · Rating 3 out of 5]

To be honest, I expected to like this more than I did. I loved the drama cd, but it may be that I knew too much of the plot for me to really like it? And if I didn't hear Yomura as Kamiyu, I'd have found him rather annoying.. I did like the slow progression of the relationship here though. And I'll read the other books in the series, too.

[Tuğçe]

değişik bir deneyimdi. sesli kitap gibi ama değil; arka planda sesler var ve her karakter kendi ağzından konuşuyor. görüntüsüz anime gibi. başka türde de böyle seslendirmeler var mı acaba

[Makhda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I listened the drama CD. And it was so good.