“Shy Minato joins Hibiki's new concert club, rediscovering connection through music with diverse bandmates.”
Hello, Melancholic!
ハロー、メランコリック!
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Synopsis
Shy Minato joins Hibiki's new concert club, rediscovering connection through music with diverse bandmates.
Shy first-year high school student Minato Asano has managed to keep to her resolve of avoiding unnecessary interactions with others. But this resolve becomes all for naught the moment she hears a random melody within the grounds of a school not known for having a music club; the source of the sound is the bubbly second-year Hibiki Sugawa, who has actively sought out Minato to get the easily-flustered girl to join her new concert club. Finding that the drummer will not take no for an answer, Minato is persuaded to bring her trombone and meet the other band members: bass guitarist Chika Inagaki; flutist Sakiko Arita; and Ema Nonaka, who occasionally drops by with her skills on the saxophone, guitar, and piano. Though wary of the group at first, Minato slowly finds herself opening up to people once more as she casually jams with Hibiki and the other members.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
What 8 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.32 · some divergence
2.7 pts
Recommenders 8.7 · others 6.0
↓ 2.50
Running avg · Mar 2021 → Sep 2025
- 8 “this manga is pretty fun and cute, but i was really underwhelmed with the development. since it's a yuri and it's related to music, i had huge expectations on this. i think the chatacters are...”
- 9 “This manga was a really fun read. The relationship between the main characters, Minato and Hibiki, is super cute. Minato has a ton of social anxiety and low self-esteem whereas Hibiki is optimistic...”
- 10 “I really enjoyed Hello, Melancholic! I've read it at least five times and I'm still not tired of it, its become my comfort manga. It's funny, the art style is pretty good and it doesn't sexualize...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 16 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 08m approx
- Published Jun 2019 – Nov 2020
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M51599 catalog