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“Recession-hit literary magazine discovers rule-breaking submission that sparks global change through one editor's vision.”
Hibiki: Shousetsuka ni Naru Houhou
響～小説家になる方法～
7.43
3,921 rank · 3,588 readers · 37 favorites
Seinen
Award Winning
Slice of Life
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Synopsis
Recession-hit literary magazine discovers rule-breaking submission that sparks global change through one editor's vision.
The literature industry is suffering from the publishing recession. While the literary magazine "Mokuren" was grieving over the present state of affairs, a composition intended for their Newcomer's Award was sent to their editing department. However, it completely ignored the application rules. It should have been torn to shreds, but the work caught the eye of a sole editor. As a result, the world began to change. (Source: MU)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 9 sampled reviews
6.9
/10
What 9 readers settled on.
75%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 9
σ 2.08
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.08 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.7 pts
Recommenders 8.2 · others 3.5
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Score over time
↓ 2.11
Running avg · Nov 2017 → Jun 2020
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “This Manga kicks ass. The plot is really cool, I know reading the synopsis I wasn't thrilled because hell, how can you make a story about a young female author interesting but they pulled it off...”
- 7 “This manga is cool and interresting but it feels like a ripoff ok Akagi from akagi shigeru. I wanted to write because I know people who read this kind of manga are not those who would read Akagi....”
- 9 “tl;dr: We all know what's true. (for the most part). But we deny it. We live our life doing and saying stupid things because it makes life easier. It makes life work. But is it worth it? What if we...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 44%
Long · 22%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 114 × 13 ch × vol
- Total read 15h 12m approx
- Published Aug 2014 – Oct 2019
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M36615 catalog