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A review by timefliesaway
The Moon on a Rainy Night, Vol. 1 by Kuzushiro
emotional
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Kanon and Saki are seat neighbors, who just have started high school.
Kanon is hearing impaired, but because she only lost her hearing at age 5, she can talk normally and afterwards focused on learning to read lips, which is why she doesn't communicate in sign language. This also leads to people not fully believing her that she's deaf, which makes high school even harder than it already is for any other average teenager.
Saki, a relatively normal teenage girl, bumped into Kanon the day before and because Kanon was so kind to her, she developed a crush (on top of finding Kanon beautiful). It's at first a surprise to her when she learns Kanon is deaf, but that doesn't stop her from trying to befriend her. If only Kanon weren't so closed-off...
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Wonderful portrayal of, "yes, I'm disabled but that doesn't mean I can't be independent". It's also great that it shows being deaf is a spectrum and, once again, things aren't just black & white.
I did hope for SL representation, since there are already a ton of talking characters in Manga, and simply not many who speak in Sign Language. On top of that, it isn't depressing like "Koe no Katachi", so it would've been awesome to have that rep.
But on the other hand, it's also cool to have a disabled character, who can totally take care of themselves and doesn't let their disability take the better of them. (Well, more or less. She is quite closed off from people due to being bullied in the past, but overall she's quite confident.)
It's nice how Saki already seems to know she's lesbian and is very okay with having a crush on Kanon.
Kanon sadly seems to be quite heteronormative, and I hope she's not homophobic...
Overall recommended, though.
Will go "straight" (;) to reading volume 2!
-11.02.24
Kanon is hearing impaired, but because she only lost her hearing at age 5, she can talk normally and afterwards focused on learning to read lips, which is why she doesn't communicate in sign language. This also leads to people not fully believing her that she's deaf, which makes high school even harder than it already is for any other average teenager.
Saki, a relatively normal teenage girl, bumped into Kanon the day before and because Kanon was so kind to her, she developed a crush (on top of finding Kanon beautiful). It's at first a surprise to her when she learns Kanon is deaf, but that doesn't stop her from trying to befriend her. If only Kanon weren't so closed-off...
~
Wonderful portrayal of, "yes, I'm disabled but that doesn't mean I can't be independent". It's also great that it shows being deaf is a spectrum and, once again, things aren't just black & white.
I did hope for SL representation, since there are already a ton of talking characters in Manga, and simply not many who speak in Sign Language. On top of that, it isn't depressing like "Koe no Katachi", so it would've been awesome to have that rep.
But on the other hand, it's also cool to have a disabled character, who can totally take care of themselves and doesn't let their disability take the better of them. (Well, more or less. She is quite closed off from people due to being bullied in the past, but overall she's quite confident.)
It's nice how Saki already seems to know she's lesbian and is very okay with having a crush on Kanon.
Kanon sadly seems to be quite heteronormative, and I hope she's not homophobic...
Overall recommended, though.
Will go "straight" (;) to reading volume 2!
-11.02.24