Piano Duo for the Left Hand Vol. 5

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I found the clothing of the characters a bit strange as they were very loose and soft. It's really a particular and different style from what I'm used to, but I like it. The art is beautiful, and especially the scenes where we have Shu and Akari playing together. In general, the composition was always creative and compelling, and the art style was just a treat to look at. However, one of my favourite things about music manga is how the art represents the sound. Aside from with Shu and Akari, I feel the art could have done a bit more to aid us in picturing how the music sounds and should make us feel. a b c Masson, Marie-Noëlle (1998). "Ravel: Le Concerto Pour La Main Gauche Ou Les Enjeux D'un Néo-Classicisme". Musurgia. 5 (3/4): 37–52. JSTOR 40591796. Throughout the piece, Ravel creates ambiguity between triple and duple rhythms. This example highlights one of the more notable instances of this.

Davidson, Michael (26 October 2000). Concerto for the Left Hand: Disability and the Defamiliar Body. Oxford University Press. p.2. ISBN 9780198026341. Ho trovato un po' strani gli indumenti dei personaggi che non molto larghi e morbidi. E' davvero uno stile particolare e diverso da quello a cui sono abituata, ma mi piace. Mawer, Deborah (2006). The Ballets of Maurice Ravel: Creation and Interpretation. Ashgate. p.224. ISBN 9780754630296. It’s the mangaka’s first serialized story and it feels like it in both the awkwardness of the storytelling and the way the narrative is just going for it like crazy every step of the way. It’s just wild and, while I initially couldn’t even with the writing, the whole thing grows on you as it progresses. Now, it’s not framed that way. The actual point is using your hands as a gift to play music, not to lash out, and it lets Shu be the mature one in the room with regards to both Gregor and Akari, who lashes out on her own in a fit of rebellion such as she has yet to manifest.Zank, Stephen (24 May 2013). Maurice Ravel: A Guide to Research. Routledge. note B206. ISBN 978-1135173517 . Retrieved 25 February 2014.

Ravel: Piano Concerto in D major for the Left Hand". San Francisco Symphony. October 2015. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017 . Retrieved 20 April 2017. Piano Duo for the Left Hand surprised me by being very interesting! I'm not usually a fan of music manga, since capturing sound on a paper hardly ever works. Shu's a delinquent and he ends up in fights all the time. He meets Akari, a fellow student and a piano virtuoso, and listens to her concert although not enjoying it that much. Due to circumstances they both end up late and thus they pedal to the concert place together, so that Akari won't be late. But, there's a car crash and Akari dies and Shu gets injured. Oddly enough Akari lives on now in Shu's left hand and Shu decides to continue the girl's dream. The whole thing is quite dramatic and happens very fast, but the idea is surely something else. There a sports manga feeling to this and I surely want to know how the series evolves, since the plot is constructed well and the flow is great.Death, bullying and mistreatment are some of the issues that the protagonist is forced to face. But Akari will become his bright sunshine and hope to completely change his life. What do I even say after that? Shu gets blamed (and blames himself), he thinks about killing himself, Akari manifests and starts talking as a spirit. Rivals appear, Shu dedicates himself to learning piano, Akari’s best friend is said rival, it’s a lot. There’s a throwdown at a music store for pity’s sake. The second half was a lot stronger. I enjoyed seeing the switch in our protagonist as he finally takes control and has something he wants to work for. I would have liked to see more passion on his part though, and more of the determination after he finally finds something *he* wants to do, rather than just focusing on doing it for Akari. Again, I feel this switch in his character would have been stronger as well if we just had more time with him in the beginning. Nevertheless, I had a really good time reading this part, and quite enjoyed the banter and kinship between Shu and Akari. Once we properly got into the plot, the writing had more clear direction and was less muddled (was a bit fast for my taste though).

Which comes to the end of the story and, yeah, my time with this series. I dearly want to follow this, but the mangaka isn’t nearly up to the task of making this as interesting as it sounds. The premise is delightfully wonky, Akari and Shu are a great pair, but the moment-to-moment writing can’t keep pace with the ambitions.Thank you to NetGalley, Kodansha, and Kenta Matsuoka for the opportunity to read this manga in exchange for an honest review.