I randomly found this story and decided on a hunch to read this and push all my other Manga I was planning to read back so I can read this now. The first maybe 15 or so chapter I really love. I being someone born in 99 I dont really know much of some Legendary musicians. Jimi Hendrix is an artist Ive heard and have listened to on occasion before. But for the most part Id only hear his songs from Youtube Autoplay. This manga managed to get me completely interested in him and has even gotten me started listening to other songs besides Purple Haze or All Along The Watch Tower. Wasnt tell this manga that I fully realized who played this song. The way the story portrays Hendrix is amazing. Its interesting and fun to watch. Especially the interactions between Shiori MC And Hendrix. Shioris shy and plain personality clashing with Hendrix wild personality are always fun. The first chapter has Hendrix barely talking. He for the most part is silent as Shiori freaks out and deals with some random Man following her. His portrayal of a Smoking Ghost figure is entertaining. Any other character and It may have been an interesting character personality to have. But it wouldnt fit with Hendrixs personality. Shiori on the other hand is what Id say is the main attention keeper for me while funnily enough Hendrix is Shioris Guitar. Shiori is honestly an interesting character. The story manages to keep her interesting Calm Nice Plain and not be a SarcasticAss while keeping my attention. Something I dont think Ive ever really seen. I do kind of wish Shiori lived by herself instead of the entire family that is rarely seen. It would kind of fit with the Alone Plain and Boring categories that story portrays her as. I wouldnt mind the Sister Only real family member we see regularly Living with the MC. But Shiori being scarred of her brother leaving them a massive debt of 20MillionYen Around 177000 as he goes and does his own thing. Its interesting and also sad to see this former girl that used to be smiling all the time now be this sort of a loner. Really As of now with chapter 29 out. Im just hoping we dont get one of those cliche and sappy moments where the family forgives him or get a Because were family and we stick together Moments. I want to see this brother suffer and its honestly amazing seeing him in Chapter 29. Its honestly a shame cause the chances of us getting an Anime adaptation to this is slim to nothing. The amount of licensing and rights theyd have to do plus the fact some might not like the portrayal of the characters It is unlikely. Plus there is also all the new songs theyd have to create that sound like they couldve come from Hendrix or Cobain or anybody shown in this. If the Author had any want to make an anime Then they kind of shot themselves in the foot. Really. The reason my rating isnt higher and for that Review Summary is because of this new story arc. Imt trying to use the spoiler tag but its not working right SPOILERS Around chapter 15 or so We are shown that Kurt Cobain also exists. I guess this is fine. We are told that there are more contracts with Musical Legends then just Hendrix. I wouldve preferred if only Hendrix was in this though. But the story seems to go out of its way to kind of ruin the mood and flow of the story. Now Ive never been a fan of Cobain or Nirvana and never paid attention to them. So I dont really know what they were like. But the way the story portrays him just seems weird. At times he can act like a 5YearOld that is scared of everything. The story really just starts feeling like the author massively loved both Hendrix and Cobain and wanted them to meet together. The moment we get them playing together. I didnt feel excitement or satisfaction. But was just uninterested. It sucks that its only here that we get some of Hendrix describing how he lived. Whether or not this is true or if the author decided to go based off of what he thinks is unknown. Its kind of an important scene but is kind of place in a weird spot. Then there is also the plot about the reason as to why Cobain and Hendrix even met each other is because of some Old comedically dumb Mafia dude having some massive crush on Hendrix and wants to make a band with all of the Legendary Musicians. Looking past the fact that just because they were famous it didnt make them amazing Musicians and that not all bands are compatible with each other. This is just a dumb and I do mean dumb plot. Its taking out time from the Main plot of Shiori and her Light Music band and their struggles that is much more interesting. Its honestly a shame this is part of the story. The first time both Shiori and her brother are in the same room just feels hollow and nothing special. I should find excitement but I feel nothing. I think it honestly wouldve been better if the Brother had no idea what the Crossroads is and he wasnt the cause as to why Hendrix formed a contract unknowingly with Shiori and have the Brother try returning acting as nothing happened.
74 /100
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