Otsuichi & Kiyohara Hiro | Kimi ni Shika Kikoenai

Japanese: きみにしか聞こえない
Synonyms: Calling You, Can You Hear Me?, Nobody Can Hear Me But You
Type: Manga
Volumes: 1
Chapters: 5
Status: Completed
Published: Dec 25, 2003
Genres: Drama, Shounen, Supernatural
Authors: Otsuichi (Story), Kiyohara Hiro (Art)
Serialization: Shounen Ace

Synopsis: A schoolboy that lost his hearing in an accident when he was a small kid owns a cell phone that doesn't work. The phone is dead as it can be but one day, there is a connection; the phone rings and someone is on the line! At the same time a lonely timid schoolgirl imagines owning a cellphone, an ideal cellphone so she could talk with someone as she in real life doesn't have any friends nor a phone. (Original text modified by me.)

Related series

Calling You (Novel) (Alternate Story)

Kimi ni Shika Kikoenai (TSUZUKI Setsuri) (Alternate Story)

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Source: MAL Manga info, Baka updates


Side notes: This is a short story and as it is quite enjoyable to read. It's not like a fun and happy story but more like a sad slice of life manga. Art is also on good level so there is nothing to complain about. I'm thinking to get the novel version too if it's online and translated.^-^b

Main characters

Shinya Nozaki, 11th grade
He lost both of his parents in an
accident when he was 5 years old.
He is good at fixing thing and enjoys
doing that so it could make some
other person happy. He's in need to
communicate but has no friends.
He also has an imaginary phone in
his head.

Ryo Aihara, 10th grade
She isn't good talking with other people
so she gets usually silent and talks awkwardly
if spoken to. She has a good imagination and
therefore she starts imagining an ideal cell-
phone being totally absorbed within her own
imagination.

Supporting

Harada, 28
An office worker that
has also an imaginary
phone. Actually she is
Ryo but she lives in 
the future.