An interesting beginning to a series, but unfortunately, the execution of the plot is very...rough. On one hand, it matches the main character since she has a rough personality as well (she's interesting and very feisty!). On the other hand, it's too disjointed and all over the place, which can make reading it rather disconcerting.

That aside, the typography here is wonderful, and the art is incredibly detailed. It's been a while since I've encountered this kind of art style as a lot of the new manga I'm reading have clean and minimalist styles. It adds another 'rough' facet to this manga, which of course, makes it more 'on-brand' and also stand out better in overall.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

This was a rough read for me. I’m all for an angry woman but we don’t ever see a transformation of her anger, it’s just what she’s lashing out at the moment and it makes it repetitive to read. She’s such a strong character but it’s frustrating that she complains so much and is so angry while doing little to improve her situation. Her interactions with Nakahara, especially later in the book, are frustrating because she comes across as such a bull-headed, angry character and then someone she has little chemistry with comes in to calm her down in an instant; it didn’t feel true to her character.

Although it will be part of a series, I feel like vol. 1 poorly set up what the rest of the series will be about. First, I thought it was going to be about Minare’s radio opportunity but then the majority of it ended up being about her at the soup shop.

I found it difficult to read the small text in some of the panels. Although, It was nice that footnotes were included about Japanese culture and references for non-Japanese readers.

I appreciated the author’s afterword recognizing some of these points and it gives me a little faith that vol. 2 will address a a few of these concerns. It provided me with the perspective that it was meant to be about love and radio and my hopes for vol. 2 are the expansion of Minare in the radio world and to learn more about Kanetsugu Mato.

I'd normaly passed an opportunity to start a manga like Wave, but fortunately I noticed an anime adaptation that just started airing and I had to pick it up. I got tired of classical shounens after years of reading them and decided to try something different. Something fresh.

Wave, Listen to Me! centres around our MC, Minare, who just got dumped by her boyfriend and is full of anger. Eventhough she has a job as a waitress, she gets an opportunity to try working in the radio. Sounds pretty interesting, right? I wouldn't say Samura's art style is pretty to look at, but it's certainly different. I didn't mind, because I got immediately sucked in the story. It's not definitely your typical slice of life. We follow MC's journey, watching her daily struggles with real life. I personally love Minare as a character. She is spiteful, sassy and very very lively. Definitely bonus.

I must also mention romantic plot, which is important part of the story. I am not a huge of love triangle because it brings unneccessary drama (sure, I know why author did it, but still...). I cannot wait where author brings us in upcoming volumes.

I'd recommend this to anyone who is looking for unique manga focusing on radio broadcasting.

This was not my cup of tea. I didn't like the art style, and the story was told in a very disjointed way. A lot of references went over my head, and eventually I just got bored with this one. I could see other people enjoying this, but unfortunately this one was a miss for me.

Samura surely surprised me with Wave, Listen to Me! Interestingly so the manga is about radio shows (talk radio), which is very refreshing. Minare ends up blabbing her problems with her boyfriend to a guy when she's drunk and that ends up on radio show. She works in a curry restaurant and barges in the station only to be offered a talk show thanks to her peculiar voice and style. Of course this thing isn't all that simple and the setting is quite realistic albeit Minare is truly a character... The first first volume sets the thing and shows us how Minare struggles with her work and love life, gets fired from the restaurant and such. It's like a row of bad outcomes that somehow fit the situation and well, she is slightly immature and annoying too. For me the manga is a bit too much all over the place, but it can get better.

The art looks awesome and it's precise Samura surely. The characters have persona looks-wise and the panels are multifaceted and dimensional. The series looks great, but still lacks something. Not really the plot though, but how it's constructed here and perhaps this needs some toning down. Still, I'm very happy about the topic and how the female protagonist actually has balls. Such a different kind of manga!

I thought this story had an intriguing concept and I enjoyed Minare's passion. Typically, characters who complain too much irritate me, but Minare definitely has reason to be disgruntled. However, I was disappointed that the story mainly revolved around her job at the curry shop. Many of those scenes were tedious and felt removed from what I was expecting from this title. I also didn't enjoy the romance set-up between Minare and her co-worker who refuses to accept that she's spurned his advances. Attempting to create romantic tension between a clearly uninterested woman and a disrespectful man who won't leave her alone has never been endearing. I'm hoping that part of the plot fizzles out. Overall, I was interested in Minare's budding career as a radio star. I also enjoyed the artwork and probably will continue reading this series in the future.

This has a wonderful concept and some great artwork, but I'm having a hard time immersing myself in it at the moment so unfortunately I won't be finishing it for the time being.

This was very weird, and not necessarily in a good way. The storytelling was disjointed and I could barely follow it, the references to pop culture flew over my head (understandably, considering I’m not from Japan and no amount of footnotes will change that) , and honestly I just got bored. The art wasn’t bad, which is why I didn’t give it a 1 star, but nothing about the story really pulled me in and made me care. The main character whose name I never learned had the potential to be funny but just ended up being annoying in my opinion, and I wanted to stop reading a third of the way through. It’s clear that this manga wasn’t for me, and I don’t like to give bad reviews or low ratings but I’m afraid even reading to the end didn’t redeem how mind numbingly boring this was to someone who likes a lot of plot to my manga. As it is a bad review I won't be posting this anywhere but Goodreads out of respect for the artist.

Love and radio; "Wave, Listen to me!" is definitely quirky and overall enjoyable, it reads in one-sitting. I am definitely looking forward to the next volume.