Category: Paradise Noise
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Paradise Noise – Volume 4 Chapter 6: The Map Through the Looking Glass
Is a conductor really necessary? — it was a question I’ve had since childhood. Back then, the only exposure I’d had to orchestras was through music appreciation classes or from videos on the internet, so it was not very surprising that I would question the necessity of an old, pompous-looking guy that just stood in…
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Paradise Noise – Volume 4 Chapter 5: The Qualifications of a Maestro
“Akane-chan’s a bit off.” “She’s following the concertmistress’s bow, not the conducting.” “Rinko-chan’s not bad.” “But she sounds more Ba-rock than Baroque.” “Shizuki-chan needs much more practice.” “Her half-rhythms are too perfect, so the spikes stand out too much.” “But overall, it was very good!” After I sent over a recording of the Valentine’s Day…
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Paradise Noise – Volume 4 Chapter 4: Sweet Bloody Valentine
“…To think Murase-kun actually went out and invited her anyway. We have been a little too easy on him.” Rinko said with a sigh. “We’re gonna need him on a shorter leash, huh?” Akane added as she shrugged. “How could you forget what I said about considering the timing, Makoto-san?” Shizuki wailed as she clung…
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Paradise Noise – Volume 4 Chapter 3: The King and the Aging Beast
The king of instruments — which instrument came to mind with that title? It had started as a fairly trivial topic, but it became a pretty serious discussion. For the final event of the year, our school will be holding a music festival in March. The main feature of the festival was a choir competition…
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Paradise Noise – Volume 4 Chapter 2: The Black Butterfly of the Cyclorama Lights
Right as our third term began, the school had us complete a future aspiration survey. We attended what was considered a university prep school, after all, and from our second year onward, we would have to decide between following the liberal arts program or the sciences program. There was even a counselor to guide our…
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Paradise Noise – Volume 4 Chapter 1: The Scarlet Butterfly of the Menthol Lights
“Do you think sounds echo on the moon?” We were on break during work when Kurokawa-san asked me such a question. “The moon? Like… the one we see floating up in the sky?” “Yeah, that one. Say if I were on the moon, and I shouted out ‘Yahoo!’ Do you think I’d hear an echo…
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Paradise Noise – Volume 4 Illustrations
You will build a paradise for dogs, only dogs, on that island within the fog, and from there you will declare war on the twenty-first century. Belka, Why Don’t You Bark? by Furukawa Hideo << Previous Table of Contents Next >>
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Paradise Noise – Volume 3 Afterword
It’s been over a year since the series started. To my surprise, from the publication of the first volume up until now, nobody has realized that the title of this series comes from Arthur C. Clarke’s The Fountains of Paradise, when all I did was remove the last syllable. But with the publication of the…
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Paradise Noise – Volume 3 Chapter 9: Paradise Quintet: EPIPHANY
I received a LINE message from Shizuki on the night of New Year’s Eve — about the girls having a sleepover at Akane’s house. What followed was a picture: Akane in the lower center, Shizuki taking the right half, Kaya timidly peeking in from the left, and Rinko at the back looking uninterested. They were…
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Paradise Noise – Volume 3 Chapter 8: Paradise Quartet: CHRISTMAS DAY
When I woke up, the sun was already high in the sky. I stared at my clock, reading out 12:00. Weird, had no time passed? My groggy mind couldn’t process what my eyes saw at first, until the realization of the truth nearly knocked me out of bed: I had slept for over twelve hours.…
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