High Schooler Saki meets new student Kanon. After Kanon is introduced to the class and it is revealed she is hard of hearing, she walls herself off from the other students. Saki takes it upon herself to become her friend and after Saki ends up at Kanon’s house for piano lessons, the two quickly connect and open up to each other.

This Manga is perfect for those who are fans of I hear the Sunspot. It is a cheery romance with a ton of heart. The characters are incredibly lovable and unique, with great chemistry. It was a joy to get to watch them grow as people and get closer to each other in the process. The author clearly did their research and poured so much love and effort into making these characters as real as possible. Teaching the audience as the characters learn themselves.

I am incredibly excited to continue reading and see where these characters go in the future.

Thank you to NetGalley, Kodansha Comics, and Kuzushiro for the opportunity to read this manga in exchange for an honest review.

A very wholesome and educational manga, Saki meets Kanon on the street. When they end up in the same high school class, Saki finds out that Kanon is hard of hearing. Kanon has a hearing aid and often reads lips. She can hear better with one-on-one, as opposed to in crowds. Saki finds herself immersed in Kanon's world.

What seems like it might lead from friendship to romance, this manga is off to a great start. It educates readers about people who may be deaf or hard of hearing, as well as dives into a bit of sign language, which was interesting to learn.

A really great first volume with a lot of potential for plot, friendship, romance, and hearing disability education.

Thank you to Kodansha and NetGalley for the opportunity to read the free eARC. This is my honest opinion.

I loved this, simple as that. I loved the disability representation, hearing loss is little represented disability that affects a large portion of the population. I loved the characters and how Saki tries to help and understand Kanon and she screws up, but she learns from her errors and adjusts, which is realistic. I am looking forward to seeing how their friendship develops.

5 out of 5 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and Kodansha for the E-arc!

I am always on the lookout for more GL series to read and I'm glad I tried this one because it was really good. We have two girls, Saki and Kanon, who have a run-in with each other and eventually find out they are going to the same school. Kanon is hard of hearing and is standoffish with others due to bullying from others. Saki and Kanon's friendship develops well in this first volume and by the end, you are rooting for the romance. I can agree that this was very reminiscent of "A Sign of Affection" and if that appeals to you then I would recommend checking it out!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this ARC in exchange for my honest review!

This was so cute! I didn’t read what the manga was about before I started reading and it was worth it!

Saki is rushing home from piano on a rainy night when she encounters a beautiful girl. When she cuts her hand, the girl gives her a bandaid. Saki is excited to see the girl has started high school with her and is also in her class. Kanon is introduced on the first day as being hard of hearing. She wears a hearing aid and can read lips to better understand people. She ignores Saki and everyone else in class, saying people treat her differently and she doesn’t want to get involved or have friends. Saki learns from the other girls that Kanon was bullied at her old school and she transferred to get away. Saki does everything she can to break through Kanon’s shields and try to become her friend and better understand her disability. As the two girls grow closer, Saki begins to understand the feelings she has for Kanon aren’t as simple as friendship.

I loved Saki. She is written to seem simple and “dumb” but she is caring and sometimes acts before thinking it through. She was willing to try to get to know Kanon and learn about her interest. She was willing to learn sign language with Kanon and better communicate with her. She wants to go places that are sound proof so Kanon can understand her better. She knows that Kanon was bullied by her old friends and is reserved and doesn’t want people to notice her, yet she still breaks through her defenses and tells Kanon she isn’t like her old friends. Saki is a great friend. She even taught some of the others girls not to be afraid of Kanon and how to talk to her! I loved Saki the most but I felt the most spiritual connection with Kanon. She is obsessed with books because they don’t require words and she has a giant book collection. Every time she talked about reading I was on the same vibes as her. The end was such a cliffhanger and I’m hopeful their relationship progresses for the next volume!

This is such an enchanting comic, a read for older teenager and up. Superb story line and artwork, each compliments the other. There are two main story lines gracefully intertwined by the authors skill. First is a coming of age story. A girl finds exciting possibilities and attraction when she accidentally bumps into an another girl in the street. This girl turns up as a new student at her school. And a tentative relationship stirs feelings. The girl is deaf, and this is the second story line. The loneliness of being deaf, the energy needed to interact with others and ridicule from mis-understanding. It is easy to push others away and be a loner. Will their meeting bring both girls what they desire and need? Thank you to Kodansha Comics and NetGalley for the comic ARC. The views expressed are all mine, freely given.

I was hooked since page 1. I think the story doesn't start of slow and the artwork is stunning. I'm here for it.

This was really interesting in that it includes a character who is hard of hearing. I don't think I've ever read any manga with any form of disability representation, and I'm only aware of one other that exists. I like the notes at the end that give a bit of insight into the lives of deaf and HOH people in Japan.

The art style feels like a basic manga style to me, and this first volume felt a lot like the first volume of any other manga series. I'd have to read more to have a real opinion on it.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an advance copy.

Oh no! It ended too fast! It was a cute, slow paced romance that didn't really get started yet in this first volume.

This was adorably heartwarming! Both Saki and Kanon are intriguing characters and I'm already invested in their friendship and budding romance. I especially loved the exploration of Kanon's disability and how she experiences the world with hearing loss, and am looking forward to learn more in future volumes. Such a lovely introduction to the series!

A pretty thoughtfully researched insight into the life with hearing loss which is packaged as a yuri romance committed to delivering the genre-appropriate amounts of blushes from proximity and an unreasonable number of attractive women plaguing the existence of our herione with their attractiveness and much-lamented heteronormativity. It was an interesting read, and I feel the genre staples are being deployed not without moderation, so I'd be looking forward to the next volume.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the early copy of The Moon on A Rainy Night.

A pretty thoughtful depiction of life with impaired hearing which is also a yuri romance that's very much "girl you live like this*" where this* is a constant state of gay panic sprinkled with plenty of genre staples (YMMV on how you feel about the latter). Interesting decisions include examining the too-easy-to-blur line between a co-dependence that may form in a friendship with someone with a disability and actual romantic attraction, and not wanting to romanticize the isolation that comes with a disability. As someone with some hearing issues, I really appreciated the depiction of exhaustion and irritation that comes with overtaxing the senses. Based on the notes it seems a good amount of research went into it as well.

Thanks to Netgalley & Kodansha for an ARC of this.

Sweet (and maybe oblivious) Saki just wants a normal kind of life, but everything gets all topsy turvy when she meets the mysteriously beautiful new girl, Kanon. Saki's never really wanted anything for herself all that much in the past, but now she finds herself wanting to do what it takes to be Kanon's friend - but how can she succeed, when Kanon pretty much told everyone she's not here to make any friends?

Kanon's the Hard of Hearing representation i appreciate in that she's the one with the "invisible" disability - in that she doesn't "look" how people usually think disabled people look, but there's a lot of things that we as abled people don't think about that she has to think about. I remember when Kanon told Saki that she can't think of eating with other people because she can't lipread when people are eating, and Saki learns alongside us. Saki's obviously smitten with her new "friend" but I love that the intrigue and butterflies Kanon stirs up within her becomes an earnest want to know more about Kanon than the sides she shows other people, and I can't wait to see what their connection blossoms into from here.

The Moon on a Rainy Night follows 2 teen girls. One, Kanon, with some pretty major hearing loss, who is having a hard time connecting with people. The other, Saki, a girl from her class who wants to become friends. Once Kanon finally agrees to open up a bit, the girls find they have a lot in common. This first novel follows the 2 girls as their friendship develops and maybe even blossoms into something more.

I loved this first installment of this series! The artwork was really detailed and the characters were beautifully drawn. I was interested in learning more about both of the main characters, and really felt connected to Saki, who plays piano, because I myself am a pianist. I love that this series features someone with a disability, and it was interesting to learn more about people who are hard of hearing. This novel sort of reminds me of a Silent Voice, which has a similar plot, and I think you would very much enjoy it if you liked A Silent Voice. This is a teen slice of life manga, and I think teen girls would be the target audience, but even as an adult, I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. It was sweet, cute, wholesome, and I can't wait to read more! I highly recommend this-5/5 stars!

Thank you so much to netgalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is a really beautiful manga that’s so soft and sweet, but also dealing with some heavy themes and feelings. I love the friendship between Kannon and Saki, and how Saki decides to learn and listen rather than accepting the manga her teacher suggested to “better understand” Kannon and her hearing loss. I really can’t wait to see how this series goes, especially as Saki obviously knows she likes girls and recognizes she has a crush on Kannon, but Kannon appears to be straight and oblivious to Saki’s feelings.

CUTE SAPPHIC ROMANCE with a hard of hearing love interest! Not only that, but there's a list of works cited by the manga writer in the back, as well as a set of three reference notes early on? Love that, love the care put into trying to represent a hard of hearing character well, while also putting out that each person experiences things like that differently.

I also like the big context clues that Saki has always been a lesbian, so when this eventually blossoms into more of a romance it won't meet the unfortunate step a lot of GL manga do where "oh but we're both girls oh nooo" since Saki is already well on that path (Kanon who knows but this is the first volume and she's the love interest so! We'll see.)

This is cute and I want to keep up with the series after this!

Thank you to NetGalley and Kodansha for the eARC in exchange for this honest review!

A sweet, slow-burn start to a new manga series featuring two high school girls (Saki and Kanon) whose unexpected meeting turns into a touching friendship with hints of a romance to come. Kanon's initial appearance gave off a strong Komi (Can't Communicate) vibe, though Kanon definitely has no problem speaking up and putting up a wall with others due to her hearing loss. Saki comes across as kind if a bit nervous around Kanon, and she gradually becomes someone Kanon can trust. There are hints of an attraction between the two that will likely be developed more over subsequent books (along with more backstory), but this is a lovely start for a new series. 4 stars.

Thank you, Kodansha Comics and NetGalley, for providing an eARC of this book. Opinions expressed here are solely my own.

Oh no, I fell in love with this from the very first page. The art style is almost as beautiful as the friendship blossoming between Kanon and Saki, soft and delicate, and it perfectly reflects Saki's burgeoning crush right from the start.

Kanon is hard of hearing from a childhood fever, which led to both people shunning her and her pushing people away in an attempt to protect herself from being dumped for being a "burden". It also gives the story an opportunity to challenge common misconceptions hearing people have about the HoH/deaf community and highlight challenges just going about in the world presents for those with audiosensory issues. Saki initially just wants to get to know the beautiful girl she bumped into and never got to thank properly, and while it feels like every adult she comes across takes this opportunity to ask her to check in with and befriend Kanon, Saki truly just wants to get to know Kanon for her own sake. It's wonderful to see the differences in Kanon from even the beginning of the volume and as soon as she encounters people who will accept changing things for her sake (one person talking at a time so she can focus, a group text for fangirling because words come too fast, that some days are better than others). And parallel to all of this is Saki realizing she has more and more of a crush on Kanon. I'm so excited to see where this goes, and how Saki's piano playing is going to tie into everything (between Kanon's name, her musical talent, and Saki's sticking with piano even when everyone expects her to quit, I'm super curious).

A chance encounter leads two completely different girls to finding friendship and maybe something more. Saki is running late to her piano lessons one night when she bumps into a strange girl who never once speaks to her. The two meet again as classmates, where Saki learns the mysterious girl, Kanon, is hard of hearing and reads lips to understand people. Despite being aloof and resistant, Saki befriends Kanon, and the story progresses alongside their friendship. This first volume focuses on developing Saki and Kanon's friendship, and showing how they navigate their difficulties communicating. Kanon's disability is handled well, and is good at focusing not on the negatives, but on how real friends will reach out in a way she can understand. There are hints of future romance, Saki is certainly seen with a crush, but it was nice that they didn't jump right in to dating. The art is fantastic, its detailed, interesting to look at, and consistent. I loved Saki and Kanon's characters, and really like where the story is going so far.

A sweet and heartwarming sapphic love story between two high school girls, a pianist and a girl who has lost her hearing. On a rainy night, Saki is rushing home from her piano lesson when she crashes into a beautiful girl who helps her with her sheet music. The girl doesn't say a single thing but on Saki's first day of high school the following morning, her new seat mate is none other than the gorgeous girl she crashed into. Her name is Kanon and she is not completely deaf but is hard of hearing. Kanon is mysterious and pushes people away, yet Saki can't help but be drawn to her. Soon begins a very charming and sweet friendship that could be something more as Saki begins to feel herself falling. This was such a sweet first book in the series and I can't wait to read the next one. Saki and Kanon were adorable and this is such a heartwarming story!!

*Thanks Netgalley and Kodansha Comics for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*