Line #17 Manga/IHearTheSunspot


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3	Kohei Sugihara is a college student often isolated and misunderstood due to his hearing impairment. The strange and occasionally outright hostile treatment other students have given him has made him reserved and lonely, which in turn has made people misunderstand him even more: he is accused of being antisocial and depressing, and others are warned to stay away from him.
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5	[[OppositesAttract Kohei's life begins to change when he runs into the cheerful, outgoing]] Taichi Sagawa, who agrees to be his note taker--somebody who takes notes on lectures for someone with a hearing disability--if he brings him lunch every day. As time goes on, the two begin spending more and more time together, and a friendship slowly grows into something more.
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7	''I Hear the Sunspot'' (''Hidamari ga Kikoeru'') is an ongoing manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Fumino. It began serialization in Canna during 2013. The manga currently has five volumes translated into English by One Peace Books.
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9	!! I Hear the Sunspot includes examples of:
10	* AbusiveParents: Taichi's ParentalSubstitute, his grandfather, comes off as emotionally abusive in his only scene so far. It's slightly ambiguous, as it could also be taken as an older man with a more stern view of life trying to point his grandson in the right direction the only way he knows how; however, considering his words point Taichi in the exact ''wrong'' direction and severely hurt him, it seems he's meant to be presented as emotionally abusive. He calls Taichi "lonely and needy," says he can't "go crying" about social issues he's having and that he needs to "get over it" because "the world isn't going to change for him," and indirectly calls him stupid.
11	* AmbiguouslyBi: Taichi. Interestingly, unlike most examples of this trope, it's his attraction to [[spoiler:men]] that is canon since he eventually [[spoiler:falls in love with Kohei.]] However, Taichi also seems to be mildly envious of Kohei's popularity with girls, and he gets notably flustered with a LuminescentBlush when he thinks Miho likes him.
12	* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Although [[spoiler:Kohei's]] romantic feelings for [[spoiler:Taichi]] were already made clear in the first volume, this only truly happens in ''Theory of Happiness''. And with double the anguish, considering it turns into a ''mutual'' declaration.
13	--> [[spoiler:'''Kohei:''']] I can't lie anymore. I love you. I always have. I love you, [[spoiler:Taichi.]] I always think about you. I always want to be with you.
14	** Maya sort of plays with this. After finding out that [[spoiler:Kohei]] likes [[spoiler:Taichi,]] she implies that she [[spoiler:likes Kohei.]] However, she never states it explicitly, and [[spoiler:Kohei]] seems oblivious to the fact that she could have another reason for wanting to [[spoiler:break up him and Taichi]] other than just disliking [[spoiler:Taichi.]]
15	--> [[spoiler:'''Maya:''']] Why? Why him?! There are much better people for you out there!! He's stupid and violent and simple! That guy...Is he really the one you need?!
16	* BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler:Kohei]] kisses [[spoiler:Taichi]] in the first volume in order to confess his feelings. Unfortunately, the latter becomes extremely confused about his own feelings and is uncertain if he returns them.
17	** The kiss they have in ''Theory of Happiness'' probably counts more, since by this point [[spoiler:Taichi]] has decided he loves [[spoiler:Kohei]] back.
18	* BigEater: Taichi. He ''loves'' food. Kohei can attest to this, since he says he loves seeing Taichi look so happy while he eats.
19	* BisexualLoveTriangle: ''Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter'', introduces [[spoiler: Ena, Kouhei's ex-girlfriend. Hearing that she was Kouhei's ex makes Taichi jealous enough that he immediately finds an excuse to leave. And even though Kouhei makes it clear that he's unavailable and no longer loves her back (even if he still treats her as a friend), Ena still harbors feelings for him. Interestingly, despite arguably being love rivals, Ena and Taichi get along very well.]]
20	* BoyfriendBluff: In ''Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter'', [[spoiler: Ena asks Kouhei to pretend to be her boyfriend to discourage a stalker that has been harassing her. However, Kouhei firmly refuses and instead proposes that he might find other ways to help, but not that, because he doesn't want to hurt Taichi's feelings. In the end, Taichi is the one to come see Ena and protects her from the stalker instead.]]
21	* CannotSpitItOut: Taichi. Even though he's suspected since the beginning that he may return some (or all) of [[spoiler:Kohei's]] feelings, he refuses to say so to [[spoiler:Kohei]], and whenever something slips out, he denies he ever said it. Somewhat subverted since Taichi [[spoiler:''does'' confess when he realizes he's actually ''in love'' with Kohei.]] But perhaps this trope still counts since he [[spoiler:didn't confess until Kohei first made a ''second'' confession]]?
22	* ChickMagnet: Kohei. Girls love his handsome appearance and romanticize his disability, and the attention he gets from them is the envy of several other guys in the college. Neither the fawning girls nor the jealous guys know that Kohei is [[spoiler:gay anyway.]]
23	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The absolute ''least'' subtle line in the entire manga...
24	--> '''Taichi (thinking, after falling down the stairs):''' When I fall, I fall hard.
25	** Could also possibly count as {{Foreshadowing}}...however, considering the genre of this manga, everyone already knew what was going to happen. As well as that this line was obviously ''not'' talking only about falling down stairs.
26	* {{Gayngst}}: Surprisingly averted in [[spoiler:Kohei's]] case. His angst has nothing to do with his sexual orientation and everything to do with his hearing disability. And when he does angst about his love life, it's because he thinks [[spoiler:Taichi]] doesn't love him back, not because [[spoiler:Taichi]] is a boy.
27	* GreenEyedEpiphany: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Taichi]] comes to accept that he loves [[spoiler:Kohei]] back once he thinks [[spoiler:Kohei]] has a girlfriend. Although his jealousy is not vicious or exaggerated, he becomes extremely depressed at the thought of this. Also played with in that [[spoiler:Taichi]] already seemed to have some suspicions about his feelings and made ambiguous comments about "not hating" when [[spoiler:Kohei kissed him.]]
28	--> [[spoiler:'''Taichi (thinking about Kohei having a girlfriend):''']] He has such a nice smile...but I don't want to imagine him smiling with a stranger.
29	* HeelFaceTurn: Maya. Although she was never exactly a villain, she was extremely rude to Taichi, partially because she simply disliked his brash personality and partially because she [[spoiler:liked Kohei and couldn't understand why Kohei liked Taichi more than her.]] However, after Kohei explains how happy Taichi has made him, [[spoiler:she begins to understand she was in the wrong for trying to mess up their relationship.]] Maya turns nicer for good when Taichi shocks her by [[spoiler:making her feel more understood about her hearing impairment.]]
30	* HeldGaze: Kohei and Taichi have had these moments, not infrequently.
31	* IJustWantToBeNormal: Both Kohei and Maya, who wish they didn't have a hearing impairment. However, the former stops being an example of this trope after he explains that [[spoiler:Taichi makes him so happy he now feels like all his life's struggles are worth it, and that if he could do his life over again with the opportunity of being "normal," he wouldn't.]]
32	* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Maya, who is pleased when she finally meets Kohei, somebody who understands her and who she is happy to call her first real friend. Kohei almost fits in this trope but doesn't, considering he StoppedCaring about being friends with people until Taichi.
33	* ImpliedLoveInterest: [[spoiler:Kohei]] for [[spoiler:Maya]]--until she finds out he's gay and very in love with [[spoiler:Taichi]], at which point she pretty much seems to accept that they will never be more than just friends.
34	* IncompatibleOrientation: [[spoiler:Kohei]] and [[spoiler:Maya's]] situation, if you believe [[spoiler:Maya]] liked him that way. (Her feelings are [[ImpliedLoveInterest heavily implied,]] but not outright stated.)
35	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
36	** Maya, arguably. She acts extremely unpleasantly at times, but she always has Kohei's best interests in mind. Eventually it's made clear that she doesn't truly mean harm to anyone, but has developed an angry exterior since she's constantly misunderstood due to her hearing impairment.
37	** Chiba. He's incredibly pricky and stern to Taichi concerning his work and can make rather harsh comments, but as Tendou points out, he's simply [[BrutalHonesty brutally honest]] and doesn't hate Taichi. Taichi himself realizes this after Chiba [[spoiler: takes him back after Taichi got lost and treats him to a meal.]]
38	* LonelyRichKid: Implied with Kohei. He's undoubtedly lonely, but although Taichi mentions that his house is huge, it's never outright stated that he's rich.
39	* LongingLook: Kohei ends up making these at Taichi ''a lot.''
40	* LoveConfession: [[spoiler:Kohei]] gives one to [[spoiler:Taichi]]. Then [[spoiler:Taichi]] gives one right back. For more information, look at AnguishedDeclarationOfLove above.
41	* LoveEpiphany: See GreenEyedEpiphany above.
42	* MistakenForRomance: Two instances. The first time happened in ''Theory of Happiness'', where [[spoiler: Yoko mistook Kouhei's [[MomLooksLikeASister mom]] for his girlfriend]]. The second time is in ''Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter'', where [[spoiler: Enami, a co-worker at Taichi's company, saw Kouhei and Ena going with each other and assumed that Ena is his girlfriend.]]
43	* OfficialCouple: Taichi and Kouhei.
44	* OppositesAttract: Taichi and Kohei. While the former is upbeat, loud, and sociable, the latter is depressed, quiet, and somewhat antisocial.
45	* ParentalSubstitute: Genji Sagawa, Taichi's grandfather.
46	* SecretRelationship: Taichi and Kouhei keep it a secret from others that they're a couple.
47	* ShipperOnDeck: [[spoiler:Maya]] for [[spoiler:Kohei]] and [[spoiler:Taichi]], albeit reluctantly. And only after she learns how happy [[spoiler:Taichi]] makes [[spoiler:Kohei]] and that [[spoiler:Taichi]] is a really good person. Before this, she was very much the ''opposite'' of a ShipperOnDeck.
48	* SingleTargetSexuality: Although Kouhei [[spoiler: used to go out with Ena]], his sexuality pretty much becomes Taichi and only Taichi once he developed a crush on him.
49	* SmarterThanYouLook: Taichi, psychologically. He comes off as brash and careless, but he's incredibly skilled at sympathizing with other people and understanding parts of their struggles nobody else notices.
50	* StoppedCaring: Kohei, in a way. He became incredibly depressed and lonely after developing his hearing disability and pretty much gave up on ever living life the way he used to or making connections with other people...until Taichi, of course.
51	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Maya gives Taichi one shortly after meeting him, saying he could never understand people with hearing impairments and wrongly accusing him of only hanging around Kohei to get things out of him because he's so nice.
52	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The two major named female characters, Maya and [[spoiler: Kouhei's ex]] Ena, are this respectively. Maya has shorter hair and is very abrasive toward Taichi, even after acknowledging him, while Ena has [[LongHairIsFeminine longer hair]] and is a gentle girl who gets along with Taichi pretty much immediately after their first meeting.
53	* TookALevelInKindness: Maya, once she accepts that Taichi is a good person and comes to terms with his relationship with [[spoiler:Kohei]].
54	* UnwantedHarem: [[ChickMagnet Kohei]] seems to have one.
55	* WhamLine: Kohei uses sign language to say Taichi's name, then signs something else to Taichi he doesn't understand. Taichi asks Sai what this sign means. Sai's reply?
56	--> '''Sai:''' [[spoiler:It means I love you.]]
57	* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: What does ''he'' see in him, actually. Maya doesn't understand why Kohei likes Taichi so much. [[spoiler:At least until Taichi makes her cry in happiness and relief because she feels understood for the first time by someone without a hearing disability.]]
58	* WhenHeSmiles: Kohei, in spite of (or perhaps because of) his frequently sad or stoic facial expressions, has a lovely smile. Taichi especially loves Kohei's smile.
59	** This is mutual, as Kohei also loves Taichi's smile. Kohei is only a more notable example because Taichi smiles all the time.

Context Manga / IHearTheSunspot