{{Short description|Japanese manga}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2012}} {{Infobox animanga/Header | name = Voiceful | image = Voiceful vol1 full.jpg | caption = English ''Voiceful'' manga cover. | genre = ''Yuri''{{nnbsp}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Voiceful |url=https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/voiceful/ |publisher=Seven Seas Entertainment |access-date=May 21, 2020 |archive-date=July 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705074543/https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/voiceful/ |url-status=live }}</ref><!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with MOS:A&M. --> }} {{Infobox animanga/Print | type = manga | author = Nawoko | publisher = {{ubl|Sun Magazine|Ichijinsha}} | publisher_en = {{English manga publisher | NA = Seven Seas Entertainment }} | demographic = | magazine = {{ubl|Yuri Shimai {{noitalic|(1)}}|Yuri Hime {{noitalic|(2–4)}}}} | first = November 14, 2004 | last = January 18, 2006 | volumes = 1 | volume_list = }} {{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
'''''Voiceful''''' is a Japanese ''yuri'' manga by Nawoko. The first chapter was serialized in the manga magazine ''Yuri Shimai'' under the title ''Voice'', and the next three chapters were serialized in ''Comic Yuri Hime'' under the title ''Voiceful''. The bound volume, released in Japan on May 18, 2006, was also published under the new title. Two shorts stories are included in the collected volume; "Someone Special", which originally appeared in the second issue of ''Yuri Shimai'', and "Opening", which originally appeared in the first issue of ''Yuri Shimai''. Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed ''Voiceful'' for release in North America,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2007/anime-expo/seven-seas-entertainment |title=Anime Expo 2007: Seven Seas Entertainment |website=Anime News Network |date=June 29, 2007 |access-date=August 2, 2009 |archive-date=August 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810145742/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2007/anime-expo/seven-seas-entertainment |url-status=live }}</ref> and the English version was released in January 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sevenseasentertainment.com/books/voiceful/|title=''Voiceful'' official English website|publisher= Seven Seas Entertainment|access-date=August 2, 2009}}</ref>
==Plot== Kanae is an introverted high school girl who does not like to leave her home and as a result does not have any friends. Her only solace comes from listening to the music of Hina, a singer who releases her music through the Internet and has never performed live. One day, they pass each other on the street, and Kanae recognizes Hina and says, "I wish you all the happiness in the world!" Those words affect Hina deeply, and the two of them become very close over the course of the story.
==Characters== ;Kanae :She is a shy high school girl who spends most of her time alone. She lives with her mother, although the two of them do not seem to have a close relationship. She finds inspiration in Hina's music and thinks of Hina as her "goddess." ;Hina :She is an independent singer who never performs live. After she meets Kanae, she sets up an e-mail address and a blog so that she can have more contact with her fans. Her older sister died sometime before the story began, so her only family left is her alcoholic father, whom she has not lived with since her sister's death. ;Hiru :She is Hina's manager and a guitar-player. She first met Hina on a rainy day when the latter had run away from home after her sister's death and was resting on the bench where Hiru usually played. Hiru took Hina to her house, and encouraged by Hiru's own interest in music, Hina soon decided to start singing.
==Further reading== *{{Cite web|last=Dacey|first=Katherine|url=http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga-review-voiceful/43712/|title=Manga Review: Voiceful|work=Pop Culture Shock|date=May 17, 2008|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313191218/http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga-review-voiceful/43712/|archive-date=March 13, 2012}} *{{Cite web|last=Friedman|first=Erica|url=http://okazu.yuricon.com/2006/09/13/yuri-manga-voiceful/<!-- old-url=http://okazu.blogspot.com/2008/02/yuri-manga-voiceful.html-->|title=Yuri Manga: Voiceful (English)|work=Okazu|date=September 13, 2006}} *{{Cite magazine|last=Smith|first=Lesley|date=January 2008|title=Voiceful Vol. 1|magazine=Newtype USA|volume=7|issue=1|page=105|issn=1541-4817}} *{{cite web |url=http://www.suvudu.com/2010/02/365-days-of-manga-day-161-voiceful.html |url-status=usurped |title=365 Days of Manga, Day 161: Voiceful |last=Thompson |first=Jason |author-link=Jason Thompson (writer) |date=February 23, 2010 |publisher= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305183310/http://www.suvudu.com/2010/02/365-days-of-manga-day-161-voiceful.html |archive-date=March 5, 2010 |access-date=February 25, 2010 |website=Suvudu}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.sevenseasentertainment.com/books/voiceful/ Seven Seas Entertainment's ''Voiceful'' page] * {{ann|manga|8715}}
{{Comic Yuri Hime}}
Category:2004 manga Category:Ichijinsha manga Category:Music in anime and manga Category:Seven Seas Entertainment titles Category:Yuri (genre) anime and manga