Yesterday o Utatte

Description

After college, Rikuo Uozumi, a boy without much ambition in life, takes on a job at a convenience store. The days pass by uneventfully for Rikuo until he meets his former love interest and classmate, but especially thanks to the unusual Haru Nonaka and her pet crow.

Type

Manga

Related Series

Yesterday o Utatte EX (Side Story)

Yesterday wo Utatte afterword (Sequel)

Associated Names

Sing "Yesterday" for Me

Sing Yesterday for Me

Sing Yesterday!

Yesterday wo Utatte

イエスタデイをうたって

예스터데이를 노래하며

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Latest Release(s)

v.1 c.5 by QAZ 2 years ago

v.1 c.4 by QAZ 2 years ago

v.1 c.3 by QAZ 2 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

11 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1

Ends at Vol 11, Chap 113

User Reviews

N/A

Forum

2 topics, 6 posts

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User Rating

Average: 7.8 / 10.0 (282 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.66 / 10.0

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Last Updated

August 24th, 2023 8:29am PDT - 2 years ago

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Genre

Drama Romance Seinen Slice of Life
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Shueisha

Serialized In (magazine)

Business Jump (Shueisha)

Grand Jump (Shueisha)

Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #460

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Monthly Pos #1876 (No change)

3 Month Pos #3104

(-131)

6 Month Pos #4276

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Year Pos #5263

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List Stats

On 1406 reading lists

On 1142 wish lists

On 246 completed lists

On 83 unfinished lists

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Sing Yesterday Ending

2 years ago

Is it really ongoing?

13 years ago

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I'm beginning to wonder if there's anything Toume can't do...

by Crenshinibon
17 years ago

Rating: 8.5 / 10.0

Just like the majority of her other works, Yesterday wo Utatte is another unique gem powered by a compelling plot and impressive character development. Taking a break from robot-samurai and psychological thrillers and switching to something realistic is something I normally wouldn't expect to succeed, but Toume always seems to prevail at what she attempts. Excellent pacing, intricate characters, and her adept art style leaves me once again with very little, if anything, to complain about.

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The ending and my thoughts

by jackblk
9 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

Ok so i found the raw, read it for the ending only. I don't know Japanese so i'm not sure at the end. Read the spoiler at your own choice.

Shinako and Rikuo Uozumi try to maintain the relationship but it's not working out. They try to kiss, but fail to since Uozumi realizes Shinako has been pushing herself to the relationship, they are not comfortable confronting both themselves to problems that they are hiding. Both of them are concerned of Rou/Haru but won't tell each other about it. They then decide to break up.

Rikuo and the guy chasing after Haru come to Haru's hometown to find her. She is found at the train station by the other guy. She told him something, which reminds him about his childhood friend. He leaves. Rikuo then arrives the station, have some talks with Haru. Rikuo kisses her.

I don't really understand after that so i might guess some: cafe owner or Shinako is getting married (dunno who, since they are alike, in a dress, with wedding hair so pretty unable to tell). Rou has some talks with the girl he's living with. Not sure what happens. The End.

So here's my thought. I really want Rikuo and Shinako to end up together, but i know flags are telling me that they are not. It's expected but i'm disappointed. It hits my feelings like a truck. It reminds me of Natsu no Zenjitsu. God damn these authors, can we have a better ending for vanilla person like me? Still, i give it a 9. Good read, nice art. Fucking ending anyway.

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Looks Like Reality, Japanese Style!

by cecropiamoth
11 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

Almost everything in this manga--the characters, their economic situations, their hopes and disappointments, and above all their smoldering feelings--is very much like stuff that has happened to me or people I've known. Some of this realism is actually painful to watch, particularly the long, passive avoidance by the main character of the good things reality is offering him. Nevertheless, that's the way people, in fact, often are!

And the other characters in this manga, who are mostly less irritating than the MC, make up for his unwillingness to move on by being especially likable and interesting. Toume Kei is a woman, and maybe that's one reason why her female characters tend to be so deep and interesting. Or maybe not--but in any case a story with such interesting women in it is, perhaps paradoxically, bound to be of extra interest to male readers. And I believe that most female readers will like this manga simply because they will probably be able to thoroughly identify with it.

In short, it's a very well-told story about romantic uncertainty playing out in the lives of people in their early 20s. That's one of the great themes of story-telling, and this is a very good story of that sort.

And please note this is a story of JAPANESE people, who generally are expected to live up to high standards of work, decency, and loyalty, and are especially expected not to have sex with anyone but the One they finally find they'd like to spend their whole life with. This is the story of people growing up into this society and its expectations. That's bound to be quite a struggle!

... Last updated 7 years ago

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LOL

by [deleted member]
19 years ago

Rating: N/A

Although it's technically young man, it reads more like a realistic girl. Readers of her other works- Hitsuji no Uta, Luno, Kurogane- will enjoy her unique style.

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Obnoxious

by bahram
7 years ago

Rating: 2.0 / 10.0

I'm not sure why I was so enamored with Toume Kei back in the day. Maybe it was due to the art? Because that's the only thing this series has going for it. Yesterday wo Utatte is atrociously paced, has no plot and you can't even call it a slice of life because nothing actually happens (and even in the slowest SoLs stuff actually happens). This is a pure romance manga, except that there is never any progress made because every character has unrequited love for someone else. Not only that but all of these characters refuse to ever move on and find someone else to fall for.

Such a setup would make sense if this was a generic shounen romcom, but this is a seinen starring characters who are aged 18~24+. The result is that you have this super realistic setting superimposed on top of adult aged characters who act like middle school children. Scratch that, I shouldn't even compare them to school children because even kids know when the fuck to move on with life and that a crush turning you down isn't the end of the world. The characters in this manga aren't even human because they fail at such a basic aspect of human life. No matter how many monologues and flashbacks you throw at me over 11 volumes, it still isn't going to make your unrequited love plot device any less boring.

What you read in the first 3 chapters of this manga is exactly what you'll get for the 110 other chapters.

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Great manga!

by addnine
13 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I like it. Some other people might complain that it's slow and nothing really happens at first but that happens in most slice-of-life romances. The story and art are a good combo and it's not that frustrating to read. In the start it might seem that the main character is going to be one of those "pathetic, can't-do-anything" type of guys but he's clearly not. He has a strong personality and is a good guy.

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Unusual from her other works, but such an unexpected gem

by Laclongquan
18 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

The atmosphere of the story is very... nice. Unique I should say.

There's many layers to the story and it unfold pretty smoothly. Characters development also is good.

Still, I feel the pace of the manga is a bit slow. End volume two already and it's not far along as I would like. Minus one point for that.

I do looking forward to future releases!

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Hopefully won't get all melodramatic

by Anabiotic_Pineapple
15 years ago

Rating: N/A

Kei Toume Rocks indeed! 🙂

She's a knack for making a simple and moving drama without the usual accompaniment of melodrama =P

On this, I would have to disagree. Hitsuji no Uta was the embodiment of melodrama, but I still loved it. I'm hoping that this series doesn't devolve into a mess of melodrama however.

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This manga is all about unrequited love

by Goobersnotch
11 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

And I'm really excited to see how far she takes it with these characters. Have not read a romance that almost exclusively focused on the theme on unrequited love (for all parties involved) since Honey & Clover. I wonder if it's not a coincidence that Art and Art School was a theme in both works. Either way, I really love Kei Toume's art style and writing. Have not enjoyed a romance manga this much in a long time.

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SYFM

by [deleted member]
19 years ago

Rating: N/A

Kei Toume Rocks indeed! 🙂

She's a knack for making a simple and moving drama without the usual accompaniment of melodrama =P

Good stuff...

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