This was not my cup of tea. I didn't like the art style, and the story was told in a very disjointed way. A lot of references went over my head, and eventually I just got bored with this one. I could see other people enjoying this, but unfortunately this one was a miss for me.

Samura surely surprised me with Wave, Listen to Me! Interestingly so the manga is about radio shows (talk radio), which is very refreshing. Minare ends up blabbing her problems with her boyfriend to a guy when she's drunk and that ends up on radio show. She works in a curry restaurant and barges in the station only to be offered a talk show thanks to her peculiar voice and style. Of course this thing isn't all that simple and the setting is quite realistic albeit Minare is truly a character... The first first volume sets the thing and shows us how Minare struggles with her work and love life, gets fired from the restaurant and such. It's like a row of bad outcomes that somehow fit the situation and well, she is slightly immature and annoying too. For me the manga is a bit too much all over the place, but it can get better.

The art looks awesome and it's precise Samura surely. The characters have persona looks-wise and the panels are multifaceted and dimensional. The series looks great, but still lacks something. Not really the plot though, but how it's constructed here and perhaps this needs some toning down. Still, I'm very happy about the topic and how the female protagonist actually has balls. Such a different kind of manga!

I thought this story had an intriguing concept and I enjoyed Minare's passion. Typically, characters who complain too much irritate me, but Minare definitely has reason to be disgruntled. However, I was disappointed that the story mainly revolved around her job at the curry shop. Many of those scenes were tedious and felt removed from what I was expecting from this title. I also didn't enjoy the romance set-up between Minare and her co-worker who refuses to accept that she's spurned his advances. Attempting to create romantic tension between a clearly uninterested woman and a disrespectful man who won't leave her alone has never been endearing. I'm hoping that part of the plot fizzles out. Overall, I was interested in Minare's budding career as a radio star. I also enjoyed the artwork and probably will continue reading this series in the future.

This has a wonderful concept and some great artwork, but I'm having a hard time immersing myself in it at the moment so unfortunately I won't be finishing it for the time being.

This was very weird, and not necessarily in a good way. The storytelling was disjointed and I could barely follow it, the references to pop culture flew over my head (understandably, considering I’m not from Japan and no amount of footnotes will change that) , and honestly I just got bored. The art wasn’t bad, which is why I didn’t give it a 1 star, but nothing about the story really pulled me in and made me care. The main character whose name I never learned had the potential to be funny but just ended up being annoying in my opinion, and I wanted to stop reading a third of the way through. It’s clear that this manga wasn’t for me, and I don’t like to give bad reviews or low ratings but I’m afraid even reading to the end didn’t redeem how mind numbingly boring this was to someone who likes a lot of plot to my manga. As it is a bad review I won't be posting this anywhere but Goodreads out of respect for the artist.

Love and radio; "Wave, Listen to me!" is definitely quirky and overall enjoyable, it reads in one-sitting. I am definitely looking forward to the next volume.