TL;DR: By the end, you only care about the side characters. If you're reading this for the love story or the development of a main character, you will be EXTREMELY disappointed. Try something else and don't waste your time, I've already made that sacrifice for you.
Summary: Although I love the art and (most of) the characters, I really can't say that this was a good series. The plot was very congruent for the first half of the series, and although a bit cliche at times, it made you invested in the story and to see how the characters were going to grow and change. But
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all of that investment and attachment gets thrown out the window for the second half of the series, as the main characters fall apart, their actions don't make sense, and you end up feeling like you're on a merry-go-round watching the same "who will she choose?!?" trope drag itself out. By the time the end does come around, you become tired and irritated by the main female lead and her partner, and really only stick around to see how the side characters ended up.
Spoilers ahead, you have been warned:
STORY:
The most irritating part of the story is in fact the love triangle. The main female lead spends 80% of her time in the series with a character she will not end up with, and she ends up with male lead instead (second most frustrating part: the male lead has no personality, but even if he did you wouldn't get to see it because he's barely in the story at all, and he has more character development with a female side character. I genuinely thought they would have ended up together because the author kept putting so many scenes of the two of them together).
I have no issue with the main couple being together though, they had been setup to be together from the first chapter, and it was clear the author was going to have them together at the end very early on. And I did enjoy the love triangle at first, because usually in love triangles you see two characters pair off, and the third one usually incites the romance between the other two or helps them overcome obstacles that would have led to the end of their relationship if not for the third's external help. We also usually have an ending where the third character is able to move-on from their love interest and grow as a person, and typically results in them finding a different character to be with that is better for them than the love triangle.
Now mind you, the main male lead is supposed to be Momo, the character the female lead ends up. But since we don't have character development for Momo nor have many chapters with him in it, we have Yuzu who essentially is the male lead, but also will be the third in the love triangle who is singled out.
Yuzu goes through SO MUCH character development, and even reaches the point where he is ready to move on from his doomed love triangle and make his own happiness. And yet despite being on the right track, the author decides to continuously throw him BACK into the life triangle and stunt his character growth for MULTIPLE CHAPTERS, usually because the female lead goes through several moments in the series where she breaks character and acts as if she has feelings for the main male lead (Yuzu), which I don't think anyone was confused about who she was going to end up. It genuinely felt like the story had a set plan of how the characters were going to progress and when it was going to end, and then the author was told "Make 30 more chapters!" And instead of including new content or introducing new characters for our main leads to interact with, the author instead decided to just remove the character growth and continue the "Does she like bachelor #1? Or bachelor #2? I don't know, because I can't give her a consistent personality!" It was *very* frustrating, and by the end I just wanted to know if Yuzu was able to continue his character growth or not.
ART:
As other people have already stated, the art is beautiful, and a large part of my enjoyment from the series came from how beautifully it was drawn. If you're not used to Fukuyama's art style, certain things may seem a little over-exaggerated, but they have an uncanny ability to draw various and conflicting emotions on a character's face that feels honest and real.
CHARACTER:
With the exception of the main female lead and the "main" male lead (Momo), all of the characters were actually wonderful. You get a feeling throughout the manga that the two main leads are kind of separate from all the other characters, and unfortunately that feeling stays until the end, but although [Momo] feels slightly more attached to at least SOME of the characters, the main female lead really only feels connected to 3 characters at best.
ENJOYMENT:
Ugh.
OVERALL:
See summary. It could've been SUCH a good manga, and going from Charming Junkie to this, I'm just so disappointed with the author.
 Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Tsuiraku Jelly Japanese: 覆面系ノイズ More titlesInformationType: Manga
Volumes: 18
Chapters: 109
Status: Finished
Published: Apr 20, 2013 to Jan 19, 2019
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Shoujo
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Feb 1, 2021
TL;DR: By the end, you only care about the side characters. If you're reading this for the love story or the development of a main character, you will be EXTREMELY disappointed. Try something else and don't waste your time, I've already made that sacrifice for you.
Summary: Although I love the art and (most of) the characters, I really can't say that this was a good series. The plot was very congruent for the first half of the series, and although a bit cliche at times, it made you invested in the story and to see how the characters were going to grow and change. But ... 
May 18, 2014
Fukumenkei Noise is a new manga that I bet will be very popular. There are only 14 chapters translated at the moment, but I think people should know this manga is good and give it a chance.
Story(8): It's not original, but good. I could provide a better summary than the one on MAL, but that could spoiler the story. To be honest, the summary didn't attract me one bit because it seems cliche, I picked up this manga because I simply liked the cover. This story is about music and love. Art(9): It looks typical shoujo, but it has something special. The characters ... 
Aug 17, 2021
Dropped this series after reading volume 14. I was reading this while it was still ongoing and I absolutely loved it. I actually bought the physical books because of how much I loved it. But after buying vol. 14 and seeing where the story's direction was headed, I completely dropped it.
Spoilers below, and vent/frustration I have with this series ensues: When I first read this, I was initially wishing for Nino and Momo to be together and happy, even when Yuzu appeared. But then as the series progresses, and you see how supportive and helpful and caring Yuzu is for Nino, and just how much he's ... 
Jul 31, 2014
Although Fukumenkei Noise is a relatively new manga, I am sure that it will become very popular in the future. It's an amazing story and you should give it a chance. Hopefully, this review might clear your doubts on picking up this series.
To be honest, I picked up this manga on a complete whim and didn't expect anything from it. The cover is slightly interesting and the synopsis provided was quite bland. It was pure luck that I began to read it, but I'm really glad that I made this choice. When I started reading it, something miraculous occurred. I was hooked. Completely and utterly ... 
Jan 3, 2017
Fukemenkei Noise.
I picked up this manga after recognizing the art style and finding out itd have a anime adaption further on in the year. This anime is great, it isnt ok, its just fine. Its a good manga, compared to many others. ( My first thoughts ) This manga is about a young girl called Nino, having an unusual singing and two childhood friends she meets but suddenly disappears when shes younger want to 'obtain' it, and keep it to 'themselves', and wooow what a COINCIDENCE all of them meet in the same highschool. And oh noo, both of them are famous masked musicians. Overall; The ...
Nov 17, 2020
Woooooo what a doozy.
This series had its fair share of ups and downs. When it's good, it's reaaaally good, but there were also times in the middle wherein it really took everything from me to keep myself from pushing through and reading this. When you think about it, there is really nothing much new to the story, I feel like you could read this type of story somewhere else. And the characters really aren't that good to begin with either. In fact, I was annoyed at both Nino and Momo at the start. Come to think of it, if you were to ask me WHY I ... 
Jul 24, 2020
I try this manga out fo curiousity cuz i heard its quite popular. Then i read the first chapter although, to be honest, i dont like the art style which is too confusing and seems not neat. But i keep continuing to see the the relationship between yuzu and the MC. Finally i dropped this manga around chapter 70 cuz it just becoming more freak and nonsense.
After reading this manga to be honest i dont quite feel anything or remember there is something important. The MC always trying so hard to chase Momo and when she finally get a hold of him. She became ... 
Jun 8, 2021
I read this years ago but I remember it since it was one of the first manga I had ever read so why not lol.
This manga doesnt revolve around the romantic development of characters. Honestly, I disliked the main character at first because she wouldn't go into any romantic development. I love the entire plot and how the storyline is just feeling like its rushing but in real time in the story its more slowed. 8/10, the art is really good, its a nice manga style and it expresses emotions nicely if not excellent and the characters overall are pretty well expressed. I only read this ... 
Oct 26, 2021
Wishing for the latter chapters would be given an anime adaptation (most especially if you've been into the world of music, you'll get sure fired up with the manga sketches during the performances. My curiousity of how Lashes' compositions sounded like made me look for and listen to it. Over and over again. Hahaha)
Sure, the entire story is how Masked girl proves that hardwork would make Curly Hair be her's but the flow of action totally made the readers(like me) feel the possibility of the other outcome. This manga was full of mixed and overwhelming emotions that you'd really weep (if your an emotional typpa ... |
