This one-shot manga is written by Tatsuki Fujimoto. In this manga, a boy confesses his long-held feelings for a girl through a YouTube video. He asks her out, but she rejects him and shares the video with their entire class, and they all laugh at him and make fun of him. Despite the negative response, Weirdly, the video gets popular because people see ghosts in the background. People want more videos from him.
Following this unexpected popularity, he made another song titled “Just Listen to the Song.” However, it receives fewer views, likes, and comments, leading him to delete both videos. On his way home, the girl he confessed to sits next to him and asks if the song was about the drawing he made of her in middle school. she says everyone has already downloaded it and it’s so cringey and then passes him her headphones. He slumps his head down, revealing his emotional response to her acknowledgment.
What It Means
The boy’s song was only meant for the girl he liked. Other people read too much into it. At the end, the girl tells him she understood the true intention behind the song: it was simply about a drawing he made of her in middle school art class. This moment makes him feel good, as he is relieved and happy that someone, especially the intended recipient, finally grasped his genuine message.
This manga might be about the writer’s own life. He might feel people read too much into his work. But he’s happy when his real audience understands what he’s trying to say.