is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by , with collaboration of Momoji Higashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Monthly Big Comic Spirits (2010–11) and Weekly Big Comic Spirits (2012–14), with its chapters collected in thirteen volumes.

Synopsis is a girl who enjoys gazing at clouds and losing herself in daydreams. After the death of her parents, she is taken in by her aunt , who lives in the countryside. However, Hana is shy and soft-spoken, and the local dialect further isolates her, making it difficult for her to communicate properly. One day, she encounters a young man named , who reads aloud from a book inside a tent. He later appears at her school as a student teacher. When Hana is assigned the role of narrator for the school's cultural festival, she hesitates. Origuchi, however, recognizes her talent for reading aloud and begins to coach her.

Years later, at age twenty-two, Hana has drifted away from reading aloud and moves to Tokyo, where she takes a job at Moon River Coffee. Still timid and frequently scolded for her quiet voice, she discovers a reading-aloud workshop run by . One day, Hana is brought by the head of human resources to meet , the president of the major family-restaurant chain, Redberry. His daughter, , has been withdrawn since her senior year of university, and he asks Hana to use reading aloud to befriend her and draw her out. Following Kinari's guidance, Hana visits Mariko and recites Kenji Miyazawa's , which moves Mariko deeply. Realizing her own passion for reading aloud, Hana joins Kinari's workshop alongside Mariko. There, she learns that Origuchi, the man she met in elementary school, is a senior disciple in the same workshop.

Publication Written and illustrated by , with original concept and cooperation by Momoji Higashi, was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Monthly Big Comic Spirits from January 27, 2010, to December 27, 2011. The manga was later transferred to Weekly Big Comic Spirits, where it ran from May 14, 2012, to July 28, 2014. Shogakukan collected its chapters in thirteen volumes, released from September 30, 2010, to September 30, 2014.

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Reception Hanamote Katare ranked eighteenth on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga of 2011 for male readers. It was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the eighteenth Japan Media Arts Festival in 2014.

See also Furo Girl!, another manga series by the same author Yoake no Ryodan, another manga series by the same author

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