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In 2005, a tankoubon version was released by Shueisha, and consists of both the original story and its sequel, but not the extra story "Kikyou no Saku Koro". It also includes an essay by Studio Ghibli's producer, Suzuki Toshio, an interview with Hiiragi Aoi, and a postscript by Hiiragi Aoi.
Together with the help of my friend known online as dballred from Wingsee's forum, I set out to do a scanlating project of the manga. Both dballred and me are involved in the scanning of the pages (he does a much better job than me here) and he helps in parts of the translation. However, all the editing are done by me.
Now, I am no master in Japanese, unlike dballred who is rather good at it, so mistakes may occur now and then. The truth is, I often sought the help of my dictionary, and sometimes Babelfish for those harder translations. It's not exactly easy to do a literal translation, so I cope with whatever I can and change some of the dialogue if need be.
The scanlation for the sequel was delayed, simply because I was then doing my obligatory 2-year army stint, and that I know I could never produce quality scans with my own copy of the volume. This, however, ended after my stint, and E_Hakki, a friend from a mailing list, managed to get hold of raw scans, which concidentally were from another friend, Jiji, from Ghibli Tavern's forum, which I also frequent. Thus, the project was once again back on track, this time with quality scans, better editing and (hopefully) better translations.
Below are the links to the parts I have already translated. Not all of the pages are included, especially the filler pages. Big thanks to Wingsee who agreed to host the files for me, as well as dballred for the help in this project. These files can also be found at Wingsee's website as well, so you can pick it up there too.
The password for all the files is "roarkiller" without the quotations.
If you would like to host the files, please email me at roarkiller@yahoo.com to be my mirror. Also, please do NOT steal these and claim them as your own. Nor should you sell them, that is illegal. This project is only done so that those unable to purchase the manga or those who do not understand Japanese may enjoy the manga in English. No profit is made in the course of this project, except maybe self-satisfaction.
For those who are dissatisfied with my version (there should be many), I highly suggest you try ShoujoMagic's version. They are a group of highly professional scanlators, and are doing an extremely incredible job at scanlating the first volume.
In fact, I'd much rather you read their version than torture your eyes reading mine. Seriously.
Translation of the guidebook is pending.
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The movie "Mimi wo Sumaseba" was based on Hiiragi Aoi's manga by the same title. It was first printed in 1990, was produced by Ribon Mascot, and holds the proud distinction of being the first Ghibli movie to be based on a manga not written by Miyazaki or Takahata. 
After the release of the movie in 1995, Hiiragi released a sequel of the manga. Titled "Mimi wo Sumaseba: Shiawase na Jikan", it is a continuation of the original story years later. The manga actually consists of two stories, the second being "Kikyou no Saku Koro". Both volumes are also available in Italian by Star Comics, entitled as "Sussurri del Cuore", and "Sussurri del Cuore: Ore Felici" for the first and second volumes respectively.
With the release of the movie, Studio Ghibli also released a movie guidebook. At thirty pages long, it consists of production notes, interviews, credits, character biography, and much more.
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