ミュージカル憂鬱/Musical Melancholy 【Cellphone Novel】

Cellphone Novel

Myūjikaru yūutsu
ミュージカル憂鬱
Written by Hinamie on
March 5th 2017

Author's Note:
Hello everyone, Hinamie here
working on a new book. A cell-
phone novel! I'm so excited for this
because this is my first time writing
one. I do apologize if there is anything
I messed up. Thank you for reading~!

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Cell Phone Novel:
A cell phone novel, or mobile phone novel (Japanese: 携帯小説 Hepburn: keitai shousetsu?, Chinese: 手機小說; pinyin: shŏujī xiǎoshuō), is a literary work originally written on a cellular phone via text messaging. This type of literature originated in Japan, where it has become a popular literary genre. However, its popularity has also spread to other countries internationally, especially to China, United States, Germany, and South Africa. Chapters usually consist of about 70-100 words each due to character limitations on cell phones.[1]

Phone novels started out primarily read and authored by young women on the subject of romantic fiction such as relationships, lovers, rape, love triangles, and pregnancy. However, mobile phone novels are gaining worldwide popularity on broader subjects. Rather than appearing in printed form, the literature is typically sent directly to the reader via email, SMS text message, or subscription through an online writing and sharing website, chapter by chapter. Japanese Internet ethos regarding mobile phone novels is dominated by pen names and forged identities. Therefore, identities of the Japanese authors of mobile phone novels are rarely disclosed.

Japanese cell phone novels were also downloaded in short installments and run on handsets as Java-based mobile applications in three different formats: WMLD, JAVA and TXT. Maho i-Land is the largest Japanese cell phone novel site that carries more than a million titles, mainly novice writers, all which are available for free. Maho iLand provides templates for blogs and homepages. It is visited 3.5 billion times each month[citation needed]. In 2007, 98 cell phone novels were published into books. "Love Sky" is a popular phone novel with approximately 12 million views on-line, written by "Mika", that was not only published but turned into a movie.[2] Five out of the ten best selling novels in Japan in 2007 were originally cell phone novels.[3]

All art presented in this book belongs to there
respective owners.

BOOK COVER:
Credit to the artist who created
the cover

COVER EDITING:
Cover editing was made by Hinamie

Note:
With cellphone novels popping up
a lot in wattpad. Hinamie noticing
that these novels have become vastly
popular and decided to work on a
new project she has been working on.

'Musical Melancholy' is a story about love, friendship, hardships, and heartbreak. This story is not inspired by true events and the plot came from the mind of yours truly, Hinamie. The main character, Mei and Chiho, are best friends and have a tight bond. The bad thing is Mei has a secret she's been keeping that could break her friendship with Chiho. But what happens when she cannot repress her feelings about her. What's even worse is that Chiho is in love, with another person.