Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Greetings, my VGM listeners and welcome back to another VGM review of a Nintendo DS game, Watashi no Happy Manner Book. To clarify the synopsis of this game, it is about learning the concept of manners and cultures by adopting a different lifestyle at work, at home or at various events. According to the information provided by Nintendo, “real manners” are incorrect to be stated as “methods”. Instead, they are entirely focused on how you would take “action from the standpoint of the other party” without expressing any offensive remarks or gestures included. Hence, we must prioritize the established conventions of morality offered in any location we’re invited to stay as a deem of respect, under all circumstances.

Starting with the gameplay, you’ll be learning how to acquire the essence of "manners" and "the feeling of sympathy for people" by learning different sets of etiquette with a customized curriculum, designed by each person after reading the novel based on common examples. In my opinion, I wouldn’t mind playing this game as it teaches you to explore a new route of manners with certain choices offered into the culture department.

Reviewing the track itself, it reminds me of a fashion catwalk competition that would fit well here. Hence, it encourages you to be yourself while increasing your level of confidence to apply the state of manners into the frame of creative thinking itself. In addition, a good reference for this track would be from Idolm@ster SP: Wandering Star [Appeal] and Style Savvy [Apartment theme] as both games offer under the fashion category for different competitions to attend, either in the pop idol industry or the apparel industry. The music itself provides an intense build-up, where it motivates you to overcome your low self-esteem and overtake any challenge that occurs in front of you. Thus, I will give this an 8 out of 10 for the review. Thanks for listening and to quote a certain gentleman who is dedicated to puzzles from the Professor Layton series, “A true gentleman leaves no puzzle unsolved!” [Professor Hershel Layton]

Release date: April 5, 2007
Genre: Manners and Culture
Developed by: Taito
Published by: Taito
Composers: Hirokazu Koshio, Raiden Nakayama and Felix Mendelssohn

You can download the full soundtrack here: zophar.net/music/nintendo-ds-2sf/watashi-no-happy-manner-book
(Special thanks to the Zophar VGM Website)

Information about the game:
music.apple.com/us/album/watashi-no-happy-manner-book-happy-music-collections/332200027 [Please support the composers!]
nintendo.co.jp/ds/software/anaj
vgmdb.net/album/4487
vgarchive.org/game/watashi-no-happy-manner-book-ds-jp
youtu.be/l4KnqJpjr1U [Soundtrack - Happy Smilling]
youtu.be/1yx8N7ruROE [Gameplay]

Note: I do not own the rights to the bgm. They belong to Taito, Hirokazu Koshio, Raiden Nakayama and Felix Mendelssohn fully.

Special thanks as well to youtubers NDS Soundtrack and tetrimaruzou for uploading the contents of this game.

Other recommendations for this soundtrack are:
BGM 000f and BGM 0012