Daytime Shooting Star (2024)

Daytime Shooting Star (ひるなかの流星, Hirunaka no Ryūsei) is a Japanese shōjo manga written and illustrated by Mika Yamamori.

Synopsis[]

After arriving in Tokyo to live with her uncle, Suzume collapses in a nearby park where she had once seen a shooting star during the day. A handsome stranger brings her to her new home and tells her they’ll meet again. Suzume starts her first day at her new high school sitting next to a boy who blushes furiously at her touch. And her homeroom teacher is none other than the handsome stranger!

Characters[]

Main[]

Suzume Yosano[]

Suzume grew up in the countryside most of her life until her father's work made him and Suzume's mother leave the country. They leave her in the care of her uncle who lives in Tokyo and owns a restaurant. She meets Shishio randomly at the bus stop and discovers that he is her uncle's friend and her teacher. She is obsessed with an occurrence that happened when she was in elementary school, in which after getting lost on the way home, she saw a shooting star in the middle of the day. She has bad grades and frequently skips class due to her obsession with once again seeing that star.

Yuyuka Nekota[]

Suzume's friend and classmate. She has an unrequited love for Mamura. Initially, she believes Suzume likes Mamura so Yuyuka tries to get close to him using Suzume, but her plan falls through when Suzume confronts and reprimands her for her actions; shortly after they become friends. Yuyuka's true personality is very blunt and unforgiving which she believes would cause friction with people, which is why she hides behind a "cute" exterior that is friendly and outgoing in order to make friends. Suzume is the first friend she makes who knows her true personality.

Satsuki Shishio[]

Yukichi's friend and Suzume's teacher. He gave the nickname "Chun-Chun" to Suzume. He is a bit of an oddball because outside of his profession as a teacher his appearance changes to accommodate the fact; his hair is messy, he wears big glasses and his clothes and manner of speech are more suited to that of a cheerful, somewhat weird teenager. He retains some of his nature while in his role as a teacher and discards anything that is considered unprofessional, claiming he knows the line between work and outside, but that line begins to blur once he starts spending time with Suzume.

Daiki Mamura[]

His exterior is cool and aloof but he is actually extremely shy when girls make any physical contact and blushes profusely. When Suzume discovers this, she "blackmails" him by threatening to tell other people his secret. Despite his frustration and annoyance at her, he agrees and thus makes his first female friend. He finds it hard to talk to girls because in his house there are only men; Suzume teases him for being simple when he tells her. Eventually, it becomes slightly easier for him to talk to them thanks to Suzume's not-so-subtle prompting. Mamura is normally very quiet and uninterested in his surroundings but gradually begins to notice everything about Suzume. He also has a gentle and caring side to him that he rarely shows to others. Yuyuka has a crush on him.

Supporting[]

Yukichi Kumamoto[]

Gets hit on by guys a lot (except Nosuke). Shishio's friend and Suzume's uncle. She's been living in his house ever since her parents moved to Bangladesh because of her father's job. He has a cheerful and carefree personality, but that doesn't prevent him from worrying over how Suzume's doing in school and reprimanding her whenever she gets a bad grade.

***In Tsubaki-chou Lonely Planet, he's a customer that frequents the shop that Katsura works at. In a later chapter, it seems they've become good friends.

Media[]

Manga[]

The series first was announced on May 3, 2011. The manga was serialized in the bi-weekly magazine Margaret from May 20, 2011 to November 2014. The chapters were later released in bound volumes by Shueisha under the Margaret Comics imprint.

In 2018, Viz Media announced at the New York Comic-Con that they were licensing the series for English distribution, with all comics published under the Shojo Beat imprint.

Crossover comics and spin-offs[]

In honor of the 50th anniversary of Margaret, Yamamori collaborated with Momoko Koda, the author of No Longer Heroine, to release the crossover comic Heroine Shooting Star. Heroine Shooting Star was released in Mini Margaret, a booklet that was distributed as a magazine gift in the May 20, 2013 issue of Margaret. In 2014, Yamamori collaborated with Suu Morishita, the author of Like a Butterfly, to produce two crossover comics, Hibi Shooting Star and Daytime Chōchō.

To promote the live-action movie, Yamamori released Daytime Shooting Star: Side Story Blue in the February 3, 2017 issue of Margaret. It was followed up by Daytime Shooting Star: Side Story Red in the March 28, 2017 issue of Margaret.

Live-action film[]

In mid-September 2016, the live-action film adaptation was announced. The film stars Mei Nagano as Suzume, Shohei Miura as Shishio, and Alan Shirahama as Mamura.