Hirunaka no Ryuusei

Hirunaka no Ryūsei
Cover of volume 12
ひるなかの流星
Genre	Romance
Manga
Written by	Mika Yamamori
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Margaret
Original run	May 20, 2011 – November 5, 2014
Volumes	12
Live-action film
Hirunaka no Ryūsei (film)

Hirunaka no Ryūsei (ひるなかの流星, lit. Daytime Shooting Star) is a Japanese shōjo manga written and illustrated by Mika Yamamori. It ran in Margaret from 2011 to 2014. A live-action film of the same name was released in 2017, as well as a collaboration clothing line with Earth Music & Ecology in 2014.^[1]

Plot

Suzume Yosano's parents have decided to move to Bangladesh when her father's job gets transferred there. However, they're not taking her with them. So, Suzume moves to Tokyo to live with her uncle, Yukichi. On her way to moving into her uncle's house, she runs into a strange man who helps her since she is initially lost. When she starts school, it turns out that he is none other than her homeroom teacher, Satsuki Shishio. Between him and making new friends, Suzume's first year of high school in Tokyo will be full of fun and adventure.

Characters

Suzume Yosano (与謝野 すずめ, Yosano Suzume)

Played by: Mei Nagano

Suzume moves from the countryside to Tokyo to live with her uncle while she goes to high school. When she was in middle school, she saw a shooting star during the daytime and is convinced that she can see one again. She skips classes and hangs out on the rooftop frequently at school, often leaving poor grades. When she arrives to her new school, she is assigned to sit next to Mamura in class. She meets Shishio, who she discovers to be her homeroom teacher, when she is en route to her uncle's house. She eventually falls in love with him. Since he knows her uncle, the two see each other fairly often. She confesses her feelings, but is rejected. Unable to get over him, she confesses once more. This time Shishio accepts and they date in secret. This only lasts a short time, since Shishio thinks their love for one another was not really love. Feeling upset and rejected, Suzume becomes depressed, to the point where she runs away back to the countryside. Mamura tries to make her feel better by taking her to an aquarium she went to with Shishio. At first she rejects going, but begins to realize why Mamura is taking her. She begins to see how much Mamura cares for her, and realizes she is in love with him. She runs to his house and confesses to him, which he accepts. They begin to date afterwards.

Satsuki Shishio (獅子尾 五月, Shishio Satsuki)

Played by: Shohei Miura

Suzume's homeroom teacher. He somewhat reluctantly falls in love with Suzume. After she confesses to him for a second time, he agrees to date her in secret. Eventually Shishio asks Suzume what she would do if he stopped teaching. Suzume replies with “I’m going with you,” to his surprise, so he says he was just kidding. Shishio and Suzume's relationship is inadvertently discovered by Suzume's uncle Yukichi to which he disapproved. Shishio realises the gravity of his situation then says they should just quit “it”—their relationship—and just go back to having a normal student-teacher relationship. He says that her love for him was just “admiration,” and she does not really love him at all. However, he realizes he still loves her, but cannot be with her. This angers Mamura that Shishio hurt Suzume, leaving their relationship often constricted. By the time he tries to get back together with her, she is already dating Mamura.

Daiki Mamura (馬村 大輝, Mamura Daiki)

Played by: Alan Shirahama

Suzume's classmate who sits in front of her. He is a gynophobe. Upon discovering this, Suzume uses it to blackmail him into being her friend. Once he becomes friends with her, he begins to get more used to being around girls and starts to develop feelings for Suzume. He is fairly jealous of Shishio and Suzume's relationship (romantic or not) and becomes protective and supportive in the times Suzume is hurt emotionally. Despite his feelings, Mamura decides to keep them hidden only revealing them when he discovers Shishio's decision to cease his relationship with Suzume. When they move up to second year of high school, Mamura becomes popular with the underclassmen much to the chagrin of Suzume. Suzume's friends come up with the idea to have Mamura and Suzume pretend to date in order to make the underclass girls leave him alone. When he takes her to an aquarium he confesses his feelings for her, to which she is unsure how to react. Upon going home, Suzume realizes she is in love with him and accepts his confession and the two begin to date.

Yuyuka Nekota (猫田 ゆゆか, Nekota Yuyuka)

Played by: Maika Yamamoto

Yuyuka is very blunt, which she believes makes it hard to get along with others. She hides behind a cute exterior that is friendly and outgoing in order to make friends. Initially, Yuyuka was only pretending to be nice in order to get closer to Mamura, but the two later become honest friends. She eventually confesses to Mamura, who rejects her, saying that he has feelings for Suzume. She is comforted by Togyuu Minagawa, whom she slowly develops feelings for. As friends with Suzume, she often gives relationship advice.

Nana Kameyoshi (亀由 奈々, Kameyoshi Nana)

A classmate and friend of Suzume's.

Monika Tsurutani (鶴谷 モニカ, Tsurutani Monika)

A classmate and friend of Suzume's. She is of mixed ethnicities (but is part Japanese). She later dates Manabu Inukai.

Manabu Inukai (犬飼 学, Inukai Manabu)

A classmate of Suzume's who is also the class president. He later dates Tsurutani.

Togyuu Minagawa (皆川 土牛, Minagawa Togyuu)

An upperclassmen of Suzume. He is a bit of a playboy and is interested in Yuyuka.

Yukichi Kumamoto (熊本 諭吉, Kumamoto Yukichi)

Played by: Ryuta Sato

Suzume's uncle. He is unmarried and owns a cafe. He is friends with Shishio.

Live-action film

In mid-September 2016, the live-action film adaptation was announced. ^[2]

The film was released in Japan on March 24, 2017.

Reception

The series has 1.93 million copies in print and 500,000 in paid digital copies.^[2]

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