Manga 163882 Kimi To Uchuu Wo Aruku Tame Ni

The manga delves into such a special topic and does it beautifully, and I was captivated by the wide-eyed gaze of Uno (quite literally).

I love the stars and have always wondered how some people can look in the sky and point out what kind of stars and planet that tiny dot is. It's somekind of witchcraft I don't quite get. And I tend to talk excitedly about things to my friends only to realize "Oh, they don't really care about it. I must sound lame." That's basically what this manga is also about. So I have a "that's so me" moment and get emotional while ... reading about how neurodivergent characters in this manga deal with their problems of interacting with other people.

Overall, it's a heart-warming story about school life with kind-hearted high school kids so if you're in a reading slump and want to take things slow, this can be a nice stop for you!

- "Beautiful"

That was the first word that subconsciously came out of my mouth after reading the four chapters that this absolutely outstanding manga has currently available to offer. I absolutely don't know how I stumbled across this nor do I care. I am just grateful that I did.

It's first chapter, maybe one of the best first chapters of the mangas I have ever read. It gave me a sense of fulfilment; like I have completed reading a short manga in that short of a time which felt like seconds. Maybe the first manga after a long long time which gave me a sense of calmness ... and put me in a trance during reading. The feeling which you experience after taking a soak in hot water during winter, smelling the smell of wet earth during rainy days, turning your pillow to the cold side during sleep in summer, sound of crunching of leaves beneath your feet during autumn.

Now enough with the poetic praises and onto the other things. Characters are absolutely gorgeous, not in the literal sense. Their characterisation, depiction of feelings and emotions, development has all shown by the author in such a way that I refuse to believe that this is his first work of his career. All of them have different traits which surprisingly do not feel stale at all. Art is beautiful to look at. There are certain panels which make me feel that it is a work of an experienced illustrator. When I saw the first page of the manga I was like whoa this is good and then I was hit hard by the cover page like a BAAM!!! (you can see it by clicking the image of the manga above). The art has an originality to it which is soothing to see.

Now about the big elephant in the room which is the story which shines separately just like the stars that the story focusses on. It focuses on students who are retarded (not used as a slur here) or rather it would be fair to say that they have trouble handling various things in their day to day lives that other people apparently have no trouble doing. It focuses on how they handle and overcome their day to day life problems with they developing an interest in astronomy which seems to be the major thing that the manga is gonna focus about along with their day to day happenings. It also invoked my childhood interest about stars and space, so maybe the reason I am praising this manga so much is that it reminded me of that. But still doesn't negate the fact that this is an absolute banger of a manga.

Looks like I should also visit my hometown to see some stars sometime.......