Twinkle Stars, Tome 8

星は歌う [Hoshi wa Utau] #8

by Natsuki Takaya

Hijiri n’est plus elle-même depuis la fête de la Lune.
Les allusions de Yuuri sur son amour pour Saki l’ont complètement chamboulée et elle sort de ses gonds à la moindre remarque. Mais pourquoi réagit-elle ainsi ? Yuuri aurait-il deviné juste ? Chihiro, de son côté, commence à éprouver de la jalousie envers tous ceux qui approchent Sakura… Serait-il en train de s’attacher, malgré lui ?

Genres: Manga, Romance, Shojo, Young Adult, Comics Manga

224 pages, Paperback

First published May 19, 2010

About the author

Name (in native language) : 高屋奈月

Natsuki Takaya (高屋 奈月 Takaya Natsuki, real name Naka Hatake) is the penname of a Japanese manga artist best-known for creating the series Fruits Basket. She was born on July 7, 1973; (Tanabata). Takaya is left-handed and once revealed that she wanted to be a mangaka since first grade, when her sister started drawing.

She was born in Shizuoka, Japan, but was raised in Tokyo, where she made her debut in 1992. She enjoys video games such as the Final Fantasy series or Sakura Wars, or working on her different manga series, such as Fruits Basket, which is the second best-selling shōjo manga ever in Japan, and the top selling shōjo manga in North America. Fruits Basket has also been adapted into a twenty-six-episode anime series.

In 2001, Takaya received a Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo manga for Fruits Basket.

According to Takaya (in a sidebar of a Fruits Basket manga volume), she enjoys drawing girls (girly ones) more than she does boys. Takaya also enjoys electronics and music, but dislikes talking about herself. Also revealed in a sidebar of Fruits Basket, Takaya broke her drawing arm (left) after Fruits Basket volume six was published. She had to go into surgery, and as a result, had put Fruits Basket on a brief hiatus. Takaya made a full recovery, but complains that her handwriting had gotten uglier, due to the surgery. During her hospital stay, she gained an interest in baseball.

Reviews

[Luz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hasta ahora el mejor tomo. Me encanta el personaje de Saki 🐕. Hay alguna parte un poco confusa, porque no sabes quién dice qué...
En el capítulo extra conocemos la historia de Saki.

[Mladoria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sei a du mal à s'avouer son inclination, tandis que Chihiro se laisse peu à peu aller à la sienne, Yuuri commence à avancer ses billes mais n'est ce pas trop tard pour entrer dans le jeu ? Saku pleine d'espoir et de candeur, comme à son habitude. L'épisode spécial sur la rencontre entre Saki et Sei est particulièrement savoureux.

Un joli tome où les choses commencent à se concrétiser de part et d'autre, mais les histoires d'A ne finissent-elles pas mal en général ? A voir au prochain tome...

[Miss Ryoko · Rating 2 out of 5]

It is taking me forever to get through this series because I honestly don't care about it. Which is a real big bummer

[Alexis · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would happily read an entire series about Sei-chan and Saki.

[Naiara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me gustó un montón, los personajes principales dejaron de decir tantas boludeces.

La historia extra sublime. Además fan de Sei y Saki.

[Hardian · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this volume... in itself, ignoring the previous 7 volumes perhaps. I wonder if I missed something but there seems to be jump cuts between this volume and the previous one which makes the story progress and the change of characters felt a bit drastic. Regardless, this volume offers less complicated inner conflicts and shows more entertaining and enjoyable character developments through their actions. Quite reminding me to the stereotypical shoujo manga in general, but an enjoyable one.

And I feel that Sakuya is drawn more beautifully, not sure if it's because her hair is drawn longer, but she seems to be more honest with her personality now. Which is more like a real main character.

[Adrienne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another wonderful volume. I just love this series, it's SO good. Why hasn't anyone picked this up?? (Wait, I shouldn't say that, because I would give my left arm to translate this series, and I would hate it if someone else translated it, like what happened with my Other favorite manga series...)You can get it in French, which just proves my theory that France gets all the amazing series we don't get here in the US. (Unlike the other examples, this doesn't have any questionable subject matter though.)

[Soobie has fog in her brain · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bello anche questo... Il centro del volume è Se-chan e la sua stranissima storia con Saki. Ci sono dei flashback che ci spiegano come lui è arrivato a casa della ricchissima Se-chan, perché lei voleva fare un dispetto ai suoi genitori, raccogliendo un randagio fuori di casa.

Nel giro di un paio di volumi, i personaggi sono cambiati tantissimo. L'autrice ha sviluppato molto bene le loro personalità e la storia adesso procede che è una bellezza, rispetto all'inizio.

Speriamo che la fine sia all'altezza.

[Usagi Tsukino · Rating 4 out of 5]

This review is for the Italian edition.

[Francine Soleil · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ugh. The delayed confessions!