Suzume has moved to Tokyo and is living with her uncle. Suzume and Mamura enjoy some much-needed alone time in Okinawa. That is, until Suzume spots a guy who looks a lot like Mr. Shishio. Finally, the time has come for Suzume to confront her feelings once and for all. Who will she choose? Find out in the series’ dramatic conclusion!
Yay for Team Mamura as we finally won! And for Team Shisio? You guys need serious consultation regarding teen grooming and the legality of underage dating.
As Suzume understands in the end and for us readers from the get-go, Mamura was that constant beacon that she could always return to. Mamura despite his uncertainty around people in general, is a mature character. Far mature than his peers, and not surprisingly far more mature than Shisio himself who is a good a decade older than him. Sometimes love isn't always a furnace burning inside you, it's that slow melting of your heart. And that is how Mamura entered Suzume's heart. I am glad after all that trouble Suzume was able to find a person that she could feel comfortable with, someone warm by her side. As for Shisio, his actions were somewhat selfish till the end. Even with the time skip we see him still yearning for her but in a way, personally, for me, it does not seem like love but rather a selfishness. Then again love itself is meant to be selfish.
In the end, the story did wrap up well but I wish we could have seen more of Mamura and Suzume, especially with their families. The little Mamura family was the cutest and I would have loved to see their reactions to Mamura and Suzume.
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This is one of those Shoujo mangas that goes to my all-time favourite reads along with Ao Haru Ride, Kaichou wa Maid-sama and Horimiya. This story deviated from the usual student-teacher relationships that Japan seems to love basing their stories on. Yes, it's the second male lead for the win!!!!
Honestly from the beginning ever since Mamura was introduced I was low-key rooting for him and imagining my happiness when they did start to date. It was of course short-lived. The story truly took my emotions on a death valley roller coaster ride. When our author brought about the twist at the last chapters I was thinking that Suzume might actually go back to Shishio. Although they did give me the butterflies while they were together, Shishio's indecisiveness really made my blood boil. As Mamaura said, he was always taking the wrong decisions at the wrong times. Sometimes his decisions made him even look less mature than Mamura himself. One of the reasons it made me really not ship them was after the talk Shishio had with Suzume's uncle and how quickly his decision changed. Although he did make it seem like he was helping Suzume in the end he was only saving himself by hurting her. Although Shihio was Suzume's first love, in the end, the person standing by her side all the time, protecting her and supporting her was Mamura.
It was indeed a beautiful journey for Suzume that we were able to observe as she grew up. This story is about adolescence and how we grow as a person during that time. With loyal friends and family who support you, there is nothing you cannot withstand. The epilogue was a beautiful addition although I am sad that we did not see Mamura's and Suzume's wedding or babies. With Mamura's temperament and Suzume's wackiness, I am sure they will have an eventful married life.
bitches be crying. I’m bitches. also I don’t wanna be that girl but I’ve been a Mamura girly since book 1. So like I definitely called the ending of this. Everything aside, I honestly did not expect this at all tho. I fr thought shishio’d win and I was so fucking pissed ab that but THIS MADE UP FOR IT. I HAVE BEEN GETTING SPOILT THESE LAST FEW VOLUMES OMFG. Mamura is the new manga loml (I’m sorry kou)
Honestly, the ending just pisses me off. But you know what, I get what Yamamori-san was trying to do. I like how this manga series isn't so 'fictional', you know what I mean? I like how you can easily relate to the stuffs that goes on in these character's life.
It's refreshing.
But damn you! I was really hoping that Suzume would end up with Shishio but uhhhhhhhh ;^;
I was hella mad when it finally hit me that Suzume isn't going to be together with Sensei, but I get it. Slowly, I begin to understand that, life isn't always going to turn out the way we want it to. Not everyone will end up together with their first love(s).
Either ways, this was an amaaaaaazing manga series! <3
This is exactly why i love romance! That ending just did it for me! WOW! I have no words! This author just couldn`t keep away from Mamura once she introduced him to us...this handsome, blunt,cold (but secretly shy) young blonde man who always went after his heart even after Suzume once rejected him! He is only a teenager,but more the man than that teacher "Sensei" ever was! No wonder Suzume eventually falls for him!
Amo amo amo amo este manga. De los mejores shoujo que he leído ❤️ Irónico pero tierno. Me encanta que cada capítulo haya sido capaz de sorprenderme y el final... asdfghjkl (pierdo la capacidad de crear oraciones coherentes cuando pienso en ese final).
Justo lo que mi negro pero blando corazón necesitaba.
It was a real risk for a shoujo manga to take the stance that the first love isn't necessarily the true love, and I really respect Mika Yamamori for it.
It's my favorite shoujo manga. Definitely. It's funny, sweet, romantic, and heartbreaking. I love the characters, and the beeeeauuutiful art. Im pretty shocked of it's unexpected ending. But i think the ending was just right.
Jest 23:39 i skończyłam czytać ostatni tom... Nie mogłabym sobie wymarzyć lepszej lektury na zakończenie swojego czytelniczego wyzwania 💖 Wiem, że powinnam liczyć wszystkie tomy jako jedną całość albo w ogóle jej nie wliczać - ale chce!! Do tego skoro Goodreads mi zalicza to ma racje! 😂❤️ To co ja przeżyłam czytając Gwiazdę spadająca za dnia to jakiś obłęd. Przeżywałam wszystko razem z bohaterami i bardzo często doprowadzali mnie oni do szału! Dopiero teraz zdaję sobie sprawę jak autorka mną zmanipulowała podczas tej całej mojej przygody, przez co jestem niesamowicie usatysfakcjonowana 🥰 Dla mnie dobra książka/serial/manga/film/etc jest wtedy gdy po jej zakończeniu będę się uśmiechać. Do teraz uśmiech mi nie schodzi z twarzy! Okej te moje wypociny mogą nie mieć sensu, ale proszę o zrozumienie. Właśnie skończyłam czytać zajebistą mangę i mam prawo paplać od rzeczy 😂
Bueno, voy a ser honesta: nunca hubiera leído esta manga si no sabía de antemano que la protagonista no se quedaba con el profesor. La historia en si fue lo suficientemente entretenida como para mantenerme enganchada por 78 capítulos, pero el personaje del profesor como prospecto amoroso fue un big no from me. I just know que, si no hubiera tenido ningún spoiler de antemano, no habría podido haber aguantado la incertidumbre y habría abandonado el manga.
Algo que no me gustó nada fue el tío de la protagonista perdonando al profe ??? tipo POR QUÉ hermano tenías toda la razón del mundo de enojarte con tu “amigo” porque se la estaba chamuyando a tu underaged sobrina; entonces ¿por qué pensarías “I feel like I came between them”? !!!!!! THANK GOD you did or I would’ve called the cops
Overall: no fue un mal shoujo, pero no lo recomendaría ni loca.
It's more like a 4.75 (since it's above 4.5 I'm gonna round up). This series was wonderful, I finished fairly quickly and zoomed through all the chapters. There is a love triangle (larger than a triangle at one point but we will not mention that) and I honestly liked both of the love interests. Usually, I lean more towards one love interest than the other but in this one I was fairly split down the middle and caught myself routing for both sides! :) Honestly, I wasn't expecting her to choose the love interest she chose but I am SOOO HAPPPYYYY she did... but with that being said, I also want to cry about her not being with the other love interest... the problem with liking both love interests is that your ship sails and sinks at the same time..
I really wanted this manga to sustain the amazingness of the first 7 volumes but it didn't. Volume 7's ending was amazing and powerful but the events occurring after it didn't feel real. Suzume suddenly getting with Mamura and deciding she likes him and ultimately choosing him at the end just didn't feel real. It was evident that Suzume still really liked Shishio and the fact that she wouldn't listen to his true feelings showed this super clearly. Her reasoning about this to Mamura felt contrived. Yes I was always a Shishio fan but I liked Mamura and would have been happy with Suzume and Mamura ending if it felt convincing. In the end i'm left with a ??? feeling and dissatisfaction; a feeling that is similar to when I finished mass effect 3 (and the train wreck that was that ending). Volumes 1-7 were a 5/5. Volumes 8-12 I would give 3/5 at a push.
This manga gave me so many feels. At moments I had such a warm feeling in my heart that I would even smile on the subway while reading it but at the same time some parts were so frustrating!
An undeniable truth: We don't deserve Mamura, he's a national treasure.
School trip! Yes, it’s time to hit Okinawa and scandalize the boys while hitting the beach. Suzume and Mamura are dating, but there’s the hint that things lie unfinished with Shishio. When disaster(-ish) strikes, where will Suzume go and when she gets there... what will she do?
And that is how you end a series. There’s so much left up in the air here and I love that there’s no flash forward or a bloody wedding to put a period on the sentence. No, you get the ending that you need and the fluff can wait.
Basically what happens here is that our leads grow up (sort-of unrelated but shout out to the parallel panels of them getting ready for their date). Suzume is still hung up on the ‘what-if’ of Shishio and the slightest reminder of him is driving her to distraction. She’s also hiding all this from Mamura.
Except she’s not. Mamura’s not an idiot (minus his extreme distaste for women, but he’s getting better) and he knows something is wrong. And he does the only thing he can do for Suzume, which is listen and then, well, he makes his own choice (there’s an adage about how if you love something that you would do well to reference at this point).
This was a great moment, arguably the best moment. Mamura loves Suzume no matter what and he knows that if she won’t be happy here then she would be better off somewhere else. The resignation in the poor guy is palpable and I love how this scene conveys so much and pushes Suzume along.
What it does not do, notably, is strip Suzume of her agency. All the decisions here are hers and her ultimate choice is completely at her own discretion and when she finally, truly figures out that love can be many things, it’s really nice. I just finished Shortcake Cake, where the lead was slowly turned into a fawning fangirl who existed just for her man, and this couldn’t be more different (and better).
I won’t spoil what ultimately happens, but since I am not coming for this book with a torch and a pitchfork I believe it might be a little obvious. Still, the payoff at the end is as sweet a moment (capped off with one great parting blast from Yuyuka) as this book has done.
Our side characters don’t get too much to do - Yuyuka gets the bulk of it, including a lovely coda to her own story (with a fun ending panel that’s cute because of who isn’t present in it). She’s pushy but I loved her character arc through this entire series - she definitely causes all the fan service this volume with her usual aplomb (poor Suzume).
Shishio exists, yep, and say what you will, he remains true to himself straight to the end. By which I mean, an idiot. He plotted a course and stuck to it, morality be damned. Honestly I think he gets let off a little easily in the end (there is entirely less punching than I think he deserved), but he sadly won’t be the first predator to do so.
4 stars. A lovely end to a great book. You don’t often see a book that starts off in some crazy problematic territory and turns a complete 180 by the end and this was a delightful twelve volumes of a bunch of well-realized, enjoyable characters (and Shishio). It’s not an all-time great for me, but it’s very nearly there and I will definitely return to it in the future.
THIS IS MY MOST HATED MANGA OF ALL TIME!!!!!! HAVE READ IT YEARS AGO AND I CAN’T STILL MOVE ON FROM THE SHOCK AND DISAPPOINTMENT I FELT. The story was good but the ending sucks. Why? Because the author tricked me. Why you do that? Why you do that to my sensei? All along I thought sensei and suzume will get back together and hoped and prayed until the very end. This had me crying all night. 😭😭😭😭
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I can't believe this was the final volume. I loved the other volumes but felt that I didn't care for this final volume.
I preferred the ship I chose. Not whom she ended up with. Yes, he helped her through alot but she didn't give the other guy much time to truly be in a relationship with. Felt all this hype and then realize the ending and just wanted to throw the book across the room.
It was amazing, the characters, the design, the plot it was worth the 5 stars. But most of all I really liked the unexpected ending. It was a moment when I really started crying
IF I COULD I'D BE SCREAMING BECAUSE THIS END GUYS WAS EVERYTHING. MY SHIP HAS SAILED AND IS SOLID. I REPEAT. MY SHIP HAS SAILED AND IS SOLID. I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY IF YOU CAN'T TELL ALREADY. 4.75
The series started off kinda so-so. Honestly when I finished reading the first couple of volumes, I still had some reservations if I should continue reading this story. To be honest, I am NOT a fan of reading student-teacher relationships. Nonethless, I'm so glad I trudged on. The series started with the focus on Suzume and Shishio-Sensei's relationship at the first few volumes. And while it was okay, you can also see how Mamura had a thing for Suzume. By the time the first half was done, the series focused now on Suzume and Mamura's relationship, this time with Shishio pining for her. Overall, I felt that the pacing of the story was cleverly done. One of my main problems whenever I'm reading a shoujo manga is that the mangaka tends to try making the series longer than it really should be. I am glad I did not feel that way while reading this series at all. Another one of my main problems is the opposite, in which the mangaka tries to end the manga suddenly and leave a lot of unanswered questions. Again, I am glad I did not have that problem here. I felt the mangaka focused sufficiently on the relationship of Suzume and Shishio, and then giving ample amounts of focus on the growing relationship of Suzume and Mamura. In addition, a shoujo series tends to end with the first lead and SPOILER ALERT: I'm glad that the MC ended with the second lead, which I wholeheartedly believe was the correct choice.
Overall, I am so glad I continued reading this manga and you can definitely expect me to try continuing to read Yamamori-sensei's other work, Tsubaki-chou and the Lonely Planet . Indeed, reading Yamamori-sensei's work does not disappoint. Domo arigato gozaimasu for this great series, Yamamori-sensei!
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Ha... bueno finalmente terminé de leer esto, y me siento feliz por Mamura y Yosano que sean felices juntos, pero hubo puntos de la historia que no me gustaron y se fueron acumulando. como:
- Todo el foco que le dieron al romance de Shishio y Yosano, siento que desde el primer momento en que terminaron las cosas así lo hubieran dejado, Pero NOO tuvieron que agregarle más drama a la cosa y yo sufría MÁS. - La diferencia de edad entre Yosano y Shishio, lo odieee porque sabía desde el primer momento en que esto no iba a funcionar. - Me siento mal por Mamura, por momentos lo sentí migajero jajajaja porque empezar una relación cuando sabes que tu pareja aún tiene sentimientos por otro, y que sabes que ella puede dejarte en cualquier momento :/, que feo ha de ser eso. - Y a la vez Yosano lo vió como la segunda opción y aunque fuera la mejor, no quita que ella pudo haber elegido al profesor mientras ellos aún andaban. Así que no, empezar una relación cuando aún no puedes olvidar a alguien más no es sano, ni para ti, ni mucho menos para la otra parte.
Y bueno, este manga me mantuvo entretenida mucho tiempo, me reí y también lloré ( mucho jajaja) entendí el final, entendí que así terminarían las cosas y es lo más sano y moralmente correcto.
Pero no voy a negar que yo sí quería que Yosano y Shishio quedarán juntos, pero aunque me costó que rompieran, acepté que no podían, por la diferencia de edad, por las diferentes etapas que estaban viviendo. Y difiero algo con las que dicen " que repulsivo" porque se ve a leguas que Shishio respetaba mucho a Yosano y yo sé que hubieran llevado las cosas lentamente, además esto es ficción, la autora sabía lo que hacía, nunca nos dió a un Shishio 'malvado' o manipulador, pervertido, controlador o etc, todo lo contrario :) .
Pero aa mejor me callo jajaja, esta es mi opinión y no pienso dialogar con nadie sobre esto.
Et voilà le dernier tome de Daytime shooting star… ou du moins la fin de l’histoire avant le tome bonus. Et je me dis que c’est plutôt chouette d’avoir un petit peu de rab parce que je sens que quitter nos héros va me laisser un peu tristounette. Ce fut vraiment une découverte très chouette, et clairement je vais suivre Mika Yamamori de près.
Je ne m’attendais pas vraiment à ce qu’il se passe dans ce tome, mais je trouve que c’était une excellente idée. Mika Yamamori permet de donner une fin aboutie à chacun de ses personnages et cela sur une notre positive et pleine d’espoir. Et clairement, c’est le genre de conclusion que j’attends de mes lectures, et encore plus des shojos.
Nos héros sont donc partis à Okinawa pour une voyage scolaire. C’est vraiment sympa de les voir en dehors de l’école. Ils sont un peu plus libres et surtout cela change. C’est aussi l’occasion pour Mamura et Suzumé de passer un peu de temps ensemble et d’affirmer un peu plus leur relation.
Ils sont absolument adorables. Encore une fois Mika Yamamori arrive à retranscrire parfaitement les premiers sentiments amoureux et tout ce qui en découle. On les voit gênés, surtout quand sur la plage les maillots de bain sont de sortie, et en même temps, on sent que l’un comme l’autre ont envie de se rapprocher. C’est timide et maladroit…. Et on a tellement envie de les prendre dans nos bras tellement ils sont mignons à croquer. J’avoue que même si le parcours a été très sympa à voir, j’aurais aimé voir la relation entre Mamura et Suzumé « durer » plus longtemps, mais je me contenterais de ce que l’on a.
Mamura… je crois qu’il a fait descendre tous les autres héros de leur piédestal… La maturité du gamin… sa retenue, son sens de l’observation, la déclaration qu’il nous fait… Chouchou à 100% ! Autant, j’ai tout de suite accroché avec Suzumé, autant Mamura et Yuyuka ont été des découvertes extra plus plus. Cette dernière ayant des apparitions toujours aussi poilantes dans ce dernier tome d’ailleurs. J’adore quand des personnages dont on ne soupçonnait pas le potentiel prennent autant de place dans notre petit cœur.
Et puis il y a comme je le disais cette conclusion par rapport aux sentiments de Suzumé. C’est très bien amené et j’ai trouvé que l’idée était superbe. Il y a un apaisement, une communication qui font que tous les protagonistes finissent par trouver un équilibre bien mérité. Une fin mignonne à souhait que j’ai trouvé parfaite.
Et clairement finir une saga avec ce sentiment, c’est plutôt chouette !
I enjoyed this series. I was all about Shishio and when the ending was spoiled, and my ship sank, I had a hard time wanting to finish this story. But I recently reread the entire series and I now see it from the other side. I was attracted to Shishio personally and it helps that I’m older than his character lol. But he’s not for Suzume. I feel like they would’ve done well as a couple if there were no age gap but alas, that’s not how it happened. Mamura was the better choice because she’s more comfortable around him. He doesn’t make her feel insecure. Also the biggest factor, they’re both children. They should enjoy their youth and firsts with each other.
Overall, I enjoyed this story. I am absolutely in love with the art. The characters are fantastic as well. The ending I would’ve preferred was that some years after Suzume graduates , she runs into Shishio again. And now that they’re both adults and she’s had some relationship experience, they reconnect. Their relationship/friendship didn’t have to be over forever just because they couldn’t be together right away. Sometimes it takes time... Years seem so long to high schoolers but it really does fly by when you’re an adult.
One last thing.... Can we please please PLEASE get an English publication of Tsubaki Cho Lonely Planet?!?! I love that series even more than this one!
Listen, this series took me on a roller coaster of thoughts and emotions.
I liked Mamura and Shishio both quite a lot. But I spent a lot of time rooting for Mamura even though, in my head, he was quite clearly the second male lead and therefore wouldn't get the girl. Which is pretty much par for the course when it comes to my taste in shojo manga men.
SO IMAGINE MY SURPRISE THAT IN THIS BOOK SHE TURNS DOWN SHISHIO and his confession because she's decided that Mamura was the one she belongs with because he's been her rock for forever. I was literally so happy I cried. But then I was so sad for Shishio... Because, like, he didn't do anything wrong. He wasn't bad or mean or anything like that (well, except you know, trying to get into a relationship with a minor...) But he took it well.
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Ayyy mi corazón. Shishio tuvo su final feliz, quizá no con Suzume, pero lo tuvo con alguien más y eso deja a mi corazoncito feliz. Al ser segunda vez que leo el manga tuve sentimientos encontrados, principalmente porque me perturbó que el romance de una estudiante de 16 años y su profesor de 24 me haya gustado tantísimo la primera vez, y ahora solo pienso que Shishio fue un muy mal adulto y profesional al permitir que avanzara tan lejos. Por otro lado, ahora mi favorito es obviamente Mamura Daiki, es que, es lo más lindo del mundo, tan tiernito y aaaa precioso el niño ese. Volvería a leer de nuevo el manga? Quizá, la verdad no lo sé sjsj. Pero sin duda es uno de mis shojos favoritos.
¡Pero qué final! Por un momento pensé que la protagonista tomaría cierta decisión que no me gustaba mucho. Sin embargo, solo fue el susto, a las páginas me di cuenta que la autora estaba jugando conmigo y Suzume haría lo más sensato (a mi parecer).
En general, me gustó mucho la historia y las líneas de romance en ellas; igualmente, me reí en varías escenas, el factor comedia está muy bueno a lo largo de los tomos y eso se agradece.
“Once the haze cleared and I took a good look at my empty heart what I found wasn’t someone who would hurt me but someone I would never want to hurt.”
I absolutely adored the final volume to the manga series daytime shooting star! it was so cute and just what I wanted and needed for for conclusion. It just felt so mature with the hints of funny we’ve seen throughout the novels. And suzume ended up with the guy I wanted her to! Ugh love love love. So sad it’s over but I believe there’s going to be a novella type volume. And I’ll definitely be reading more Mika Yamamori in the future!
Review for the whole series. 4☆ It was beautiful. A bummer it was only 12 volumes. I kept looking for more pages but there were none. It is perfect for when you're looking for a light romance to read with not much unnecessary drama and likeable characters. I loved Suzume but I think I was more drawn to Yuyuka. Nonetheless Suzume's expressions were so dang cute and I absolutely loved the friendship between her and Yuyuka. Daiki and Daichi were too adorable. I wished to see some more interaction of him and his family. As for Shishio I don't really know. I'm kind of in a conflict as to what exactly feel about him. Daiki was more mature than Shishio and no one can tell me otherwise.