Twinkle stars, Tome 5

星は歌う [Hoshi wa Utau] #5

by Natsuki Takaya

En entendant la voix fébrile de Chihiro au téléphone qui préfère annuler leur soirée, Sakuya comprend que quelque chose ne va pas et décide de lui rendre visite. Celui-ci lui ouvre alors son coeur et lui raconte son passé douloureux. Les deux adolescents sont plus proches que jamais.
Mais quelle n’est pas sa surprise lorsque Sakuya apprend l’existence de la petite amie de Chihiro ! Qui est elle donc ?

Genres: Manga, Romance, Shojo, Young Adult

192 pages, Paperback

First published May 25, 2009

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

[Sarah Couture · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5. On en apprend davantage sur le passé de Chihiro ce qui nous permet de mieux comprendre ses comportements. J’ai été très touchée par cette explication.

[Adrienne · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the volume where we finally learn about Aoi's past, and I won't spoil anything, but let me just say that it's really depressing, and once again, Takaya deals very realistically with the emotions and inner psychology of her characters.

[Mladoria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ce tome 5 est centré sur le passé de Chihiro. On y apprend enfin pourquoi il a un caractère si ambivalent. Son histoire est très émouvant et laisse un poids au cœur une fois le tome fini.

C'est un tome très émouvant le personnage de Sakura est assez excentrique mais le dessin retranscrit à merveille le côté à fleur de peau. Beaucoup de réponses dans ce tome mais le dénouement est encore loin d'être clair. On en apprend aussi un peu plus sur Sei et sa "famille", assez sombre au demeurant.

[Luz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Demasiado dramón... Menudo tomo. Espero que la cosa se vuelva más positiva de aquí en adelante porque vaya tela. Alguien lo ha leído?? 💮

[Alexis · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have always preferred stories that focus on the inner character.

[Naiara · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5⭐

#muchodrama

[Hardian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Akhirnya salah satu motif masalah inti dari cerita ini dibeberkan, langsung (hampir) keseluruhannya tanpa hanya menampilkan hints-hints saja.

Jujur saja tadinya aku mau ngasih 3 bintang saja. Aku pribadi memang kurang suka kalimat-kalimat dramatis yang diungkapkan dalam percakapan, mengingatkan sama penyederhanaan masalah di anime Kokoro Connect yang menyelesaikan masalah-masalahnya dengan 'bersahut-sahutan' menyuarakan idealisme masing-masing. Di volume-volume sebelumnya aku bisa menerima dengan baik kalimat-kalimat yang sebenarnya juga termasuk ciri khas Natsuki Takaya ini karena kebanyakan kalimat tersebut diucapkan dalam hati yang hasilnya menampilkan konflik batin yang kompleks. Untungnya banyak dari isi percakapan dramatis itu bukan nasehat-nasehat "tidak semudah yang diucapkan", seperti di anime Kokoro Connect, melainkan ungkapan konflik batin yang sudah gak bisa dibendung lagi dalam hati.

Tapi akhirnya aku berbalik merasa puas tepat satu halaman sebelum halaman terakhir. Volume ini mempunyai ending twist yang melegakan, dan aku yang dulunya selalu menganggap kepura-puraan Chihiro terhadap Saku terlalu dipaksakan, akhirnya mendapatkan penjelasan yang memuaskan, hence the four twinkle stars.

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

Oh, finalmente si legge qualcosa di interessante in questa serie...

Dai, è stato il primo numero che ho letto tutto d'un fiato perché ero veramente interessata a vedere cosa stava succedendo. Si parla del passato di Aoi, in questo volume.

Decisamente interessante. E non vedo l'ora di leggere il successivo. E neanche questo era mai successo prima con questa serie.

[Usagi Tsukino · Rating 4 out of 5]

This review is for the Italian edition.

[bakanekonomama · Rating 4 out of 5]

Masa lalunya Chihiro mulai terungkap.. Kelam.. Gelap.. Dan menyakitkan...

[Cosmos Atrosanguineus · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5

[Francine Soleil · Rating 5 out of 5]

We finally get to see Chihiro's dark past. And how heartbreaking it was.