Daytime Shooting Star

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• Name — Daytime Shooting Star • Ja Kanji — ひるなかの流星 • Ja Romaji — Hirunaka no Ryūsei • Genre — Romance

• Type — manga • Author — Mika Yamamori • Publisher — Shueisha • Imprint — Margaret Comics • Magazine — Margaret • First — May 20, 2011 • Last — November 5, 2014 • Volumes — 13

• Title — Live-action film 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 adaptation of the same name was released in 2017, as well as a collaboration clothing line with Earth Music & Ecology in 2014.

Suzume Yosano's parents move to Bangladesh when her father's position gets relocated, while Suzume herself moves to Tokyo to live with her uncle, Yukichi. On the way to her uncle's house, Suzume gets lost and is helped by a stranger. She later learns on her first day of school that the stranger is her homeroom teacher, Satsuki Shishio.

• Suzume Yosano • Played by: Mei Nagano • Suzume is the main protagonist who moved from the countryside to Tokyo to live with her uncle when she goes to high school. She is in love with Mamura and confesses to him, which he accepts, after which they begin to date. • Satsuki Shishio • Played by: Shohei Miura • Satsuki is Suzume's homeroom teacher who has a crush on Suzume. After she confesses to him for a second time, he agrees to secretly date her. However, by the time they are getting back together, Suzume is already dating Mamura. • Daiki Mamura • Played by: Alan Shirahama • Mamura is Suzume's classmate who sits in front of her. Being a gynophobe, Suzume uses it to blackmail him into being her friend. His appearance was based on model Kentaro Sakaguchi. • Yuyuka Nekota • Played by: Maika Yamamoto • Yuyuka is a blunt girl with a hard time of getting along with other classmates. She hides behind a cute exterior that is friendly and outgoing in order to make friends. Initially, Yuyuka was only pretending to be nice to get closer to Mamura, but the two later become honest friends. She eventually confesses to him, who rejects her, saying that he has feelings for Suzume. • Nana Kameyoshi • Played by: Shieri Ohata • Nana is one of Suzume's classmates. • Monika Tsurutani • Played by: Rina Koyama • Monika is Suzume's half-Japanese classmate who later begins dating Manabu Inukai. • Manabu Inukai • Manabu is Suzume's classmate who serves as class president. He later begins dating Monika Tsurutani. • Togyuu Minagawa • Togyuu is Suzume's upperclassmen who can be a bit of a playboy and is interested in Yuyuka. • Yukichi KumamotoYukichi Kumamoto • Played by: Ryuta Sato • Yukichi is Suzume's unmarried uncle who runs a café and is friends with Shishio.

Daytime Shooting Star is written and illustrated by Mika Yamamori. The series first was announced on May 3, 2011. The manga was serialized in the bi-weekly magazine Margaret from May 20, 2011, to November 2014. The chapters were later released in bound volumes by Shueisha under the Margaret Comics imprint. In honor of the 50th anniversary of Margaret, Yamamori collaborated with Momoko Koda, the author of No Longer Heroine, to release the crossover comic Heroine Shooting Star. Heroine Shooting Star was released in Mini Margaret, a booklet that was distributed as a magazine gift in the May 20, 2013 issue of Margaret. In 2014, Yamamori collaborated with Suu Morishita, the author of Like a Butterfly, to produce two crossover comics, Hibi Shooting Star and Daytime Chōchō. Wanting to promote the live-action movie, Yamamori released Daytime Shooting Star: Side Story Blue in the February 3, 2017 issue of Margaret. It was followed up by Daytime Shooting Star: Side Story Red in the March 28, 2017 issue of Margaret. In 2018, Viz Media announced at the New York Comic Con that they were licensing the series for English distribution, with all comics being published under the Shojo Beat imprint.