Hikaru in the Light!
- Date
- 2021.
- Publisher
- Futabasha.
- Language
- Japanese.
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Key facts
• Ja Kanji — ひかるイン・ザ・ライト！ • Ja Romaji — Hikaru in za Raito! • Genre — * Comedy-drama • Slice of life
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Key facts
• Type — manga • Author — Mai Matsuda • Publisher — Futabasha • Imprint — Action Comics • Magazine — Manga Action • First — May 1, 2021 • Last — August 2, 2022 • Volumes — 4
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Key facts
• Portal — yes Hikaru in the Light! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mai Matsuda. It was serialized in Futabasha's seinen manga magazine Manga Action from May 2021 to August 2022, with its chapters collected in four tankōbon volumes.
Plot
Plot
Hikaru Ogino is a fourteen-year-old girl who sings oldies while mopping the floors of her grandfather's bathhouse. She is persuaded by her friend, a former idol named Ran Nishikawa, to audition for a demanding idol survival camp. She enters the intensely competitive program, which is designed to identify new musical talent through a series of challenging evaluations. In this rigorous environment, Hikaru must quickly adapt to professional training while facing accomplished rivals, a process that tests her innate talent and personal determination.
Publication
Publication
Written and illustrated by Mai Matsuda, Hikaru in the Light! was serialized in Futabasha's seinen manga magazine Manga Action from May 1, 2021, to August 2, 2022. Futabasha collected its chapters in four tankōbon volumes, released from September 28, 2021, to September 28, 2022. The manga has been licensed in English by KiraKira's digital manga service Azuki and started publishing the series on June 13, 2022. In August 2024, Azuki announced a partnership with Scholastic's imprint Graphix to release the series in print starting in March 2025.
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Hikaru in the Light! is associated with Japan.
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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. It is also recorded that zur Geschichte der subkutanen Injektionen und Injektabilia in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. The record continues: with the light.
Reception
The series was nominated at the Japan Society and Anime NYC's second American Manga Awards for Best New Manga in 2025. The series was included in the American Library Association's 2025 Best Fiction Graphic Novels for Middle Readers.
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