I have no regrets going back to this story, coz even though Shizume is indecisive she still got things cleared up in the end, and that's good. i have no further complains.

I just felt bad for Shishio though, the man who got two beers.

wth with the ending ??!!
rushed!!!!!
the title in this manga is " day time shooting star " should be shishio right? or am i wrong??
i agree with the quote for shishio " i had a manga named after me and all i got was two beer "

... Last updated on November 4th, 2014, 6:48pm

Sorry. Not sorry. I don't feel like accepting it willingly so I won't. For me, it completely fails as a great shoujo manga.

Hirunaka no Ryuusei started out as something refreshing. A series that echoed similarities to Ao Haru Ride but also had its own charm and standing that differed from it. The problem was that it fell to the pits and never made it back up again. Understand that it has nothing to do with who was endgame (okay, no, it does, but only because the whole point of this comment is about about Mika-sensei's lack of writing skills which lead to the ending, which is the endgame). Character development is almost nonexistent (unless you kind of count Shishio). Heck, the main character, where character growth is THE most important, does not grow. No character reached the height of their possible growth and that's just how it ends.

I initially stopped my reading when it became angsty. Turns out, it never stopped being angsty. And not the well written kind either. I will not finish this. I refuse to until I can bring myself to comprehend what just happened in the end (which will be never as I can't come to terms with it). I and a bunch of other fans had high hopes. Too bad the execution was painfully poor all the way through because the premise was extremely promising. Such wasted potential. Even till the end, nothing but dust. It could have been amazing but it fell to be less than mediocre. Mika-sensei, if you planned it like that in the first place, you should have made it more believable. Rushed. Unbelievable. Unacceptable.

I'll quote miwacarroll from tumblr. (If you haven't read her post about the last chapter, you should.)



Make your plot twist, that's fine. However, don't go stringing your readers and your characters like beads around one direction (and it feels so natural too in that direction) and then right exactly before you top off the story, you go smacking everyone in the other direction and you force us to accept it or leave it. Well I, for one, am leaving it. The endgame was planned already so, you should have made it natural. How careless of you to make to get all the crap simply because you were biased over another character. If so, you shouldn't have made him such a big part of HnR because you tossed him away like a used napkin. Honestly, you as a creator of them and their world, you should have been more mindful of how you developed the story, their story. Utterly disappointing.

For those who could bring themselves to last through the muck that was Vampire Knight, just to get to the end, you'll find yourself feeling a similar feeling that spawned as you read VK as you read the end of HnR. This feeling is the offspring of the feelings you felt reading VK. Be warned. Satisfaction not guaranteed.

@shoutoshiro. I'm guessing you liked my comment so much that you decided to rehash it in yours. I'll take that as an implied compliment. /wink

edit; I'll pose a question. For those of you who enjoyed it, good for you. to each his own.

edit;; Have you read the extra about Shishio? This is where the ultimate flaw in her writing is uncovered even more, where her fail at developing her characters is so blatantly obvious. How laughable.


... Last updated on February 15th, 2015, 10:47pm

I loved this manga until chapter 76.
It crushed my heart to pieces and it made me realize there is no hope. The world will end and every single manga cliché will remain.
I hate the world, I hate sensei and I will more than likely hate Suzume in the next chapter.

Mamura you were a light of hope in the land of predictable shoujo. It was good while it lasted.

Goodbye world.

While the premise is unoriginal, it had the potential to become a really good series with great characterization. True enough, the author kept the story going for me with her characters until chapter 14 -- dropped it after that. The feeling I get from reading this manga reminds me very much of Ao Haru Ride, but their difference is that Ao Haru made me want to read the next chapter and with it comes the excitement of knowing what will happen next. Even though both have their cliche moments, Ao Haru executes it better in my opinion. If I didn't read Ao Haru first, and more recently Horimiya, I probably would have read more of this and given it a better rating.

... Last updated on September 30th, 2014, 3:59pm

Here. Love triangle is base on forced romance........which is .....sick.....not natural.....not my type....
.........plot is based on misunderstanding..............which is irritating ...and in unsolved ....
Here kindness is forced into romance .......
This manga failed to distinguish between friendship and love which is let down....

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.its like ,the person I love is not (always) kind so I will force to love other person because he is kind but can't get over other person ...

http://38.media.tumblr.com/a277926aadf97ebb3b4adc2b1f899f8c/tumblr_neitikvnAh1shk sruo1_1280.jpg


this made me puke....

... Last updated on November 4th, 2014, 10:36pm

I stopped reading shoujo because the couple I root for never ends up happening. -sighs-

I like Shishio and Mamura, and I really like Suzume. I wasn't impressed how in the beginning Suzume's country origins were emphasized and then later disregarded except for some kind of self-unawareness.

It's a decent shoujo. Very nice art, handsome guys. Even the girls with interesting hairstyles are actually a bit cute. Most of the characters will have your sympathy, and aren't completely one-dimensional.

I'm rooting for Mamura and Suzume. Do your best!!!

Edit: Just finished series. To be honest, I had dropped this with a few chapters to go. It was so boring, although I really enjoyed all the Mazume moments. I only ran through the latest chapters because I love the art.

Would I recommend? I would, but with a caution that it is a love it or hate it, and while at first breaks a lot of shoujo cliches, it also fails your expectations.

... Last updated on December 1st, 2014, 10:13pm

Rewriting for the impending ending:

The only redeeming factor of this is that the characters are all refreshing and likable. Suzume, the country mouse in a new city is really different from most of the shallow shoujo female leads and her foil, Yuyuka, is the perfect mix of sweet and sour. She starts off as the stereotypical b**ch but gets better along the way. Their friendship is nicely written out. While some may disagree I do think Shishio and Mamura are nice and likable characters. I think Mamura is a decent character but he has problems remaining as a static character without much development on his part. (So what happened with his missing mom that he has such a misogynistic view at the beginning?) Shishio is a more interesting character with his dynamic relationship with Suzume, who juxtaposes with his happy-go-lucky persona well. Like Mamura he faces some stasis in his character but does develop much more towards the later end chapter when he realizes his childish behavior and works to fix on it.

The problem with it is that the story introduces random scenarios to force actions to happen it and it doesn't seem natural or plausible to me. Also the writing got a bit messy and too dragged out with the included love triangle. I like all three main characters but not when they're placed into a stupid love triangle and having the two male leads "fight" over Suzume. I still think the beginning was the better part of the series; towards the end it gets to forced into this love triangle scenario that seemed unnecessary.

Edit ending: Hahaha super rushed and laughably bad writing along with it. I don't know what I expected.

... Last updated on November 4th, 2014, 11:56am

Ughhh this manga is really good. The current state of it is KILLING me rn but I really love this manga. I think the characters are my favorite thing about it.

The side characters, the main character, BOTH love interests, are well done and likable. I'm especially impressed at how much I love /both/ love interests because usually I just fall for the main guy and I want the side guy to leave lol. But Mamura is such a sweetheart and he's really a great guy so I really like him.

That said, I am a die-hard fan of a good age-gap manga and this one is no exception. I absolutely adore the character of Shishio-Sensei, I think he's amazing. And I am hoping that it's him who will end up with Suzume. At the same time, though, with just how good a character Mamura is, I want him to be happy. :') The impression that I get from him is that he's actually the male lead of a different shoujo manga and he got lost and wound up in this one. XD He is pretty great, but my two cents is that Shishio is better suited for Suzume.

Last note, for anyone considering this series:
I tore through all 70 chapters in about a day. It has a nice pace to it. It gives the side characters depth and story without distracting from the main storyline. The artwork is very pretty. (the guys are cute lol) The story is rly good and ugh. Imo everyone who's in the mood for a good shoujo manga should read it.

This manga is very refreshing for me, and is atypical of the shoujo genre (which is good).

The main character, for once, is admirably level-headed, and she doesn't have a passive stance when it comes to anything that disappoints her. She actively engages it and tries to solve her problems--that really makes me look up to her.

The guy characters are also relatable and enjoyable. I like both of them, and I'm kinda sad that one of them will be left slightly heartbroken.

the reason I'm not giving this a 10 is because, while it's good overall, it didn't leave too big of an impression on me--like Horimya did.

EDIT: just going back on this manga after a friend told me to reread parts of it. IT DID NOT LEAVE AN IMPRESSION at all... I totally forgot about everything pretty much.