Stardust Wink


Stardust Wink is a Japanese manga series by Nana Haruta. Stardust Wink was serialized in the monthly List of [manga magazines|manga magazine] Ribon from the February 2009 issue to the February 2013 issue.

Plot

Anna Koshiro is childhood friends with Sou Nagase and Hinata Tokura, the most popular boys in school, and because of this, everyone assumes that she will date either of them eventually. Anna, however, wants to keep their relationship platonic, but the friendship between the three changes when Sou admits that he has always been in love with her, while she comes to terms with her being in love with Hinata.

Characters

Main characters

;Anna Koshiro
;Sou Nagase
;Hinata Tokura

Apartment residents

;Beni Ichihara
;Mashiro Ichihara
;Rin Nagase

Middle school classmates

;Hime Suzui
;Rui Arisaka
;Enomoto
;Kurumi Mochizuki
;Mari Kobayashi

High school classmates

;Nanoka Saeki
;Ayane Aso
;Hinata Kazami

Media

Manga

Stardust Wink is written and illustrated by Nana Haruta. It was serialized in the monthly manga magazine Ribon from the February 2009 issue released on December 29, 2008, to the February 2013 issue released on December 28, 2012. The chapters were later released in 11 bound volumes by Shueisha under the Ribon Mascot Comics imprint. The first-press edition of each book came with a character file bookmark.
In 2010, Haruta published a spin-off side story in Margaret, which was later compiled in volume 6. After the series' run, Haruta published another spin-off side story titled Sekai de Ichiban Semai Hoshi in the 2013 Winter Daizōkan edition of Ribon Special, which focused on Mashiro and Rin, and was later published in volume 1 of Tsubasa to Hotaru.

Audio drama

During the series' run, a vomic was released on Shueisha's website on May 13, 2011, which adapted the first chapter. The vomic was also later released as a magazine gift on DVD with the June 2012 issue of Ribon on May 1, 2012.

Reception

Volume 3 debuted at #20 on Oricon and sold 32,848 copies in its first week. Volume 4 debuted at #23 on Oricon and sold 35,637 copies in its first week. Volume 5 debuted at #9 on Oricon and sold 29,919 copies in its first week. Volume 6 debuted at #13 on Oricon and sold 29,414 copies in its first week and 56,212 copies overall. Volume 7 debuted at #11 on Oricon and sold 29,580 copies in its first week. Volume 8 debuted at #16 on Oricon and sold 42,534 copies in its first week. Volume 9 debuted at #24 on Oricon and 30,549 copies in its first week. Volume 10 debuted at #24 on Oricon and sold 27,122 copies in its first week and 56,643 copies overall. Volume 11 debuted at #29 on Oricon and sold 43,226 copies in its first week.