Twinkle Stars
Twinkle Stars, also known as Twinkle Stars Like Singing a Song, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsuki Takaya, the author of Fruits Basket. It was serialized by Hakusensha from 5 June 2007 to 20 January 2011 in the manga magazine Hana to Yume, with serial chapters collected in eleven volumes under the Hana to Yume Comics imprint. The manga is licensed for an English-language release in North America by Yen Press. An audio drama CD based on the series was released in Japan on 24 February 2010.
Plot
Sakuya Shiina is the president of a star-gazing club at her high school. On her eighteenth birthday, she receives a pink dress from Chihiro, a handsome and mysterious boy around her age who suddenly appears at her birthday party. She initially believes that Chihiro is a friend of Kanade, her guardian, but she later learns that Kanade had invited him to the party thinking that he was her boyfriend. Kanade then becomes offended for being deceived, but Sakuya becomes even more intrigued by Chihiro. She finally gets her chance to meet Chihiro again, and during a discussion about the stars, Chihiro suddenly exclaims that he hates Sakuya and disappears once again. Sakuya becomes even more troubled when, a few days later, Chihiro suddenly enrolls at her school and becomes a classmate. As the story goes on, Sakuya's feelings towards Chihiro grows, and Chihiro starts warming up to her.Characters
;Sakuya Shiina;Chihiro Aoi
;Kanade Miyako
;Yuuri Murakami
;Hijiri Honjou
;Saki
;Shizuka Kutani
;Yuuto Murakami
;Sakura Amamiya
;Yuichi Aoi
Media
Manga
Twinkle Stars was written and illustrated by Natsuki Takaya. It was serialized by Hakusensha in the shōjo manga| manga magazine Hana to Yume from 5 June 2007 to 20 January 2011. Its sixty-five untitled chapters have been collected in eleven volumes in Japan, published by Hakusensha under the Hana to Yume Comics imprint.The series was originally licensed for an English-language release in Singapore by Chuang Yi; this edition was distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment. It went out-of-print when Chuang Yi ceased operations in 2014. Yen Press announced they licensed the series for an English-language release in North America in 2015; the company published five omnibus volumes from 2016 to 2018. Twinkle Stars is also licensed in France by Delcourt, in Germany by Carlsen Comics, in Italy by Panini Comics, in Spain by Norma Editorial, in Brazil by Panini Comics, and in Taiwan by Tong Li Publishing.