Twinkle Stars, Vol. 1 (Twinkle Stars, 1) Paperback – Illustrated, November 22, 2016

Reading this reminds me of all the feels of Fruits Basket. The author has an amazing way of connecting the characters emotions with the reader in a way that feels relatable . I always read her work when I want to feel a little less alone in the world.The story is interesting and kept me on my toes. I can't wait to see how the story evolves.

Ahhh, I love this book so much! Saku is the main character who you just can't help but fall in love with! For all who have read anything from the author, she's alittle like Tohru from the author's previous series, Fruit Baskets, but Saku has her own way of thinking about things. I recommend reading the series!

I'm so glad to see this officially printed! Natsuki Takaya is an iconic manga artist, known best for Fruit's Basket. Her style remains similar aesthetic wise and if you love her art, which I do, you'll love this series.

I'm so happy that Natsuki Takaya has decided to produce more manga! I'm really enjoying Twinkle Stars and look foward to reading more of this amazing work! I hope that she's able to make a anime out of this series like she did with Fruits Basket.

In love with the author's work, so I was excited to see another type of series.

Such a good series

Finally printed copy <3

It started off really well in the first two volumes, the first omnibus. There was mystery and Chihiro was actually two sided. Chihiro meets Kanade on Saku's birthday. He's holding a present, and when he meets Kanade, he tells him he's her boyfriend. Saku comes home and meets Chihiro for the first time. She thinks he's Kanade's close friend and Kanade thinks he's her boyfriend.She finds out later that that's not the case. He's neither her boyfriend nor a close friend of Kanade. He's unwilling to be who he really is. He tells her he can be anyone she wants to him be, other than himself. So I thought the writing was really good at the beginning. This would be as good as Fruits Basket.I thought the series would talk about duality within people, how we have who we wanted to be perceived as and who we really are. It'd explore the roles we play in our daily lives. It depicts bullying in a really subtle way and explores the dark side of people, even within a classroom.This first volume would honestly be the best part of the whole series.That fact was too much is revealed too fast and Chihiro loses his edge. He loses what made him difficult to approach. Chihiro becomes bland. Before, he was sarcastic and rather rude, but blunt and honest. He's not willing to reveal anything about his life in Tokyo. His character to me becomes inconsistent once the hat's out of the bag. And somehow Sei-chan, the rich girl, digs up his file. How's that even possible? Like when Tohru's relatives hired a private investigation and dug into her living conditions. Then all the mystery's gone.Good storytelling doesn't need to be told. It needs to be shown. Not revealed in a file.And then it fell into a melodrama and became riddled with shoujo cliches: rich girl with a butler, a love triangle, girl crushing on a teacher, fireworks, and lastly girl in a coma. I've seen this done so many times in the "romance" genre that it's become old and stale. I already knew what would happen and yes I've seen and read Bokura Ga Ita.Everything that made the first omnibus really good fell to the waist side and it became another angsty boy with baggage who can't be with his one true love for whatever reason. Of course he lashes out as his love interest at some point, for the added drama. He could be a jerk but he didn't need to physically put her to potential harm. Another Bokura Ga Ita, but with much better art. It plays out almost like Bokura Ga Ita. Chihiro becomes another Kakeru from Orange and that flighty boy from Bokura Ga Ita.I was so disappointed. It started off so well, but devolves into this disheveled heap of a melodrama. Once they introduced the coma girl, I already knew what was going to happen. It's that predictable. I regret reading it or even investing in it. It honestly went on longer than intended.Stick with Fruits Basket and Tsubasa Those With Wing. This ended so badly.