The first volume of the rom-com manga “A Star Brighter than the Sun” releases this month

(Featured Image Source: © Kazune Kawahara / Shueisha / VIz Media)

The story of childhood friends turned into star-crossed lovers!? The first volume of the romantic comedy manga A Star Brighter than the Sun will be released in North America this month.

Sae and Koki have been friends since childhood. One fateful day at the end of middle school, she has a revelation: Koki has grown up! Now they’re in high school, and she has another revelation: she has feelings for Koki! But Sae isn’t the only girl who does… The question is, who does Koki have feelings for?!

Via Viz Media

A Star Brighter than the Sun is a romance comedy school life manga series written & illustrated by Kazune Kawahara and published as a part of Shueisha’s Shojo Beat. The manga is the story of two childhood friends whose relationship becomes complicated as one realizes they have feelings for others.

Volume 1 of A Star Brighter than the Sun will be available on March 4, 2025. Learn where to pre-order your copy on Viz.com or get it at your local comic/book shops.

(Source: Viz.com)

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