Stardust Telepath

Stardust Telepath (Japanese: 星屑テレパス, Hepburn: Hoshikuzu Terepasu) is a Japanese four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Rasuko Ōkuma. It has been serialized in Houbunsha's seinen manga magazine Manga Time Kirara since May 2019, with its chapters collected into four tankōbon volumes as of September 2023. An anime television series adaptation produced by Studio Gokumi premiered in October 2023.

Stardust Telepath
First tankōbon volume cover
星屑テレパス
(Hoshikuzu Terepasu)
Genre
Manga
Written byRasuko Ōkuma
Published byHoubunsha
MagazineManga Time Kirara
DemographicSeinen
Original runMay 9, 2019 – present
Volumes4
Anime television series
Directed byKaori
Written by
Music byAsuka Sakai
StudioStudio Gokumi
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkAT-X, Tokyo MX, BS NTV, SUN, SBS
Original run October 9, 2023 – present
Episodes3

Characters
Umika Konohoshi (小ノ星 海果, Konohoshi Umika)
Voiced by: Yurie Funato[2]
A young girl who has a fascination with outer space and aliens. However, due to being ridiculed for her belief in aliens, Umika became shy and introverted and finds it difficult to communicate her true feelings to others. Due to the sense of social isolation she suffers, Umika believes she can only communicate with aliens and dreams of traveling to space in a rocket to visit them.
Yū Akeuchi (明内 ユウ, Akeuchi Yū)
Voiced by: Seria Fukagawa[2]
A young, energetic girl who happens to be Umika's classmate. She claims that she is an alien from outer space who is stranded on Earth, but everybody believes she's only joking. Umika is the only person who believes her, and the two quickly become friends. Yu suffers from amnesia and doesn't remember her life before coming to Earth, but still desires to return to her home planet. She also claims she possesses the power of "foreheadpathy", where she can read the emotions of a person if she touches her forehead against theirs.
Haruno Takaragi (宝木 遥乃, Takaragi Haruno)
Voiced by: Moe Nagamuta[3]
The vice president of Umika and Yu's class, Haruno is polite and helpful to everybody, especially towards Umika. She is a self described "lighthouse connoisseur" and also believes Yu is an alien. Her dream is to travel to space to spread Earth's culture to aliens and she quickly becomes friends with Umika and Yu.
Matataki Raimon (雷門 瞬, Raimon Matataki)
Voiced by: Shiki Aoki[3]
Akane Emihara (笑原 茜, Emihara Akane)
Voiced by: Natsumi Takamori[4]
Honami Konohoshi (小ノ星 穂波, Konohoshi Honami)
Voiced by: Hina Yōmiya[4]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Rasuko Ōkuma, Stardust Telepath initially started in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara magazine on May 9, 2019, as a two-chapter guest work.[5][6] It began a full serialization in the same magazine on July 9, 2019.[7][8] The first tankōbon was released on July 27, 2020.[9] As of September 2023, four volumes have been released.[10]

Volumes
No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 July 27, 2020[11]978-4-8322-7205-7
2 September 27, 2021[12]978-4-8322-7308-5
3 October 27, 2022[13]978-4-8322-7409-9
4 September 27, 2023[10]978-4-8322-7486-0

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on October 7, 2022.[14][1] It is produced by Studio Gokumi and directed by Kaori, who also supervised the scripts with Natsuko Takahashi. Takahiro Sakai designed the characters and served as chief animation director, and Asuka Sakai composed the music.[15][16] The series premiered on October 9, 2023, on AT-X and other networks.[17] The opening theme song is "Ten to Sen" (点と線, "Points and Lines") by Miku Itō, while the ending theme song is "Tentaizu" (天体図, "Celestial Map") by SoundOrion.[18] Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia.[19] Muse Communication licensed the series in Southeast Asia.[20]

Episodes
No.Title [21]Directed by [lower-alpha 1]Written by [lower-alpha 1]Storyboarded by [lower-alpha 1]Original air date
1"Cometary Encounter"
Transcription: "Suisei Enkaunto" (Japanese: 彗星エンカウント)		KaoriNatsuko TakahashiKaoriOctober 9, 2023 (2023-10-09)
Umika Konohoshi is a young girl about to start high school. However, she suffers social anxiety due to her difficulties in communicating with others. Feeling that she can relate more to aliens, she wishes on a shooting star to meet one. When she attends school the next day, Umika encounters a girl named Yu Akeuchi who claims she is an alien from outer space. Yu approaches Umika and shows and interest in her, since nobody else in the school believes she is an alien. She also mention she has the special power of "foreheadpathy", allowing her to read the emotions of a person if they touch foreheads together. The next day, Umika tells Yu about her dream to travel to space to look for aliens, and Yu responds that since she's trying to return to her home planet, they can help each other. After school, Yu takes Umika to an abandoned lighthouse she is living at, explaining that she woke up there with no memories of her life before being stranded on Earth. Umika uses foreheadpathy to communicate her desire to help Yu get home, thus cementing their friendship. Meanwhile, one of Umika and Yu's classmates watches the lighthouse from a distance.
2"Sunset Rocket"
Transcription: "Yūyake Roketto" (Japanese: 夕焼ロケット)		Tōru HamasakiNatsuko TakahashiKaori
Tōru Hamasaki		October 16, 2023 (2023-10-16)
Umika researches how to build a rocket to get Yu home, but becomes discouraged when she realizes how difficult it would be. The next day at school, the vice president of the class, Haruno Takaragi, asks Umika and Yu if they were at the lighthouse last night. Umika lies, fearing that Haruno will inform the authorities of their trespassing. However, Haruna explains that she likes lighthouses in general, and that she also believes Yu is an alien. Yu tells Haruno about their dream to build a rocket to go to space, and Haruno agrees to help them. The next day, Umika brings several bottles and has Yu and Haruno help her build a bottle rocket as the first step to building a real rocket. They then launch the rocket at the lighthouse, and seeing the rocket they built together take off into the air, Umika notices that her feelings of anxiety have disappeared.
3"Explosive Mechanic"
Transcription: "Bakuyaku Mekanikku" (Japanese: 爆薬メカニック)		Shin'ichirō UedaRinrinShin'ichirō UedaOctober 23, 2023 (2023-10-23)
Umika, Yu, and Haruno continue developing more sophisticated bottle rockets that achieve greater distances. However, Umika is aware they are nearing the limit of what bottle rockets can achieve, so they need somebody with mechanical experience to help them develop a more complex rocket. They decide to recruit Matataki Raimon, a student with mechanical skills. However, she has not attended class since the first day of school, so the trio head to her house to meet her. They ask her to help build a rocket, but Umika is too shy to explain her reasons so Matataki refuses to aid them. That night, Umika recalls how she first met Matataki in middle school and how she wanted to build a giant robot, but she couldn't work up the courage to befriend her. The next morning, Yu encourages Umika to let her feelings be known to Matataki, as the two of them are very similar. Umika visits Matataki again, this time telling her about her desire to go to space to find a place where she can belong. She then issues a challenge to Matataki to see who can build a better bottle rocket, with Matataki having to help build their rocket if she loses. Umika then heads back to the lighthouse and meets Yu and Haruno who praise her for her bravery. Haruno then gifts a key to Umika and Yu.
4"Clashing Seaside"
Transcription: "Kessen Shīsaido" (Japanese: 決戦シーサイド)		TBATBATBAOctober 30, 2023 (2023-10-30)

Reception

In 2021, the series was nominated in the seventh Next Manga Awards in the Best Printed Manga category.[22]

Notes
  1. Information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.

References
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