MANGA: Fuhen no Hikari

Fuhen no Hikari – Washio Kyo

A story about childhood friends brought together by work, reminiscing their past while reflecting on why they want to be together and facing their feelings.

Unchanging Light or You’ll Always Be My Twinkling Star is about two childhood friends, Touri and Ritsu, now working as astronomers/researchers. Touri came to Japan to fetch Ritsu, whom he invited to work in the US. Ritsu’s nephew, Riichi, is helping his uncle pack, and he couldn’t help but notice a special closeness between the two older men.

First, I loved that this is about two mature men of opposite personalities and the special bond they shared since middle school. The story is not exactly a typical romance. Touri and Ritsu is not so much as stuck but more like settled comfortably in that nebulous zone of more-than-friends-but-not-lovers.

It’s a relationship of companionship, admiration and mutual support that has lasted decades. My asexual heart approves.

This one-shot is laid-back and humorous with a poignant undertone that hits hard at the kokoro with that ending! One of my top manga this year.

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