Hoshi no Koe

Description

To what distance would you go for your one true love?
In a future filled with a boundless potential for interstellar peace and prosperity, Mikako joins a research team to explore the recent contact between humans and alien races. She ventures out into space, leaving behind Noboru, the one young man she loves. As she travels deeper into this new frontier, her only connection with her boyfriend is through cell-phone text messages. But the years pass, and Mikako barely ages in the timelessness of space--while Noboru grows older and considers moving on with his life.

In this timeless romance between star-crossed lovers in the most tragic of settings, there are some places man may not be ready to go.

Official English

Type

Manga

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Głosy z odległej gwiazdy (Polish)

Suara Dari Bintang

Tiếng Gọi Từ Vì Sao Xa

Voices of a Distant Star

Голос далёкой звезды

ほしのこえ

별의 목소리

Groups Scanlating

Manga-Sketchbook

Latest Release(s)

v.1 c. by Manga-Sketchbook 19 years ago

Search for all releases of this series

Status in Country of Origin

1 Volume (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at

Ends at

User Reviews

N/A

Forum

0 topics, 0 posts

Click here to view the forum

User Rating

Average: 8.5 / 10.0 (933 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.43 / 10.0

32%

25%

21%

12%

Last Updated

March 22nd, 2025 11:50am PDT - 1 month ago

Image [Report Inappropriate Content]

Genre

Drama Mecha Psychological Romance Sci-fi Seinen
Search for series of same genre(s)

Categories

Log in to vote! Show all (some hidden)

Category Recommendations

Concrete Revolutio - Choujin Gensou

UFO Robo Grendizer (OKAZAKI Yuu)

Argento Soma

Diver 0

Kidou Senshi Gundam 0080: Pocket no Naka no Sensou

Recommendations

Watashitachi no Shiawase na Jikan

Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Kodansha

Serialized In (magazine)

Afternoon (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

INKR

Vertical (1 Vol - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #764

(+2)

Monthly Pos #1810 (No change)

3 Month Pos #2884

(+86)

6 Month Pos #3717

(-132)

Year Pos #4889

(-396)

List Stats

On 403 reading lists

On 1137 wish lists

On 2390 completed lists

On 45 unfinished lists

On 483 custom lists

Note: You must be logged in to update information on this page.

Forum Posts Click to view the forum

User Comments [ Order by usefulness ]

If you've seen the movie, definitely read this

by MatrixM
1 year ago

Rating: 7.7 / 10.0

It's been a few years since I've read (and even more since I've watched) this.
The manga is also written by Shinkai.

It basically expands on the story a lot by showing time between missions and showing the guy's life on Earth as a secondary protagonist.

I definitely recommend fans of the short movie to read the manga.

Was this comment useful? Yes

Hoshi no Koe

by [deleted member]
5 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

Story: 5/10
Art: 5/10
Characters: 5/10
Quality Polish Edition: 6/10
Enjoyment: 5/10
Overall: 5.2/10

Was this comment useful? Yes

This story's setting is so sad...

by moonmystery
10 years ago

Rating: N/A

If space technology such as this is actually possible, I'm curious to know why someone travelling at the speed of light would not age while simultaneously earth ages. It sounds like a horrifying experience if this ever becomes real.

Was this comment useful? Yes

Speechless

by bakerygirl
11 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I am still crying, a half an hour after reading this. The story is so poignant. It grabs your heart with bare hands and crushes it with its melancholy longing. I found the development of the characters to be wonderfully slow and realistic. Their emotions come out beautifully during the manga's length. I would have loved to see a longer version of this manga. It would have amplified the experience. But, I am glad that it exists at all. The world would have been a sadder place without this masterpiece(at least for me).

I didn't know that there was an OVA which came before this. Will certainly see it.

Was this comment useful? Yes

Rare.

by wrensei
11 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

asdfghj. I saw this manga suggested on a website, yet I ignore this one for a while,
da fudge.
It's really worth reading for..it's dramatic and I am satisfied with the outcome.
The fact that they both live on the same atmosphere is enough to make their hearts and hopes contained and connected.

Was this comment useful? Yes

Still with me ten years later

by zengoats
12 years ago

Rating: N/A

Oh my goodness, I've been looking for this manga for ten years (wow, I'm old). I don't remember the characters' names, but I do remember how much I adored the plot, the characters, and the themes of the manga. I need to reiterate: This manga stuck with me for ten years. It is phenomenal, and it makes a really lasting impact. Read it.

Was this comment useful? Yes

good stuff

by gwkimmy
12 years ago

Rating: N/A

i remember hearing a whole bunch of good stuff about the movie, but when i finally got to watch it, i was left a bit underwhelmed. i didn't feel the characters were constructed that great in the movie and the drama felt forced and laid on too thickly.

i wanted to give this manga a try, though, since i love sahara mizu's works. i ended up enjoying this much more than the movie since we get to see more of the characters and have more insight into their personalities and motivations. art is also gorgeous, as usual.

Was this comment useful? Yes

sweet melancholy

by whitespade
14 years ago

Rating: 8.4 / 10.0

the soft art conjure a wistful image of their world adding on the overall impression of the story. the plot goes slowly with multiple flashback with the pacing very appropriate to the tone. though the characters are just 2 dimensional, the dimension that we see is enough where fleshing out more will be unnecessary.

recommended.

Was this comment useful? Yes

Beautiful :">

by CiellavonNightmare
14 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

One of the first animes I came contact with (my dad always watched it when I was little and I always remember glimpses from memory). It took me 10 years since my first encounter with this to actually wathc the whole of it. One of the mecha stories that I managed to go through and actually cry at the end. The music and everythign was just soo...anyway, the manga's ending was a bit different and showed less tragedy than the anime, and gave the reader more hope than the watchers.

the manga ends suggesting that Noboru is going to save Mikako(stuck somewhere in space) while the anime made it seem that Mikako has died entirely. Personally, I liked the anime's ending better because the manga's loong story was cramped into a short one shot and even the ending was not that good.

... Last updated 14 years ago

Was this comment useful? Yes

...

by channel_49
14 years ago

Rating: N/A

Why is this sad? Some people complain about the ending being ambiguous, but its pretty clear what happened and what's going to happen. Obviously don't read this if you're not into very "heavy" atmosphere stories...

Noboru is about to go on the rescue mission to save Mikako and since he will be in space he won't really age either. The expected outcome is that the rescue is a success and they reach the mothership thing, so it'll be a 25 year old Noboru and a 16-17 year old Mikako. That is if the Aliens don't come back and kill off the mothership, but from what the ending text reads, the intended "after" story would be the one I just described.

... Last updated 14 years ago

Was this comment useful? Yes

Pages (5) [ 1 2 3 4 5 ]