Got this manga from Barnes and Noble. It's a manga based on an animated film that was based on a novel - and it seems there's a live-action film due, to continue the chain {wry grin}.

It's basically a body-swapping story: a small-town girl who dreams of life in the city, and a Tokyo boy who dreams of life in the mountains, find themselves waking up in each other's bodies. They actually cope with this pretty well, after the initial shock, soon figuring out how to leave notes for their other selves and gradually finding their way in each other's lives. But just as things seem to be going well for both of them, one mentions a comet that she's planning to watch that night - and from that point, the switching stops... Since that isn't the end of the story, I suspect that some kind of "fix the time stream" element may come into play in future volumes.

[There's a TV Tropes page on the anime and adaptations, with some entertaining tidbits.]

I'm putting this book in the Manga and Graphic Novel bookbox (bookbox journal here). Hope someone enjoys it!

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Chosen from nimrodiel's Manga/Graphic Novel Bookbox. Journal book here.

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Cute fun story. Interested to see where it will go with future volumes. It sounds like fans really like the movie so I'll have to go search for it. :-)

(Edit add: looks like it’s still in some select theaters in the USA and for rent on Amazon.)

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Thanks for this manga Abi-Gibby, the novel is actually on my wishlist, so that's a good start. :-)
Thank you for the new release bags and the stickers, too!