Hikaru in the Light! (Volume 1) by Mai Matsuda (author and illustrator)

Best friends compete for the once-in-a-lifetime chance to become pop stars in this funny, feel-good manga perfect for fans of K-On!, The Tryout, and The Baby-Sitters Club.
Middle-school student Hikaru Ogino is known as the songbird of her family’s bathhouse in Tokyo.
Her beautiful singing echoes from room to room as she cleans up after school, but she dreams of holding a microphone, not a mop!
When her best friend, Ran – a former girl group idol – invites her to try out for a pop star survival camp together, it’s the chance of a lifetime to put her talents to the test.
Can Hikaru outshine the competition and make her stage debut, or will she fall flat?

• Pitch-perfect manga capturing the high stakes atmosphere of pop star competitions


• Perfect for fans of K-On!, The Tryout, and The Baby-Sitters Club
• Translated from the original Japanese!