Insomniacs After School, Vol. 8

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Two sleepless teenagers find kinship as they escape to their schools astronomy observatory.

Unable to sleep at night, Ganta Nakami is cranky in class and unpopular with his classmates. He discovers that the school observatory, once used by the now-defunct astronomy club, may be the perfect place for a napbut he's not alone. Fellow insomniac Isaki Magari is willing to share the observatory with Nakami, and a friendship between the two begins as they bond over the most unlikely things.

After Nakamis valiant effort in the school festivals race, Magari resumes her late-night radio streams. She opens up about living with a congenital heart defect since birth and shares her fears about her condition. Nakami pledges to fulfill Magaris dream of traveling when they grow up and, in the meantime,to supporther in her current goals, starting with fixing up the observatory. Both friends anxiously await the results of Magaris blood tests at the hospital, contemplating their uncertain future together.

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Makoto Ojiro began her career in manga as an assistant at the age of 19. Her Neko no Otera no Chion-san (Cat Temples Miss Chion) won the Bros. Comic Award in 2016. Insomniacs After School began serialization in 2019 and has been adapted into an anime and a live-action film.