Overall score 7.4
Rank #1
A Star Brighter Than the Sun
Taiyou yori mo Mabushii Hoshi
太陽よりも眩しい星
Other names 7
- Chinese
- 星辰光辉更胜太阳
- Also known as
- たまほし
- Also known as
- TamaHoshi
- Also known as
- Una estrella más radiante que el Sol
- Also known as
- Gwiazda jaśniejsza od Słońca
- Also known as
- ดวงดาราเจิดจรัสเกินตะวัน
- Also known as
- Uma Estrela Mais Radiante Que o Sol
Overall score 7.1/10
Fall 2025#24 (#24 overall)Overall score The overall score is not a simple average but a weighted blend: (w_P·P + w_T·T + v·R) / (w_P + w_T + v)This title: Site scores P = 7.01 (weight 65, 77%); Fan sentiment T = 7.17 (weight 18.9, 23%); Community: No ratings yet (each rating counts as one vote); P: site consensus 7.02 (22.3K votes), shrunk toward the season baseline 6.86 by vote count to 7.01.P is the consensus of site scores (calibrated to one scale), T the sentiment of public comments, R our community's mean. Each part is weighted in “virtual votes”: more votes and comments mean more weight.See the breakdown · Scoring rules in detailSentiment 6.2 · 49% positiveChinese audience 6.8English audience 7.1
- Female-Oriented#3 (#3 in Female-Oriented, Fall 2025)
- Romance#6 (#6 in Romance, Fall 2025)
- School#9 (#9 in School, Fall 2025)
- 2025#24 (#24 in the 2025 ranking)
- Romance
- #Shoujo
- #School
- #Tennis
12 eps · Finished
Studio KAIManga adaptationPremiered Oct 2, 202524 min per episodeOverview
Spoiler-free synopsis
比一般人稍微结实一点的女孩岩田朔英，与柔弱的男孩神城光辉。 小学时对神城的笑容一见钟情的朔英，却发现曾经又瘦又小的光辉上了初中后成长为清爽帅气的少年，变成了遥不可及的存在。 就在这时，两人在初中最后一次运动会上被分到了一起，深藏心底的初恋开始萌动。 无论距离多么遥远，我耀眼的星星永远都是你。闪闪发光的初恋故事就此开始。
AI translationTranslated from the Japanese synopsis on Bangumi (opens in a new window); for reference only
平均より少し頑丈な女の子・岩田朔英と、 か弱い男の子・神城光輝。 小学生の頃、神城の笑顔にひとめぼれした朔英だったが、 細くて小さかった光輝は、中学生になると、 爽やかイケメンに成長。 遠い存在になってしまった。 そんな中、中学最後の体育祭で一緒になり、 心の奥にしまってきた初恋が動き出す。 どんなに遠くなっても、 私の眩しい星はずっと君――。 きらめく初恋ストーリーが始まる
Sae Iwata, a slightly tougher-than-average girl, falls for the gentle smile of Kouki Kamishiro, a delicate boy, back in elementary school. By the time they enter junior high school, Kuoki has grown into a charming and popular teen who now feels out of reach. When they are assigned to the sports festival committee together, Sae’s long-hidden first love begins to stir once more.
Genres & tags
- Romance
- #ShoujoRelevance 86%
- #HeterosexualRelevance 84%
- #Female ProtagonistRelevance 80%
- #Primarily Teen CastRelevance 80%
- #SchoolRelevance 76%
- #TennisRelevance 32%
- #School ClubRelevance 26%
- #ActingRelevance 20%
- #FootballRelevance 20%
- #ShogiRelevance 20%
The percentage after a tag is its relevance to this title.
Details
- Format
- TV · 12 episodes · 24 min per episode
- Status
- Finished
- Aired
- Oct 2, 2025 – Dec 18, 2025
- Studio
- Studio KAI
- Source
- Manga adaptation
- Season
- Fall 2025
- Categories
- RomanceSchoolFemale-Oriented
- Official site
- tamahoshi-anime.com (opens in a new window)
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- Region not verifiedThese official pages are listed by bangumi-data or AniList, or reported by ANN news, but the source doesn't say in which regions they are available. Whether you can watch there, and at what price, is up to the platform's page.Sources: AniList
Official, licensed options only; the platform's page is what counts. Every row cites its source · checked Sep 26, 2026
What people sayPublic comments from other sites
AI sentiment analysisAn AI model (qwen3:8b) rates each public comment as very positive / positive / mixed / negative / very negative (scored 9.5 / 8 / 6 / 4 / 2), averages them weighted by confidence, site, length, “helpful” votes and date, then shrinks the result toward a neutral 6 (so a few comments can't inflate it).Calibrated to the site-score scale it is 7.17, and it counts toward the overall score by the number of comments (at most 35%).Only the latest ~40 comments per site are read (plus ~50 posts from each forum's episode threads, which weigh less): a sample, not everything. Excerpts are at most 140 characters and belong to their authors; comments that may contain spoilers are not shown. Comments from Chinese sites appear in an AI translation, with the original one click away. Sentiment labels can be wrong. Updated Oct 7, 2026, 06:36.See the score breakdownSentiment score6.2/10
Positive49%
39 comments analyzed: Bangumi 37 · AniList 2
English audience score 7.1 · 22,046 samples
Very positiveAuthor's score 8.417 found this helpful
Spoiler-free Review of A Star Brighter Than the Sun: Good cute and comfort romance. ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ Considerations ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ ● This is a…
Mood & content
Source: Derived from community tagsConfidence: medium (50%)Updated Sep 24, 2026
0 = barely any, 10 = very pronounced. Values measure how much, not how good, and different viewers feel the same show differently. “No data yet” means the item hasn't been assessed yet, not that it's absent.
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- RelaxingNo data yet. Easy to watch, low effort
- HealingNo data yet. Gentle and comforting
- FunnyNo data yet. Density of laughs
- HeartwarmingNo data yet. Warmth from relationships
Exciting
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- TenseNo data yet. Suspense and tension
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- DarkNo data yet. Darkness of setting and themes
- SadNo data yet. Share of sad moments
- BleakNo data yet. Likelihood of a lingering low mood
Emotional intensityNo data yet. How strongly it moves you, either way
Emotional intensity measures how strong the ups and downs are, happy or sad.
Content
Higher = more of itThemes
Action
No data yet. Share of fights and action
Romance6.5
High (6.5 / 10). Weight of romance plotlines
Slice of life
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Harem
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Sensitive content· may be upsetting; judge by your own comfort level
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ComplexityNo data yet
(0 = Easy to follow, 10 = Mind-bending). Plot complexity and densityPacingNo data yet
(0 = Slow burn, 10 = Fast-paced). 0 = slow burn, 10 = fast-pacedWorld-buildingNo data yet
(0 = Simple, 10 = Vast and deep). Depth of the setting
Viewing notes
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Ratings
Updated Oct 7, 2026, 06:36About scores
Overall score The overall score is not a simple average but a weighted blend:
(w_P·P + w_T·T + v·R) / (w_P + w_T + v)This title: Site scores P = 7.01 (weight 65, 77%); Fan sentiment T = 7.17 (weight 18.9, 23%); Community: No ratings yet (each rating counts as one vote); P: site consensus 7.02 (22.3K votes), shrunk toward the season baseline 6.86 by vote count to 7.01.P is the consensus of site scores (calibrated to one scale), T the sentiment of public comments, R our community's mean. Each part is weighted in “virtual votes”: more votes and comments mean more weight.See the breakdown · Scoring rules in detailOverall score 7.1/10
Score breakdownThe three parts are weighted in “virtual votes”: the more site votes and analyzed comments, the more weight that part gets. Fan sentiment is capped at 35%, and each AniRanking rating counts as one vote. Full rules
- Site scores7.0177%Consensus of 22.3K site votes (calibrated to one scale and shrunk toward the global baseline by vote count)
- Fan sentiment7.1723%39 comments, average 6.17 (the sentiment score shown, 6.2, is also shrunk toward neutral), calibrated against comparable titles to 7.17
- CommunityNot counted0%No ratings yet (each rating counts as one vote)
Site scoresThe site consensus is 7.02 (22,307 votes, weighted by site reliability × log of votes); shrunk toward the season baseline 6.86 by vote count, it becomes 7.01. Sites score differently (Bangumi runs low, bilibili high), so each is first calibrated to one scale using titles rated on both it and AniList, then combined; sites with fewer than 100 votes are ignored.
Raw → calibrated to one scale| Site | Raw score | Votes | Calibrated |
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| AniList (external link, opens in a new window)Reference site | 71/100 | 4,954 votes | 7.1 |
| MyAnimeList (external link, opens in a new window)Calibrated to the AniList scale | 7.3/10 | 17.1K votes | 7.2 |
| Bangumi (external link, opens in a new window)Calibrated to the AniList scale | 5.4/10 | 263 votes | 6.6 |
| bilibiliNo data | — | — | Not counted |
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