Ascension

* Based on Mori Eto's young adults' novel of the same name, which won the Sankei Children's Publishing Cultural Prize in 1999. Upon reaching the Train Station to Death, a dejected soul is informed that he is lucky and will have another chance at life. He is placed in the body of a 14-year-old boy named Kobayashi Makoto, who has just committed suicide. Watched over by Purapura…

The story begins with Hanabi, a sixth-grade girl who is neither an adult nor a child. She deals with issues such as accidentally witnessing her homeroom teacher kissing, and worrying about experiencing physiological changes before her friends. The manga depicts a 12-year-old girl's innocent worries and first love. Source: ANN Note: Part of Shogakukan's Ciao magazine's Ciao…