Insomniacs After School
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Somewhat recently I read, and enjoyed, the manga "Insomniacs After
School", by Makoto Ojiro.  Thanks to Sandra for the recommendation!
It's a high-school romance story in which a defunct astronomy
club plays a non-negligible role, but I would hesitate to say the
series was really *about* astronomy.  Nevertheless, I enjoyed the
astronomy sub-theme and thought it was done well.  I guess it's
more specifically an astrophotography sub-theme, and I was initially
worried that it was going to be "the kind of astrophotography that
you learn about by web searching for astrophotography in 202x",
which is to say "really expensive and heavily computerised",
but it is actually good old fashioned "DSLR-on-a-tripod with long
exposures and lots of trial-and-error fiddling with exposure settings
astrophotography", and I was glad to see that represented.  It also
made me smile to see the Alpha Persei cluster shown in passing on
a character's smartphone screen, rendered so accurately as to be
instantly recognisable.  Ojiro obviously has a genuine interest
in astronomy of her own, which probably goes a long way toward
explaining why that side of things was so well done.  The love story
which is the actual focus of the series was nicely done and enjoyable
as well - sweet and touching, believable and not at all over-the-top.

This quick and relatively low-effort manga review will hopefully be
followed in the near future by a somewhat more fleshed out review
of the Super Cub anime, and if that happens then maybe I'll finally
tackle the Everest of reviewing YKK.  Stay tuned...