The special education teacher at Shichgatsu Cho Elementary; a clever and optimistic instructor who transferred from a school for the disabled because he disagreed with the way the school was run. In the four years he spends with Hikaru, he helps him to grow.
aoki shigeru
Characters
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Azuma Kanon
Main
Sachiko and Masatos second child, a little girl who is born towards the end of the first volume (second volume of the Japanese version). She does not have autism like her brother. Despite this, Sachiko hopes that her two children will grow to care for and...
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Azuma Sachiko
Main
The primary character in the series and Hikarus mother. In the beginning of the series, she finds herself battling the difficulties of raising an autistic child along with the indifference of her husband and society blaming her for her sons condition....
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Azuma Masato
Main
Sachikos husband and Hikarus father. Early on, Masato seemed to be unsympathetic to what Sachiko was going through in while he was at work. This was half true; Masatos high level position in the company he worked for provided a good income for his family,...
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Azuma Hikaru
Main
Sachiko and Masatos firstborn: an autistic little boy. Hikaru hated to be picked up and held as a baby and did not grow in step with children his age, leading Sachiko to seek a doctor for him. Hikaru dislikes loud noises such as crowds, Buddhist chanting,...
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Aoki Shigeru
Supporting
The special education teacher at Shichgatsu Cho Elementary; a clever and optimistic instructor who transferred from a school for the disabled because he disagreed with the way the school was run. In the four years he spends with Hikaru, he helps him to gr...
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Azuma Takako
Supporting
Masatos mother. She at first blames her daughter-in-law for making Hikaru autistic, but later finds out the truth and forgives her and her family. While she does not blame Sachiko for Hikarus autism anymore, she still has not completely warmed up to him. ...
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Honda Miyu
Supporting
Miyu enters the story in the second volume of With the Light (third of the tankōbon). She is autistic like Hikaru but is underdeveloped due to neglect from her preschool and when she first entered elementary school, she was banned completely before Aoki t...
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Ishida Daisuke
Supporting
Ishida was an upperclassman of Hikarus and his partner in tending to the school vegetable garden. He enjoyed the time he spent with Hikaru because he was an only child who had always wanted a little brother....
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Nakajima Hisako
Supporting
Moes mother. After Moe climbed up an ad tower with Hikaru during preschool, she grew to resent him and his mother, blaming them for her daughters near-death experience. At home, she lives with her daughter and mother, whom she takes care of after sufferin...