Hoshikuzu Telepath

Since childhood, 15-year-old Umika Konohoshi has been fascinated by aliens, hoping to one day voyage to outer space and befriend them. Unfortunately, this fixation has caused her peers to label her as odd, intensifying her struggle with severe social anxiety. Nevertheless, Umika's passion for the extraterrestrial persists, and she deeply believes that her true purpose is outside the confines of Earth.

On her first day of high school, Umika's wish of meeting an alien seems to have finally come true when she encounters Yuu Akeuchi—a classmate who claims to have crash-landed on Earth with no recollections of her past. Umika tries to seize this opportunity to make friends with Yuu, but her lack of confidence hinders her. Sensing Umika's distress, Yuu suddenly uses a strange power to delve deep into her mind, thus sparking a friendship that may just help Umika reach her dreams.

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Konohoshi, Umika Main

Funato, Yurie Japanese

Akeuchi, Yuu Main

Fukagawa, Seria Japanese

Raimon, Matataki Main

Aoki, Shiki Japanese

Takaragi, Haruno Main

Nagamuta, Moe Japanese

Akizuki, Kei Supporting

Shirasu, Saho Japanese

Konohoshi, Honami Supporting

Youmiya, Hina Japanese

Emihara-sensei Supporting

Takamori, Natsumi Japanese

Yuugumo, Michiru Supporting

Itou, Miku Japanese

Kagami, Saya Supporting

Oono, Yuuko Japanese

Teruya, Neon Supporting

Kawaida, Natsumi Japanese

Sotokawa, Akihiro Producer

Fukao, Satoshi Producer

Ozawa, Fumihiro Producer

Isogai, Noritomo Producer

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Mar 16, 2024

ktulu007

Recommended

Hoshikozu Telepath was a late 2023 anime from Studio Gokumi based off of a manga by Ookuma Rasuko. I have reviewed some Gokumi anime before: Yuuki Yuuna wa Yusha de Aru, Tonari no Kyuuketsuki-san, A-Channel and the god awful Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge. Let's hope this is more like the other stuff I've reviewed of theirs and not that one.

Story:

Konohoshi Umika is an incredibly awkward girl who doesn't fit in with people in general. I relate. She dreams about going into space and meeting aliens who will understand her. I still relate. Her life is turned upside down when a strange girl arrives ... at her school and declares herself to be an alien. Umika is immediately drawn to her. Can't relate to that one but I wish I could. The story involves their budding friendship, which quickly starts growing into more and their quest to build a rocket to take them both into space. Naturally, they start small with various forms of miniature rockets. Fortunately for them, they make some friends who can help them along.
My only real issue with the story is that it stops dead in its tracks multiple times to explain the specifics of building model rockets. It really takes you out of the narrative when Raimon or Kei just starts going into ultra specific details about model rockets. I'm sure someone will argue that "it's educational" but that doesn't make it narratively cohesive. All those PSAs that used to get added to the end of American cartoons were educational too but they were still the worst part.

On the positive side, the anime is insanely cute. I appreciate the fact that its sci-fi elements are toned down to make it more relatable, including having the girls start small and do something within the realm of possibility for High School girls. Though I can get fully behind a more zany, over the top comedy there is something to be said for the more toned down, relatable approach. Most of the jokes are also really good. It also provides a solid sense of hardships and the girls going through a steep learning curve. They don't just become masters through a short montage or have some uncanny knack for building rockets. There's also a great little theme of finding a place to belong that we see all our main characters engage with to varying degrees.

Characters:

The thing I adore about the cast of characters is that they all have complexity, realistic motivations and character flaws. While I maintain that comedic characters don't necessarily need those attributes, it is nice to see ones who have them.

Umika has extreme social anxiety and starts out only being comfortable with Yuu and her own relatives but we start to see her gradually putting an effort into socialising and the group of people she can talk to expands. Yuu has a much more extroverted outlook but that covers up a loneliness and sense of loss over not remembering who she is or where she came from. Haruno has a dream of helping others achieve their goals but in working with the others she starts to discover ambitions of her own. Raimon is obsessed with tinkering and feels isolated because no one can keep up with her so she pushes people away but Umika and the others may just be able to understand her.

It's worth noting that these four also work very strongly together for comedic purposes. Their dynamics provide all kinds of possibilities for strong gags. They're also just downright adorable.

Where the anime falters a bit is with the minor characters. Most of them are perfectly fine. They serve the function they need to and feel real enough. Then we have characters like the teacher or the little sister who just feel under-utilized. The situation will beg for them to do something more substantial than they end up doing.

Art:

I really love the character designs. The differently coloured highlights a lot of the girls have in their hair is really striking and the general designs are basically weaponised cuteness. They also go into great detail to make the various types of model rockets super accurate. The backgrounds are very good too.

Sound:

The cast is excellent. Funato Yurie, Fukagawa Seria, Aoki Shiki & Nagamuta Moe all have amazing performances. The music is great. Sakai Asuka did a phenomenal job.

Ho-yay:

There's a lot. All four of the major girls, Umika, Yuu, Haruno & Raimon have a level of les-yay that would make a polyamorous relationship amongst them believable. And it's ceaselessly adorable. Even the fact that they touch foreheads in multiple affectionate scenes like they adopted Jeremiah Rossa is cute. The les-yay is strong betwixt Umika & Yuu. They have so many exceptionally cute moments.

Areas of Improvement:

1. We don't need long explanations of model rockets. Yes, they make it clear that you did your research but they also aren't very entertaining.
2. The series really needs to do more with the bigger supporting characters. Even just a few extra lines to help flesh them out.
3. More cute Sapphic moments would work a treat since they are one of the strongest aspects of the series.

Final Thoughts:

Hoshikozu Telepath stands alongside Gokumi's best work, Tonari no Kyuuketsuki-san. It's an excellent series with some minor issues. My rating is going to be a 9/10.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Dec 27, 2024

HaruHaruMon

Mixed Feelings

‘Stardust Telepath’ is a fairly rudimentary CGDCT Club Anime, centering around the rather unique concept of rocket building.
The long and short of this review is that I think it is a decent watch, but doesn’t do anything mind-blowing—rather, it seems a little bit hesitant to. Overall, I think that this show would’ve benefited if it was more a drama than a comedy, as character arcs that were starting to run deeper were often cut off by jokes or resolved very quickly.
The positive standouts:
- The Club being about rockets was very unique and fun, and I learned a fair bit about something I knew nothing about!
- The artstyle, ... character designs, and animation are very very good—I love the hair design and movement in particular. This was definitely a highlight, and I love the aesthetic of night skies and stars, which appears a lot too!
- The OP and ED are catchy and pretty songs, with good visuals to match them.
- Haruno threatened to become deeply interesting—though unfortunately the show seemed hesitant to delve into it too much—as the typical ‘Mum Friend’ turns out to be deeply insecure in a way I found quite unique. She was certainly my favourite and I really enjoyed her, especially in the last few episodes!
- The main girls would be a cute couple, I wish it was actually a GL instead of just implying/teasing it! But I liked their relationship. Silly cutie pies!

The negatives:
- Raimon. Okay, okay, I’ll admit I tend to dislike the tsundere/harsh-but-secretly-soft characters in general; but I tend to love them when they develop and grow. She didn’t really in my opinion, and the narrative justified her actions far more than it should have. She is quite melodramatic about several situations and lashes out, but the show doesn’t do enough to explain WHY (it does explain a bit, but I found it quite surface level and not enough to warm me to her). I honestly found myself just wanting the other characters to leave her and move on at some points, as she had never been kind enough to any of them for me to believe in their friendship and want them all back together again. I think she is the main thing that would’ve benefited from a drama-focus again because she had many interesting ideas within her that just weren’t given the right timing or weighting within the narrative.
- The main character is a mix of positive and negative… I think she would’ve been great had her panic attacks been portrayed more realistically. I think she was hit by the common curse on anime girls on having to be ‘cute’ first, characters second (barf). She had to be anxious in a way that was still ‘moe’ to fit the show, and I think that weighed her down and made her annoying at some points. Almost every line being stuttery and having her blushing… was a bit much lol. However, as an anxious girlie myself, I still found some moments relatable and well done. Overall, she’s a decent protagonist.
- In general, I think the show would’ve been better as a drama than a more comedic one, because the characters often threatened more depth than they were ultimately given to explore. I think the concepts would’ve felt more complete and fulfilled given more time to focus on them, dissect them, and more intricately interweave them beyond the girls just having a mutual goal. Many character moments were punctuated by a joke, or resolved lightheartedly, when I feel they could’ve been very impactful and interesting had they instead gone deeper, taken longer, etc. (and I say this as a massive 4-koma comedy fan!) I understand it is based on a 4-Koma manga, though, so I do understand why it felt this way writing-wise from the original formatting.
So yeah. It’s a decent anime that I feel could’ve gone further, but still serves as a cute little watch with some fun moments and very pretty animation. If you like CGDCT, I think you’ll like it, but I don’t think it is a stand-out of the genre. But, well, not every anime has to be!
7/10!

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jan 22, 2024

PixelB

Not Recommended

Preliminary (6/12 eps)

Hoshikuzu Telepath is about Umika, whose defensive mechanism while going through her adolescence regarding her social anxiety is to perform escapism. She believes that going to space is the only option for her to make friends, as she clams up when trying to interact with regular people. Surely, she thought, aliens would be much easier to talk to and make friends with.

And of course, rather than dealing with her issues or problems, the story rather just presents an actual, living alien in front of Umika! I exaggerate a little. In reality, Akeuchi's appearance in Umika's life has little to do with her alien identity. This ... show could have been just about Akeuchi, an energetic girl that becomes good friends with Umika. What Umika needed, as it turns out, wasn't alien friends or going to space, but rather encouragement and a space in where she is accepted for who she is, while also trying to self-improve as a person.

That being said, is this show good? No. Bocchi the Rock has very similar synopsis and character regarding a girl with extreme social anxiety that eventually starts to open up her shell a little. The show features comedy, good characters, all the while also being focused on progressing as a band. Each character is distinct, the dialogue being vibrant with the inclusion of Bocchi's erratic behavior, and the characters themselves have their own quirks.

Going back to Hoshikuzu Telepath, you kind of just have moe-blobs that are unconfrontational and rather boring. Umika herself is quite boring, and none of the supporting cast develop beyond their boring archetype. Haruno especially makes me feel like she contributes nothing to all conversations and her introductory episode similarly feels like fille. Finally, a hobby club regarding building model rockets is fine, but the execution and actual progression of the club can only be seen as monotonous and lacking any engagement.

If there was any salvation for the show, it would have been in the yuri content but there's no actual development there; just bait between Umika and Akeuchi. Either that, or focus more on the supernatural aspect of the show. Akeuchi is basically the only character that's remotely interesting to watch, so having her at the forefront similar to Kyouko from Yuru Yuri, where she sets the tempo with her energetic and whimsical personality. Instead, Akeuchi acts more of an emotional support for Umika, who is the "star" of the show.

It's just a purely boring CGDCT show that other shows have completely dominated in every aspect. There is no niche that this show fulfills that other shows haven't done better.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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