Last Quarter
Japanese manga series
Last Quarter (Japanese: 下弦の月, Hepburn: Kagen no Tsuki) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōjo manga magazine Ribon from the April 1998 to June 1999 issues. A live action film adaptation was released on October 9, 2004.
Plot
Facing struggles with her father's remarriage and cheating ex-boyfriend, 17-year-old high school student Mizuki Mochizuki falls in love with Adam, a British musician, one night under the full moon. Captivated, Mizuki begins avoiding her family and friends to spend time with him in secret at an abandoned mansion. Two weeks into their relationship, Adam tells her that he will be leaving by sunrise, and Mizuki decides to run away from home to follow him. While crossing the street to him, Mizuki is hit by a car.
At the same time, 5th grade elementary school student Hotaru Shiraishi is also hospitalized from a car accident while looking for her pet cat Lulu and dreams of a girl who helped her look for her. After being discharged from the hospital, Hotaru's search leads her to finding the girl at the abandoned mansion and discovering she is a ghost, with Hotaru being the only one who can see her. The girl has no memories of her past life other than Adam and she is unable to leave the mansion.
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