Take a deep breath. Long review ahead.

Also, a bunch of tears included. I thought I wrote a masterpiece, but then I deleted half of it when I decided to preview it. Stupid me. Should've just submitted it. Never again. I seriously want to cry. This is so ironic- the only half that I kept is the part about the flaws.
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Sometimes you read manga so great that you wish there was a larger number you could rate it because it doesn't even compare to the other manga that you also rated as a ten out of ten. Sometimes, it is so great that even people who dont like writing reviews will decide to sit down and write one, just so they can brag about it, the same way someone who is so stressed out that they would happily punch a wall if some of the stress gets released. Hoshi no Samidare is one of these mangas. I'm trying to write this review exactly like the one I wrote before but I'm failing desperately and it's turning out to be crappier then the one I wrote before, so I really apologize. . . Anyway. It reminds me a lot of Puella Magi Mahou Madoka (or something along those lines) and I don't even like PMMM (abbreviating names now. . getting tired. I really want to cry. Oh god.) to be frank. However, both mangas take what you think is an ordinary story full of cute little whatevers and give you a complete shock. Doesn't this manga look boring? With it's half assed, confusing summary, ridiculous names, and its cover with a seemingly huge eyed little girl with old men that you would never find attractive? (This in itself sounds creepy, but I have no such intentions.) Normally, nobody would be interested. However, (and I notice I repeat however an awful lot, so I apologize for that too) anybody who does decide to look past this and actually reads the manga will become hooked.

HnS takes the most oddest group of genres that you would never think to put together and makes the most out of them. Havent you ever read an action manga where you wished and wished for a certain pairing to "come true" (in other words, for your favorite unofficial couple to become an official couple) and kiss or something? Naturally, that does not happen. You are not reading a shoujo manga. It's action. Of course, this also happens with romance mangas where you wish there was more fighting scenes where the main characters look extremely cool. There are also mangas that try to attempt using action and romance but fail greatly. However, HnS suceeds where others dont, while tossing in genres like drama, comedy, psychological, adventure, and ecchi in there. Perhaps because of that, new scenes that ought to be used in manga from now till forever were created, or perhaps the new scenes were created first. I'm not the mangaka, so I don't know which came first.

Perfect as I may believe HnS to be, there will always be those people who disagree. There will always be critics that have to complain and have to criticize in place of having fun and laughing, so this section is for them. If they do not like the art, they will claim it does not fit the story and rate it a 5 while also claiming to be unbiased. Well, that's humans for you.

While trying new stuff is good as is new experiences, if you know for a fact that you don't like ecchi and never will, STOP READiNG/WATCHiNG iT, STOP GOING NEAR IT, AND STOP COMPLAINING BECAUSE ECCHI THINGS WILL ALWAYS BE MADE. Just to note, this is a little piece of my mind to all those people complaining about ecchi things in their reviews. Unnecessary ecchi scenes are not exactly unnecessary. . . they are there for comedic effects, to loosen it up a bit. You could say it is the calm before the storm.

In addition, the art. While I personally think the art is perfect and fine as it is, I can see why some people wouldn't like it. There are people who will think it is too "childish" and "unrealistic". Call me a hypocrite, but if you wanted realistic you can always get your lazy butt off the computer and go say hello to your neighbor.

Another thing- the story. The beginning is a bit. . . off, I'd say. It's a bit slow paced for my preference (I usually prefer stuff that speeds up the pace A WHOLE LOT by chapter . . .10?) and some people might find it confusing. However, this is made up for because everything that you may have found confusing is craftily explained. That can also be applied to some of the characters. (Although not as much.)

This might not even count, but some people might want a more. . . happy-go-lucky type of manga and wish that everybody came back to life (as in, the characters that died. Not really a spoiler, I think.) and that all the characters "pets/sidekicks/minions" could stay with them. (Alright, this kind of is a spoiler.)

Since I'm trying to be spoiler free, I can't really explain why the characters are so likable while most of them still hold qualities that the average person in real life has (and, being honest, most of them are bad things). However, trust me. You will at least like half the characters there are, even if you are the most hateful person in the world. Most likely, you'll hate a character just because you think they look kinda funny. (Again, being honest, I was a tad bit uncomfortable with a fat character being one of the good guys, but even I got use to it and started liking him. Soon enough, you'll even find me crying a long with him. Hey, maybe HnS makes people more open minded!)

Obviously, my enjoyment and overall was outstanding. Hate to end my review so plainly like this when there are obviously so many more things to brag about, but I'm trying to stay unbiased here. Plus, I don't even know how to end things like this. . .