Uchu Kyodai (Space Brothers)

（宇宙兄弟）

 

When you wander, don't try to decide by "which is right".

（迷った時はね

「どっちが正しいか」

なんて考えちゃダメよ）

 

You will never get to the best answer by that way.

（日が暮れちゃうわ）

 

You don't need to think with your head.
（頭で考えなきゃいいのよ）

 

The answer you can find exists at lower part of your body.

（答えはもっと下）

 

Your heart knows best about you.

（あなたのことなら

あなたの胸が知ってるもんよ）

So try to rather decide by "which provides you more fun"...

（「どっちが楽しいか」

で決めなさい）

(Story)
In the summer of 2006, two brothers, Mutta and Hibito Nanba, discovered a UFO which flew to the moon. In 2025, as Hibito has managed to become an astronaut set to go to the moon, Mutta has not been so successful in achieving his dream of going to Mars. That is, until he is accepted to join an astronaut training program...

Japanese manga series by Chūya Koyama which has been serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Morning since January 2008. It has been nominated twice for the Manga Taishō, in 2009 and 2010. In 2011, it won the award for best general manga at the 56th Shogakukan Manga Awards and at the Kodansha Manga Award (shared with Chica Umino's March Comes in Like a Lion).


I personally don't have any brothers or sisters but this manga makes me think having brothers(especially good one like Mutta) would have provided much fun in my life. Not only Mutta and Hibito, almost all of characters illustrated in this manga are lively and attractive like real human beings living in their lives.

 

The reason why these characters are so lively and attractive is because I think each one of them has their own belief and policy. That's why their words can have power and appeal to many people including even adults.

 

 

The manga has been already animated in TV series and movie version was created. I think movie version is still not bad although it needed to be simplified compared with the original manga series due to the limited time etc.. The movie version may be good to start but I would like to recommend you try the original manga series at least once even if you don't like the movie version much. You will find much more depth and probably can't stop reading!