History Trivia / StardustTelepath

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Originally, Yuu would've been a more mature, mentor-like character who helps Umika out of kindness. At the suggestion of Rasuko's editor, Yuu's personality was radically altered to become the exact opposite of Umika's. [[https://media.comicspace.jp/archives/15777/ The more mature, calm tone Yuu uses when telling Umika there is a light inside of her is a holdover from her earlier characterization.]]
** An earlier draft of the series involved Umika's backstory being much darker then it is in the final series, [[https://twitter.com/umika_daily/status/1731354785285370159/video/1 where her classmates would bully and harass her due to her desires to go to space and treat her as an alien instead of human, to where she begins to believe she is one, and is further encouraged to travel to space to meet the rest of her kind.]] Manga Time Kirara's editors rejected the pitch as it was deemed too dark for their magazine.

** The works of Cherry Arai and Akira Kosai, alongside Magazine/CoroCoroComic, were also inspirations.

* WorkingTitle: ''Hello Blue'' and ''Nice to Meet You, Alien'' were considered titles for the series. ''Stardust Rocket'' nearly became the finalized title, before the head of Kirara suggested combining the words of stardust and telepath instead.

* WorkingTitle: ''Hello Blue'' and ''Nice to Meet You, Alien'' were considered titles for the series.

* InspirationForTheWork: Before becoming a mangaka, Okuma worked as a child counselor with children with disabilities and developmental issues, while studying research on the matter in university and volunteering in schools as a part-time lecturer. [[https://twitter.com/HLNV01/status/1713582816821440768 The series itself is based on her experiences, as the characters were created in mind with her studies and efforts.]]

** An earlier draft of the series involved Umika's backstory being much darker then it is in the final series, [[https://twitter.com/umika_daily/status/1731354785285370159/video/1 where her classmates would bully and harass her due to her desires to go to space and treat her as an alien instead of human, to where she begins to believe she is one, and is further encouraged to travel to space to meet the rest of her kind.]] Manga Time Kirara's editors rejected the pitch as it was deemed too dark for their magazine.

* CreatorsOddball: In the Comicspace interview linked under WhatCouldHaveBeen, Rasuko Okuma implied her editor steered her original ideas towards the Magazine/MangaTimeKirara "house style" of fluffy ''yonkoma''. But, by the end of volume 2, that's all gone out the window and the series has heavy dramatic elements that really stand out from its peers like ''Manga/SlowStart'' and ''Manga/{{Yuyushiki}}''. Now, it almost seems like it belongs in ''Manga Time Kirara Forward'', Houbunsha's "maturer" brand, alongside similarly-dramatic stuff like ''Manga/HaNaYaMaTa''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, Yuu would've been a more mature, mentor-like character who helps Umika out of kindness. At the suggestion of Rasuko's editor, Yuu's personality was radically altered to become the exact opposite of Umika's. [[https://media.comicspace.jp/archives/15777/ The more mature, calm tone Yuu uses when telling Umika there is a light inside of her is a holdover from her earlier characterization.]]
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* InspirationForTheWork: Before becoming a mangaka, Okuma worked as a child counselor with children with disabilities and developmental issues. As seen in the series' more dramatic elements, it becomes clear with the more realistic deceptions of drama as the manga progresses based on some of her experiences.

* CreatorsOddball: In the Comicspace interview linked under WhatCouldHaveBeen, Rasuko Okuma implied her editor steered her original ideas towards the Magazine/MangaTimeKirara "house style" of fluffy ''yonkoma''. But, by the end of volume 2, that's all gone out the window and the series has heavy dramatic elements that really stand out from its peers like ''Manga/SlowStart'' and ''Manga/{{Yuyushiki}}''. Now, it almost seems like it belongs in ''Manga Time Kirara Forward'', Houbunsha's "maturer" brand.

* ProductionPosse: The anime adaptation is being made by director Creator/{{Kaori}}, writer Natsuko Takahashi, and composer Asuka Sakai, who also adapted Magazine/MangaTimeKirara sister series ''Manga/{{Yuyushiki}}'' and Magazine/{{Ribon}} {{OVA}} ''Nagareboshi Lens''.

* ProductionPosse: The anime adaptation is being made by director Kaori, writer Natsuko Takahashi, and composer Asuka Sakai, who also adapted Magazine/MangaTimeKirara sister series ''Manga/{{Yuyushiki}}'' and Magazine/{{Ribon}} {{OVA}} ''Nagareboshi Lens''.