SPOILER WARNING: Due to its short length and being a canon Interquel to Tabibito Ga Nokoshita Tegami, all spoilers will be unmarked here!
Menoka, a thirteen-year-old girl, is a delivery girl who works at the Star Post Office. Her usual job is to transport stars, of which it contains wishes waiting to be fulfilled by others who receive it. Kuna, on the other hand, is an adventurer with a mysterious nature, being on his own hero's journey to find and help someone.
Hoshi Hiroi (ほしひろい Star Delivery) is a one-shot Doujinshi manga written and illustrated by Miki Usami. It serves as the canonical Interquel to Tabibito Ga Nokoshita Tegami.note It was released in 2013 and completed with a total of 17 pages.
The story can be read here: Hoshi Hiroi page
Contrast Hoshi Kouzyou (Star Factory), the polar opposite of this story, where the main character in that story works at the titular factory.
Hoshi Hiroi Tropes
- Ambiguous Situation: After Menoka parts ways with Kuna at the last page of the manga, it is unknown what happened to Kuna, albeit he monologues to himself about helping Sana. Subverted as Tabibito Ga, the story's canon Interquel, shows that she makes an appearance in that story looking for her star, as well as revealing Kuna's actual canon fate of being imprisoned in the finale.
- But Now I Must Go: At the end of the manga, Menoka separates with Kuna to continue her duty as a delivery girl.
- Cosmic Motifs: Menoka has a star motif, where her duty is a delivery girl who transport stars to others to fulfil their wishes. Her company name that she works with is Star Post Office.
- Interquel: Of Tabibito Ga Nokoshita Tegami, as it happens during the doujinshi's Book 3, Chapter 4.
- Late-Arrival Spoiler: The doujinshi is a big spoiler to those who haven't read the original manga Tabibito Ga Nokoshita Tegami due to it being an Interquel.
- Minimalism: The story only takes place in a singular setting, as well as having only three named characters present.
- Minimalist Cast: Only Menoka, Kuna and Sana are the recurring characters in the story.
