Origin
Japan
Rika is a seventeen-year-old girl, who has been hospitalized throughout most of her life because of a weak heart valve. Her condition is genetic. Rika has inherited it from her father who died during an operation. Due to being hospitalized, she has no friends and spends her days reading books by her favorite author, Ryonosuke Akutagawa. Yuuichi, another patient, is persuaded by the nurse Akiko to keep Rika company. Dr. Natsume is Rika's personal doctor. She has a close relationship with him.
Looking Up At The Half-Moon
After contracting hepatitis A, Ezaki Yuuichi has been confined to a hospital, away from his friends and family, much to his displeasure. To relieve his boredom, he has taken to sneaking out of the hospital, usually putting himself on the receiving end of a beating from his nurse. Upon meeting a girl his age also staying in the hospital, he is immediately captivated by her beauty. Akiba Rika's personality is not quite as captivating as her beauty however. In fact, she is rather selfish, moody, and bossy. But as the two spend more time with each other, they become closer, sharing the ordinary joys and trials of a budding teenage romance, even when darkened with impending tragedy—for Rika's condition does not leave her much longer to live.
