Hikari to Tomo ni...: Jiheishouji wo Kakaete
With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child
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Hikari to Tomo ni...: Jiheishouji wo Kakaete

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Synonyms: Thank You Sensei!, Haru no Manazashi
Japanese: 光とともに… ~自閉症児を抱えて~
English: With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 15
Chapters: 92
Status: Finished
Published: Sep 28, 2000 to Apr 3, 2009
Genres: Award Winning Award Winning, Drama Drama, Slice of Life Slice of Life
Themes: Childcare Childcare, Psychological Psychological
Demographic: Josei Josei
Serialization: For Mrs.
Authors: Tobe, Keiko (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.251 (scored by 876876 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #3752
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #3724
Members: 6,071
Favorites: 143

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Filtered Results: 8 / 8
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Preliminary Spoiler
Jan 23, 2021
As an anime-only watcher—who has recently started following manga lately—I have been capable of utilizing my time searching for something to read. However, whenever we stumble upon a manga that approaches a controversial topic, our interest is piqued. I decided to check if there were other indistinguishable series. There are no results. That would mean autism as a theme, in general, is uncovered by manga of any demographic. This occurrence causes me to beg the question, “Why isn’t there more series that tackle autism?”

Awareness is significant—it implements change to influence ourselves and others around us.

Autism has been beginning to be more prevalent since the aughts, but now, we are ...
Mar 6, 2008
Preliminary (12/92 chp)
This is a very good manga, even if you don't know anybody with autism. If you do, the manga has little blurbs of advice interspersed with the story, which I thought was a nice touch.
I noticed that there is never any trouble with insurance, or tuition, because it takes place in Japan.
One area where the story was sometimes not very realistic: Sachiko is often looking to choose a daycare/kindergarten/school for Hikaru. When this happens, there is usually a daycare center that treats the disabled kids really negligently, and then there is one that treats them awesome. She rarely sees any schools that have both good ...
Jan 7, 2011
This is my first time rating a manga so I apologize if there are any mistakes.

I give this manga...a perfect, pure, concentrated 100/100!

Yep! You read that rating right! I feel this is the single greatest and best manga of all time!...yet it's so underrated and underappreciated! But the appreciators who DO love it are truly devoted to this beautiful and majestic manga! I honestly feel that this is one of the most ground-breaking and wonderful and incomparable manga ever created! This is my number one all time favorite manga. And I can give A TON of reasons for it being sooooo wonderful!

The premise of this ...
Jan 16, 2008
Preliminary (Unknown/92 chp)
This story tells what life is like for those who take care of a autistic child. It shows the hardships, and joys that come with raising an autistic child. This manga helps those who do not know much on the subject of autism to better understand it. I highly recommend this manga to those who wish to learn more about autism, or are very interested in this subject.
Jul 26, 2020
This is a fantastic slice-of-life manga following two parents as they raise an autistic child. As the couple learn more about autism and about their child, they grow as parents and learn how to nurture their son and develop an environment he can thrive in.

Story: 9/10

The premise is a simple one, and it’s right in the title: this manga is about raising an autistic child. We follow Sachiko and Masato as they learn how to become better parents to their son, Hikaru.

They struggle to reconcile their fantasies of parenthood with the realities. They realize that their primary goal as parents shouldn’t necessarily ...
Dec 27, 2023
I don't consider this just a manga. No piece of fiction has caused me to think about life as much as this story.

Life's hard as it is. A collective series of choices that inevitably lead to one's death. Friends, family, children, a husband, a mother, the grandma, the grandpa. It's all a random set of circumstances in which we do what we can to be happy, but there's always a wrench thrown at most people. Some don't have the economic standing necessary to sustain a normal life, others have parental problems. Everybody's got their thing, something they've got to deal with in their own ...
Jul 30, 2017
As many readers of my reviews may note, I typically don’t tackle manga titles since anime is more my main priority of covering. But upon learning the premise of With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child almost three years ago, it caught my interest for both personal reasons and seeing how mangaka Keiko Tobe would approach exploring autism as to my knowledge, the disability has not had a serious exploration within any Japanese anime or manga series. The manga focuses on the challenges faced by the Azuma family as they try raising their autistic son, Hikaru, as With the Light explores his life from birth ...
Jul 14, 2022
My favorite Manga series of all time. It is a very realistic and respectful take on what growing up with autism is like, specifically in Japan in the 2000's. Very heartwarming and gorgeously drawn story. This manga helped me develop a deeper understanding of my friends who most of them are on the spectrum (including me, who was not diagnosed until February 2011) and I was crestfallen when I found out about Keiko Tobe's passing. I am still not over her passing. I never will be.

However, my biggest criticism would have to be that it is super DATED. Like statistics and science on kids diagnosed ...