The Moon on a Rainy Night (雨夜の月) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kuzushiro. It began serialization on Kodansha's Comic Days manga website in June 2021. It has been collected in eleven volumes as of January 2026. An anime television series adaptation produced by CompTown has been announced.
Plot
On a rainy night, Saki Kindaichi bumps into a girl her age while on her way to piano lessons, scraping her hand, the girl silently picks up the sheet music Saki dropped, gives her a bandage and leaves without a word. The following day as Saki begins her first semester of high school she reunites with the girl, Kanon Oikawa, as a classmate and learns that she is hard of hearing. At school, Kanon distances herself from others because of her disability, however Saki continuously reaches out to gain a better understanding of Kanon and they soon become friends. As the two grow closer, Saki helps Kanon open up to others at school, while wrestling with romantic feelings she is developing toward her new friend.
Characters
- Saki Kindaichi (金田一 咲希)
- A first-year high school student who has been playing the piano since she was a child. Saki becomes friends with Kanon after bumping into her on the way home and later finding out they are not only classmates but that Kanon's mother is also Saki's new piano teacher. While she wants to know and understand Kanon better she tends not to share much about herself and is generally afraid of Kanon finding out she has feelings for her.