This is the story of Justin who lands the role of hosting a TV show named Star Juice, later named Astronomy Gossip. For the show, he becomes a heightened version of himself: Jason Pluto, and has to balance his daily life as Justin with his showbusiness life as Jason.
First of all, I love the fact that this story has a male MC! It’s rare to find this on Episode, so this immediately appealed to me. And Justin/Jason is such a lovely, relatable guy who’s just trying to get by in the world – I was rooting for him from the very beginning.
There were lots of other things that really stood out to me when reading this story. I loved how Justin spent his free time finishing other writers’ abandoned stories (I found it quite moving!) and on top of being perfectly directed, I thought it handled some very interesting themes such as loneliness and asexuality really well.
If you’re getting tired of stories that follow the same cliches on Episode, I would ABSOLUTELY recommend Astronomy Gossip! It’s so unique and interesting, and has such a fully fleshed out and believable cast that you’ll half-believe they really do exist!
Astronomy Gossip
by Echo Dunkelström
Instagram: @echo.a.dunkelstrom
Genre: Drama
Episodes: 7 (ongoing)
Mature themes: Yes (light)
Strong language: No
Have you guys read this one? What did you think of it? Post your thoughts in the comments below! And if you haven’t read it yet – simply click here on your device to be taken straight to the story in Episode! Remember to come back here and share your thoughts with everyone 🙂
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COMMENTS
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This story and it's characters are so thoughtfully written — it's three-dimensional and avoids the usual Episode tropes. Seeing the world through Justin's eyes has been a meaningful, enlightening journey. Great read!
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Sounds great, and for once not a cliché episode story!
Thank you SO much Joseph!!! I couldn't even hope to see it here, and so soon!
It's such a great and beautiful story 😍 I'm always amazed on the character designs, they're all different and loveable imperfect 🤗 I'm so happy to see it as this week's pick 😍🤗