Taiyou no Uta is ok. There are some 10/10 reviews floating around for this Manga and I don't think there justified. Taiyou no Uta is a classic sob story, something that you would see in a small column in the newspaper. Taiyou no Uta doesn't succeed in anything but also doesn't fail at anything it's sad but that's all it is sad. Stories that rely solely on being sad won't go too far and Taiyou no Uta fits perfectly under that.

The story follows a girl who suffers from a rare condition called Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP for short) a very real and horrible skin disorder. For the most part the story isn't insensitive about the disease but also is very safe in the execution of how the disease is portrayed. But continuing on with the synopsis, The young girl loves to sing and every night she goes out to perform with her guitar. She later falls in love with a surfer. Sound familiar? Probably while not exactly the same its akin to something like "The fault in our Stars" etc. The story is serviceable. There are no real stakes except for one moment when her alarm stops working for "Mysterious unknown reasons" and the sun is coming up. So she has to get home quick and she wants to stop singing yada yada. So now its main guys fault for this girl not telling him about a serious condition and unnecessary drama occurs. It's not offensive, it's not confrontational about anything, its just serviceable.

Art is your typical stock Shoujo art, you've seen it before nothing to write home about.

Characters can range from decent to forgettable, this may be due to the short span of the story but there have been plenty of short stories that have great fleshed out characters within a finite amount of time. The main girl is your generic "Im sick I'm gonna make the most of my time" Kinda character, which is fine, im sure thats how most patients look at there illnesses, i'm sure they don't want to be reminded that they have the illness and want to make the most of there time left spent well, but it's nothing we haven't seen. The main guy is a serviceable character he's nice he's a good looker and he's always happy. The other characters don't really matter because "Side characters bruh", main guy has 2 friends but other than like 2 throw away panels we dont really see them again. The main girls best friend is bland, definitely more fleshed out then main guys friends but still bland. She skips school thats basically her character, oh and she cares for her friend. Mother and Father are just there to exist. Father is definitely more prolific then mother but equally as forgettable.

All in all this manga was ok. Definitely not a 10/10 its a 5 at best and I don't think my opinions are changing any time soon.