so the couple can finally be together again. Yuki confesses she's a runaway girl, but after knowing the complete story of Daddy and Happy, she decides to return home. Differences between the manga and the movie The biggest difference between the original Stargazing Dog story and the movie is that in the manga Happie is the main character and narrator. The story is told from the point of view of the dog in proper chronological order, starting when the new born puppy is adopted and ends when he dies as an adult 9 years later. A second story in the serialized manga titled "Sunflowers" introduces Okutsu as a separated narration, told as a series of flashbacks as his relation with his own dog are gradually introduced to the audience. The movie inverses this plot, presenting Sunflowers as the main narration with Okutsu as the protagonist instead of Happie. Several secondary characters are silent on the manga, but they play a bigger role in the movie, providing Okutsu relevant information to reconstruct Daddy's life. Yuki is a new character created exclusively for the movie, so Okutsu may have someone to talk with about Daddy along his journey. Reception Richard Grey, reviewing the film ahead of the 2011 Japanese Film Festival in Australia, wrote that "this epic journey of one dog’s devotions to his master is guaranteed not to leave a dry eye in the house." References External links Japanese drama films Live-action films based on manga ja:星守る犬#映画 zh:星守犬#電影