Shadow Star, known in Japan as Narutaru (なるたる), which comes from the abbreviation of "Mukuro Naru Hoshi, Tama Taru Ko" (骸なる星 珠たる子) (meaning roughly corpse of a star; a precious child), is a Japanese manga series created by Mohiro Kitoh, originally serialized in Kodansha's seinen magazine Afternoon. When asked about the manga, Mohiro Kitoh stated that he had about 80% of the entire story planned out from the beginning.