I've been looking for this for nearly two hours now. I saw the cover for this and rememberedthe story in bits and pieces. I also fondly remember that I was right at that exact part where Sawa left the note when my dad called me to eat. I said I'd eat later and got an earful ( and yes, I'm Asian). I didn't know that it was the manga that I was looking for. Dumb. I know.
Asterisk (torino Shino)