Astral

is a Japanese light novel series written by Takafumi Imada, with illustrations by Tomozo. The series began publication on August 10, 2003 by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko publishing imprint.

Synopsis
You can see the ghosts that remain in this world. That was the power that Akira Sudama, an ordinary high school student, gained in the wake of the accident. And Akira meets the girls who have already been lost. Childhood friend of first love. A former classmate who was aiming to be a painter. Victim of street demon murder. A girl in the track and field club who died of illness before the tournament. It was clear that he had no special power other than seeing and talking, but he wanted to know their circumstances and save their souls ...