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A review by purplelorikeet
The Springtime of My Life Began with You, Volume 1 by Nikki Asada
3.0
Suehiro is a first-year high school student that nobody really notices. She's always got her head in a book and she doesn't have any friends. Takasago is the outgoing and popular guy that's been given the penalty game where has to ask out an unpopular girl. He chooses, Suehiro, of course, but after Suehiro calls out the penalty game, he tells her he still wants to go out.
This is the first volume of a series and so far, it's pretty typical for a shoujo manga. Suehiro fits the nerdy, wallflower stereotype and Takasago fits the popular guy one. Takasago is rather pushy early on, which is a bit annoying but it's so typical for this genre. He eases up a bit later on and then Suehiro starts to spread her wings due to her own willpower to change. This is is a pretty common trope in shoujo and it seems representative of the culture. Individuality is not valued so much like in our western society.
It's a cute story and so far is very enjoyable. I'm curious as to whether there's anything noteworthy in future volumes so might give them a look when they come out.
Overall, it's pretty good and I give this three stars.
Thank you to Netgalley and Kodansha for sharing an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.
This is the first volume of a series and so far, it's pretty typical for a shoujo manga. Suehiro fits the nerdy, wallflower stereotype and Takasago fits the popular guy one. Takasago is rather pushy early on, which is a bit annoying but it's so typical for this genre. He eases up a bit later on and then Suehiro starts to spread her wings due to her own willpower to change. This is is a pretty common trope in shoujo and it seems representative of the culture. Individuality is not valued so much like in our western society.
It's a cute story and so far is very enjoyable. I'm curious as to whether there's anything noteworthy in future volumes so might give them a look when they come out.
Overall, it's pretty good and I give this three stars.
Thank you to Netgalley and Kodansha for sharing an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.