A review by ket_van
Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu Vol 01 by Kanan Minami

4.0

Covers Chapters 1-

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First of all this may not be the most favourite manga of mine, but I do love it a lot. Well, I love all the mangas written and illustrated by Minami Kanan, especially if they have smut in their genres. She is just fabulous at drawing such things, and her main characters, guys especially are really big perverts, but that just makes them even more amazing. And you just can’t not fall in love with them. You’ll just drool all over your manga while reading.

There is only one word to describe this manga: best hardcore shoujo. Oh, those were two words, but well it’s an amazing shoujo manga. It starts with an absolutely unpopular girl and a popular boy falling in love with each other. Well, their relationship didn’t really start that smooth, both of them kind of hated each other in the beginning, they did have their reasons. Everything does start with a quite bad start, but very soon both of them find themselves deeply in love with each other. But will their love be enough to overcome what is waiting for them in the future? That’s up to you to find out.

The characters are amazing, especially their development. Both Tsubaki and Kyouta have a long way to go. And all their feelings are shown in this manga; their fears and their joys, their love and also their sorrow. The manga covers a really huge part of their lives. One of the best parts is when they break up so Tsubaki can find what she wants to do in the future. Manga focuses quite excessively on the future and that not all of us know what we want to do, as well as that we should follow our dreams, and we should fight for them and even stand up to our parents to make them understand that it is our lives, not theirs.

Now let me just explain one thing before I finish up here. This is something with their names. You might have a problem getting why they are called every time differently. In Japan using a person’s first name means you are very close to this somebody, so it is common that in mangas sometimes people call each other by their family names. So now back to my explanation. The heroine’s name is Tsubaki Shibano, while the hero’s name is Kyouta Tsubaki. Meaning Tsubaki for a girl is first name, while for a boy a surname. Hope, you will not be confused after reading this.

You will enjoy this manga a lot. It has everything. A lot of love, but quite a big portion of heartbreak too, nice humor and a lot of every day life problems. The characters are amazing. They impress you from the very first page and you don’t really want to put the manga down until you finish it. I hope you enjoy it to its fullest