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A review by louandlife
The World's Greatest First Love, Vol. 9, Volume 9 by Shungiku Nakamura
5.0
Ahh this volume may be the cutest volume yet. It was literally filled with cute moments. This volume followed Ritsu and his relationship with Masamune, and had both viewpoints of Shota/Kou. This volume was so cute because we saw Masamune taking care of Ritsu when he was ill, and declaring the depth of his love. It was so cute. With Kou's chapter, you saw him jealous! It was really refreshing to see, and you see how perfect they both are for each other. It was nice to see Shota reassure Kou. Then with Shota's chapter, you got to see how much Kou's little things mean for Shota and it was so cute! I can't deal.
One of the criticisms of the Yaoi genre is the lack of characters identifying as gay. I feel like this series disputes this with Shota (within pages of us meeting him, he tells us he's always been gay), and Haitani being described as bi. Whether it is good depiction is another question (I would argue more on the side of this series having good representation but there are negative aspects to it too).
I would recommend this series! I am so sad knowing that I only have one more volume left before I have caught up with all the English volumes that are currently out! I have marked in on my calendar when Volume 11 comes out in English, so I can go to my local manga store (which is literally a minute away from my work! Yay! My wallet dislikes it though).
One of the criticisms of the Yaoi genre is the lack of characters identifying as gay. I feel like this series disputes this with Shota (within pages of us meeting him, he tells us he's always been gay), and Haitani being described as bi. Whether it is good depiction is another question (I would argue more on the side of this series having good representation but there are negative aspects to it too).
I would recommend this series! I am so sad knowing that I only have one more volume left before I have caught up with all the English volumes that are currently out! I have marked in on my calendar when Volume 11 comes out in English, so I can go to my local manga store (which is literally a minute away from my work! Yay! My wallet dislikes it though).