Boku no Hatsukoi o Kimi ni Sasagu (I Give My First Love to
You) is written by Kotomi Aoki and was released from December 20, 2005 till August 26, 2008. It is actually a spin off from Boku wa Imoto ni Koi o Suru (I’m in Love with My
Sister). I have not read this one yet, but it is next on the list because it seems to have a very interesting and odd story line.
Back to the manga being reviewed! There are ten volumes to this spin off. The series follows Kakinouchi Takuma who has a heart disease that leaves him with the diagnosis of not living past 20 years old. Taneda Mayu falls in love with him at an early age because she is the daughter of his doctor.
Review Time!
Storyline: The storyline is somewhat jumpy. It reads like someone telling the story of their life but jumps to different parts throughout the storyline. There wasn't as many fluffy moments as I had wanted their to be, but there was a lot of awkward and funny moments. I did like that the chapters were a little longer than I am use to; about 20-25 pages every time.
Ending: I was not a big fan of the ending. The moments leading up to the ending were probably my favorite part of the whole manga, because they felt more put together and cohesive than the rest of the story line. It felt like the ending was very quick and sudden however. =/ And there were characters that I wanted to know more about that didn't get any mention in the end which makes me sad.
Characters:
Kakinouchi Takuma - He jumps between emotions almost every other character which was frustrating. It was like going between loving him and then hating him. He'd truly go from being a jerk to an awesome guy.
Taneda Mayu - She was far too cliché for me. There couldn't have been a bossier girly girl in the series...I'm not a fan of characters like that.
Side Characters!! They were probably the best part of the series! I felt like I would actually get attached to them instead of the actual main characters that I felt no attachment to.
Artwork: The background artwork was good along with the
object details. I struggled at times in the beginning with some of the characters
because they looked rather similar. There wasn’t any drastic difference between
them all except for Takuma eventually had blond hair. That left me very
frustrated at times, because I sucked at guessing who was who throughout most
of the manga. The fact that they are attending a boarding school with school
uniforms doesn’t help either.
OVERALL: I’d give the whole thing a like 4 out of 10. It
wasn’t my cup of tea…
Random thoughts I had while reading the manga:
They make a video game reference! =O
DEVIL MAY CRY =O
Is he wearing leopard jacket!? What!? =O
nope "Bros be crazy"; *headache*
Haha, did they really just talk about wet dreams? lol
Grape fanta...gross...no use
crying over that spiled fanta lols
Possible love triangle! =O Nope its a square!!
dun-dun-duun! oh em gee! drama bomb!
Only girls confuse "I don't dislike you"
for an "I like you" (bitches be crazy...)
Too many people are liking too many people;
it's like a pentagram...it's so crazy-insane.
Only bitches take the answer to do you dislike
me of no as "OMG, we are totally dating now!!!
Seriously bitches be crazy....
This is a revolving door of confusion.
Are there any non-forced kisses in this thing?
You can't demand a date from a girl and then
push her towards dating another guy...wtf mate!
RANDOM CORGI SCENE! I IS HAPPY NOW =D
Qualifications???? What???? There are
qualifications to liking and confessing to someone
...how cute...and thoughtful...and weird...
I like when the characters do what I'm thinking;
Thanks for throwing that book at the back of
his head!; Psychic powers, watch out =P
Kou was emo on his birthday and joking about
dying in a car accident and then it happens!
=O ...yup that just happened...
Did that bitch die...
What!? That bitch is dead...what!?
What what what what?
She offers kisses, hugs, and sex and he says no...bullshit!!
He's brain dead =""""""""""(
I refuse this reality!
Why are the dads the only sensible
people in this whole thing!?
Haha he has porn magazines under every bed he has:
hospital, dorm, and home!
I do not own any images or characters talked/shown here; just the thoughts expressed.
