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純情ロマンチカ [Junjō Romantica] #4
Junjo Romantica, Volume 04
Book by Shungiku Nakamura
192 pages, Paperback
First published October 28, 2004
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About the author
Shungiku Nakamura
131 books715 followersShungiku Nakamura (中村春菊 Nakamura Shungiku?, born December 13,1980) is a Japanese yaoi manga artist. She is most famous for creating Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance. Shungiku Nakamura's distinct style of manga has been identified largely throughout Japanese and English yaoi fanbases. Her works usually include large age gaps between the seme and uke and characters with careers in the publishing industry (as depicted in Junjo Romantica and Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi). She often cowrites with Fujisaki Miyako, who authored the novels of Yoshino Chiaki no baai in Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi.
Works:
Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance (2002 - Ongoing)
"Junjou Mistake" (2008)
Hybrid Child (2003 - 2004)
Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi (2007 - Ongoing)
"√W.P.B." (2004)
"Touzandou Tentsui Ibun" (1998 - 1999)
"Mangetsu Monogatari"
"Tsuki wa Yamiyo ni Kakuru ga Gotoku" (1999)
"Picturesque of a Mask" (art only)
"Umi ni Nemuru Hana"
Works:
Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance (2002 - Ongoing)
"Junjou Mistake" (2008)
Hybrid Child (2003 - 2004)
Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi (2007 - Ongoing)
"√W.P.B." (2004)
"Touzandou Tentsui Ibun" (1998 - 1999)
"Mangetsu Monogatari"
"Tsuki wa Yamiyo ni Kakuru ga Gotoku" (1999)
"Picturesque of a Mask" (art only)
"Umi ni Nemuru Hana"
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May 3, 2021
Leído hasta el volumen 5. No sé, no me está convenciendo y quizá sea por el dibujo, que no me gusta. No creo que continúe, por lo menos con el manga, igual al anime le doy una oportunidad.
January 9, 2017
Hiro y Nowaki me encantan ^^
February 27, 2025
No me acordaba por qué este era mi tomo favorito. Ahora ya me acuerdo por qué este es mi tomo favorito 🖤
September 7, 2021
I found most of the volumes I was missing for $3 a book today - and man, I did not remember how ugly the art is!
April 10, 2015
1st. read: 10/3/07
March 27, 2021
*2,5
“Después de las clases, cuando tenía algo de tiempo libre, ibamos a la base secreta, a discutir planes secretos. En el túnel verde, azul y blanco (verde y gris de vez en cuando). Los dos solos.” 🥺🥺🥺
-ngl se está volviendo medio repetitivo todo.. espero que eventualmente remonte
“Después de las clases, cuando tenía algo de tiempo libre, ibamos a la base secreta, a discutir planes secretos. En el túnel verde, azul y blanco (verde y gris de vez en cuando). Los dos solos.” 🥺🥺🥺
-ngl se está volviendo medio repetitivo todo.. espero que eventualmente remonte
July 12, 2021
3.9/5🌟
Relectura porque queria volver a leer esta historia de estos personajes caoticos y queribles.
Este tomo no es de mis favoritos, pero siempre es bastante disfrutable de leer😁
Pasan los años y todavia le tengo un super cariño a estas historias.
Mel🌻
Relectura porque queria volver a leer esta historia de estos personajes caoticos y queribles.
Este tomo no es de mis favoritos, pero siempre es bastante disfrutable de leer😁
Pasan los años y todavia le tengo un super cariño a estas historias.
Mel🌻
December 23, 2019
小弘暗戀小兔的經過、以及兩人小時候的事。小兔小時候真是呆萌得過分，小弘小時候也很可愛
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 24, 2009
So Misaki and Usagi has some serious love going on. Of course Misaki is still having doubts about his feeling for Usagi but the body dont lie and its saying that it likes Usagi a whole lot. So Usagi is the seme and is always taking the lead, seems Misaki will like to take over for the first time and this leads to some seriously funny moments. These two will leave you laughing and begging for more.
This mangaka does not disappoint.
This mangaka does not disappoint.
April 17, 2020
oooohhh yeeeaaahhhh this right here is why i fell in love with JR in the first place. junjou egoist was fantastic, especially the first chapter of this volume. then back to romantica we go, and misaki never fails to crack me up. the minimum chapter was super cute as well. good volume was good - in fact great! until the next volume, definitely looking forward to reading about the terrorist guys again ~ til then :')
October 21, 2025
Repeated review.
The only thing this manga has going for it is the story, what little of it that actually exists. The yaoi relationships are toxic as hell, which happens very often in yaoi and for why? Sexual assault on a minor, which results in unexpected romance? Hell no. What was wrong with you, younger me? Did you just want the smut back then? Lord…
The only thing this manga has going for it is the story, what little of it that actually exists. The yaoi relationships are toxic as hell, which happens very often in yaoi and for why? Sexual assault on a minor, which results in unexpected romance? Hell no. What was wrong with you, younger me? Did you just want the smut back then? Lord…
May 27, 2019
Amo esta historia. Gracias a Junjo romantica me enamore de yaoi. Aun el dibujo no me termina de convencer. Pero veremos como avanza mas adelante.
June 6, 2021
Volume 4 was just as enjoyable as volume 3. I was especially happy to finally get a chapter told from the perspective of Nowaki. He's so naturally easy going and affectionate that sometimes Hiroki forgets how easily his oppositely cold and standoffish demeanor can throw him off and make him question Hiroki's feelings toward him.
Also, I have been way too hard on Hiroki (and Misaki, for that matter). He has really been through a lot in his past and I really can't blame him for being who he is. Reading the chapter Junjo Minimum shows he fell in love with Akihiko when they were just in elementary school. That is a long time to have loved someone and not get anything in return. (Not to mention he'd always had that characteristically prideful demeanor even as a kid. Its just what makes him who he is.) The manga shows just how grateful Hiroki is to Nowaki for releasing him from that painful situation and how deeply he actually does care about his feelings.
The beginning of act 6.2 of the Romantica storyline was freaking hilarious. Omg, Misaki's reactions to everything Akihiko was saying to his brother in order to allow Misaki to continue living with him was priceless. Misaki is finally(!) acknowledging that he and Akihiko are lovers and I couldn't be happier for the both of them. But on another note, how can Misaki be so clueless as to how popular, respected, and accomplished Akihiko is within the literary community? He was totally blindsided by this new award and hadn't even read the book that won it. I don't think he's selfish or anything, I just think it's funny. Misaki of the manga is way more likeable than Misaki of the anime and I'm so happy I decided to read this series
Also, I have been way too hard on Hiroki (and Misaki, for that matter). He has really been through a lot in his past and I really can't blame him for being who he is. Reading the chapter Junjo Minimum shows he fell in love with Akihiko when they were just in elementary school. That is a long time to have loved someone and not get anything in return. (Not to mention he'd always had that characteristically prideful demeanor even as a kid. Its just what makes him who he is.) The manga shows just how grateful Hiroki is to Nowaki for releasing him from that painful situation and how deeply he actually does care about his feelings.
The beginning of act 6.2 of the Romantica storyline was freaking hilarious. Omg, Misaki's reactions to everything Akihiko was saying to his brother in order to allow Misaki to continue living with him was priceless. Misaki is finally(!) acknowledging that he and Akihiko are lovers and I couldn't be happier for the both of them. But on another note, how can Misaki be so clueless as to how popular, respected, and accomplished Akihiko is within the literary community? He was totally blindsided by this new award and hadn't even read the book that won it. I don't think he's selfish or anything, I just think it's funny. Misaki of the manga is way more likeable than Misaki of the anime and I'm so happy I decided to read this series
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September 23, 2020Junjou Egoist 8, 9:
Chapter 8 wraps up (probably) Shinoda and Hiroki's story. A very short story indeed, only two chapters long. I actually wish we could have seen more but honestly, it fits. A lot of important encounters and experiences in life are pretty short lived just like this one was. A heavy impression can be made in an instant or over the span of a lifetime or anywhere in between.
It was the icing on the cake that when we find out that Shinoda saw Hiro too but chose to not come up and say hello, much like Hiro. They're similar yet different people, drawn to each other out of a mutual pain and loneliness. That being said, Shinoda likely didn't say anything because he surely shared the same sentiment as Hiro. He wanted to get rid of those memories that came flooding back. But at the same time, he was so very happy to see that Hiro had found happiness too, a happiness that six years ago seemed far, far out of reach to the point where nobody could see it.
Wholesome story indeed, and I'm sure this won't be the very last time we'll see Shinoda.
Oh, yes, and we found out that it was shortly thereafter the events with Shinoda that Hiro slept with Usagi and then wound up finding Nowaki (or rather, Nowaki finding him). Funny how these things happen.
Chapter 8 wraps up (probably) Shinoda and Hiroki's story. A very short story indeed, only two chapters long. I actually wish we could have seen more but honestly, it fits. A lot of important encounters and experiences in life are pretty short lived just like this one was. A heavy impression can be made in an instant or over the span of a lifetime or anywhere in between.
It was the icing on the cake that when we find out that Shinoda saw Hiro too but chose to not come up and say hello, much like Hiro. They're similar yet different people, drawn to each other out of a mutual pain and loneliness. That being said, Shinoda likely didn't say anything because he surely shared the same sentiment as Hiro. He wanted to get rid of those memories that came flooding back. But at the same time, he was so very happy to see that Hiro had found happiness too, a happiness that six years ago seemed far, far out of reach to the point where nobody could see it.
Wholesome story indeed, and I'm sure this won't be the very last time we'll see Shinoda.
Oh, yes, and we found out that it was shortly thereafter the events with Shinoda that Hiro slept with Usagi and then wound up finding Nowaki (or rather, Nowaki finding him). Funny how these things happen.
January 1, 2023
I haven't been this excited about a manga series in a very long time. About three storylines are happening at once, and each pairing is unique and exciting. Each pairing will bring you tears of sorrow and joy at some point during the reading adventure. Something I did not expect was how much I enjoyed the art in this manga. The panels were all very well utilized; the story moves in a gentle flow that keeps you floating through the pages until you hit the end!
October 12, 2021
El nombre especial d Hiroki que solo una persona utiliza!!
Misak cabo su propia tumba...como se le ocurre leer las historias de Yayoi...era obvio que eso no iba a salir bien...por lo menos pudo decirle a Usami que quiere saber más de él.
Awww los pequeños Hiro y Akihiko son tan lindos, que curiosa la forma en la que sé conocieron
Misak cabo su propia tumba...como se le ocurre leer las historias de Yayoi...era obvio que eso no iba a salir bien...por lo menos pudo decirle a Usami que quiere saber más de él.
Awww los pequeños Hiro y Akihiko son tan lindos, que curiosa la forma en la que sé conocieron
May 7, 2024
Okay this one is a 4.5 for me im ngl, egoist was fine this time around they didn't piss me off and it seems like they're growing as people awesome stuff. I like that even with the pretty set relationship romantica has going on now that doesn't just evaporate the anxieties that misaki has, just really nice to see
May 28, 2024
Adoro leer el sufrimiento pasado de Takahiro por su amor no correspondido hacia Usagi, me apachurra el corazón de forma preciosa.
Nowaki? Un panecito, lo amo
Also Usagi y Takahiro chiquitos? lo más tierno del mundo. Usagi aprendió a callar gente que llora desde pequeño y ya no soltó su técnica JAJAJA
Nowaki? Un panecito, lo amo
Also Usagi y Takahiro chiquitos? lo más tierno del mundo. Usagi aprendió a callar gente que llora desde pequeño y ya no soltó su técnica JAJAJA
February 1, 2020
¿Me gustó? Pues si, ¿fue mi favorito? Pues no jajaja
Egoist se me hizo una parte muy bonita de la historia, sufrí con el personaje, romántica fue divertida, veo una evolución de los personajes muy buenos. Hasta ahora, todo bien 🤩
Egoist se me hizo una parte muy bonita de la historia, sufrí con el personaje, romántica fue divertida, veo una evolución de los personajes muy buenos. Hasta ahora, todo bien 🤩
May 20, 2017
20.05.17 Reread
December 3, 2018
Everytime I read this series, my heart gets more warm
December 22, 2018
Ending with such a cute story omg shdkd I really liked how the volumen started with the story of Hiro and ends with it as well.
December 30, 2019
No son mis capítulos favoritos, pero ame leerlos igualmente
January 3, 2020
Un volumen bastante emotivo y hermoso
March 11, 2020
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October 3, 2021
Realmente le doy 2’5 de 5 estrellas.
Sólo me interesa «la pareja romántica», de Misaki y Usami en verdad :/
Sólo me interesa «la pareja romántica», de Misaki y Usami en verdad :/
July 20, 2022
Slice of life. Not much really happens. Junjo egoist is a bit more interesting.
November 10, 2022
De acuerdo, este tomo ha sido adorable, sobretodo la mini historia del final.
April 27, 2023
Llegué hasta este tomo solo para leer el: "Hiro-san, Hiro-san" de Nowaki con cara de tonto jajaja y valió totalmente la pena.
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