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キスよりも早く[Kisu yori mo Hayaku] #10
キスよりも早く10 [Kisu Yorimo Hayaku 10]
森の中で遭難した先生と文乃。二人っきりになり、先生が幼少期について打ち明けてくれた！ そして、高校最後の文化祭がスタート!! メイド喫茶VS.執事喫茶で盛り上がる中、なぜか文乃は翔馬と回ることに!? 更に、不良に絡まれた文乃の前に現れたのは謎の学生で!?
183 pages, Paperback
First published December 5, 2011
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May 6, 2017
Still cute and still fluffy but just hurry up and kiss already. I thought this series ended at 10 volumes I was wrong there are still 2 more! The last couple of volumes have gotten way too repetitive and the whole Shouma liking Fumino thing didn't add anything and seems like a complete waste of time. Kazuma revealing his background didn't impact me at all either.
January 15, 2021
Really sweet and adorable Shoujo manga, cute story and art! 😻😁👌
July 14, 2017
*This review is for the series as a whole with 4 out of 5 stars*
After reading this manga, I was debating to myself on what rating I should give it. You see, when I was just in the middle part of this story, I already concluded that I will be giving it a 3.5 star rating, but man!!!! I love love love the ending. It was far from what I imagined and that’s really a relief. After the scene with sensei’s father, I thought everything will be cliché, but man! I didn’t anticipated the ending. It’s absolutely a perfect HEA, and you know how I’m such a sucker for that hehe. I’m just so happy with how everything turned out. I’m super happy that I shed a tear. It’s just, it seems like I was there in this story and felt what sensei and Fumino was feeling at that moment.
Kisu Yori mo Hayaku or also known as Faster than a Kiss in English is a story of Fumino, a highschool student who after getting tired of moving from one relatives to another, decided to ran away together with her younger brother, Teppei. While on the park, her sensei (teacher) approached them and asked what she’s doing. She got pissed so she demanded him to marry her so he can take good care of her and her brother. Out of tension between their confrontation, sensei said yes. And that is the start of their “secret” married life.
Unlike book reviews, I don’t mind sharing some spoilers when I’m reviewing a manga, so get ready haha. So what made me shed a tear? It was on the part where Fumino is walking down the aisle towards sensei. My! That was just so heartwarming. No words spoken, it’s just the two of them looking so lovingly at each other. If this manga would have made it into an anime, I’m pretty sure I’ll be watching that scene over and over again. It’s just so rewarding that after what they’ve been through, the happy moments and hardships they’ve shared, they finally able to overcome all of those and finally get married for real. It’s just beautiful. And speaking of beautiful, their first kiss indeed was so beautiful. Aww.. and thinking about it, I guess I’m going to start re-evaluating my feelings about the rain lol haha. Wanna know why? Well, that’s something you should find out for yourself. *wink
The idea of a student falling in love with her teacher is something that isn’t new to me. I’ve read and watch movies with that same logic before so I am really excited to find out how the author will remedy that and made me interested in this story to the extent of finishing it. And my! I sure did enjoyed this one.
Some may find it gross but hey hey hey, the professor is just 24 years old so it’s fine. Plus with a handsome face like that, I wouldn’t be having any second thoughts. Plus, he look so hot with or without glasses, but I think I’ll go for a glasses look for sensei. Why’s that? Well, he look so dang hot without his glasses so to avoid any women gawking at him, it’s better if he wear his glasses or I could kill someone haha.
I always love highschool romances so it wasn’t really a surprise that I enjoyed this one. Faster Than a Kiss wasn’t really in my radar until I stumbled to this one. It’s only 12 volumes and it’s already completed so I decided to check out the sypnosis and I like the idea, plus, the characters looks so good together so why not? It’s the shortest in my manga TBR so I decided to read it first. You see, I don’t usually read the manga without watching the anime first but seeing that it doesn’t have one, I guess I’ll have to check this out myself eh?
I have to say that Faster Than a Kiss is not your typical student falling in love with her sensei story. It’s not just the romance that is covered with this manga but it has so much more. You see, it’s just 12 volumes but it’s composed of so many chapters. I thought I know what’s going to happen next or I know how it’ll end but I was surprised with all the scenes the author added to this story. I love that it also includes about friendship, about family especially about relationship between siblings and also about not just love triangle but I guess that’s 5? Well, you see, Fumino is quite a Rapunzel in this story because of her long hair feeling lol haha.
The reason I was torn between 3.5 and 4 star rating because this manga had some confusing chapters. I’m not just talking about the drawing but also for the English translation, but then I realized that I should be thankful. Without these amazing translators who works so hard even without compensation, I was able to read this story eh? So I guess the only issue for me were the drawing. I’m not saying it’s bad, but there were some scenes and parts that was confusing that it made me spend a long time examining the pages to understand the scenes and the action it’s trying to portray. But I think that’s only a total of 2-3 chapters, all other chapters were great. And speaking of great, you can browse my favorite scenes from this manga here. *wink
The conflict, well, there’s so many conflicts in this story, but I’m so glad that the author didn’t add some annoying ones. Well, unless you count the part about sensei’s father, because that was downright annoying, but so far it didn’t stretched the far, because we finally got to see Fumino and sensei’s wedding, ayeeii. But even without the wedding, with cute Teppei around, they already look like one cute family. And my, Fumino and Teppei cosplaying while welcoming sensei everytime he comes home was quite cute, haha.
Although there’s no annoying conflicts, I have to say that there’s this annoying character that I really want to kill myself. And who would that be? Well, it’s sensei’s younger brother Shouma. My! He was really a pain in the ass. He’s hot and he’s cold and is downright jerk. If there are different classes of jerks, he’ll be in class A. I understand about his feelings towards Fumino but going to deal with his action of getting behind sensei and Fumino was so frustrating and irritating to watch/read. He’s just lucky that sensei didn’t lose his cool and was able to handle it maturely (well, not most of the time, haha).
For Fumino’s character, she was introduced as this badass chick who beat up guys who are doing bad to her classmates, but when she’s finally living with sensei, she somewhat loses her groove and was always in a situation where sensei always rescues her. Don’t get me wrong, I like her character but the saving the damsel in distress we’re too much. But on the other hand, she sure loves her younger brother so much. I love how she’ll do anything just for him and that really soften my heart. And ofcourse, I adore her kindness even to those who doesn’t deserves it, her cool, her courage and her guts. My! This girl is really something. And you know what else? I love how she fight so hard for sensei. She’s the kind of girl that knows what she wants and fights for it, and that’s the kind of attitude I like for a heroine.
Sensei on the other hand is definitely a prince charming material. He’s so nice, so good looking and everything you need for a guy is within him. He’s just too perfect which makes his character unrealistic. But even with that perfect attitude and appearance, I have to say that it didn’t stop me from liking him genuinely. I did not fall-in-love-with-him-and-wanting-to-become-the-heroine way but I really love his character. And my, didn’t I tell you how sensual his way of disinfecting Fumino’s wounds? haha. But beyond that perfect appearance, his distorted past makes up for it thus making his character relatable. What he’s been through and how he was able to get past them makes me so proud of him. Despite what he’s been through, I’m happy that he was able to become what he is now and finally found the woman who will love him and makes him happy.
There’s still some issue about his father and his relationship with sensei from way back before that wasn’t introduced to us completely but I guess the part where he bought Fumino’s wedding dress is enough to compensate it haha sucker.
Most POV of the manga were taken from the main character either the girl or the guy or from a third party, but for this one, I guess it’s safe to say that it was mostly from Fumino unless you’ll include some individual parts like the one from Shouma who was struggling about his feelings towards Fumino. I always love to hear about sensei so it was great that he had 1 chapter that is taken from his own POV, it was short yes but at least it was on the part where he talks about his feelings toward Fumino.
Both of the main characters confesses their feelings in the early volume so I thought after that all will be going to be predictable but the twist and turn surprised me.
This is the third shojo manga that I’ve read but differently not my first shojo anime so I have a lot to compare with, but so far, I find this one enjoyable. It didn’t just made me fall in love but it made me laugh my heart out.
And oops, I almost forgot. Aside from the romance and a little bit of comedy, I was eyeing to Fumino’s younger brother, Teppei. My! I guess he’s one of the most cutest character I’ve encounter so far.
If you love YA and drooling over a hot sensei, then Faster Than a Kiss is definitely for you.
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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After reading this manga, I was debating to myself on what rating I should give it. You see, when I was just in the middle part of this story, I already concluded that I will be giving it a 3.5 star rating, but man!!!! I love love love the ending. It was far from what I imagined and that’s really a relief. After the scene with sensei’s father, I thought everything will be cliché, but man! I didn’t anticipated the ending. It’s absolutely a perfect HEA, and you know how I’m such a sucker for that hehe. I’m just so happy with how everything turned out. I’m super happy that I shed a tear. It’s just, it seems like I was there in this story and felt what sensei and Fumino was feeling at that moment.
Kisu Yori mo Hayaku or also known as Faster than a Kiss in English is a story of Fumino, a highschool student who after getting tired of moving from one relatives to another, decided to ran away together with her younger brother, Teppei. While on the park, her sensei (teacher) approached them and asked what she’s doing. She got pissed so she demanded him to marry her so he can take good care of her and her brother. Out of tension between their confrontation, sensei said yes. And that is the start of their “secret” married life.
Unlike book reviews, I don’t mind sharing some spoilers when I’m reviewing a manga, so get ready haha. So what made me shed a tear? It was on the part where Fumino is walking down the aisle towards sensei. My! That was just so heartwarming. No words spoken, it’s just the two of them looking so lovingly at each other. If this manga would have made it into an anime, I’m pretty sure I’ll be watching that scene over and over again. It’s just so rewarding that after what they’ve been through, the happy moments and hardships they’ve shared, they finally able to overcome all of those and finally get married for real. It’s just beautiful. And speaking of beautiful, their first kiss indeed was so beautiful. Aww.. and thinking about it, I guess I’m going to start re-evaluating my feelings about the rain lol haha. Wanna know why? Well, that’s something you should find out for yourself. *wink
The idea of a student falling in love with her teacher is something that isn’t new to me. I’ve read and watch movies with that same logic before so I am really excited to find out how the author will remedy that and made me interested in this story to the extent of finishing it. And my! I sure did enjoyed this one.
Some may find it gross but hey hey hey, the professor is just 24 years old so it’s fine. Plus with a handsome face like that, I wouldn’t be having any second thoughts. Plus, he look so hot with or without glasses, but I think I’ll go for a glasses look for sensei. Why’s that? Well, he look so dang hot without his glasses so to avoid any women gawking at him, it’s better if he wear his glasses or I could kill someone haha.
I always love highschool romances so it wasn’t really a surprise that I enjoyed this one. Faster Than a Kiss wasn’t really in my radar until I stumbled to this one. It’s only 12 volumes and it’s already completed so I decided to check out the sypnosis and I like the idea, plus, the characters looks so good together so why not? It’s the shortest in my manga TBR so I decided to read it first. You see, I don’t usually read the manga without watching the anime first but seeing that it doesn’t have one, I guess I’ll have to check this out myself eh?
I have to say that Faster Than a Kiss is not your typical student falling in love with her sensei story. It’s not just the romance that is covered with this manga but it has so much more. You see, it’s just 12 volumes but it’s composed of so many chapters. I thought I know what’s going to happen next or I know how it’ll end but I was surprised with all the scenes the author added to this story. I love that it also includes about friendship, about family especially about relationship between siblings and also about not just love triangle but I guess that’s 5? Well, you see, Fumino is quite a Rapunzel in this story because of her long hair feeling lol haha.
The reason I was torn between 3.5 and 4 star rating because this manga had some confusing chapters. I’m not just talking about the drawing but also for the English translation, but then I realized that I should be thankful. Without these amazing translators who works so hard even without compensation, I was able to read this story eh? So I guess the only issue for me were the drawing. I’m not saying it’s bad, but there were some scenes and parts that was confusing that it made me spend a long time examining the pages to understand the scenes and the action it’s trying to portray. But I think that’s only a total of 2-3 chapters, all other chapters were great. And speaking of great, you can browse my favorite scenes from this manga here. *wink
The conflict, well, there’s so many conflicts in this story, but I’m so glad that the author didn’t add some annoying ones. Well, unless you count the part about sensei’s father, because that was downright annoying, but so far it didn’t stretched the far, because we finally got to see Fumino and sensei’s wedding, ayeeii. But even without the wedding, with cute Teppei around, they already look like one cute family. And my, Fumino and Teppei cosplaying while welcoming sensei everytime he comes home was quite cute, haha.
Although there’s no annoying conflicts, I have to say that there’s this annoying character that I really want to kill myself. And who would that be? Well, it’s sensei’s younger brother Shouma. My! He was really a pain in the ass. He’s hot and he’s cold and is downright jerk. If there are different classes of jerks, he’ll be in class A. I understand about his feelings towards Fumino but going to deal with his action of getting behind sensei and Fumino was so frustrating and irritating to watch/read. He’s just lucky that sensei didn’t lose his cool and was able to handle it maturely (well, not most of the time, haha).
For Fumino’s character, she was introduced as this badass chick who beat up guys who are doing bad to her classmates, but when she’s finally living with sensei, she somewhat loses her groove and was always in a situation where sensei always rescues her. Don’t get me wrong, I like her character but the saving the damsel in distress we’re too much. But on the other hand, she sure loves her younger brother so much. I love how she’ll do anything just for him and that really soften my heart. And ofcourse, I adore her kindness even to those who doesn’t deserves it, her cool, her courage and her guts. My! This girl is really something. And you know what else? I love how she fight so hard for sensei. She’s the kind of girl that knows what she wants and fights for it, and that’s the kind of attitude I like for a heroine.
Sensei on the other hand is definitely a prince charming material. He’s so nice, so good looking and everything you need for a guy is within him. He’s just too perfect which makes his character unrealistic. But even with that perfect attitude and appearance, I have to say that it didn’t stop me from liking him genuinely. I did not fall-in-love-with-him-and-wanting-to-become-the-heroine way but I really love his character. And my, didn’t I tell you how sensual his way of disinfecting Fumino’s wounds? haha. But beyond that perfect appearance, his distorted past makes up for it thus making his character relatable. What he’s been through and how he was able to get past them makes me so proud of him. Despite what he’s been through, I’m happy that he was able to become what he is now and finally found the woman who will love him and makes him happy.
There’s still some issue about his father and his relationship with sensei from way back before that wasn’t introduced to us completely but I guess the part where he bought Fumino’s wedding dress is enough to compensate it haha sucker.
Most POV of the manga were taken from the main character either the girl or the guy or from a third party, but for this one, I guess it’s safe to say that it was mostly from Fumino unless you’ll include some individual parts like the one from Shouma who was struggling about his feelings towards Fumino. I always love to hear about sensei so it was great that he had 1 chapter that is taken from his own POV, it was short yes but at least it was on the part where he talks about his feelings toward Fumino.
Both of the main characters confesses their feelings in the early volume so I thought after that all will be going to be predictable but the twist and turn surprised me.
This is the third shojo manga that I’ve read but differently not my first shojo anime so I have a lot to compare with, but so far, I find this one enjoyable. It didn’t just made me fall in love but it made me laugh my heart out.
And oops, I almost forgot. Aside from the romance and a little bit of comedy, I was eyeing to Fumino’s younger brother, Teppei. My! I guess he’s one of the most cutest character I’ve encounter so far.
If you love YA and drooling over a hot sensei, then Faster Than a Kiss is definitely for you.
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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December 14, 2016
This is going like I imagined it would. Such a great read to relax with.
November 3, 2022
Fumino und Kazuma sitzen in noch immer zwischen den Felsen fest und so nimmt sich Kazuma die Zeit um Fumino über seine Kindheit und das zerrüttet Verhältnis zu seinem Vater aufzuklären. Fumino ist schockiert und fühlt sich Kazuma noch mehr verbunden. Nachdem sie gerettet werden, haben die beiden wieder allerhand zu tun. So gilt es einen alten Freund im Krankenhaus zu besuchen, der für Kazuma wie in Vater war, und ein neues Schulfest zu überstehen, was sich als recht schwierig erweist, denn Shouma hat es noch immer nicht aufgegeben seiner Schwägerin näher zu kommen.
Dieser Band ist sehr aufschlussreich und gibt viele Hintergrundinformationen zu Kazuma. Fumino als Protagonistin zeigt sich wieder sehr einfühlsam und doch schreckt sie nicht davor zurück ihren starken Gerechtigkeitssinn walten zu lassen. Trotz der immer wieder spannenden und emotionalen Szenen, bin ich für mich langsam zu dem Schluss gekommen, dass man es wohl nie erleben wird, dass die beiden Protagonisten sich wirklich näher kommen, denn immer wenn es zu einem Kuss kommen könnte, scheint etwas dazwischen zu kommen oder Fumino kippt vor Panik aus den latschen. Die Zeichnungen sind gewohnt gut und an humorvollen Szenen wird nicht gespart. Es ist wirklich wieder ein sehr lesenswerter Teil der Faster-than-a-Kiss-Reihe.
Broschiert: 192 Seiten
Verlag: TOKYOPOP; Auflage: 1 (8. August 2012)
Sprache: Deutsch
ISBN-10: 3842003706
ISBN-13: 978-3842003705
Vom Hersteller empfohlenes Alter: 13 - 16 Jahre
Größe und/oder Gewicht: 12,8 x 1,5 x 18,8 cm
Dieser Band ist sehr aufschlussreich und gibt viele Hintergrundinformationen zu Kazuma. Fumino als Protagonistin zeigt sich wieder sehr einfühlsam und doch schreckt sie nicht davor zurück ihren starken Gerechtigkeitssinn walten zu lassen. Trotz der immer wieder spannenden und emotionalen Szenen, bin ich für mich langsam zu dem Schluss gekommen, dass man es wohl nie erleben wird, dass die beiden Protagonisten sich wirklich näher kommen, denn immer wenn es zu einem Kuss kommen könnte, scheint etwas dazwischen zu kommen oder Fumino kippt vor Panik aus den latschen. Die Zeichnungen sind gewohnt gut und an humorvollen Szenen wird nicht gespart. Es ist wirklich wieder ein sehr lesenswerter Teil der Faster-than-a-Kiss-Reihe.
Broschiert: 192 Seiten
Verlag: TOKYOPOP; Auflage: 1 (8. August 2012)
Sprache: Deutsch
ISBN-10: 3842003706
ISBN-13: 978-3842003705
Vom Hersteller empfohlenes Alter: 13 - 16 Jahre
Größe und/oder Gewicht: 12,8 x 1,5 x 18,8 cm
May 5, 2019
This is one of my favourite manga! It is fun with a very good plot. I love the story and the art. Even the translation to English is proper. I would definitely recommend to read. The development of the story is well paced.
November 9, 2018
مستمتعه جدا مع هذي المانجا
June 12, 2021
この巻の後書きは可愛かったがありえない過ぎだった。切った玉ねぎの中でロマンチクなデコキス？！ありえない。玉ねぎは臭いし目を泣かせるし、ロマンチクなところは全くないんだ。コメディならオーケーけどロマンチクではない。
January 17, 2021
I'm confused with Shouma's behaviour.
Then nobody seems to be able to keep a secret. Everyone open their big mouths and spill EVERYTHING.
But most importantly than everything else, you're not the Kaichou wa Maid-sama! You think you are.
Then nobody seems to be able to keep a secret. Everyone open their big mouths and spill EVERYTHING.
But most importantly than everything else, you're not the Kaichou wa Maid-sama! You think you are.
August 16, 2012
So Fumino meets the secretary guy of Kazuma's father's - & she meets his father who is frankly, an asshole. Really. Anyway, the Ojiro family (well his father) wants Kazuma & Fumino to separate b/c they don't want the Ojiro name disgraced & shit. They work out a deal & Fumino stays at the Ojiro household, trying tog et Kazuma's father to understand that they aren't doing anything wrong & that he should let them be together!
I think in the last book or something, Fumino went with Kazuma to meet that teacher that changed his life. K. introduced them :)
And she learned about Kazuma's life growing up & how he learned to appreciate what he had & how his father was never there - always away on business & stuff, which was a bit sad :(
I think in the last book or something, Fumino went with Kazuma to meet that teacher that changed his life. K. introduced them :)
And she learned about Kazuma's life growing up & how he learned to appreciate what he had & how his father was never there - always away on business & stuff, which was a bit sad :(
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October 19, 2013
I was so disappointed in how this ended. So, incredibly disappointed. I hated how the basis of the relationship was a lie, I hated how there wasn't greater acceptance of their relationship, and I hated how there was pretty much no build up to the wedding. For being such a lovey-dovey relationship, the wedding didn't seem to reflect beyond the standard wedding scene, and in a way seemed rushed. That might have been because they didn't repair their relationship, and the foundation of trust being shaken. It also might have been that it took 10 volumes to build up to the romantic epitome of the marriage scene, and it was a singular chapter, second from the end. I have such a bad taste in my mouth, that it just isn't funny. Shame, this was really cute.
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August 25, 2014
Series Review: A cute and heartwarming manga that romance lovers will adore. The beginning and end of the series seemed a little rushed and confusing but the journey in between was fun and at times emotional. This manga is stronger in characters than in plot as there was some repetition in plot devices. Over all I would recommend giving this manga a try!
July 21, 2012
This was an incredible sweet and innocent love story between a teacher and a student. Their strong will and commitment to each other is constantly tested but never falters. I admit, the last chapter did make me a little misty-eyed. ^_^
August 5, 2012
It's just....perfect. Or I don't know how to describe it well. The story, from the very first book I read four years ago and now, it's already finished, from sweet things till the bitterest, all of them are completed.
March 28, 2013
Me encantó el final!!!!!!!!!! Al fin se besaron y se casaron. Me dio mucha pena el pobre de Shouma y me parecio que Meg era muy fuerte, a pesar de estar enamorada de él, ella acepto los sentimientos de {el por Fumino.
Excelente final!!
Excelente final!!
October 22, 2013
How sweet and funny... This may be one of those shoujo manga out there that successfully captured my heart with its pure and innocent romance.
Oh, and don’t skip those side stories, it was surprisingly good.
Oh, and don’t skip those side stories, it was surprisingly good.
August 23, 2012
I'm so glad and it was a bit shocking when I figured out that he never really married her.I wish it was a bit longer in the end but it was a really sweet story!
May 17, 2013
Ga nyesel bacanya muahahaha
July 30, 2013
This was one of the best mangas I ever read :D
January 19, 2014
This was way too cute! I devoured it and finished in less than two days.
Camila out.
Carpe diem!
Camila out.
Carpe diem!
September 5, 2014
These cutie patooties are going to wreck me. This manga is just really sweet. I don't think I will every get over how adorable they are.
Kill them with kindness dear!
Kill them with kindness dear!
June 6, 2016
see full review @ Katie's Corner
December 29, 2014
Simply adorable, lovable, huggable let-me-read-it-all-over-able.
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