Hoteri Hotette First Kiss

by Coco Uzuki

Experience the magic of a first kiss through four heartwarming manga tales in Uzuki Coco's very first anthology!Whether you've shared many or simply yearn to feel the butterflies, experience the rush of true love's first kiss in four charming short stories. Follow junior high pairs as their hearts reach out to one another and their lips tremble in anticipation. While some quietly harbor their feelings for a dear friend over the years, others are suddenly struck by Cupid's arrow after one look from a stranger. Once these feelings bloom, there's no holding back!

Fall in love with this heart-racing anthology from Coco Uzuki, winner of the Spica Works Excellence Award!

Genres: Manga, Romance, Shojo, Contemporary, Graphic Novels, Short Stories, Fiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published September 13, 2022

Reviews

[Readergirl {hiatus}]

Okay, so, real question, WHO ADDED THE DIABETES-OVERDOSE IN THIS BOOK? Gahh ⁄⁠(⁠⁄⁠ ⁠⁄⁠•⁠⁄⁠-⁠⁄⁠•⁠⁄⁠ ⁠⁄⁠)⁠⁄

No no cuz fr it was like this:
Me- And how much sugar would you like to add, ma'am? ☺️
Author- *looks at the bucket of sugar*
Author- *picks it up*
Author-*dumps it in without break eye contact.
Me- ...😃

But overall, really cute, and short. A collection of fluttery, giggly short stories about first kisses THAT HAD THE BUTTERFLIES CARTWHEELING AND FRIGGIN EATING MY STOMACH LINING FRFR But hear me out the art (Yeah okay I'm starting to see a pattern or smth but seriously the ART THE ART 😩

Not much in terms of content or plot but it's really just for the giggles and feet-kicking.

2.8-there's-a-dent-in-my-wall-where-i-kicked-my-feet-too-hard/5

𝓟𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓵 𝓝𝓸𝓽𝓮
Just a girl trying to recover from the EMOTIONAL ANNIHILATION "I want to eat your pancreas" caused me. I needed something to stop my tears.

[Laura A. Grace]

FIRST IMPRESSION VIDEO HERE: https://youtu.be/kNX73mwKFlg

"Regret is part of life! Better to regret trying something than to regret never doing anything at all! Let's go for it!"

4.5 stars

This was such a fun and cute collection of love stories! I really enjoyed the running theme of each of the girls taking action and revealing their feelings to the boy they like. I found it inspiring because high school me would never be that brave! 😆 So it was fun and refreshing to see how each female lead conveyed her feelings!

My favorite story was Miyabi and Miyabi, but Double Glasses is a VERY close second! With the first story, I LOVEDDDDD the delinquent-like/playboy vibes Ichido gave us, but was actually a total sweetheart! A trope that always has me hooked, line, and sinker! LOL! Plus, I love how our female lead really softened up by the end! Much much cuteness!

Double Glasses was absolutely hilarious to read and had a blast! I'm not much for "pervy" characters, but I did find Amakuni really sweet and relatable! Mikoshiba was SOOOO cute! I really really enjoyed seeing their relationship bloom and how special it was for them to start holding hands! Was also happy to see more of them in a bonus short story! What a fun surprise!

I really liked the first one, Special Occasions, but I wish I knew and understood more about calligraphy because I think I would have appreciated the story more. I did think it was cute though!

Same as the last one, Full of Me, Full of You! It had a fun "twist" in the story and enjoyed seeing how it all unfolded!

Overall, this was a wonderful collection and I was VERY excited for more of Uzuki's works because she is a wonderful storyteller with beautiful art! I would recommend this if you're looking for a sweet and fun romance that has first kisses!

[anusha]

ahhh my heart craves a teen crush now!!! someone send me back to school. 😩

[Moon_child31]

So cuteeee

[LindSlay]

Not the biggest fan of multiple stories in one, that being said I thought it was very cute. I got a good feel for all the characters in this short amount of time and each couple did feel refreshing and new. The first couple was probably my least favorite out of the bunch which had me nervous for the rest of the stories but I enjoyed all of the ones that followed.

[ari]

4.5 ☆！just so cute i'm gonna explode...

the only thing, i wish it wasn't short stories. i would love to read a full manga about each couple, tho i think 2miyabi were my favs !

[Jasmine]

How did she infuse so much cuteness and swoony romance into each short story?!?!?!?!!?!!

[Maria🍉(dead poet)]

Suuuuper cringey but I read the whole thing anyway😬

[deborah.reads]

Un volume unico davvero simpatico se ti piacciono le storie d'amore!

[౨ৎDOUAE౨ৎ]

Not bad.

[Rebecca]

This was a very sweet collection of four stories about first love. All of the stories are strong with beautiful art, but my favorites were the first and third ones.

[Peppa]

I actually wrote a record her entire goodness was playing with me and the whole manga was wiped from my list rip 🪦😔

[kai ♡]

this book made me all giddy n shit, i love it aaaa 🥰 we love happy endings~

[miu]

actually i just enjoyed the sec and the last couple so its 2.125 stars

[**Sognatrice di libri**]

Questo è il primo manga che leggo di quest'autrice e che dire ho trovato questo volume molto tenero e dolce oltre che una lettura molto scorrevole e piacevole.

[Patricia]

Un manga del primer amor con 4 historias de distintas parejas y ambiente. Me encantó como a pesar de ser cortas la autora te hace conectar y amar a cada personaje queriendo que la historia fuera un poco más larga y queriendo saber más sobre ellos. Un libro precioso, romántico y muy tierno, súper recomendado si necesitas una lectura linda, corta y fácil de leer y más si estás en un bloqueo lector te ayudará demasiado. No puedo esperar a leer el otro manga que tiene la autora en emisión.

Pd: Por cierto el arte de la autora es bellisima❤️

[Natalie A]

cute oneshots, the age gap is a little weird though… senior x freshman ? 😭 yeah idk how to feel about that

[vanda 𐦍༘]

RAHHH THIS WAS SO SHORT SWEET AND CJTE AHHHH

[girgix]

3,5⭐

Carine le storie, ma abbastanza dimenticabili.

[Zian B.]

More of a 3.5 star rating;
I don’t usually like anthology-styled manga volumes, but I liked this one. Each story was extremely cute and had likable characters.

[Ify]

This was sooo cute!! My fav was the third couple.

[Mark]

As far as anthologies go, this one is decent. It has four stories of girls finding love and getting kissed. I think my biggest issue is that the guys in at least two stories are kind of dull. The second story’s male lead is a bit less respectful of personal space than I tend to enjoy at this stage and that’s my least favorite.

The third story here is the real winner, where two people with glasses wind up dating and being really into one another and it turns out the girl has the hormones of the lead in Lovesick Ellie and the imagination to match. The whole thing is fun and the two so obviously into each other, plus a bonus for their glasses clinking when they try and figure out kissing.

I think the first story is the second best, being closer to a teasing relationship and managing to foreshadow a payoff that it then does payoff in lovely fashion when it wraps up. All of these do have strong endings, so points for that.

It all feels very much along traditional shojo lines, which isn’t a bad thing, and there’s only so much you can do with fifty or so pages, but this is also more complete than some ten volume series I’ve read. Even the worst story has some merit to it and I can’t say that about many anthologies.

Honestly, I was going to round it down from 3.5 stars, but I think I’ll go up because, on reflection, what it manages is impressive. And, really, it made me want to read a full series by Coco Uzeki, which is also quite an accomplishment on its own.

[Vanessa]

Che bel volume unico! Come da titolo, le quattro storie romantiche raccolte in questo albo ruotano tutte attorno al primo bacio tra i banchi di scuola. Ho apprezzato la freschezza di ogni capitolo e la genuina intraprendenza delle protagoniste.

Lo consiglio non solo per chi l'adolescenza la sta vivendo (il target di riferimento per questo manga), ma anche a chi ha sulle spalle un po' di anni in più come me. E' riuscito a strapparmi più di un sorriso e a riportarmi per un po' indietro nel tempo.

[Marty-chan]

Sono carinissime queste storie brevi ❤️

[Alexandra]

A cute collection of 4 oneshots about different couples’ first kiss by the creator of Fall In Love, You False Angels. My favorite was ch. 3 “Double Glasses,” and I ended up reading it twice!

[Hisgirl85]

High 4 stars. This may be higher, as one of the stories was definitely a 5 star read, and nothing was lower than 4 stars. This volume included 4 one-shot love stories. I have loved everything I've read by this mangaka.

Edit to be 4.5 stars. A favorite already.

[Ya Boi Be Reading]

It's so rare to get a shojo oneshot collection translated over to the West so I'm so happy this exists!
Overall the collection had great character dynamics and dialogue which seems to be their real forte. Along with some great hidden feelings or people trying to hide true intentions or having a persona.
Individual reviews below. Average rating is roughly 4.1/5. Highlight is definitely Miyabi and Miyabi!
Special Occasions - 3.75. Wonderful first story. It's so cute and sweet. It's a romance where the couple are individual characters more than a self-insert romance. The characters are good and the dialogue just flows like butter. You really get a sense for how they feel about each other and the light teasing and the scene where he uses his talent to his love for her by letting her watch his process? Chef's kiss!
Miyabi and Miyabi - 4. Once again just killer dynamics and dialogue. The boy was enigmatic but I think it was done well. I also appreciate the strong-willed female lead. The scene where she was upfront about her feelings was really nice.
Double Glasses- 5. I can see this is the one on the cover. All of these have good dynamics so far but this one is really on even more all cylinders. The tone masterfully swaps between the awkwardness of teenage love and the awkward want of wanting to go further but not knowing how or if you should that a lot of teens face in relationships. It's awkward at times as it takes the full experience and it ends just so sweetly. The two characters both have this sort of reserved want or keeping away from their full expressions that just is so great to read because of how it's presented.
Full of Me, Full of You - 3.5. While not the favorite of the bunch, still good with great dynamics and wonderful hidden feelings.

[Rattlethebook]

Quattro coppie, quattro storie d'amore diverse, ma tutte unite da una sfumatura romantica e delicata che ci accompagna pagina dopo pagina.
First Kiss è un manga carino e leggero, perfetto per passare un'oretta in compagnia di una lettura coccola.
In generale, i volumi unici mi piacciono, ma visto che questo manga è piuttosto breve (meno di 200 pagine), le varie coppie non hanno lo spazio sufficiente per essere approfondite a dovere. Le vicende narrate restano piuttosto superficiali e, di conseguenza, non coinvolgono più di tanto. Risulta difficile affezionarsi ai personaggi e alle loro dinamiche sentimentali 💜🙈.
In più, i quattro racconti sono tutti abbastanza simili e non presentano colpi di scena o eventi memorabili.
Per quanto riguarda i disegni non ho molto da dire, nella loro semplicità, li ho trovati davvero belli.
Se siete alla ricerca di un manga poco impegnativo a livello emotivo, se avete voglia di una lettura veloce o se cercate una storia che vi tenga compagnia mentre fate merenda con una fetta di torta e un tè caldo, allora questo titolo potrebbe fare per voi.
Insomma, manga carino per trascorrere un pomeriggio tranquillo, ma non è uno di quei racconti che resterà nel mio cuore.

[Sam]

This was cute! Not a fan of the first story, liked the second story better, third one was my favorite and I liked the fourth one as well, though it felt like it could have benefit being just a little longer.

[Lea]

This was super cute