ふたりの恋愛書架 1

ふたりの恋愛書架 [Futari no Renai Shoka] #1

by Kore Yamazaki

本"をキッカケに出会った、年上のお姉さん「カナコ」と草食系男子高校生「秋生(アキオ)」。会話を交わすうちに、秋生を「運命の相手」と見初めて、不意にプロポーズをするカナコ。
戸惑いながらも、秋生はカナコに魅力を感じ始めて…。年の差なんて関係ないハートフルラブストーリー第1巻。

Genres: Manga, Romance, Seinen, Graphic Novels, Comics Manga, Young Adult, Josei

178 pages, Paperback

First published February 12, 2013

About the author

Name (in native language) : ヤマザキコレ

Born in Hokkaido. Also known as Yamao Mitsu.

Reviews

[Christina (A Reader of Fictions) · Rating 2 out of 5]

The art's gorgeous, but I really don't understand why there's such a creepy age gap in this romance. When they first meet, the guy's still in junior high (probably about age 15), and the woman's already graduated from university. What's even weirder is that no one who finds out about them seems to be bothered by this?!?! If he'd just been older, I'd have really liked this, but as it is I feel weird giving it more than two stars. I'm going to read the second one because I want to see if anything more is made of that to explain WHY the author made that choice.

If he were older, the romance is pretty sweet. I like a guy who blushes, and obviously I'm a big fan of a couple of massive introverts falling in love over book discussions. The pace of the romance is too fast, but maybe could have been charming if she didn't move her high school-aged boyfriend in with her. Also, it's convenient that his parents are just not around. It's an oddly innocent story, seeming more like two lonely souls finding a home than some sort of pedophilia kink, but just whyyyyy couldn't he be older?

[atmatos · Rating 4 out of 5]

There is an age gap in this, but it didn't bother me like it usually does. Maybe it was because it was a younger guy, or maybe because the story is pretty innocent, or maybe it was a bit of both. The story has a melancholy feel, and yet it gives you the warm fuzzies!

[Afifahcookie · Rating 2 out of 5]

This just wasn't for me. The age gap would have been okay if he wasn't still in school (1st year of junior high school (for context, she just graduated from university). It kept bugging me throughout the entire time I was reading this volume. Scenes that I would normally swoon over just seemed wrong.

Not sure if I should continue reading the next volume (the last one in this series!).

[CJ - It's only a Paper Moon · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a cute story, I'm not entirely sure if I'v read all of the first volume (as most mangas have anywhere from 4-6 chapters) but so far it's cute. A little creepy due to the age difference but so far nothing untoward has happened.

[Leandro Dutra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sweet, tender & beautiful.

[elif sinem · Rating 1 out of 5]

With everything I read I try to go into it with an open mind and suspending myself as much as applicable and sensible, but this age gap romance chafed at me at every turn. Telling a middle school kid to marry him... doing husband and wife shit while he's in high school... a side stint on how MC's friend shouldn't hit on LI because of the age gap and then going "I was jealous over you"... ummmm... yeah. It's not for me. The mangaka is the same as the Ancient Magus Bride, another manga with an age gap, so good for her for writing her fetish but I'm out of here.

And like, I don't necessarily chafe against age gap per se, as long as its a sensible discussion to be had, but when you're almost woobifying shit that almost certainly wouldn't fly irl (him going, "when I turn 18 we'll get married") all my alarm bells ring. Middle school!!!! What in the world!

[Dave Lennert · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoy the work of many manga authors. Some I really love. But when I read Yamasaki-san’s manga, I’m entranced. I suddenly forget where I am, who I am, and what time it is.

Usually while doing something, even reading, I’m always worrying about other things: “Am I forgetting something more important that I should be doing?” But when reading Futari No Renai Shoka, I not only stop thinking about those things, those things cease to exist. Whenever I put this manga down, I literally think: wait … where am I? what was I doing? what day is it?

I first became acquainted with Yamasaki-san’s manga through The Ancient Magus Bride. I can’t recommend that manga enough.

[Beckiezra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute enough art and developing relationship if you can get past the weird age difference.

[Andrea Aguas · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm not really into love stories so I started on this light-read manga. So far, it's making me feel all giddy inside, since I could see myself into one of the protagonists.

[Alexandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rather quiet, at times poetical, with something of an odd pacing.

[Kathleen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Slow, Dramatic start, disturbing because of the age gap

[Logan · Rating 1 out of 5]

I closed this soon after opening it. A woman in her mid 20's asking a kid barely in his teens to marry her is absolutely foul... The author is sick and needs to be arrested.

[Anna C · Rating 3 out of 5]

Art : 3 stars
Character : 3 stars
Plot : 3 stars
Storytelling : 3 stars
World building : 2 stars

The pace is too fast, but surprisingly not annoying.