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初恋ダブルエッジ #1
A Devotion That Changes Worlds Vol. 1
"All men are wolves! They're aiming to eat girls! If I'm going to get eaten, then I'd rather get eaten by a cool wolf!!" Yoh, who believes that all men are terrible beasts, one day meets her perfectly ideal man, a working adult who goes by "Tono." In the instant moment they meet, Yoh decides to confess her feelings...!! Due to a past trauma, Yoh is plagued by her phobia of men and she publicly announces her hatred for the other gender. She may hate them, but at the same time, she wants to experience love. Her love itself is a contradiction, yet the two strangers began to close their distance. This is a story packed with dangerous romantic comedy centering around a double-edged love!
- GenresManga
185 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 1, 2014
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February 3, 2020
Despite a dark event in our heroine’s past - trigger warnings for people on that one, but it doesn’t go to the darkest place, just a dark place - this was a fun little story.
Yoh can’t stand men, but wants a boyfriend and decides upon Tono, who she knows nothing about but turns out to be a good guy. I mean, she’s pretty lucky on that count. Tono has some baggage of his own and the volume is their back and forth trying to connect.
It’s all fairly sweet, minus the expected trauma drama, and Yoh’s a lot more take-charge than most leads so she gets bonus points (I also love all the wide shots when she’s amongst men and trying to stay as apart as possible).
I did ding this one for ‘all guy band event’ because that sounds like the most made-up dumb plot twist ever. They do a decent job with it but I got a full rotation of the ocular muscles out of that one.
Yoh can’t stand men, but wants a boyfriend and decides upon Tono, who she knows nothing about but turns out to be a good guy. I mean, she’s pretty lucky on that count. Tono has some baggage of his own and the volume is their back and forth trying to connect.
It’s all fairly sweet, minus the expected trauma drama, and Yoh’s a lot more take-charge than most leads so she gets bonus points (I also love all the wide shots when she’s amongst men and trying to stay as apart as possible).
I did ding this one for ‘all guy band event’ because that sounds like the most made-up dumb plot twist ever. They do a decent job with it but I got a full rotation of the ocular muscles out of that one.
January 29, 2020
I actually enjoyed this much more than Which Hana Vol. 1; it has more substance to it and a heroine who is genuinely trying to work things out to the best of her abilities. Yoh was sexually assaulted three years prior to the story's opening, and that shapes everything about her world view. It's clear that her family is trying their best to help her, but Yoh is the one pushing herself to try to work through her trauma, and that grounds this book in ways that Odawara's other English-translated series is lacking.
January 8, 2020
2020 Read #51
3.5 stars
This was really good! That goes to show you can find some pretty good shojo that you might never have heard of before. This first volume plays around with some deep subject matter yet remains lighter and a bit comedic without losing nuance. I can’t wait for volume two!
3.5 stars
This was really good! That goes to show you can find some pretty good shojo that you might never have heard of before. This first volume plays around with some deep subject matter yet remains lighter and a bit comedic without losing nuance. I can’t wait for volume two!
November 17, 2023
Male-only concert audience? Sexist, much? Also, I’m not against age gap love stories but can the female leads stop being high schoolers with older men? It’s scuzzy. Make them college age at least. Also not a fan of how fast and implausibly feelings developed.
And come on, you’re seventeen and already scared you’ll never find love? You’re a baby. Though I guess teenagers do tend to be “all or nothing” thinkers. So maybe that’s accurate, I dunno.
And come on, you’re seventeen and already scared you’ll never find love? You’re a baby. Though I guess teenagers do tend to be “all or nothing” thinkers. So maybe that’s accurate, I dunno.
May 4, 2025
3 stars
3 stars
The constant highlighting of the age gap makes it disturbing, especially given what the girl has been through. The story is otherwise cute, but it’s like they almost want you to be uncomfortable.
3 stars
The constant highlighting of the age gap makes it disturbing, especially given what the girl has been through. The story is otherwise cute, but it’s like they almost want you to be uncomfortable.
January 21, 2024
Pretty silly but also has a dark moment, so might turn out to be more interesting then it seems. Art isn’t as pretty as some, but still nice enough.
July 5, 2024
Would be cute if it wasn't an age gap relationship.
August 13, 2025
A sweet concept overall that I don't often see in manga, but otherwise, I didn't particularly like any of the characters.
July 10, 2026
3.5
I like everything about this except the plot. And the covers are weirdly unrepresentative of the actual art (which is great).
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SERIES REVIEW
Overall this is a mess. I really wonder if the editor's hand was too heavy. Things to know: it has not one but three problematic tropes - insta-love, age gap involving a high-schooler (never specified but I'm guessing about 10 years), sis-con - so if any of those are a problem, avoid. (Personally, I don't like insta-love, can deal with age gap although not a fan, and I avoid sis-con. I probably should have dropped this series.) Then it deals variably with the series premise, translated as the FL "hating men". But not for comic or gag reasons - for SA reasons. This veers between being sensitively treated and brushed off, and I'm not sure how much of this is manga-culture and how much is culture-culture.
There are things to like, which is why I kept reading, besides the fact that in a moment when I must have been feeling affluent, I acquired all the volumes. The art is really nice. The characters generally are well-done even if they never ascend beyond the shojo straitjacket. I liked the "working adults". Yes, wearing a suit is not cosplay. The music aspect, although it could have been leaned into more, was nice, and I like Naoya and his mates.
I like everything about this except the plot. And the covers are weirdly unrepresentative of the actual art (which is great).
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SERIES REVIEW
Overall this is a mess. I really wonder if the editor's hand was too heavy. Things to know: it has not one but three problematic tropes - insta-love, age gap involving a high-schooler (never specified but I'm guessing about 10 years), sis-con - so if any of those are a problem, avoid. (Personally, I don't like insta-love, can deal with age gap although not a fan, and I avoid sis-con. I probably should have dropped this series.) Then it deals variably with the series premise, translated as the FL "hating men". But not for comic or gag reasons - for SA reasons. This veers between being sensitively treated and brushed off, and I'm not sure how much of this is manga-culture and how much is culture-culture.
There are things to like, which is why I kept reading, besides the fact that in a moment when I must have been feeling affluent, I acquired all the volumes. The art is really nice. The characters generally are well-done even if they never ascend beyond the shojo straitjacket. I liked the "working adults". Yes, wearing a suit is not cosplay. The music aspect, although it could have been leaned into more, was nice, and I like Naoya and his mates.
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