It started out with a confession, then a couple of awkward conversations, before the conversations and situation became more heartfelt. And over the course of the year, we're treated to a slow-burn romance developing between not only the two lead couples, but also the developing relationships between their friends.
And the second reading was so adorable that I changed my rating from 4 to 5 stars.
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A little bit of silliness, strange tangents, and loads of romantic entanglements, I love that the focus of this book is on the protagonists, and how they formed a bond from conversation. Although the stalker role was reversed, I liked how their relationship was built upon getting to understand one another first.
I really wanted to like this, because I love My Little Monster. But neither character is likable, the gender stereotypes are obnoxious, and it was a struggle to get through the volume.
I really suffered with this first volume, I didn't like ML from the beginning with all those old-fashioned stereotypes it had, but I suppose it grew in me because I'm willing to keep reading. I quite liked the ML and the art is very beautiful.
“The real goal with someone you love is a trusting relationship built on mutual love, right?”
Hmm I’m conflicted on this one.
On the one hand, I LOVE the two main characters! I enjoy their personalities and how they are gradually growing closer together.
On the other hand, I didn’t super enjoy the story itself. 😕 The conversations are interesting, but for some reason I didn’t “click” with them, despite that it’s the whole point of the story.
I REALLY want to see the romantic development between our “couple,” but I don’t know if I’m willing to read more or not since I don’t want to have to read the conversations (even though they aren’t boring).
I’m not really sure why I didn’t connect more with this story, but the art is gorgeous and the characters are interesting.
Tiene cierta gracia y es original, pero no sé qué pensar. Las famosas conversaciones parecen una especie de manual de consejos y me da una sensación rara. En los últimos capítulos del tomo parece que empieza a cambiar un poco la historia, pero no sé si me compraré el segundo tomo.
OH MY HEART!!! I really adore how these two are interacting. Quirky couplings are something that really speak to me. I really hope they decide to do physical prints of this one. This coupling may not be perfect, but it is honest, fairly realistic, and sweet. That's all I need from a good shoujo.
Yikes. The misogyny in this is hard to read. The artwork is so amazing though, darn. It might get better, but then again there are so many manga I want to read. I might give this series a miss.
I’ll be very generous and round up because a couple parts made me laugh. I didn’t hate this book, but I didn’t particularly like it either.
It starts off rather charmingly, but then Azuma starts opening his mouth. He injects a pervasive streak of misogyny through the whole volume that is really off-putting. Some of his interactions with Aizawa do call him out, but not enough. He is, essentially, a knob.
Aizawa also has some dumb ideas, they just don’t come across as miserably as Azuma’s. I’ll give this another volume because if they can really file the edges off Azuma it might be a bit better.
Honestly, Azuma should have been beaten to death by his female classmates for saying anything about their periods.
This review will be for the whole series; read at your own risk!
Read 3 volumes
This is super cuteeee! I don't like the sexist stuff but I cant tell the ML is changing his attitude. And when he realized he rejected her.... so cute. I'm looking forward to more!
Also im Großen und Ganzen hat es mir echt gefallen, aber irgendwie hat mir auch was gefehlt. Obwohl ich nicht einmal sagen kann, was xD Aber ich mag die Beiden irgendwie und deswegen werde ich auch weiterlesen, bzw. mir den zweiten Band holen. Ich denke nämlich, da passiert noch einiges mehr o__O
When we think of shoujo romance we usually think of tooth-rotting fluff, rivals, second-leads, and a never-ending bout of tireless tropes. “Boku to Kimi no Taisetsu na Hanashi”, a shoujo manga by Robiko, brings forth one of these tropes and rebrands it anew. We have our classic “takane no hana” trope, which translates roughly to “flower on a high peak”; something beautiful but far out of our reach. This manga’s “flower” is Aizawa Nozomi, who confesses her unrequited love to the arrogant, Shiro Azuma. From there on, we watch them grow closer and impact each other through a series of adorable events.
As a romance manga, I absolutely adore this! There’s never a shortage of cute, awkward or wholesome moments to admire and make you laugh. The art style is simple but also very diverse. It’s effective in creating a very soft, endearing mood. It’s got everything you could ever want in a romance fluff. It also has some great characters. Azuma, an aspiring writer, is trying to write but is always stuck in his own head and being his own greatest obstacle. He’s very closed-minded and his writing becomes very limited by that. Slowly, as he continues growing closer to Aizawa and meets more people, he begins to open up more and his understanding of love and what makes life so interesting helps him get out of his head to write a beautiful piece in the end. That piece is our physical example of character development. It’s a very abstract but oddly heartwarming way of showing their connection.
This manga would’ve checked every box for me if not for the first few chapters. To emphasize what I mean, let me provide you with an actual quote from the first chapter. Right after Azuma is confessed to, he goes on a long rant about how girls shouldn’t be the ones to approach boys, concluding his misogynistic rant with the “fact” that “boys are creatures that like the feeling of accomplishment. [Meaning they] won’t be satisfied by things that are proffered to [them].” In the next few chapters, he goes as far as to say that girls are “too emotional and indecisive” before claiming he “can’t believe girls are from the same planet as [him].” His reasoning for all of this? He grew up around his 5 aunts who used to order him around and as a result, all women are evil, manipulative beings with no exceptions apart from, eventually, Aizawa. Of course, she’s not off the hook either. Our female lead, Aizawa, is a literal stalker at the beginning. Azuma tells her off pretty calmly but no one seems to actually care and she’s just let off the hook. We also get constant callbacks to this fact as if it’s just some cute character quirk, dismissing the actual issues with it.
I genuinely can’t process the fact that those first five chapters and the rest of the manga are the same series. Everything after that is full of light-hearted humour, fluffy romance and adorably awkward moments. I can’t comprehend how we got from sexism and stalking to sweet-talk and romance. I really enjoyed the manga for the fluffy, airy atmosphere it created in its later chapters, but whenever I start to really love it, those traits from the first couple of chapters sneak into my mind and bother me. It’s pretty common to see those kinds of things, especially stalking, as romanticised in shoujo manga, so I can’t say I’m surprised so much as confused. If you can look past how problematic the beginning is, then I’d absolutely recommend the series. It’s short and sweet as long as you ignore the trainwreck that is the first few chapters. I’d normally give it a solid 4.5/5 but, considering how disturbing the first couple of chapters are, I think a 3.5 is more than generous enough of a rating.
J'ai craqué pour ce shôjo grâce à sa couverture toute douce et au résumé qui semblait prometteur. Des dessins doux et accrocheurs plongent le lecteur dans une histoire plus complexe qu'il n'y paraît. • En apparence, ce n'est qu'une jeune fille qui fait une déclaration d'amour un peu maladroite au garçon qu'elle aime... mais au fil des pages la relation des protagonistes soulèvent de nombreuses thématiques. Aizawa est amoureuse, elle ne savait pas comment aborder Azuma qui est toujours entouré au lycée. Le début de leur "amitié" est bancale, ponctuée de moments gênants, drôles et touchants. • Le mangaka nous dresse le portrait de deux personnages attachants. On se prend d'affection pour eux, on rigole à leur dépend. Azuma et Aisawa ont du mal à se comprendre, au fil de leurs confidences, ils vont exprimer leur point de vue. Débattre de sujets tels que ce que les filles attendent des garçons et inversement. Comment faire une déclaration d'amour et quelles attentes doit-on avoir dans une relation amoureuse. • Il y a beaucoup de texte dans ce premier opus, les dessins sont harmonieux, bourrés d'humour et transmettent vraiment les émotions de nos héros. J'ai été séduite par le cheminement de l'histoire. Le récit n'est pas trop lourd, l'équilibre se fait entre l'humour, les réflexions de nos héros et l'avancée de leur relation. • Si ce shôjo est mignon, il n'en est pas moins profond. J'ai aimé le côté psychologique de l'histoire. Nos héros sont au lycée et ils se forgent un caractère et apprennent la vie jour après jour. Les confessions de Aisawa et Azuma les mènent à revoir leurs certitudes et à envisager de voir certaines choses d'un œil nouveau. • En bref, un premier opus convaincant. Des personnages attachants, drôles et vraiment intéressants. Les dessins sont vraiment beaux, malgré l'abondance de texte, les planches restent aérées et agréables à parcourir. Je me suis régalée aux côtés de nos héros. La mangaka nous propose une véritable réflexion sur de nombreux sujets, et ce avec beaucoup d'humour et d'autodérision. Léger et profond à la fois. Vivement la suite !
J’ai été complètement séduite par cette saga qui me touche énormément de par les thématiques abordées !
Aizawa est amoureuse depuis longtemps d’Azuma. Un jour, elle prend donc son courage à deux mains et décide de lui confesser ses sentiments. Mais la réponse de ce dernier est loin de ce qu’elle attendait. Elle est perturbante. Pourtant, cela va lancer le point de départ de leurs relations et de leurs petites confidences.
J’ai adoré l’histoire. Au début, j’ai pas mal détesté Azuma dans le premier tome et j’ai eu du mal sur les clichés hommes/femmes misent en avant. Cependant, plus on va dans l’histoire, plus on se rend compte que la mangaka tente précisément à travers ce manga, de déconstruire ces idées préconçues. Elle veut nous faire passer un message.
On y trouve de nombreux clichés tant sur les hommes que sur les femmes. En effet, Azuma a des clichés complètement nuls concernant les filles. Convaincu de ceci ou de cela, mais au contact d’Aizawa, il réalisera progressivement ses erreurs. Il en est de même pour elle d’ailleurs.
Il est agréable de les voir se rapprocher petit à petit. Les personnages sont vraiment très attachants, même s’il est vrai que j’avais eu du mal avec Azuma dans le tome 1.
Ce manga dépeint d’une belle manière les différents sentiments des adolescents et met en valeur leur diversité. Ce qui m’a beaucoup touché.
En bref, c’est une saga qui m’a beaucoup plu et je suis déjà impatiente que le dernier tome sorte. L’histoire est mignonne et adorable comme tout et le message de fond intéressant. J’ai frôlé le coup de cœur !
okay so, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST SHOJO MANGA I'VE EVER READ IN MY LIFE, it's just so good, how the mangaka describes them, how they fell in love with each other, the evolution in their relationship is just so good, the best thing about it is their conversations, they r so nice and expressing a lot of opinions, the way they accept each other's opinions is very nice, I read the whole manga so this is not an opinion for the 1st vol only, but I am too lazy to give every vol a review, Azuma's personality is such a good one, I think his type would be infp, this would be the first character I can tell its an infp, bc I usually can't type characters that have the same personality as mine, but the mangaka explained his personality so good, I loved all the side characters, especially hamada san, her introversion is just very cute, the whole manga is such a cutie. >/////< the drawing also is very good at the end I noticed that it's really similar to my little monster's -----which is actually very good also- drawing, and it came out that they have the same mangaka lol. that's all the manga is amazing and I am going to give every vol 5 stars it deserves really, hope ya'll read it.
4★'s MY TWO AWKWARD SHAYLAS AAAA 🥹💕 Ignore the bad reviews, just read it! There’s NO misogyny, and the protagonists aren’t obnoxious at all. They’re literally just realistic teens, stumbling through puberty with zero experience in dating, love, or even talking to the opposite gender. And that’s exactly what makes it so relatable and fun.
Our Precious Conversations follows two awkward teens, Aizawa-san and Azuma-kun, who became closer together through hilarious misunderstandings and totally relatable rants like about why are "Why are men like this?!" and "Why are women like that?!" These playful back-and-forths slowly bring them closer together, helping them understand each other (and the opposite gender) in the sweetest way.
It was so hilarious, every scene, and every precious conversations of theirs had me giggling and swooning. It was the most realistic depiction of young love I've ever read in a shoujo.
I honestly couldn't believe the author is the same creator of Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun, they have the same humor and camaraderie, but I think I enjoyed this more.