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きみと青い春のはじまり [Kimi to Aoi Haru no Hajimari] #4
The Springtime of My Life Began with You, Vol. 4
Shiro, an introverted girl, started dating Takasago-kun, the most popular guy in her class, when he asked her out as a batsu-game. Shiro actually fell in love with Takasago when she began to discover what a kind person he was, but felt like she couldn't stay in a relationship with him because of how it all started and asked for them to go back to being friends. Then, Yachiyo from the Literary Club professed his love for her!! The love triangle intensifies...!
- GenresMangaRomanceYoung Adult
170 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 12, 2021
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Nikki Asada
144 books13 followersNée un 19 septembre, dans la préfecture de Shimane.
Après de nombreuses années dans le milieu du fanzinat, Nikki Asada lance profesionnellement sa carrière en 2008, avec une histoire courte intitulée Hatsukoi Cheers (dans le “Monthly Princess” d'Akita Shoten).
En 2010, elle débute sa toute première série, Bienvenue au club, toujours dans le “Monthly Princess” d'Akita Shoten. Cette série s'impose très vite auprès d'un lectorat mixte, grâce à ses personages sensibles… et surtout comiques ! Le succès est tel que Bienvenue au club totalise aujourd'hui déjà 8 volumes.
Grâce à ce premier gros succès, la mangaka se fait remarquer, et commence de nombreuses autres séries chez d'autres éditeurs : Navigatoria (dans Be Love, de Kôdansha), Yowatomo (dans PASH! De Shufutoseikatsusha) ou même Meitanteibu kono ato sugu ! (dans Young Ace de Kadokawa Shoten). Cela n'est pas tout, puisque Nikki Asada illustre également Kanagatari, un essay-manga scénarisé par la très célèbre Kana Hanazawa (doubleuse, chanteuseet actrice). Il lui arrive également assez fréquemment de signer des illsutrations pour les concerts et goodies officiels de cette dernière.
Fin mai 2014, la mangaka très prolifique, débute encore une nouvelle série : Hoshigami-kun ha doukashiteiru sera prépublié dans le magazine shôjo très ado Dessert, de Kôdansha. Cela lui fera donc 5 séries en cours !
Après de nombreuses années dans le milieu du fanzinat, Nikki Asada lance profesionnellement sa carrière en 2008, avec une histoire courte intitulée Hatsukoi Cheers (dans le “Monthly Princess” d'Akita Shoten).
En 2010, elle débute sa toute première série, Bienvenue au club, toujours dans le “Monthly Princess” d'Akita Shoten. Cette série s'impose très vite auprès d'un lectorat mixte, grâce à ses personages sensibles… et surtout comiques ! Le succès est tel que Bienvenue au club totalise aujourd'hui déjà 8 volumes.
Grâce à ce premier gros succès, la mangaka se fait remarquer, et commence de nombreuses autres séries chez d'autres éditeurs : Navigatoria (dans Be Love, de Kôdansha), Yowatomo (dans PASH! De Shufutoseikatsusha) ou même Meitanteibu kono ato sugu ! (dans Young Ace de Kadokawa Shoten). Cela n'est pas tout, puisque Nikki Asada illustre également Kanagatari, un essay-manga scénarisé par la très célèbre Kana Hanazawa (doubleuse, chanteuseet actrice). Il lui arrive également assez fréquemment de signer des illsutrations pour les concerts et goodies officiels de cette dernière.
Fin mai 2014, la mangaka très prolifique, débute encore une nouvelle série : Hoshigami-kun ha doukashiteiru sera prépublié dans le magazine shôjo très ado Dessert, de Kôdansha. Cela lui fera donc 5 séries en cours !
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February 13, 2022
Shiro gets blindsided by Yachiyo’s revelation that he’s her favourite author and that he’s also in love with her. As the boys square off, Shiro is making new friends and that may end up testing her good nature in ways she never expected.
I was a little worried going into this volume because we were finally ramping up the rival storyline and these are, for me, typically a lot of “eat your vegetables” before anything more interesting, but I admit this does a little more than most stories with it.
Partly this is because of the very unique path of Shiro and Takasago’s relationship to this point. Takasago not only was (emphasis on the past tense) Shiro’s boyfriend, after a fashion, he’s still more than a little eaten alive with guilt that they only met because he asked her out as a penalty game.
So Yachiyo, despite having no chance because that’s not how shojo works, appears to have a better chance than most because of Takasago’s previous actions and the latter’s good nature - he said he would respect Shiro’s decision to go back to being friends and going back on that is not going to be easy for him.
Aside from tired bickering, which I admit pays a massive dividend in the bonus manga where the boys get an appropriate comeuppance for their sniping, the more interesting stuff comes from realizing just how much Shiro has changed (which itself will pay off in that cliffhanger, wherein Takasago says the right thing in what I am pretty sure is the exact wrong way).
Shiro has a very cute girl date with the perceptive and exhaustively energetic Fukumori and even sticks around to watch Tsuruhara, who Shiro believes is the object of Takasago’s affections, at club practice. Tsuruhara even comments on Shiro’s growth and their friendship. It has been a subtle but real journey and this helps to highlight those changes.
There is some okay stuff with Yachiyo and quite a bit with Takasago. The latter is overly forceful at one point, though this amusingly leads to probably my favourite romantic moment involving a string of street corners and a lot of excuses.
It’s all very sweet until the book boots into the second half with a plot straight out of a good mystery. Shiro finds out that Tsuruhara has a bit of a secret, talks to her about it when she finds out something even worse, then learns something to make it even worse than that!
I’m deliberately keeping this vague because I think it is best experienced blind the first time. It is a lovely bit of plotting that lands surprise after surprise, but also has some real heart, some light comedy, and has everything make perfect sense in terms of what the characters choose to do (even as they often go the less obvious route, it’s still believable, which I love).
Shiro really proves how strong she’s kind of always been here and her refusal to back down makes this so good, along with a fairly strong indictment on how the popular kids often suck really bad. Excellent use of resident bad girl Kameda throughout.
It’s not only a nice change from usual shojo tropes, but has a lot of meaty drama without flying entirely into melodrama. It really makes the volume, in my opinion, and lets both Shiro and Takasago shine at the things they’re both best at.
5 stars - again, more of a four, but I was legitimately thinking of giving this a three until we got the last section (and I ruminated more on the first part and decided I liked what it was doing). It definitely does nothing to change my opinion that this is the best work Nikki Assada has ever done.
I was a little worried going into this volume because we were finally ramping up the rival storyline and these are, for me, typically a lot of “eat your vegetables” before anything more interesting, but I admit this does a little more than most stories with it.
Partly this is because of the very unique path of Shiro and Takasago’s relationship to this point. Takasago not only was (emphasis on the past tense) Shiro’s boyfriend, after a fashion, he’s still more than a little eaten alive with guilt that they only met because he asked her out as a penalty game.
So Yachiyo, despite having no chance because that’s not how shojo works, appears to have a better chance than most because of Takasago’s previous actions and the latter’s good nature - he said he would respect Shiro’s decision to go back to being friends and going back on that is not going to be easy for him.
Aside from tired bickering, which I admit pays a massive dividend in the bonus manga where the boys get an appropriate comeuppance for their sniping, the more interesting stuff comes from realizing just how much Shiro has changed (which itself will pay off in that cliffhanger, wherein Takasago says the right thing in what I am pretty sure is the exact wrong way).
Shiro has a very cute girl date with the perceptive and exhaustively energetic Fukumori and even sticks around to watch Tsuruhara, who Shiro believes is the object of Takasago’s affections, at club practice. Tsuruhara even comments on Shiro’s growth and their friendship. It has been a subtle but real journey and this helps to highlight those changes.
There is some okay stuff with Yachiyo and quite a bit with Takasago. The latter is overly forceful at one point, though this amusingly leads to probably my favourite romantic moment involving a string of street corners and a lot of excuses.
It’s all very sweet until the book boots into the second half with a plot straight out of a good mystery. Shiro finds out that Tsuruhara has a bit of a secret, talks to her about it when she finds out something even worse, then learns something to make it even worse than that!
I’m deliberately keeping this vague because I think it is best experienced blind the first time. It is a lovely bit of plotting that lands surprise after surprise, but also has some real heart, some light comedy, and has everything make perfect sense in terms of what the characters choose to do (even as they often go the less obvious route, it’s still believable, which I love).
Shiro really proves how strong she’s kind of always been here and her refusal to back down makes this so good, along with a fairly strong indictment on how the popular kids often suck really bad. Excellent use of resident bad girl Kameda throughout.
It’s not only a nice change from usual shojo tropes, but has a lot of meaty drama without flying entirely into melodrama. It really makes the volume, in my opinion, and lets both Shiro and Takasago shine at the things they’re both best at.
5 stars - again, more of a four, but I was legitimately thinking of giving this a three until we got the last section (and I ruminated more on the first part and decided I liked what it was doing). It definitely does nothing to change my opinion that this is the best work Nikki Assada has ever done.
October 10, 2021
Not sure why I’m only seeing one edition, got this on my eReader a few weeks ago, but anywho, it exists in English somewhere and I got my hands on it and SIGH THAT ENDING!
I am really loving this gentle series and am glad that I found it. I need to see if I can get it in physical form, because while eBook is ok, nothing beats being able to have it in your hot little hands, you know?
5, waiting anxiously for the next one to come out, stars.
I am really loving this gentle series and am glad that I found it. I need to see if I can get it in physical form, because while eBook is ok, nothing beats being able to have it in your hot little hands, you know?
5, waiting anxiously for the next one to come out, stars.
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May 5, 2022
Introverted girl goes out with popular boy but give him that OHSHC Tamaki Suoh dumb B energy is the superior shojo manga trope, thanks.
July 2, 2022
Wow, you wanna know what I FUCKING HATE in shojo romance? Mangaka adding a "student is dating a teacher" subplot and handling it REALLY FUCKING POORLY. Folks, this is a very serious issue that should NEVER be used to add unnecessary drama. For fuck's sake, shojo romance mangaka, STOP FUCKING DOING THIS.
Aside from that, I just don't care about these characters and I sure as hell don't care about Shiro's and Takasago's romance. So yeah, big miss for me.
Aside from that, I just don't care about these characters and I sure as hell don't care about Shiro's and Takasago's romance. So yeah, big miss for me.
September 28, 2021
Following last volume's explosive confession, I was super excited to see the aftershock of this "love triangle". And honestly, the first 2 chapters did not disappoint. It was nice seeing the usually-cool Takasago get flustered and jealous, and it was nice to see the usually-quiet Yachiyo come after Suehiro. And honestly, even though this all started from a batsu-game, seeing Takasago-kun over the chapters care for Suehiro has been great. I think this is one of those super rare instances where I like both MLs. The only reason why I'm not giving this a full 5/5 stars is because I really did not like that bit about Tsuruhara and the cheerleading coach story. I felt like it was completely unnecessary and we could've gotten MORE screentime from this "love triangle" instead. I can't believe the next volume will be it's last, but I'm looking forward to reading it nonetheless.
October 1, 2021
Aww how come there's only one volume left? This is so cute! And the protagonist is a bookworm, she's so relatable!
November 3, 2023
I flew this volume quickly after finishing the last one and omg
October 23, 2021
Cute, but it felt like filler.
Although I enjoyed the rivalry between the boys for Shiro's heart, and Shiro's conflict over what to do, this volume felt like it was over in a blink. There were many side plots that lacked substance, especially the Tsuruhara storyline. Hers was an unbelievable character whose motivation was so unfathomable, I felt anything could have replaced those pages and given Shiro the pivotal moment the mangaka wanted her to have. Is it courage to tell somebody you like them after they laugh in your face and tell you they hate you? It felt off to me, but then I brood and nurse my wounds like deep chasms of pain. Shiro's chirpy, upbeat optimism often leaves me bewildered. And there we go. TMI and an alright volume that wasn't terrible, but it didn't entertain me the way the previous volumes did.
Although I enjoyed the rivalry between the boys for Shiro's heart, and Shiro's conflict over what to do, this volume felt like it was over in a blink. There were many side plots that lacked substance, especially the Tsuruhara storyline. Hers was an unbelievable character whose motivation was so unfathomable, I felt anything could have replaced those pages and given Shiro the pivotal moment the mangaka wanted her to have. Is it courage to tell somebody you like them after they laugh in your face and tell you they hate you? It felt off to me, but then I brood and nurse my wounds like deep chasms of pain. Shiro's chirpy, upbeat optimism often leaves me bewildered. And there we go. TMI and an alright volume that wasn't terrible, but it didn't entertain me the way the previous volumes did.
December 27, 2021
3.5 stars
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June 17, 2022I knew tsuhara was sus LMAO
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August 26, 2023
5☆
**wiggle** ☺
**wiggle** ☺
September 24, 2023
Are we just gonna brush over the fact that a coach was dating a bunch of high school girls????
December 1, 2023
Dropped - I’m sorry, I just can’t anymore. Too many characters are frustrating me to the point it just isn’t worth it anymore. The plot isn’t unique or interesting to keep me around despite the things going on.
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