Confuso primer amor, vol. 4

消えた初恋 [Kieta Hatsukoi] #4

by Wataru Hinekure (writer), Aruko (illustrator), Eduardo Ozores Díez (translator)

Sorprendentemente, Ida y Aoki dan inicio a su relación, aunque esta pasa por algunos baches y, poco antes de Navidad, Aoki le grita a Ida que no vuelva nunca. Mientras, la magia de la Navidad afecta a Hashimoto y Aida, cuya relación parece ir avanzando poco a poco.

Genres: Manga, Romance, LGBT, Queer, Young Adult, Contemporary, Graphic Novels

192 pages, Paperback

First published November 25, 2020

About the author

Wataru Hinekure is a Japanese author.
Please also see: ひねくれ渡.

Reviews

[daph pink ♡]

I'm tired of writing how cute this manga is in every other volume; please move on from cuteness and give us some drama or substance. It began to feel monotonous, and when will they both reciprocate one other's feelings??

The show, on the other hand, is killing it; the live adaptation brought this manga to a whole new level, with wonderful chemistry between the actors and their dramatic expressions.

[marcia]

Vol. 1 ★★★★☆
Vol. 2 ★★★★☆
Vol. 3 ★★★☆☆

The story kind of loses steam in this volume. It's just Aoki going back and forth on whether Ida actually likes him and why they're even dating. Just feels repetitive when he's already been doing that for the past couple of chapters. That bit finally got resolved so I'm excited to see how the story will evolve going forward.

[Brigi]

This series is just so funny. Some of the panels are absolutely meme-worthy! Also Ida wondering what it means to like someone, he's defo on the aro spectrum!!!

Also Hashimoto is the cutest and I would die for her!

[Shu Wei Chin]

They're too cuuuuuuuuute! And the love is blossoming hehehehe 🥰

Come on, blossom faster!

[Afi (WhatAfiReads)]

PUHLEASE THIS GOT ME SCREAMING CAUSE CUTEEEEEE

[Victoria]

It’s a little annoying there’s so much miscommunication in this series but i do like the cute moments between the couples! I just hope for more drama soon!

[Ari]

Loved the growth we see throughout the cast in this volume. Poor Aoki wearing his heart on his sleeve, but it was so good to see Ida step up in the end!

This series just makes me so happy to read. It's incredibly cozy.

[Bine]

Ich komme einfach immer wieder so gerne zu diesen Charakteren zurück. Ich liebe einfach, wie alle sich auf so unterschiedlich unbeholfene Weise annähern - ich könnte ihnen ewig dabei zuschauen! Und ich liebe Ida.

[rory (jess' version)]

i've been so deep in the yaoi rabbit hole i forgot that i can still giggle, feel the butterflies in my stomach, and kicking my feet in the air when reading wholesome fluff shounen-ai mangas

& heLLO THE COVER ?!?!?! THEY'RE SO CUTE

[Flor ):)]

El final de este tomo >>> son tiernísimos

[Siona Adams]

So cuuuute 🥹

[Rod Brown]

A pleasing little romance. The main couple hits an on-again off-again phase due to lack of communication while a possible secondary couple starts to circle each other a bit more closely. It all unfolds against a backdrop of Christmas, New Year's, and a winter break.

Cozy and heartwarming.

My library now has all volumes of the series, so I hope to finish it in the coming week.

[chelsea]

not the miscommunication trope

[Rebecca]

People do stupid things when they're uncomfortable. If there's a theme to this volume of My Love Mix-Up!, that would be it - that feeling awkward and on the spot can push people into doing some truly ill-advised things. Ida and Akkun are at the forefront of these behaviors, much to the distress of Hashimoto and Aoki, and while it doesn't quite come off as a marker of (im)maturity, it definitely paves the way for some monumental misunderstandings.

Some of those are more nonsensical than others, of course. Should Akkun 100% have known that "Sumo Hashi" was a terrible nickname to give to a girl who's crushing on you? Yes, yes he should have. Should Ida have not told his friends that he's dating Aoki? That's much less clear, and it only becomes an issue because Ida doesn't entirely understand how Aoki's anxiety functions. Basically if anxiety was fuel, Aoki could power a vessel on two loops around the globe, and that's pretty foreign to Ida's easy-going mentality. But part of building any kind of relationship is learning how to get along with each other despite any quirks, and that's something that Ida is definitely learning in this volume. It's lovely to see, and the near-total absence of gorilla faces can only elevate this entry in what is proving to be a consistently good series.

[IM]

Aoki está enfrentando todas las inseguridades respecto a su primera relación amorosa con un chico. Por otro lado, la relación de Hashimoto y Aida parece avanzar.


Comentarios Generales:
-Aparecen poco, pero me agradan los chicos del club de voleibol ♥️
- Me desesperan un poco las inseguridades de Aoki pero también las entiendo.
- Amo a las dos parejas que nos plantea esta serie!!!!😍
- Ida por fin descubrió que está enamorado de Aoki 🥺💓 (aunque de una manera un poco random debo decir 🤭).
- Ya quiero ver el primer beso de Ida y Aoki, siento que va a estar entre tierno y chistoso.

[James DeSantis]

Really cute volume.

Basically have two people who never even thought of dating each other coming to terms will feeling comfortable to admit their feelings. After finally agreeing to date, and them dumping that said person within the first chapter of this volume, and then both trying to fix it while also selling cake on the streets in Christmas (makes more sense if you read it) it turned into a really cute volume. I wonder how we'll go from here.

[Leila ✨]

Ok that last chapter was cute af

4 out of 5 stars.

[Mon]

No sé si me gusta Ida, me parece demasiado insípido, pero la comedia de todo esto me encanta y Aoki es como el amigo que nunca he tenido pero siempre he querido tener (?

[angie]

i adore this series, its so cute and i always have the biggest smile on my face while reading

[Keiko the manga enthusiast ♒︎]

Seriously!! Why is this so cute??? I'm losing my mind!!! And... HASHI BEST GIRL! Wipes tears.

[Marcela 🦋]

I appreciate the author for writing Aoki as someone who does not like being laughed at or teased by their significant other. This is such a common yet hurtful trope :/ The author even addressed how boys are taught to tease and bully their crushes from a young age, and had Ida correct the child’s behavior and in turn he corrected his own!!! And the concept of consent exists in this BL???? WE LOVE TO SEE IT

[Jen (thisbeereads)]

Ida struggling to determine what it means to like someone, how that’s supposed to feel or like, and whether or not he likes Aoki the same way that Aoki likes him, is something I am relating with just too damn hard *deep breath*

[Emily]

Review 2025 - 4 stars
Love all the relationships and the development so far, Aoki was just a bit too much sometimes.

Review 2023 - 3 stars

[sol ☼]

MIS HIJOS LOS AMO AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[EYLEEN]

Este es el tomo que menos me gustó, definitivamente. Entiendo que Aoki sea MUY inseguro sobre muchas cosas pero también es muy extremo en sus desiciones. No piensa. Solo lo hace porque sí... y después viene y se arrepiente y se da cuenta de lo extremista y estúpido que fue ¡Ida sí que le tiene paciencia! (o el amor lo cegó jaja) porque hasta Akkun le dice las cosas en la cara a Aoki. Ah, y mi linda Hashimoto ^^ se ve como poco a poco su personaje va evolucionando y aprendiendo de cosas que no veía en sí misma. Akkun también está creciendo de a poco :)

[Jill]

This volume was so cute! We get to see a little spat that the two main characters have and we also get Christmas time! I love Christmas time in manga, especially romance manga, it's just so cute. This was a great volume, I think the relationship between the two guys progressed nicely. Overall, I enjoyed it and I can't wait for volume 5!

[Encarni]

Mi tomo fav, tengo 0 dudas

[Dany]

AHHHHH I love them 💗 they make my heart flutter ✨

[Gordon Ambos]

Ida, mein Herzblatt. 💙
Ich musste wieder viel lachen und schwärmen, diese Reihe ist richtig schön. Es ist einfach so toll, den Figuren dabei zuzuschauen, wie sie sich unbeholfen annähern. Hach.

[J]

I laughed out loud at least 3 times at the silly faces these kids make. <3