1/3 さんぶんのいち 3 [1/3 San Bun no Ichi 3]

1/3 さんぶんのいち [1/3 San-bun no Ichi] #3

by Kozue Chiba, 千葉コズエ

オレ、紫陽花に告白しようと思う

慎からされたキスの意味を考えドキドキが止まらない紫陽花。
慎はある決意を秘め、紫陽花を東京デートに誘う。

ところが、そこで慎の幼なじみで元カノの莉夏と再会。
何かに悩み自暴自棄な莉夏を心配した慎は、東京に通い面倒を見ることに。

慎に会えない寂しさをもてあます紫陽花を海に連れ出し癒やしてくれたのは、慎の従兄弟で読モの遊で・・・・・・。

夏から秋へ、季節とともに3人の心境にも徐々に変化が訪れて・・・!?

湘南・江ノ島を舞台に贈る、眩しさいっぱい青春グラフィティ第3弾!

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Genres: Manga, Romance

192 pages, Comic

First published November 26, 2018

About the author

千葉コズエ

Reviews

[Latifah S Ningrum · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ceritanya beneran makin seru dan ngga terlalu menye-menye. Tokoh Yu di sini ternyata ngga secuek yang dikira, apalagi aku suka interaksi dia sama Shiyuka. Meski si Shin tetep jaga komunikasi sama Shiyuka, menurutku juga kurang greget aja si dia.

Sayang banget komik cetakan Indonesia ini harus mandeg di volume 3.
Aku juga mulai mikit selama baca manga ini dari volume 1 rating yang dimasukin 17+ sementara yang volume 3 ini jadi 21+ mungkin karna disorot dari budaya minum-minum dan sisi depresinya ya? Tapi apa ngga cukup berlebihan? Apakah ini jadi alasan manga ini mandeg di volume 3? Ilustasinya cakep pol padahal.

Aku suka ilustrasi covernya yang nyambung dari volume 1, sisi tambahan dari author pun berisi foto tempat di Enoshima dan Shonan yang jadi referensi tempat di manga ini. Cukup seru juga ditambahan trivia yang dikasihin authornya. Senang punya kesempatan baca manga ini terlepas udah nggak ada kesempatan buat lanjut volumenya.

[Ylva · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute story, but starts to drag on a bit... Come on, confess your love!

[Bibliothecat · Rating 4.5 out of 5]

Review for complete series



Shiyuka lives on the peninsula Enoshima where she is generally happy but bemoans the fact that she isn't in a relationship. She dreams of having a perfect high school love yet never seems to find the right one. Things start to look different when the good-looking cousins Shin and Yu transfer to her school.

That is indeed the plot a nutshell: Shirayuka wants a boyfriend, two pretty boys enter the stage. And if you think this sounds like a lame plot, I'd be inclined to agree with you had I not actually read this and seen it for what it is. The blurb and opening chapters do Shirayuka a disservice - while it is true that she pines for having a good-looking boyfriend and may initially come across as superficial, I found her to be an extremely likeable main character. The truth is that a lot of girls do dream of having that one perfect boyfriend, especially at her age. I also believe that a lot of girls like to make themselves pretty because they don't feel secure enough about their looks. Shirayuka is actually a very natural and honest character and a lot of what appears superficial about her is actually pretty normal and also flows into her character development. She has spine, loves to laugh and shares joy with those around her while also realising that she doesn't have to be the most pretty girl in the world and that even a perfectly handsome guy might not be the prince she imagined.

As you can imagine, this story is pre-destined to have a love triangle of sorts. But I am always surprised that people are put off by this so easily as that too is a pretty common and normal part of love. While I would say that Shirayuka's feelings are consistent throughout the plot, there is more than one person who tries to win over one character or another's affections. It really comes down to a group of high schoolers sorting out their feelings - but it does it really well. Both Shin and Yu are likeable in their own way and are fleshed out characters. While they pretty much fall into the nice guy and bad boy arch type, they felt like well-rounded characters and I just loved seeing them interact with each other, I especially liked how Shirayuka built friendships with them. I will confess that I found Shin and Yu's childhood friend Rika mildly annoying though.

As a whole, I think there's a bit of a slice of life feeling to this romance series and I'm starting to believe that Chiba Kozue must really love the ocean. 1/3 is basically the better Blue: both have 8 volumes, take place on islands with lots of beach scenes and friendships clashing with growing romance. 1/3 managed to do what Blue couldn't which is basically having likeable characters who who are good to each other despite some disappointments in love.

This is not a highly original manga and there's nothing exciting happening, but I don't think that's the point. We just get to see a bit of these characters' high school life and it was just really nice to read about them. It helps that the art is absolutely gorgeous - I've liked Chiba's art from her early works on already but she has really developed a beautiful style that stands out, I'm particularly fond of this series' covers which are so beautifully painted whereas more and more artists decide to go digitally. If you like contemporary romance manga, this is definitely not the worst one you could pick up.