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Content/Story:
Fit the title and theme perfectly. First Love (Hatsukoi).
This might be confusing in first 10~15 chapter or so due to lack of "introducing the character part", but it'll coming together at the end. And it's really beautiful.

Art:
Basically an upgrade version of Ichigo 100%, you can see the similarity of some of the characters from Ichigo 100% and this manga.

Character:
As I said before, in this manga you'll find about 5~7 "couples" who felt their "first love". and they behave (in my opinion) perfectly as some people who actually felt "first love". You'll find some couple annoying, gullible, innocent, etc. Just like what you may had experience ... or saw in your real life.

Enjoyment:
It's basically comedy, so yeah. and because it could be confusing for "first timer" reader, you'll find more "enjoyment" during your "re-reading" part.

Overall:
I'm just gonna quote what the author narrate at the end (and I think it's not really a spoiler):

"Things don't always go as well as you might like...
There are times when things might not work out at all...
But the first time you feel those precious emotion...
I'm sure there's something that you have to treasure...
and every single of those feelings leads us a bit further onward, toward the future...
ARE YOU IN LOVE?"

Those words I think, describe the manga perfectly.

This is the first manga of Mizuki Kawashita that I've read and I must say "Sensei you certainly know how to create beautiful love stories" :). That said, I also like the punch line "Have you ever been in love?". Its a light-hearted manga, which throws in some serious shades of real-life too.

Story -8
This manga features 8 short first-love stories of girls from middle and high school, mainly focusing on their relationships with their classmates and family members. Each chapter is focusing on one main girl character. All the stories are connected with each other and eventually lead to a practical and acceptable ending involving ... the whole cast (so don't be fooled by the length of the manga).

Art -8
The characters are well-drawn, especially the girls. You can easily
identify the cute looking ones like Chikura and the awesome beauties (hotties to be exact) like Enamoto & Misaki. Even the guys have their uniqueness, we have boy-next-door guys like Mamoru, to dumb-looking guys such as "kappa-faced" Kosuda and Sogabe to handsome-looking ones like Renjou senpai. Because the story is character-oriented, it helps each character to self-identify itself.

Character -8
What can I say, its a harem, so there's no one particular lead here. But I guess the author managed to balance all the characters admirably. The scenario around every character is well-built and even if the center plot focuses on the girls as lead, still the male characters also got fair enough character length in the script. The author has very beautifully shown the good/bad points of every character, so you can relate to them as well.

Enjoyment - 8
Its w well balanced romance-comedy manga. My personal favorites are the bittersweet moments between Kosuda and Enamoto. I consider them the most opposite couple of the whole lot. Other character stories are also enjoyable, and even if its a short manga, I will not consider it incomplete.

Overall- 8
I'll recommend this manga to those who haven't seen the anime as well as to the ones who crave to read a light romance book. Of course, I enjoyed the anime more than the manga, but the manga gives us a follow-up story for what happened after episode 12. There are some extra stories also (that is if you are interested). But overall its worth a read!

In the story of First Love we talk about loving in the classroom, of reciprocated and unrequited loves, of what fills the heart with joy and what makes us despair, sensations that each of us has experienced with our first love. Boys and girls discovering love that they had never felt until recently from which they will unleash all kinds of misunderstandings, absurd and absurd situations.
Overall I liked it enough, in the context of the story, but I liked it more in the graphics sector with excellent drawings and with an Ecchi that doesn't clash.
Personally I think it's a sufficient work, not the author's best ... story.
I give a 6 to the story while an 8.5 to the drawing