Alternative TitlesEnglish: Mars Japanese: マース; 战神mars
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 15
Chapters: 90
Status: Finished
Published: 1996 to 2000
StatisticsScore: 8.401 (scored by 2449 users)
Ranked: #1232
Popularity: #104
Members: 3,980
Favorites: 384 1 indicates a weighted score
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It's the same story, a girl meets with a guy altoght she didn't care about guys too much but she fallen in love with him.
Basically the same story (but MARS is so much better!)
Basically Kare First Love is like a attempt to copy Mars that may work for some but does not compare to Mars. It has the same plot line of a good girl meets a bad boy and somehow they fall in love but they have struggles they must overcome. In both the boys are interested in sex and wish to have sex with their love interest but choose to wait because they truly love the girl and she does not want to have sex for whatever reason. Also the main boy character has a love for something (Mars: racing, Kare First Love: photography) that they pursue despite the disagreements of others. Also both boys must overcome the death of a loved one that has traumatized them (and surprise surprise in each one it's the death of a *insert spoiler here*). Whether you did or didn't like Kare First Love I highly recommend Mars because although they are similar each tell entirely different stories enough to stand on their own.
I actually made the mistake of trying to read both at the same time, and ended up getting them confused. Mars is far darker than Kare First Love and also 5 volumes longer. Both focus on shy, artistically-inclined girls (Karin wih music, Kira with art) who, despite their best efforts, fall for "bad boy" types (though Kiriya is A LOT tamer than Rei). Kare is a lot lighter, but Mars is very realistic. On another note, Mars volumes are kind of hard to find. (I had to stop the series because volumes are on backorder at the local bookstore AND online).
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Long, well-written shoujo romance staring a boy and girl from different walks of life. In each, the girl discovers the boy's inner anguish and helps to stop it, but neither gets too over-the-top.
Both of these series are about the fundamentals of romance, the struggles seen in love, and the raw emotions between them. While they both have very different stories, MARS happening to be a bit more soap-opera in appearance, the two had a distinct line of similarity. They will both try to tug on your heart strings, if not attempting to make you remember past experiences in love. If anything, I recommend both series, mostly if you liked one or another.
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Both stories contain real drama. Main characters (boys) experienced through the death of important person. But a girl helps them to recover and to find a new aim in the life
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Similar themes of two people helping each other cope with their various past damage, although Mars is a much longer story.
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Both of these stories involve main characters who have been traumatized at an early age and how they deal with their problems.
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The main characters share some interesting qualities—Ash and Rei are naturally smart and cunning, despite their outside appearance, intense, scarred, beautiful, and dangerous. Rei is a diluted version of Ash in many ways. They both meet a quiet individual and their interactions and the qualities they bring out in each other are a highlight of the works. Read either one if you're looking for something outside the norm of the shoujo genre.
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Both involve sexy school badass falling for least expected girl in school.
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Even though the characters in both series are the same age, Marmalade Boy comes off as a kind of "MARS Junior" series. Both are about the trials and tribulations surrounding family, friends, and young love, with the various problems faced by characters in each series sometimes having striking similarities; Marmalade Boy just takes a lighter, softer approach that lends itself to humour, a more casual tone, and a younger audience while MARS amps up the drama to keep readers rivetted.
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Lots of drama, dark pasts and sweet romance in both of these titles. If you enjoyed one it's likely you'll enjoy the other.
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It's done by the same creator and has the same feel for the main characters. Both stories explain actions going on in great detail, espceally things that may be unfamiliar to the reader of the story.
Even though MARS focuses more on the romance element, the story is very complex and will not leave you bored.
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The reader is able to watch the main female character grow and mature as danger lurks around every corner. Both titles keep you on your feet and turning the page with not only mystery and death, but true love.
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both are from Fuyumi Souryo and the two main characters are kinda similar.
Also they both tell a love story which is sometimes dramatic...
But of course Doll is a lot shorter than Mars^^
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My first impression of this manga is that Keito reminds me of Kira; personality-wise and appearance-wise.
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Both give you a feeling of reality and have unusual characters who went through a lot and are very pessimistic about life. Two titles full of drama but in the end really beautiful stories.Worth of reading.
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