Alternative TitlesEnglish: Today, I'll start our love Synonyms: 3, 2, 1 ... Liebe! Japanese: 今日、恋をはじめます
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 15
Chapters: 97
Status: Finished
Published: Nov 24, 2008 to Nov 20, 2011
StatisticsScore: 7.951 (scored by 6348 users)
Ranked: #9912
Popularity: #69
Members: 12,551
Favorites: 664 1 indicates a weighted score
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SynopsisTsubaki is a girl who loves making her younger sister's hair pretty every morning, but she doesn't think that kind of style suits herself! On the day of her High School Opening Ceremony, after she failed to be the top student (who usually makes the ceremony speech), she finds herself sitting next to the actual top student of the 1st years, the worst rude guy ever, Kyouta. Because of his saying bad things to her she purposely cuts his hair. Kyota requests that Tsubaki pay him back "with her body" but Tsubaki pays him back by fixing his hair and making it even shorter! Afterwards, Kyota unexpectedly kisses Tsubaki and swears he'll make her his woman.
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Related MangaAdaptation: Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu
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ishitagupta
72 of 93 people found this review helpful
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22 of 97 chapters read
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| Overall |
7 |
| Story |
6 |
| Art |
10 |
| Character |
6 |
| Enjoyment |
8 |
Why am I still reading this past chapter 11 when it becomes painfully obvious that the mangaka can't decide whether to make the hero a quintinssential martyr or a slick bad boy with an inner goodness that shines through only when the heroine is in distress. Groan, I don't know why!
This story starts out ordinarily enough when a straight laced but feminine and talented girl ends up attending her back up choice of high school but still isn't the top student there. That rank goes to a heartthrobby fellow Kyouta who alternated between teasing (read humiliating) Hibino and assisting her when the situation escalates out of control. At first, it's very much a copy of Bokutachi wa shitte shimatta only meaner coz this girl has a callously selfish younger sister and suffers from extremely low self esteem. Eventually she makes friends, but of course end up fallng in love with the molester who apparently makes booty calls for senpais in their classrooms!
But WAIT! Suddenly, it's not enough for the mangaka to just have a normal romance with cutely drawn albeit cliche conflicts, so we're bruptly thrust into this situation where the fiend Kyouta develops a painful past which disallows him to trust Hibino and other women. So while he wants to... well... "make her his woman", he doesn't want a confession, even though he says he'll do "things which she's dreaming of" if she asks him to, because that means she will betray him! Haha, it gets even more comical along the way! I'm guessing more trials and tribulations ensue, but really, you have to be plenty patient with the sluggish plot and the pathetic dialogue to get there.
Plus points... The art is very dreamily gorgeous, for both male and female characters. The story really manages to mortify the reader at times and I wanted to run away from the computer screen sometimes when Hibino was teased or exposed! The few intimate scenes are steamy without being tasteless and many novel mini suplots are portrayed realistically, especially fashion. Also we don't just have a single track minded heroine here, Hibino is very focused on grades but she loves making hairstyles and fashionable clothes and wants to find love as well.
I recommend reading this one when the scanlation group changes hands, coz the one available right now hosts a rather awkward translation and bad quality scans. read more
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Cadice_Lisle
19 of 28 people found this review helpful
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13 of 97 chapters read
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| Overall |
6 |
| Story |
5 |
| Art |
7 |
| Character |
5 |
| Enjoyment |
5 |
As an avid shoujo manga reader, I have across many which instantly made me fall in love with and a few which made me feel like I might punch my computer screen in disgust if I read any further. 'Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu' with no doubt and hesitation falls rightfully in the latter category for me.
To be bitterly honest, I wonder why I even went through the trouble of reading those 13 chapters. Perhaps deep down in my heart I was hoping for some 'sensible' development in the story and in the characters' personalities. Speaking of the characters, the female protagonist, Tsubaki is one of the most annoying shoujo manga heroines I have come across. It is true that shoujo manga heroines are deliberately made a bit annoying to portray a teenage girl madly in love or in dilemma about her feelings for the guy. But this particularly one, Tsubaki, was too much to tolerate. I liked her in the beginning when she actually had some courage and didn't let down her guards before the male protagonist, Kyouta, who is another annoying character in this manga, following Tsubaki's sister. However, out of the blue, she fell in love with him and was no less than those typical girls who whine that their guys don't love them.
The art is the only aspect of this manga I can give some credit to. It is the typical shoujo style but I won't say it is that good that would make me marvel at.
I am (not) sorry to anyone who adores this manga and reading this review at the time, thinking 'WTF?' I have just presented my opinion. After all, this is MY review so I get to be straightforward and honest, right? That said, I am not sure if I should recommend this manga but if you're only looking for 'something to read' and not 'something GOOD to read', I would say, you may pick this one.
Story: 5 | Art: 7 | Character: 5 | Enjoyment: 5 | Overall: 6 read more
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Two of lead girl characters looks same asocial, schizoid, unfashionable style. And the other lead guy will change her properties as time goes and they fall each other deeply. Same going.
Both follow about the same plotline.
It's about this nerd that turns out to be really beautiful and gets a really hot boyfriend.
The two are just so much a like.
Both are pretty warm-hearted love stories with girls who are kind of nerdy but turn out to be pretty attractive, and a manwhore-type guy takes an interest in them. Kare First Love is a lot more "sweet" than KKWH, but it also has a mildly dark plot like KKWH.
KFL is finished with 57 chapters, and KKWH is still ongoing.
And lastly, I think Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu and Kare First Love are very much alike than any other manga. Both female lead are unfashionable the first time but became cute as time passes by when they fell in love with good looking and popular guys. Have tons of romance as well and the guys protects their girlfriend and treated them really nice.
the mangas are exact copies of each other...
shy nerdy girl becomes cute
pushy hot guy
hate each other but then actually like each other
even the supporting characters are similar
but both are good in their own way
the only difference, other than names, would be the interests
kiriya likes photography whereas tsbuki likes astronomy
definitely good reads and very cute
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The style of drawing is similar.In both a girl tries to make friends and clear misunderstanding with a help of famous boy.
Totally diffrent but both play out in school invirement.
But they do have things in comen like, the roller-coster story line XD sure Kimi ni Todoke is a shy love n Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu is more to the sexy love. There both intresting^^
It also has the rival love, the populers (u know high school type, in both storys the boys r populer while the girls r well not..conection ;P), the trials of trust in both frindship n love also there both show the type of first love in two diffrent perspectiv.
Just telling read, read, READ!! :D u will like em if u like romance ;3 (just don´t get annyoed-there both kinda slow in getting 2gether XD )
Similarities: The heroine (Sawako in KnT, and Tsubaki in Kyou, Koi) is misunderstood, picked on, and liked by no one. However, when they meet the male lead, (Kazehaya in Knt, and Kyouta in Kyou, Koi) their lives change. Also, the heroines are similar because both are quick to misunderstand a situation (often making it difficult for the guys... ^^)
Differences: The feeling of the stories are very different... KnT is very light-hearted and sweet, while Kyou, Koi is far more... intense... when it comes to the... interaction... between the main couple. (if you catch my drift... ^^) Although, Kyou, Koi does have its sweet moments, too. ^^ Also, the main guys are a bit different. Kazehaya is openly kind and trusting, but shy when it comes to his feelings for Sawako, whereas Kyouta is less kind(to anyone but Tsubaki...), not really trusting at all(except for Tsubaki...), and only shy about what makes him uncool. ^^
Both are a great read and I would recommend them to anyone! ^^
PS- sorry for the length... >.<
Sawako and Tsubaki are both misunderstoud in the first place. Then they both meat the popular guys : kazehaya and kyouta. Their lives completely changes, when they fall in love with the popular guy. Lot of girls detest the main female lead because they have loved the guy waaay longer and even picking on the female lead.
The story is just a little the same. The mood is somewhay different: ( Kimi ni todoke is somewhat sweeter, while kyou, koi has a lot of 'hotter moments'
It's really both a sweet story about how one another makes the other better in their own way.
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