Koishitagari no Blue

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Synonyms: Koi Shita Gari no Blue, Koishi Tagari no Blue, Love Me Blue, Beloved Blue Wishes, I Want to Love You, Blue

Japanese: 恋したがりのブルー

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 6

Chapters: 24

Status: Finished

Published: Aug 24, 2007 to Jul 24, 2009

Genre: Romance

Theme: School

Demographic: Shoujo

Serialization: Cheese!

Authors: Fujiwara, Yoshiko (Story & Art)

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Ranked: #2466²

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Popularity: #4087

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MangaCheese!Fujiwara, Yoshiko (Story & Art)

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"Won’t you become my girlfriend?"

On the day of her high school entrance ceremony, Ao got asked that by Riku, a guy that she has only just met. But by that, he meant to ask her to become his fake girlfriend, just to pretend. Ao was surprised by the sudden request, but after knowing Riku's true feeling, she decided to agree to become his fake girlfriend...?

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Mizushima, Ao

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Hariya, Riku

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Midou, Kai

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Soratani, Kiyono

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Aug 24, 2016

Chinomi-san

Recommended

This seemed to be a very innocent story at first with a silly beginning. It was familiar, too… you know how it is in shoujo. If a guy and a girl get together in a fake relationship for some motive, they’ll “accidentally” end up liking each other while they’re pretending to like each other. Then they reach some complications along the way that prevent them from really being together even though they were kind of already together before.

Even if that kind of story is typical for those who know it, I’m always still interested in knowing how it is they end up liking each ... other. It’s funny to see them act the part and suddenly blush, and one of the pair usually has a tsundere personality that comes out.

While it was a cute story at first, I was dismayed to find out that the main conflict in the story arose from a love square. There was some history in between the other main characters that were introduced and feelings suddenly arose out of nowhere. They were explained later in some oneshots between the chapters of the main plot, thank goodness, but without those the story would have been more frustrating to read. At times I thought to myself, why does he like her? Why does she like him? I disliked some of the characters when I couldn’t understand their feelings and selfish motives. When things came tumbling down I wasn’t sure whether I shipped the main ship any more.

Feelings were all over the place and there was so much crying. It reminded me of a Korean drama the way they shed so many tears. While I could comprehend the reasons for their grief and pain sometimes, it became a little much seeing the amount of drama there was because of love. I wanted to tear my hair out a few moments because of the way things were going. Nevertheless, this manga showed me the way the human heart works. Love can be fickle at times and so long-lasting at others. You can’t stop liking someone if you do. Sometimes you need to let go.

Ao is probably the most noble shoujo heroine I’ve seen in a while. She has a cute personality and knows she’s not the prettiest, but she does a lot for her friends. Even if making a decision hurts her, she’ll do it for her friend’s sake. She’s so selfless that that’s probably her biggest flaw. Regardless of that, I liked her a lot. She’s the kind of person I’d like to have for a friend.

I’ll leave the other characters out of this blog, but they had their own quirks as well. I didn’t like a few of them, either, so there’s that.

While the manga isn’t that old, I found the artwork looking a little bit aged. You could definitely tell who the more attractive characters were, but sometimes I found a few limbs to be a bit too long. Sometimes expressions looked dazed and dull, but maybe that was the mangaka’s intention. The artwork worked out for the story, I suppose, but I wasn’t too impressed with it.

Despite my irritation with how the romance was going during the manga, I have to say I still enjoyed reading it. I wanted to see how the story turned out and if the main ship was finally going to set sail. I could sympathize with the Ao and the other characters sometimes. I laughed a bit at some scenes in the manga. It was a light read sometimes and heavy at others. It’s a little different from other shoujo manga, so I was glad to have found it. The ending was a little rough, but I still think it was a fine read.

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Jan 29, 2012

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I'm sorry but reading this manga was the biggest waste of time on my part. Its a super generic story about a naive girl, her first love, overly dramatic misunderstandings, and of course, love triangles. One volume material stretched out into six long, painful volumes.

The characters and art are nothing special. Easy to look at, but nothing amazing.

As for the story, you can see every "twist" from miles away; by the end of the first chapter, you know exactly where the heroine, her friend, and the two male leads are going to end up. What makes a good shoujo manga--even a predictable one--shine is ...

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Dec 8, 2022

Ninja_Cat101

Not Recommended

Honest waste of time. I saw all the high ratings, looked at the fake dating, and was excited about a fun story. However, after 2 chapters, I found out that this was a story with an overwhelming about of misunderstandings, terrible communication, stupid decisions, and unlikeable characters.

Everyone sucks except for the ML, FL, and this one side character. Even then, ALL of them make such stupid choices, and it's incredibly painful to read. It dragged on for ages, and I literally had to force myself to get through it. The ending is also really unsatisfying.

To play devil's advocate, I was looking for a wholesome ...

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