Mairimashita, Senpai (You Got Me, Sempai!)

First-year high school student Serina Koshino discovers a love song scribbled all over her desk. Figuring that an upperclassman is responsible for the act, the slightly disturbed Serina is interested in finding out who did it. Later, she finds the culprit: Asuma Mizukawa, a male student who is one year her senior. Despite Mizukawa's aloof exterior, he goes out of his way to help Serina, leading her to immediately fall in love with him.

Even with her blooming feelings, luck is not on Serina's side, as Mizukawa barely acknowledges her existence. Still, the girl refuses to give up on love and hastily confesses to him, which moves Mizukawa enough to become her boyfriend. They may not know each other well but, with the start of their relationship, Serina might see more endearing sides to Mizukawa.

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Mairimashita, Senpai was published digitally in English as You Got Me, Sempai! by Kodansha Comics USA from April 3, 2018, to September 21, 2021.

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May 24, 2023

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Recommended

Most romance anime/manga settings start of with an explosive or eye-catching setting like maid sama, my little monster, ao haru ride, Toradora, horimiya, ouran Koukou, Kimi ni todoke, etc, etc. (all of which I love btw). And from there the romance develops because of those circumstances.

But mairimashita senpai, is literally the first manga I've seen with like the most uninteresting setting and yet the most beautiful, realistic and probably the best development I've seen in a romance ever. Don't let the word realistic put you off, it is definitely interesting each chapter draws you in more and more.

Initially the female mc is more interested, but ...

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Nov 28, 2021

Shellshock123

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A series about the romantic relationship between the female lead and her sempai. That's about it. No really that's it. Stop reading the beginning paragraph there is nothing more about this series. Seriously stop. I'm warning you..... Ok there is a vey small love triangle. But It's barley worth mentioning. But besides that there is nothing.... Ok there is also the classic study so lets not see each other a while drama. But beyond that the story is pretty cookie cutter type stuff.

The mango starts off with the FMC seeing that her desk has been vandalized with a song lyric. So she ends up being ... a desk pen pal for like 5 pages. Then she falls in love with the guy who wrote in it (the desk pen pal) who also is now in love with her. They began dating just like that. We are halfway through Chapter 1.

The series is split into a few arcs. The getting together arc (not just chapter 1 but the first 2 volumes). This is where they sorta test the waters. Honestly this arc kinda sucks dick. Not only do the characters are just speed running. But like the art isn't that good either. At times especially in the middle. Its fantastic but it definitely feels off way too much in the beginning. This sort've makes a resurgence at the end as well. Which is not good, The ending is the final message or note you are leaving people with.

The series is solid for its daily slice of life stuff. Albeit it never really elevates itself either. Its a fun time killer. Lots of cute moments. Some light jealously moments that aren't really annoying but still cute. Overall as far as the romance and couple chemistry goes. Its fun. Its fun to watch the characters interact with each other. Slowly and surely they fall deeper and deeper in love. There relationship becoming more solid as time goes on.

There is a Token love triangle in the beginning. That lasts a whopping 1 chapter. I wouldn't even count it as a love triangle. Not even that there is another character that pines for the female lead but there is so much breathing room given that I wouldn't call it it Love triangle either. I do think this part of the series was actually done well. He never kind of overstepped his boundaries or anything. Understood doing something more would be a bad idea but at the same time wanting to hold her. Very well done.

In the end the series loses itself near the end once again. The art also does become somewhat weak as well. But I don't think there are many issues in the series. I just realized the side characters in the series had a minor presence. There was no milking of the side character romance (mostly).

I have read a lot of shoujo series. I find it hilarious that romance manga aimed at men barely have any sex scenes but romance manga aimed at women have like multiple sex scenes. What's up with that shit. This is some dumbfuck irony going on here.

TLDR: A very enjoyable time killer that never leaves the pond it resides in. 6/10

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Aug 31, 2023

JoeGP

Not Recommended

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I guess I'll have to be the first one Not to recommend this.

I liked that unlike most romance manga this pretty much started with their first kiss (rather than ending with it) and it showed their first time too, so it was more realistic in that way, but it was also slow and boring and by the end I didn't care at all.

Somewhere past the halfway point in the story there was this weird, unexplained (maybe forced), part where she started falling out of love with him, for no reason whatsoever, then after not seeing each other for 3 weeks she says stupid stuff like ...

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