Kore wa Koi no Hanashi (This Is a Love Story)

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English: This Is a Love Story

Japanese: これは恋のはなし

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 11

Chapters: 45

Status: Finished

Published: Jul 28, 2010 to May 28, 2014

Genres: Drama, Romance, Shoujo, Slice of Life

Authors: Chika (Story & Art)

Serialization: ARIA

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Score: 8.00¹ (scored by 2173 users)

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Ranked: #921²

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The male protagonist is a well known published author who is suffering through severe boredom in the midst of his success. He has decided to move into a house in the countryside in an attempt to overcome his melancholy but it isn't working. Then one day a young girl stops by and asks him to allow her to raise a kitten at his home. This young girl causes an unexpected reaction from him and he agrees. What is in store for him? Why does he react this way to this young girl? Why did he agree to let her hang around his house with this kitten?

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Kore wa Koi no Hanashi has been digitally licensed in English as This Is a Love Story by Kodansha Comics USA.

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Morimoto, Haruka

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Utsumi, Shinichi

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Oogaki, Kaoru

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Shinohara, Utako

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Mar 27, 2016

45 of 45 chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

Mako (All reviews)

6 people found this review helpful

Since it's been a long time Kore wa Koi no Hanashi was last reviewed, I feel like an update was overdue. I cannot guarantee giving an unbiased review, however, I am quite sincere in my assessment of this manga. Now that I finished reading it, I can say with absolute confidence that Kore wa Koi no Hanashi found its place in the top of my all-time favorites. This manga received various comments and a lot of critique. Some argue that a romantic relationship between characters with such a huge age gap is bizarre and indecent. But I can assure you, there is nothing indecent about read more

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Apr 3, 2012

19 of 45 chapters read

Overall Rating: 9

itsmitty (All reviews)

43 people found this review helpful

Preliminary

After reading the chapter summary and taking a glimpse at the front cover, I decided that this story could either have a lot of promise and potential OR that it would just end up being a total train wreck.

Well, I don't typically venture through these kinds of stories, so I made it my duty to read through one finally...

Story: 9
Like most manga, the first few chapters might end up feeling a little rushed or typical. Thankfully, this is the kind of story that gradually gets better and better the more you progress into it. The idea about a romance budding between a scary-looking 31 year-old writer and a baby-faced 10 year-old girl might sound a bit sketchy at first, but, truth is, the story doesn't go over too many boundaries.
The feelings of the characters are not completely overdone, and the circumstances that go along with the story aren't thrown out of nowhere like in some story plots. And, since it does have that "forbidden romance" theme, you tend to think about things you would normally not find yourself thinking about... or even WANTING to think about. For me, I actually like to ponder those things we constantly try to keep hidden within our subconsciousness, since no one ever mentions them.

Art: 8
The art is well done. I think the artist captures the main protagonist's persona very well and the author knows how to set the mood, whether it's a serious, light, or humorous tone. 'Guess I'm basically saying that the art is good but isn't exaggerated like in other manga that depend on their art for everything, especially humor, y'know?

Character: 9
I don't know, the main protagonist's character at first seemed rather stereotypical to me, but I ended up liking him after a couple more chapters. He's definitely not some lolicon or pervert, though. He's just a normal guy who didn't really think about the consequences in his actions and ended up in a pretty tough situation. It was surprising for me at first, but he does actually handle things pretty well.

Enjoyment: 10
What I really like about this story is the fact that although it started out as an innocent girl's crush, the main protagonist gradually starts to face the young girl with a sense of care and giving... like that of a family member. They were just two strangers who slowly started to relate to each other, and their bond is something that I can't exactly describe. Is it romantic love? Is it paternal love? I currently see it somewhere in the middle.

After reading 19 chapters in one sitting, I give Kore wa Koi no Hanashi an overall score of 9.

I highly recommend this story to people who desire to get in-tune with that inner subconscious we tend to push aside due to popular or even our moral beliefs.

By the way, thanks to those who ended up reading 'till the end. (This ended up getting longer than I thought.) Happy reading~! ^v^

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Jul 17, 2012

19 of 45 chapters read

Overall Rating: 7

skypiercer (All reviews)

19 people found this review helpful

Preliminary

My Thoughts:
I wasn't really into these types of manga. I thought that I would come to hate it due to the fact that a thirty one year old is trying to score a ten year old. But despite believing so, it wasn't my style to judge a book by its cover, so I decided to read the first chapter just to get the juice of it. To my surprise, the manga shoot completely above my expectations. Kore wa Koi no Hanashi, a manga for both teenagers and adult. A story based upon the sanctity of love and friendship. Truly something in which I could not read more

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