P to JK

Kako, a 16-year-old high school girl, goes to a mixer pretending to be 22. While there, she meets Kouta who at first has a very intimidating aura. But once he saves her from an awkward situation, she wants to know more about him as does he. That is until he finds out she isn't 22. The next day Kako runs into him again, but this time he's working as a police officer. Kako still wants to get closer to Kouta, but he isn't interested...or is he?

(Source: JJayBluejay)

Included one-shots:
Volume 2: Watashi wa Kesshite Fukou dewa Nai
Volume 9: Ookami Shoujo Shounen

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P to JK won the 41st Kodansha Manga Awards in the shoujo category. The series will be adapted into a Japanese live-action film to be screened in Spring 2017.

The series was published in English as My Boy in Blue by Kodansha Comics USA from August 7, 2018 to September 29, 2020.

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Sep 1, 2024

tabbycatcarnival

Recommended

Really good and worth a re-read one of these days.

Well-developed romances and also nice platonic relationships between unexpected characters, even with the ML. They never feel like they detract from the story though, even if it is about the titular couple, as it always relates back to them in some way.

Towards the end though is where you will really feel the pressure as conflicts arise, especially for the main couple. Be relieved to know that this conflict is handled maturely and with much thoughtfulness and will not ultimately leave you with a bad taste in the end. This is especially helped by ML trying his ...

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Apr 22, 2023

choimochi

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[WORK AND AUTHOR] P to JK - Police and Joshi Kousei (High School Girl) is a manga of the romance genre and shoujo demography, written and drawn by Maki Miyoshi, and which has sixty-five chapters published between 2012 and 2020.

Miyoshi began his career as a manga artist in early 2009 by publishing a one-shot called "Akarui Mirai" within the Kindan no Koibito collection published by Bessatsu.
She worked on a few more small projects before starting P to JK, her most successful work. Winning the 41st Kodansha Manga Awards in the shoujo category and having his work adapted for live action in 2017. His most recent ... work is called Yoru no Shita de Machiawase.

[PLOT AND CONTEXT] The plot revolves around Kako Motoya, a high school girl who falls in love with a police officer when pretending to be an older girl at a mixer, he learns the truth and walks away because she is a high school girl. But Kako doesn't give up and ends up being attacked when trying to protect him from a delinquent. This initial incident is the kickoff for the romance of the two to begin, moving soon after to a quick official marriage (this is because in Japan until the year 2020, the minimum age to marry was 18 years for men and 16 for women).

But, in the course of the chapters, the story takes the focus away from the novel and starts to deal with matters related to crimes, such as domestic violence, parental abuse and murder. The role of the police as an agent to resolve these problems and often the lack of confidence that some people have due to bad experiences with this security body are also treated points of the story. But, above all, as a human being he does need to pay for his crimes and bad acts, but he may also need a little empathy from others in order to have the chance to reconcile and change as a person.

[CHARACTERS] What I can say about the characters is that they are consistent; each has a well solidified personality. Okami in particular (who you will meet) was the one that received the greatest evolution within the story and is one of the best characters. As for the protagonist, Kako Motoya, she is the typical heroine who wants to save everyone she can, often getting herself into trouble. The police officer and husband of the protagonist, Kouta-kun, is a bit cold due to a sad and traumatic past, but very mature.

The author was careful not to add or romanticize anything abusive in their relationship, which I found very positive. Because the difference in age and maturity has to be taken into account, Kako being younger and more immature would be dangerously more susceptible to falling for the lip of an experienced man. But her family (mother and father) were together all the time and Kouta himself, as a police officer, is a man of character.

Overall, it's a nice story to read. Recommend to pass the time.

April 22, 2023, Saturday

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Mar 29, 2021

Silentfan6

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (62/65 eps)

My Boy in Blue is a short and sweet shojo story about a 24-year-old police officer marrying a 16-year-old high school girl.

Surprisingly, their love story is rarely creepy. Their age difference does come up at times and some of the adult characters, like Sagano (the 24-year-old), are acutely aware of the situation, but it's hardly dramatic enough to keep mentioning throughout the series. Most of the time it's just a story about a normal couple, but without sex.

That said, the story doesn't really do anything different went it comes to other romantic stories. The characters are a bit more mature and understanding their ages ...

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