Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare (Love Me, Love Me Not)

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Synonyms: Love, Be Loved, Leave, Be Left

Japanese: 思い、思われ、ふり、ふられ

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 12

Chapters: 48

Status: Finished

Published: Jun 13, 2015 to May 13, 2019

Genres: Award Winning, Drama, Romance

Themes: Love Polygon, School

Demographic: Shoujo

Serialization: Bessatsu Margaret

Authors: Sakisaka, Io (Story & Art)

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Ranked: #1537²

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Popularity: #585

Members: 31,598

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The story centers around Yuna and Akari who have two very different views of love: Yuna is someone who sees love as a dream and Akari is someone who is very realistic about her romance choices. Meanwhile, there are two boys, Kazuomi and Rio, who also have different views of love: Kazuomi's an airhead and doesn't understand the concept of love, while Rio grabs the opportunity when confessed to as long as the girl looks cute.

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Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare received the 63rd Shogakukan Manga Award in the shoujo manga category in 2017.

The series was published in English as Love Me, Love Me Not by VIZ Media from March 3, 2020 to January 4, 2022. It has been published in German as Miracles of Love by Tokyopop since May 12, 2016; and in Spanish as Amar y ser amado, dejar y ser dejado by Ivrea since November 1, 2017.

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Jan 21, 2021

bakusatsuHOE

Recommended

I've been a big Sakisaka Io fan since I first found out about her, through her work Ao Haru Ride. I had watched the anime and then picked up the manga where the anime left off. I immediately became a big fan.

Being the fan that I am, I strongly believe that her work has evolved in what concerns the ideologies presented and character/emotional complexity. Omoi Omoware Furi Furare is an amazing story that discusses how love should be perceived and what is the "correct" way to achieve it.

First, let's talk about the characters: Yuna is the actual main character of this story, and she is ... your typical innocent girl who firmly believes that love plays out like a fairy tale. Her thesis is that, as something pure and spontaneous, love is something that pops up suddenly inside of you, and there's nothing you can do about it. That being said, she has never fallen in love with anyone.
Akari is quick to recover from past relationships and gives up her feelings quite easily. She tends to protect herself above everything else and thus she is not very transparent or honest. More importantly, she states that love can be built and developed with effort.
Rio is somewhat of a player to fill his broken heart with temporary and shallow relationships. He is a bit self-centred but becomes more altruistic as the story plays out.
Lastly, Kazuomi seems like a pretty average kid but is actually quite an over-thinker and constantly holds himself back for the sake of others. He is not very experienced with love but is aware of his feelings.

Art: 10/10 no discussion. It's up to personal taste really.

Story: I've seen a lot of people complain about how X or Y character should have gotten more "screen-time" or how the story was pretty boring and pointless. Not only do I strongly disagree with all that, but firmly believe that people who think like that must have not understood a thing about the story. Yuna and Akari are pretty different people and their very own visions of love lead them to believe that the other is wrong: Akari thinks that Yuna is just too naive and Yuna doesn't take Akari's relationships as serious, based on how fast she moves on. However, it's when they start shifting their perspective that their love life starts to progress. Yuna becomes more brave and proactive, and Akari lets her emotions take over more frequently. In the end, these changes help them get together with who they love, proving that love is complex and susceptible to various interpretations.
Then we have the whole Rio situation. He has loved Akari for some time, and was absorbed in those feelings: living under the same roof and trying to conceal such a burning passion ought to be a difficult task. Their family life is thus quite unstable. As he overcomes this feelings, he watches Yuna grow out of her shell and falls in love with her, the girl who was there through this whole journey to listen to his rants.
Lastly, there's Kazuomi, who lives in a toxic family dynamic: his brother decided to follow his dreams and quit college (against their parents' will) and so Kazuomi has to repress and keep quiet about his dream of becoming a movie director. His parents' constant fights make him seek some peace and comfort in movies and, later on, fuel his closeness with Akari.

Summing up: I feel like the character development in this story is really well done. Sure the finale was a bit too fast and random in my opinion - it was a bit unnecessary! Other than that, the story is amazing, the art style is great and there are a lot of cute and cheesy cliche moments that we all love. I highly recommend it.

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Aug 29, 2023

maidemartine

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É um mangá padrão da Sakisaka, bastante drama e romance (Eu sou suspeita pra falar pq Ao Haru Ride é uma das minhas obras de shoujo favoritas).
Eu comecei essa obra esperando que fosse algo melhor construído, visando o fato de que é uma obra mais atual da autora, não esperava algo tão enrolado/lento quanto Strobe Edge e nem tão "melancólico" quanto Ao Haru Ride e acabou que teve um pouco dos dois, um casal se desenvolve mais rápido, mas ainda com aqueles tantos eventos que acabam atrasando desfecho e irritando um pouco o leitor -menos que nas outras obras, na minha opinião-.
A construção das protagonistas ...

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Jun 23, 2016

AlexLuczak

Not Recommended

Preliminary (12/48 eps)

I’m not a big Io Sakisaka fan, considering most of her manga tends to be the same story with different characters. As i discovered Omi, Omoware, Furi, Furare i was quite excited for a different plot and something new. So i decided to give it a shot. It turned out to one of Sakisaka poorest work and the most boring manga.

Story: (F) - The story is pretty simple, it center around four characters (Yuna, Akari, Rio, and Kazuomi) who have different views about love: Yuna, the main heroine, is someone who sees love as a fairy tale, finding a prince and living happier ever after. ... While, Akari is someone sees love as a commitment and a serious issue. Rio in the other hand, is someone who hides his feelings and doesn’t really express it. And finally, Kazuomi is your average teen who doesn’t understand the concept of love and doesn’t notice the obvious.

This could be a pretty interesting story, i mean seeing how these characters view love could potentially change the way love should to be viewed in general. But the author fails to achieve this goal. In the beginning of the story, we have Yuna who mysteriously meets her ‘prince’ she then meets Akari and befriends her. Yuna later finds out that her ‘prince’ happens to be Akari’s brother (Rio), who is in love with Akari. Then, we have Akari who is in love with Kazumoi who might be in love with her too? Okay.. seriously? It’s been five chapters and we have this huge love triangle already. I thought the story was about different point of views of love? Not some love triangle. Bu then again, Io Sakisaka always includes love triangles in her work. It's basically about Akari being loved by to the two main characters. While Yuna is just there. It seems like the mangaka forgot about her, leaving Yuna wishing Rio likes her, how much she likes him, crying all the time, being afraid to confess because she doesn’t want to get rejected, and feeling sorry Rio, Blah Blah Blah. Not only does this story already suck, it’s so boring! The dialog is cheesy and lacks it’s seems like their only vocabulary is ehh? The story itself, is pretty much about Yuna and Akari liking someone who doesn’t like them back. So far, it doesn’t interest me.

Art: (A+) - The art in Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare is good no complaints.

Characters: (D) - The characters in OOFF might actually be worse than the story. I found Yuna to be really annoying. She reminds me and acts like Ninako from Strobe Edge. Which i am not surprised since it’s written by the same mangaka. She constantly staring at Rio like a hawk watching every movement and happens to be wherever he’s at (stalker much?). She is very shy, quiet and stutters. Akari, is decent i guess she has this bitchy attitude towards her brother and mother but acts like an angel when around Kazumoi. She also selfish. Rio is your tall, dark, mysterious fuckboy who rejects confessions left to right. He also very jealous and protective when it comes to Akari. I found him to be really boring and stiff he’s pretty much Ren and Andou (from Strobe Edge) combined. Kazumoi is barely shown in the manga we don’t know much about his character but so far, he’s friendly, nice, and clueless. There aren’t many side characters.

Enjoyment: (F) - If you already couldn't tell I pretty much hate this manga. It’s just BORING! There’s nothing interesting about it. I don’t understand why i expected this manga to be good, knowing that i don’t like any Sakisaka-sensei’s work.

Overall: (F) - OOFF story is probably one of the most boring manga i’ve ever read.. If you like a semi-romantic manga with a pointless love triangle, boring characters, boring story, then this manga is for you. If you're like normal people out there then you'll definitely stay away from this one and spare yourself some time.

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