Although it is a shoujo BL, Kieta Hatsukoi rejects all of the stale tropes associated with both genres, and it's so rare to find something this refreshing. There is a perfect balance of shoujo tropes, with it being slow-paced but also not making the audience feel like hand-holding is a drop of water in the middle of a desert. But it's not this grandiose drama that fetishises their relationship - it's literally just two teenagers falling in love and it's fucking adorable.
Small spoiler the main couple gets together around 2/3 into the story so it covers a lot of their relationship, between being afraid of coming out to friends and family, to first kiss and their first time. And if you don't think this has been shenanigans enough - it only gets better from here. With balls of steel, Aoki takes one for the team and decides to commit to it and confess to Ida to hide Hashimoto's feelings for him. course, he accidentally drops it and Ida picks it up and assumes that Aoki has a crush on him. So the story begins with the protagonist Aoki, borrowing an eraser from his crush, Hashimoto, only to discover that she's written the name of another one of their classmates, Ida, on it. This is easily my favourite shounen-ai of all time and I feel compelled to write a review lol. It has a hilariously creative set-up, a realistic and emotionally gripping story and seriously well-written and developed characters. This throws all the usual BL tropes out the window and only leaves room for a genuinely amazing romance, that just happens to be BL. Kieta Hatsukoi is what all modern shounen-ai should aim for. But anyway, this was great, I enjoyed so much. Honestly, reading this manga was a journey, it almost felt like they were my kids or something and I was watching them grow up (I'm not that old, I'm not even in my 30s yet). Also, all the protagonists are so lovely and captivating, they're that type of character that you just want to protect because they're so precious!Īnd, even tho sexualities are never mentioned in this manga, it does show a lot of things that queer people have to deal with such as homophobia, and coming out, so I think this is a pretty good LGBTQIA+ rep. to develop and change, becoming more mature. At first, we have that whole misunderstanding trope, but little by little the characters start This is one of the few romance mangas that I've read when the main couple actually talks things out. It has a pretty solid plot, character development, nice art, and nothing feels out of place or doesn't have plot holes, I would say. If you want something similar to Ao no Flag, but funnier, with less drama and more fluffiness, this is the one! This work made me get back to reading manga and started my whole interest in LGBTQIA+ manga as well.
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