Nakahara Aya - Love Com, vol. 01 (Eng. trans.)

[oyceter]

Koizumi Risa is the tallest girl in the class, and Otani Atsushi is the shortest guy. Everyone pairs them up because the contrast is so funny, and the two have now decided to do something about it. They'll quash all "All Hanshin Kyojin" taunts by helping each other find dates. The problem is, the more they try to date other people, the more well

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[oyceter]

This one is very cute! I mean, I am hoping later volumes do not drag on too much, but the pacing of this was good, and I liked the characters a lot.

[swanjun]

Yay! I'm glad you liked it. I too love the fact that Risa and Outani are clearly good couple material. And it's not based on looks or a peril/rescue kind of scenario but on... gasp!... shared interests! And kindness!

Later on, the squabbling and name-calling does start to get on my nerves, but there are also lots of good moments, as well.

[oyceter]

*nods* Yeah, I can see the squabbling getting old. But I love that they actually seem to like each other before deciding that they like each other romantically.

[swanjun]

I watched the first episode, and while it was pretty good, it left so much out (of how Chiharu and Suzuki got together) that I thought it would ultimately annoy me. I didn't watch any further.

[oyceter]

They are so cute! And yes, I have the disc and am looking forward to watching it, yay. I need happy shoujo to relax me, so this will be perfect. I am just so grumpy that my library only has v. 1! And there are so many volumes out already!

[thomasyan]

Otani Atsushi is the shortest

I thought this meant Otani was the shortest girl for the longest time (until the second half of your third paragraph), and wondered why this was still shoujo :)

[oyceter]

Doh! Heh, missing a crucial word there....

[deepad]

The way you phrased your first sentence I thought that both of them were girls, and I had a double take moment of, 'wait, there's femmeslash manga now?'

Sadly, this was not to be, but it still sounds interesting, because I can't remember the last time I've read a pairing where the girl is taller than the guy. In fact, I think I remember reading an otherwise well written book where I could figure out who the heroine would end up with solely on basis of the competitors' heights.

[thomasyan]

Are you unaware of there being boy/boy manga?

[deepad]

Nope! I've seen a lot of the pretty boy/boy stuff, I just hadn't heard of girl/girl before.

[thomasyan]

I figure there must be, given that there is manga porno. rachelmanija's userpic says it best: