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Sep 9, 2012 2:55 AM
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I haven't read the one-shot yet but I really do like the set-up, a girl and a boy, who have never met, die, get a second chance and have to decide which one is going to die in 7 days for the other' s sake.

I'm curious how narration time will be handled compared to the narrated time.
Sep 9, 2012 2:56 AM
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Well that was a good start.

Edit: The one-shot was good as well http://mangafox.me/manga/half_half_seo_kouji/
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Sep 9, 2012 4:34 AM
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Lmao, is everyone ready for another Seo Kouji's ride?

I'd read the one-shot long ago and I'm kinda hoping that it manage to deviate from the original, like Nisekoi, rather than being a blatantly longer version.
Sep 9, 2012 4:52 AM
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that was actually pretty good, Seo seems to bedefinitelytaking a new direction with the manga love comedy lol, seems we will get a happy ending,however im kinda sad we have to wait a month, w.e in a year ill get back to this series :D
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Sep 9, 2012 5:13 AM
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Well its looks promising so far~ I can see the sharing sensations thing becoming quite interesting =P, seems like a good break from how mediocre Kimi's been lately. Its also sort of like a replacement for Double Arts which was one of my favs Dx

Hopefully another go of his at a supernatural romcom will be better this time round. (didnt really like Princess Lucia =/ )
Sep 9, 2012 5:17 AM
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I loved lucia D:

Anyways did he show breasts in kimi I recall one or two scenes he did but it was veru undetailed. Possibly more ecchi in this one I think. Thats fine tho. Also he should make this weeekly and kimi monthly fuck man just let eba and haruto get married.
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Sep 9, 2012 7:10 AM
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I was wondering why the alternative version was Love Letter, then I saw that the oneshot Half and Half was also in there. Shouldn't that oneshot get a separate entry?

After reading the oneshot and this chapter, I say I like this one better. The girl in the oneshot look too much like Eba and Haruto. I'm glad they look different here. Plus the girl did a suicide instead of both of them being killed in an accident. That changes things.
Also, jerking off in the bathroom, that was pure win.
Let's see how this goes.

But seriously, Seo doing 3 serializations? That's not normal anymore. Though the quality of said works are....
Sep 9, 2012 12:18 PM
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It's understandable that the characters in the H&H one-shot look like KNIM's protagonists since it was Seo's debut manga. Speaking of it, I only skimmed through it and it seems to be rather nice.

Reading this serialized version of H&H made me laugh. It started in a more or less tragic way but quickly deteriorated into something ecchi and funny. Not sure where this is going but I'll keep reading it.
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Sep 9, 2012 2:31 PM
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Why does Seo have to ruin perfectly fine oneshoot in a serialization with just 1 chapter? The only thing that sayed the same is the motive of death and sharing life for 7 days. Guy went from being an abitious glasses-wearing painter to some hunk without any goals in life, and girl became a bigger bitch, also looks worse than my blond Eba from oneshoot. And her trying to kill herself ruined her chracter even more, i liked how in original it was just a random car accident that got them both killed. Also i shouldn't have to mention how big of a story device was the protag's painting, which was completely erased here.

tl;dr

It's shit so far, compared to a good oneshoot.
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The oneshot had something really going for it, he could of kept it that way. I don't know why hes taking a sexual/ecchi way for it lol

oh well, i'm ready for you seo.
Sep 10, 2012 7:18 AM

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Yeah, the oneshot was definitely better (and it'll probably stay that way)...
Sep 10, 2012 9:46 AM

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lol wtf, he was gonna kill her.
Sep 10, 2012 11:10 AM
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I never read the one shot, but this seemed awesome. Considering how its started off, It looks like it could be really funny and also have a pretty interesting plot.

Only thing is, what happens after the 7 days? Will it end?

Anyway, its definitely one I will be continuing. Seems like there might be something here. Romance, death, only one survives, psychological and comedy. Cool mix.
Sep 12, 2012 2:45 PM

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one-shot was great loved it. always wished there was more to it. guess i have it now.

seems like they change the character look this time and also their back story and how they died. but kept the time allowed to live a shared life is still 7 days. tho wish they made it 7 months since its a serialization this time around.

as for their back story, we know that Yuuki had some kinda rough life, or boring from her view point, to try to kill her self and succeeding till she killed someone else on the way.
and Shin'ichi we don't know much besides him being a university student, last time he was an art student, this time what? i wonder.

anyway its going to be monthly so could last a year or 2, or more if life is shown after the 7 day mark, which never happened in the one shot. i am assuming that is the reason they serialized it to show more this time?? either way its good i look forward to reading it each over the next year and so on.

this time it also seems like they won't get along right away like before, but that's to be expected since you can't just be happy just like that with some stranger.

haha it was funny that they used masturbation as an example of shared body Shini'ichi goes to pleasure himself, ends up giving Yuuki an experience like sex, lol making Yuuki comment that was my first time good stuff.

till next time then.
Sep 12, 2012 11:33 PM

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wow, read the one shot ages ago, didnt know it got a serialization o3o
Sep 14, 2012 9:24 PM

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Yuuki looks sort of like Eba from A Town Where You Live.

And ya, he's a guy so what happened in the bathroom is..[insert giggle scenes here]
Sep 21, 2012 9:48 AM

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Is this going to be a weekly thing?
Sep 21, 2012 9:51 AM
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Chapters come out every month for half and half, its serailized in a monthly magazine.

Dont worry guys we can expect a happy ending :D
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Oct 3, 2012 9:11 AM

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WOW The Oneshot is waaaaaaay~~ better :Z
Oct 8, 2012 9:07 PM

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both characters are unlikable to me.
Nov 6, 2012 11:26 PM

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Yeah I agree with everyone that's saying that one-shot is better than this first chapter of the seriliazation, but I also like how it's different to it. Lmao'd when Shinichi disappeared and Yuuki experienced some stimulation. XD Looking forward to more of this series.
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Sharing sensations? Shit! This is going to be the best sex of their lives.
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Kung-Fu-Jesus said:
Sharing sensations? Shit! This is going to be the best sex of their lives.


I thought I was the only one thinking about that.
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Sibiou said:
I don't know why hes taking a sexual/ecchi way for it lol.

I know right! What's left in Seo is just his creation's ecchi scenes.

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both characters are unlikable to me.

I haven't read the oneshot yet, but from what I saw here, it seems like the one shot had more potential than this, sigh what a disappointment, another cliche, stereotypical, and predictable full of ecchi scenes.. The drawing of the girl looked a little retarded too, her forehead is way too.. ew.. everything is declining over time
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Jul 19, 2013 12:29 PM

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The whole 'tissue' scene had me laughing, great first chapter, i'm on board, seo!! XD
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I didn't expect that Seo would continue this manga, since reading the one shot chapter 6yrs ago was like a complete series to me. And the plot was really touching.
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Dec 14, 2014 11:35 AM
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Wtf.... Buu that they should have warned about that one shot, now the whole series is spoiled.... This is worse than telling Dumbelldore dies.
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This is amazing! Why body switching when you can just feel everything the other is feeling. I like the idea :D
Jul 10, 2016 10:36 PM

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Intriguing start, sharing pain and emotion like in Kiznaiver.
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Love the set-up, although that thing with random God's voice (?) was kinda silly lolz. Idea of sharing their life and feelings however is quite intruiging, especially for ecchi romance... Wonder how it's gonna work out!
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Interestingly different from the One-Shot. Didn't expect boobs, panty and masturbation in the first chapter though, this is going to be a wild ride xD. Guessing in terms of tears too...

Anyway, I'm glad that the female MC's design is slightly different than that from the One-Shot. Even though there's still some resemblance to Yuzuki from Kimi no Iru Machi, the previous was an exact duplicate. Now, it's more like a bit of Asakura and Yuzuki mix. Still under self-plagiarism I suppose but no biggies.

Suicide female MC as opposed to the sickly and, on the other hand, a simple college student and not an artist. Mmm, I wonder if the writer changed from his original plans here. Heck, a long time between the One-Shot and this so it's hardly a surprise though.
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