Meguro-san wa Hajimete ja Nai

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Synonyms: Meguro-san Is Not A Virgin

Japanese: 目黒さんは初めてじゃない

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 11

Chapters: 89

Status: Finished

Published: Mar 19, 2018 to Jun 25, 2024

Genre: Romance

Theme: School

Serialization: Palcy

Authors: 9℃ (Story & Art)

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Ranked: #12035²

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Gathering every ounce of courage he has, Makoto Koga, an introverted third-year high school student, decides to confess to his crush Saki Meguro—a popular second-year student considered the most beautiful girl at their school. Surprisingly, Saki accepts his confession, marking the start of Makoto's first relationship. However, he also did not expect Saki to admit that she is not a virgin, having dated before Makoto.

Despite the huge difference in their relationship experiences, Saki has had only a few romantic interactions. As a result of her previous boyfriends' conduct, she immediately anticipates Makoto to ask her for sexual favors. Nevertheless, Makoto's shy yet kind heart exposes Saki to new tender memories, ushering the couple into a genuine, heartwarming romance.

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May 6, 2020

JohnbarHinge

Recommended

Preliminary (27/89 eps)

When I first came across this Manga, I saw a lot of negative reviews surrounding it, so I didn't bother to pick it up and give it a go. That was probably one of the biggest mistakes I've made!

Reading this Manga is like experience a gust of fresh air, let me tell you why!

If you hadn't already worked it out, this manga is about two high schoolers dating, sounds pretty bog-standard. What makes this story different is the fact that Meguro (the woman) has been in relationships before dating the male protagonist.

Many people can not stand the fact that Meguro ...

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Jan 12, 2025

bergars

Mixed Feelings

Interesting, no reviewer here has actually finished the manga (at least as of me writing this).

As a small TLDR; it's a great idea for a manga to touch the mature side of a relationship built on a disparity, but the execution is boring, with a pretty, and weirdly stupid final arc. Read it if you still find the synopsis interesting.

“Meguro-san wa Hajimete ja Nai” is one more in the many “manga about a normal guy and a girl with a twist”. You have the Komi-san, and her communication problem, Uzaki and her massive plots, Nagatoro and her bullying, and many others which I started ... all those years ago. All of those ending, or close to ending at this point, but all of them understanding how to make a plot slightly more exciting than this one.

Meguro-san, to be honest, is the definition of mediocre in the whole genre. The story itself sounds pretty great on paper. A girl who's got loads of experience meets a meek guy, and both have to understand how to deal with this kind of relationship. It felt adult, like a more interesting exploration on the wish fulfillment manga that are those I mentioned. I was excited to read about a good angle in that situation, but it was just… boring.

The story explores the relationship, yes, and many others. Kinds of relationships, and how their dynamics may be too disfunctional to work, how some can be saved, or how many are utterly ruined by the difference in both sides. These outside problems ideologically test the relationship from our protagonists, but it repeats that throughout the manga. The main couple has little to no disruption that's too palpable, but the way they solve their problems makes the issues feel empty, meaningless. In that sense, it doesn't feel like a story worth telling, and that sounds like “I wanted more spice”. Not really. In fact, there are many manga with adult couples where there's not really ANY difficulty.

How could it have been done well? It's the amount of testing the relationship gets here. They get tested so many times, and every time it felt like the author telling you how easy it is. Instead of focusing on the couple, we focus on their meaningless issues, which don't change the relationship. How about their chemistry? How about their dates? There's too little of that. It wouldn't be bad as a small guide in how to deal with strange relationships, but then it came the last arc.

Out of nowhere, the author tries to throw a hammer in the relationship. Not from an outside force, but from the main guy himself. For no apparent reason, HE is the one testing the relationship in the most nonsensical way ever. No moment before set this up, he just decides:

SPOILER

“Hell yeah, let's make my girlfriend SPEND DAILY TIME WITH HER EX, WHICH IS A TEACHER I KNOW”.

END OF SPOILER

It didn't even lead to anything. They met again, and it just… ended. Empty, like an author not knowing how to end it. A series, not abandoned, but ended like that. I expected it to move on from that, but acknowledging the issues the main guy's got. Some sort of self reflection, or something to give us an idea as to the why. He explained himself with empty words, but I guess he was just, not romantically responsible, and maybe that's the point.

The story itself isn't that interesting anyway. I didn't care about them. Their chemistry was slightly there, but never to an appealing degree. This is a middle of the road story, with middle of the road characters, and mediocre progression which I finished simply due to obligation. People won't like it because they might think “NTR”, but there's never an instance of that. Those problems are unfounded, but again, there's no outrage here, just a boring story, with side characters that have a much better arc than the main couple.

4.5/10. Not the “hate it and love it kind”, but the “Meh” kind.

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Dec 16, 2024

DDDDDaandadan

Not Recommended

Preliminary (77/89 eps)

The worst final 5 chapters I think I've read of any series ever. I don't blame people for not bothering to translate 78 and its not even worth reading, it manages to completely destroy years of surprisingly good storytelling with a terrible redemption arc (if it can even be called that) for an objectively disgusting person. Arguably even more amazing considering the authors apparent reversal on his own outlook on relationships and sex compared to the earlier chapters.

If you force yourself to read stop at Ch72, for your own sake. A 7/10 turned into a 3 *at best* in under 40 pages.

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