The title 'Koiiji' takes itself on the play of the word 'kuiiji', which means glutton, and implying 'Love Appetite'. In the context of the story, it is more like 'A Glutton for Love', reflecting Mame's long, unrequited love. [taken from nachte's translation]
I was attracted to the art and the idea of reading a manga with older characters as opposed to the school-romance you always see. Mame is 30 years old helping her family run a bath house. What I least expected this to be was a manga full of stereotyped men, women, and a bad script that has no tact.
It makes fun of death,
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 Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Love Appetite, Koi-Iji Japanese: こいいじ InformationType: Manga
Volumes: 10
Chapters: 50
Status: Finished
Published: Aug 25, 2014 to Nov 24, 2018
Genre:
Romance
Demographic:
Josei
Serialization:
Kiss Authors:
Shimura, Takako (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #80092 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #8910
Members: 2,226
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May 16, 2017
I am mostly writing this review, because I for one, have enjoyed this series greatly and it pains me to see such a damning review at the top of the page currently.
For some barebones background, I have at this point in time read all 6 released volumes in Japanese. Koiiji's unique achievement, personally, is it's ability to take what is traditionally a tragic and often frustrating series of tropes, and imbue them with a humanity and warmness. Nothing is as simple as it may initially seem, and even 6 volumes in I often don't know what to think about many of the characters. For example, the ... 
Apr 3, 2017
In early 2016 I was looking for new josei manga to read; I had just discovered & by Okazaki Mari and I was really interested in manga that explored more mature themes. I just sort of stumbled upon Koiiji which only had a few chapters back then and instantly fell in love with the art and the focus on character. It's a story about love and loss at its core but it has so much more going on. The characters are so layered and even though it's about love it explores all kinds of love not only the romantic kind. It's also painfully relatable -
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Nov 28, 2020
I spent many hours looking for a manga that mainly focuses on unrequited love and the sorrow it brings. If you are looking for something like that then this manga might be for you.
I like this manga because it explores the feelings of a one sided love. As you go through the story, you'll see other unrequited love stories too and not only that of the main character. It showed me the different aspects or situations of love and from that alone, I would give the manga a really great score. Imagine being in a one sided love for 20 years and on top of ... 
Oct 29, 2022
Cut to the chase: it's an absurdly confusing story (SPOILER-FREE)
"Koiiji" has a very interesting plot when you start reading it. The narration has a very autobiographical way that I particularly like a lot and the style of drawing caught my attention. The real problem occurs when after several chapters you start to realize how mess the story is. There are several characters with several subplots that don't develop well, and the fact that the characters are physically similar doesn't help to understand who is who from time to time. But what really kills the story is the "time travel" that the narrative decides to do. Out ... |
