Just finished reading all of Haru yo Koi. I remember first hearing about this manga back when only the first few chapters were scanslated, and fast forward a few years, I finally have the chance to read the whole thing, and I must say, Saki Kaori, though known more for his pornographic comics, really knows how to tell a heartful story.
Haru yo Koi, despite the initial premise, is really about the main character Sone and his various relationships. We see his first real girlfriend, and then his side girlfriend, and we see the end of those relationships. Fast forward and we see another two girls
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 Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Men and Women Wish for a Spring Romance, Frills: Maid no Monogatari Japanese: 春よ、来い InformationType: Manga
Volumes: 11
Chapters: 96
Status: Finished
Published: Mar 3, 1999 to Apr 1, 2003
Demographic:
Seinen
Serialization:
Young Magazine Uppers Authors:
Saki, Kaori (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #60512 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #3758
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Apr 20, 2015
A dramatic seinen manga about the twists and turns of an emotionally immature college student's love life that isn't quite as good as the sum of its parts.
For most of the manga, the focus is on four main characters: - Takashi: The aforementioned student, who is living alone until the start of the story, until his sister (and his sister's female lover) move in with him. - Mafuyu: Takashi's sister, a high school student experimenting with sex and love for the first time. - Sae: Mafuyu's bisexual girlfriend, who has dropped out of high school and is chasing her lover. - Mariko: A girl with a crush on ... 
Nov 12, 2015
First off - anyone reading this that is expecting it to be a yuri-centric manga, drop those expectations right now. The story clearly focuses on Takashi and his relationships with various women, including the main heroine Sae. Sae herself is obviously bisexual and her meeting with Takashi was through her relationship with Takashi's sister who is an experimenting lesbian. Other than that tenuous link and a few panels of ecchi drawings, the story does not focus on characters sexual orientations at all.
That being said, this manga is pretty good. The art is nice and clear, with panels easy to follow and without overblown tones ... 
Aug 18, 2017
Despite the somewhat lighthearted tone, I consider this work a serious coming-of-age seinen romance manga, particularly exploring adolescent sexuality.
With these premises, you shouldn't be reading it as a romantic romance drama, but a story focusing on the troubles coming along with sex and love, and how do people grow with these problems. The plot revolves around several adolescents who are not so experienced with love and sex encounter various situations relating to these themes. They are frequently stumbled by the difficulties caused by their immaturity; in the end, although they are heavily scarred, they learn from the pain and step towards the happy future. My problem with ... 
Dec 1, 2018
This manga seems to try to go for multiple arcs with only the main character as a common character between them, and each combination of characters having their own set of melodrama. The thing though, is that melodrama only works if you have well developed characters the reader is invested and interested in. Hence, this works pretty well for the first arc. Though to be honest, most of the characters weren't all that interesting here either, with Mariko feeling pretty flat, Mafuyu feeling fickle, and Takashi seemingly only being taken along for a ride. However, Sae was a pretty amazing character, going through quite a bit and bouncing back in various ways. The
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