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Nov 26, 2024
I find some of the "reviews" amusing. For instance, I've seen people complain about there being "so many" clips of the heroine's panties or nude body... so I guess one blink-and-you'll-miss-it panty-shot in the OVA is a large number. Yes, there are a few more panty shots, one of Yamada, who's right between Sagiri and Masamune in age, one of Megumi albeit a little abnormal, and one more of Yamada in her OVA. For people to say that this series has large or excessive amounts of nudity or underwear, I can only assume that these people have seen very little anime with
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an age rating of even 12+. I've also seen people complain about the large age gap, despite the fact that it's a fifteen-year-old and a thirteen-year-old, with a major rival who's fourteen. Not a big deal.
Personally, I enjoyed it for a few reasons. First, it gives a good look at the struggles of a writer. Yes, others do this too, but that doesn't detract from the interest in showing varieties of writers with different motivations, needs, methods and more. You have Masamune, who initially wrote because he just wanted to have something to do following his mother's passing, and now writes almost entirely for the sake of money. He's kind of ashamed of this, and may have hints of reduced quality due to his lack of freedom. Then you have Yamada, who's brimming with passion and already successful enough that she can afford to wait until the muse comes knocking, or her editor drags her away, and the passion she feels when she does write is clearly conveyed even when the content is a bit more fanservice than quality plot. And then you have Muramasa, who writes solely out of a desperation to once more grasp the flood of feeling she had when she first read her favorite series. If her favorite author won't continue said series any further, then she'll do everything in her power to make something new that she can read with as much joy and thrill. Several different types of authors with different strengths, weaknesses and perspectives, and it does give an interesting view. The second reason I like it is the romantic conflict with Masamune and Sagiri. True, there are better romances out there, but the struggle is still engaging. Particularly because of the complications of their relationship: they're only together because they're "family", but the only reason they have that relationship is a marriage between two people who died a week or two later. One very blatantly desires this secure familial relationship, despite their clear romantic attraction, while the other has no interest in a sibling relationship and is actually upset at every rejection of the concept of romance. They're trapped in a relationship full of uncertainties and confusion, and even if you don't buy the chemistry, the struggle is still worth the watch.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Mar 16, 2022
Actually a collection of eight different stories. Each volume is its own story, centered around a girl named Tsubomi at the late end of elementary school, gradually experiencing various aspects of growing up and falling in love for the first time, while her life is changed by some manner of supernatural or sci-fi situation. Every volume is different, but each includes a great deal of discussion on ways girls' and boys' bodies change, the experience of first love, and the dangers of older predators. Includes astral projection, aliens, magic pens that bring drawings to life, more astral projection, time travel, body swapping,
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a girl haunted by a boy, and an android.
If you're a fan of puppy love, this will certainly be a fun read. Each volume is different, so whatever type of love story you want you should find something, whether you want one with a definitive ending or an uncertain one, love triangles or a single-target romance, strangers or childhood friends. Just be forewarned that, as a story that's strongly focused on growing up, you will inevitably also encounter a great deal of discussion of all aspects of puberty along with the love story.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Dec 20, 2021
This one's a real roller-coaster ride, and not for the faint of heart, but I highly recommend it all the same. And for anyone who decides to give it a shot, do not stop too soon. This is a slow burn, so you may get the wrong impression if you don't go far enough.
Given the title "I Would Die to Have Your First Time", as well as how shallow the hero is at the start of the story, it'd be easy to see this as some indulgent wish fulfillment about a fat bastard (Tooru) who got to go back in time and take
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his wife's (Mika's) virginity. But it's not any of this really. It's a story of character development. The hero indeed starts out very low. He has zero self-esteem, can't figure out why his wife, who'd had countless boyfriends before and whom he can't seem to properly pleasure no matter how hard he tries, accepted him. These feelings of inadequacy and jealousy twist into an obsessive wish that he'd have been the one to take her first time, to be with her as she experienced all these things. When he dies and revives in high school at a point when he'd encountered Mika without even knowing it, this's the only thing he can think of. This, and a certainty that the woman who'd always said she'd choose him in any life or timeline would certainly accept his love immediately, only to have that crushed with the discovery that she currently has another crush.
Over time he grows. Anytime he's knocked unconscious he wakes up in the future and finds where his path took him; then when he dies in this future he's thrown back to some point before he passed out (ranging from seconds to a day or two). These futures are very painful, and gradually force him to confront some dark aspects of himself. Bit by bit he grows and improves, until those words from the title are a burden weighing him down, a demonstration of how his feelings can be too strong and actually hurt the one he loves.
This series is a clear demonstration of how much pain one can take when it comes with a happy ending. There are countless scenes that hurt to read, filled with betrayal, doubt, hate and rejection, all gradually leading the characters step by step to grow into better people, culminating in an ending that brought happy tears to my eyes. If you want a simple romantic comedy where an already good guy just has to get the girl to notice him, this is not for you. If you want a long, hard struggle fighting tooth and nail to reach an ending entirely worth all that effort, then by all means enjoy.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Dec 16, 2021
Ignore any "spoilers" you've heard to now. People claim that after chapter eleven Chisa consents to have sex with another man, but this is completely false and based either on poor understanding of Japanese or a gross misunderstanding of how stress impacts a person. Chisa never loves anyone but Ponta throughout the entire story. At chapter eleven where the Village Idiot stopped translating, having suffered an experience bordering on (or crossing that border) sexual assault, Chisa tried to convince herself that she didn't love him that much by making herself get attracted to another boy. The Village Idiot mistranslated this as
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her being "drawn to" another man, rather than her wishing her heart wasn't too full for her to feel anything for another.
As for the "consensual sex" scene, she's tied down and tormented, psychologically and sexually, until she finally breaks. As she describes it, suddenly she felt like she'd lost all willpower to fight back, felt like she couldn't care about anything anymore and thus just lay there and hoped it'd end quickly. Afterward, we get a full volume largely focused on her recovery, which in the process demonstrates the author did some serious research into the sort of ways rape impacts people.
The story isn't for the faint of heart. At first it's just a romcom with a focus on how sexual desires, pressures and acts impact their relationship. But when the heroine's raped, this becomes a serious issue that's very hard to escape; it comes back repeatedly down the road and nearly wrecks their relationship multiple times.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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