Love Roma

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Love Roma
ラブロマ (Rabu Roma)
Genre	Seinen, Comedy, Romance, Slice of Life
Manga
Authored by	Minoru Toyoda
Publisher	Kodansha Del Rey
Serialized in	Afternoon
Original run	2003 – 2005
No. of volumes	5

Love Roma (ラブロマ, Rabu Roma^?) (Roma is supposed to be an abbreviation for Romance) is a manga by Minoru Toyoda, about a boy, Hoshino, who to attract the girl he likes, Negishi, choses to be completely honest. The story concluded on 2005 after a total run of 5 volumes.

Contents 1 Story 2 Characters 2.1 Hoshino 2.2 Negishi 2.3 Youko 2.4 Tsukahara 2.5 Wada 2.6 Yoshitsune

[edit] Story

In the middle of class, in front of everybody, Hoshino approaches Negishi (who doesn't even know his name) with «Negishi, I like you. Please go out with me» and obviously gets a no; she refuses to go on a date too, so they settle for walking home together, and the whole class start laughing and clapping their hands (this'll be a leitmotiv in their story, marking every significative advancement in their relationship).

The day after Negishi approaches Hoshino with «Hoshino, I like you. Please go out with me».

[edit] Characters

[edit] Hoshino

Undoubtedly an honest guy, always says what he thinks. He loved Negishi since the first moment he saw her, because she was saying and doing what he too had in his heart, but he didn't have the courage to act according to his feelings; from that moment on, he decided he'd always be honest.

[edit] Negishi

The girl Hoshino loves; she has more common sense than him, and thus she often slaps or punches him out of embarrassment. She is gets a little embarrassed when Hoshino's and her's relationship is oftened put on display to the high school public. Negishi is a horrible cook who can barely make any edible food for anyone ncluding Hoshino. Negishi also has a liking to cats. She admits that she is like the tsukkomi in a Manzai, where Hoshino is the boke; in a panel, though, Hoshino claims to be the tsukkomi.

[edit] Youko

Negishi's best friend (Hoshino always calls her "Negishi's friend" and never uses her name), intriguing and scheming; she often thinks of absurd plans for Hoshino, and is the primary source of comedy in the story. Although her pranks often make their relationship more difficult, she really roots for them, and accepts to go on a double date with Tsukahara, leaving the couple alone as soon as they don't notice.

She is very often depicted drinking a tomato (or other vegetables) juice with a straw, or sucking a lollipop. When the class claps their hands, she is often depicted waving her hand like a music director.

[edit] Tsukahara

Hoshino's best friend, cool as the author tags him in the character box. Soon after Hoshino's proposal, he gives him a condom, but Hoshino doesn't understand he was teasing him and thanks him deeply. He represents the rational counterpart to Hoshino, but although he generally sees through Youko's pranks he stays silent, and prefers to be the onlooker.

[edit] Wada

A member of the Occult Research Club, often involved by Youko in her plans, generally for fortune-telling, as her predictions are always wrong.

[edit] Yoshitsune

A member of Tsukahara's band and Hoshino's classmate; likes dirty talk, and his advices to Hoshino are generally sex-related.