Kare First Love
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| Kare First Love | |
|---|---|
| 『彼』 first love | |
| Genre | drama, romance, shōjo. slice of life |
| Manga | |
| Authored by | Kaho Miyasaka |
| Publisher |  Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd. Egmont Manga & Anime  Viz Media Génération Comics Level Comics |
| Serialized in | Shojo ComicManga Twister |
| Original run | 2002 – |
| No. of volumes | 10 |
Kare First Love (彼 first love) is a manga series by Kaho Miyasaka. It is published in Japan by Shogakukan and in North America in English by VIZ Media.
The main character, Karin Karino, is a bespectacled and shy girl who happens to meet two boys on a Bus. The boys, from Takashiro (a local boys' school), are named Tohru Ebihara and Aoi Kiriya. The boys, who are taking pictures of girls on the bus, initially make snide remarks (such as "four eyes") at Karin for her wearing glasses. Then Kiriya approaches her when he realizes that she reads a book by Yuji called "Blue." Karin is uneasy about the advances and starts to leave when the bus stops at the stop for Seika Girls' Academy, which is Karin's school. Karin drops her book, and Kiriya inadvertently lifts Karin's skirt when he tries to give her book back. The skirt-lifting, combined with the fact that Kiriya has his camera in his hand, causes Karin to think that Kiriya is being lecherous. Karin hits Kiriya and leaves without her book.
At school it is revealed that Karin has low self esteem, and her "friend", Yuka Ishikawa, exploits Karin for free answers to homework. Karin and Yuka later meet the Takashiro boys, and the two begin to fight over Kiriya. Later volumes focus on the romantic exploits of Karin and Kiriya.
[edit] Characters
- Karin Karino (狩野花梨 Karino Karin) - A plain-looking girl who is a student at Seika Girls' School. Karin is often called "Four Eyes" ("Glasses-chan" in the Japanese version) because she wears glasses. She has low self-esteem at first; unable to stand up to her so-called friend Yuka and say the things she really wants to say. She becomes friends with Nanri.
- Aoi Kiriya (桐矢 葵 Kiriya Aoi) - A student at Takashiro High School who falls in love with Karin. He first encounters her on the train.
- Yuka Ishikawa (石川ユカ Ishikawa Yuka) - One of Karin's classmates who pretends to be Karin's friend. She takes advantage of Karin's shyness and low self-esteem. When she finds out Karin and Aoi are together, she becomes enraged and does things to push Karin away from him. After Aoi rescues Karin after Yuka locks her on the schools roof in the rain, she fades out of the storyline.
- Hiromu Usami (宇佐美 弘 Usami Hiromu) and Tohru Ebihara (海老原トオル Ebihara Tooru) - Kiyira's classmates.
- Nanri Ayase (綾瀬南里 Ayase Nanri) - Nanri is the confident girl who helps Karin in a non-chalant manner. She becomes friends with Karin. She always assists Karin when it comes to problems about her relationship with Kiriya.
- Shoko Akiba - Kiriya's older brother's widow, Karin's confidante and advisor.
- Yuji Kiriya - Aoi's brother, a famous photographer, died in an accident.
- Shinji Takagi - A photographer, who was friend and rival to Kiriya's older brother.
