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Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi - World's Greatest First Love

“Literary editor Ritsu reunites with high-school love Takano while working in manga publishing, rekindling romance amid industry pressures.”

Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi - World's Greatest First Love

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1,718 rank · 229,574 viewers · 3,068 favorites
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12 episodes · 23 min per ep min · Spring 2011 · Studio Deen · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Synopsis

Literary editor Ritsu reunites with high-school love Takano while working in manga publishing, rekindling romance amid industry pressures.

After having to deal with jealousy from his co-workers for working under his father's name, prideful literary editor Ritsu Onodera is determined to establish himself in the industry. To accomplish this, he quits his job at his father's publishing company and transfers to Marukawa Publishing. But instead of being placed in their literary division, Ritsu finds himself working as the rookie manga editor for the Emerald editing department, a team that operates under extremely tight schedules in order to meet deadlines. There, Ritsu is introduced to the infamous editor-in-chief Masamune Takano, a persistent man who strives for results. As it turns out, Takano is actually Ritsu's high school love, and it is the aftermath of that heartbreak has caused Ritsu's reluctance to fall in love again. Now with the two reunited after several years of separation, the reestablishment of their relationship is marked by Takano's vow to make Ritsu say that he loves him again. Sekaiichi Hatsukoi follows three couples that are interconnected within the manga industry, with each being subject to the budding of first love.

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Community consensus

Derived from 49 sampled reviews

7.5 /10

What 49 viewers settled on.

84% recommend
Score distribution
median 8 mode 10 σ 2.20
1510
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Polarized

σ 2.20 · split reception

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The polarity gap

5.4 pts

Recommenders 8.9 · others 3.5

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Score over time

↓ 2.47

Running avg · Apr 2011 → Dec 2025

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A Tv Production · Spring 2011

Studio Deen.
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AT-X · DAX Production

  • Format 12 × 23′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 4h 36m all episodes
  • Aired Apr 2011 – Jun 2011 Spring 2011
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-5959 catalog

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