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“Transfer student Mahiro falls for her classmate Sousuke, who shares a special bond with childhood friend Chiho.”
Gomen ne Hatsukoi
ごめんね初恋
6.43
18,777 rank · 1,031 readers · 2 favorites
Shoujo
Love Polygon
School
Romance
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Synopsis
Transfer student Mahiro falls for her classmate Sousuke, who shares a special bond with childhood friend Chiho.
Year 3 of high school, winter. Chiho and the friendly Sousuke kindly accept Mahiro, an out-of-season transfer student. Chiho and Sousuke are childhood friends who live next door to each other. They are not family, but they are special to each other—and Mahiro yearns for their relationship. These feelings eventually turn into her first love for Sousuke... (Source: Kodansha, translated)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
3.0
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
0%
recommend
Score distribution
median 2
mode 1
σ 2.16
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.16 · split reception
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 2.00
Running avg · Jul 2024 → Feb 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 6 “The beginning offers a charming, fluffy shoujo experience with the potential to be a classic, heartwarming romance. Unfortunately, the ending feels incredibly rushed, failing to deliver any...”
- 1 “While this manga technically served its purpose by keeping me awake through sheer frustration, it offers absolutely no redeeming qualities in its execution. The plot is a generic, heavily processed...”
- 2 “The only saving grace of this manga is its short length, which is the sole reason I managed to finish it. However, the story is a frustrating collection of overdone tropes, featuring a...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 67%
Long · 0%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Gomen ne Hatsukoi begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 12 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 36m approx
- Published Feb 2023 – Jun 2024
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M67712 catalog