“Two high school girls forced to share cramped apartment navigate tension, secrets, and growing curiosity in bittersweet cohabitation story.”
My First Love's Kiss
私の初恋相手がキスしてた
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Synopsis
Two high school girls forced to share cramped apartment navigate tension, secrets, and growing curiosity in bittersweet cohabitation story.
Takasora Hoshi's life is upended when her schoolmate Umi Mizuike and her mother temporarily move into her family's cramped apartment. From the outset of this arrangement, Takasora is annoyed by Umi's behavior...and her good looks. Though the two girls initially agree to avoid interfering in each other's lives, Takasora can't help but start to wonder where Umi keeps wandering off to at night...From the author of Adachi and Shimamura comes the bittersweet tale of two high school girls whose lives are pushed together under the same roof. (Source: Yen Press)
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What 2 readers settled on.
Polarized
σ 3.50 · split reception
7.0 pts
Recommenders 9.0 · others 2.0
↓ 3.50
Running avg · Aug 2025 → Dec 2025
- 9 “I just finished My First Love’s Kiss by Iruma and I still can’t get over it. It’s one of those books that doesn’t comfort you but strikes you, and it does so from the very beginning: the prologue...”
- 2 “Absolutely do not read this novel!!!! Don't bother wasting your time!!! Spoiler free: The themes of this novel series and the execution have been done poorly. I have read the author's other books...”
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A Light novel Publication
- Format 15 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 00m approx
- Published Jan 2022 – Dec 2022
- Source Light novel media type
- Ref. BS-M62696 catalog