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“Former student and teacher reunite, sharing daily meals while unresolved past confession lingers between them.”
The first love is by my side.
初恋のとなり
7.13
1,385 readers · 2 favorites
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Romance
Slice of Life
Erotica
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Synopsis
Former student and teacher reunite, sharing daily meals while unresolved past confession lingers between them.
By coincidence, college student Morimoto reunites with his former teacher, Jinno. After having a meal together, Jinno is touched by Morimoto's home cooking, and they end up eating together almost every day! However, sometimes when they're enjoying their meals, Morimoto will have a sad look in his eyes. Jinno may have forgotten, but he'd dismissed Morimoto's confession in the past... (Source: honyakusha)
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Community consensus
Derived from 2 sampled reviews
6.0
/10
What 2 readers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6
mode 4
σ 2.00
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.00 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 4.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↓ 2.00
Running avg · Jul 2018 → Apr 2021
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Hatsukoi no Tonari follows the tried and true plot of "people who knew each other a while ago and meet again." What's more is they had a teacher/student relationship before. This sounds like an...”
- 4 “I gave this manga a 4 and I want to explain why: this manga is simply too mediocre and has a story that has exaggerated the levels of simplicity. In the first place, the relationship between the...”
Verbosity
Short · 100%
Medium · 0%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 6 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 48m approx
- Published Apr 2016 – Nov 2016
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M45710 catalog