This manga is set two years after what happens in Arashi no Ato where Miyama is a supporting character. Although Miyama wasn’t around much, I really liked him so of course I had to read the sequel as well. The only complaint I have about Hatsukoi no Atosaki is that it wasn’t longer. Before I read it I already knew I like Miyama and after, I got to like Nishina too. So much that I wholeheartedly can get over his scared, insecure high school self. Hatsukoi no Atosaki deals mostly with Miyama and Nishima’s past as former school colleagues, and although I did like the insight, Iwould really like to read more about their present situation. We only get a little of it on the last pages of the manga, and that’s not really enough for me. They still have things to deal with and I am curious about how they’d get around it.

Other than that, Shoko Hidaka did not disappoint. I liked the plot and the art is pretty too.