At least unusual, Genshijin Kareshii (or Primitive Boyfriend) is a shoujo manga published between 2017 and 2018, written by first-time mangaka Yoshineko Kitafuku who dedicated herself to several researches in books, museums and other materials, before and during the composition of her constructions. The manga has only 14 chapters, but it brings us a story beyond unique: through time travel, the protagonist goes after her soulmate, going back about 2 million years and coming across nothing less than a primitive version of the homo sapien and her future husband. The first impression one has of this manga is a mixture of curiosity and strangeness, butsoon we start to hope that things work out. It's a very cute and different love story, using a common Japanese cultural element within shoujo manga which is reincarnation. At the end of the work I wished the author had had the opportunity to develop more what she created, because it was an interesting journey through history.

September 04, 2022