Hachimitsu ni Hatsukoi

Hachimitsu ni Hatsukoi (ハチミツにはつこい, lit. "First Love Like Honey") is a Japanese slice of life romance shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Ai Minase and serialized on Shogakukan's Shōjo Comic magazine.[1][2] 12 volumes were published.[3] It is published in France by Panini.[4]

Hachimitsu ni Hatsukoi
ハチミツにはつこい
Manga
Written byAi Minase
Published byShogakukan
MagazineSho-Comi
DemographicShōjo
Original runOctober 2012July 2015
Volumes12

Characters

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  • Koharu Shiina[4]
  • Natsuki Sugiura[4]
  • Aki Saionji[4]

Volumes

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  • 1 (November 26, 2012)[3]
  • 2 (December 26, 2012)[3]
  • 3 (March 26, 2013)[3]
  • 4 (June 26, 2013)[3]
  • 5 (September 26, 2013)[3]
  • 6 (January 24, 2014)[3]
  • 7 (March 26, 2014)[3]
  • 8 (July 25, 2014)[3]
  • 9 (September 26, 2014)[3]
  • 10 (December 26, 2014)[3]
  • 11 (March 26, 2015)[3]
  • 12 (August 26, 2015)[3]

Reception

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Volume 1 reached the 35th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and, as of December 2, 2012, has sold 25,522 copies;[2] volume 2 reached the 41st place and, as of December 30, 2012, has sold 27,923 copies;[5] volume 5 reached the 16th place[6] and, as of October 6, 2013, has sold 71,993 copies;[7] volume 6 reached the 11th place and, as of February 2, 2014, has sold 76,972 copies;[8] volume 7 reached the 12th place[9] and, as of April 6, 2014, has sold 92,459 copies;[10] volume 8 reached the 20th place and, as of August 3, 2014, has sold 76,089 copies;[11] volume 9 reached the 26th place[12] and, as of October 5, 2014, has sold 73,490 copies;[13] volume 11 reached the 17th place[14] and, as of April 5, 2015, had sold 81,481 copies.[15]

The staff at manga-news.com gave the French edition a grade of 16 out of 20.[4] On Manga Sanctuary, one of the staff members gave it a grade of 5 out of 10.[16]

References

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  1. ^ "Hachimitsu ni Hatsukoi vo". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Japanese Comic Ranking, November 26-December 2". Anime News Network. December 5, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m ハチミツにはつこい の全巻一覧. www.shogakukan.co.jp (in Japanese). Shogakukan Inc. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Inséparables". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  5. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, December 24–30". Anime News Network. January 8, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  6. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, September 23–29". Anime News Network. October 3, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  7. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, September 30-October 6". Anime News Network. October 9, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  8. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, January 27-February 2". Anime News Network. February 5, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  9. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, March 24–30". Anime News Network. April 2, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  10. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, March 31-April 6". Anime News Network. April 9, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  11. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, July 28-August 3". Anime News Network. August 6, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  12. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, September 22–28". Anime News Network. October 2, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  13. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, September 29-October 5". Anime News Network. October 8, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  14. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, March 23–29". Anime News Network. April 1, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  15. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, March 30-April 5". Anime News Network. April 8, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  16. ^ "Inséparables". Manga Sanctuary (in French). Retrieved November 13, 2014.