Love Roma

I decided to write my first review to Love Roma because it's a story that captivated me at first sight. To begin with, Love Roma is a very rare gem in the industry. I'm pretty sure it isn't the best written one, the best drawn one... even I can't say it's an outstanding title between the genre, but its charming is beyond that. WHAT MAKES LOVE ROMA SO UNIQUE? Instead of being a conventional love manga which principal plot is the blossom of love (with the classic love confession almost at the end of story), Love Roma focus on the growth of that love: "Yeah, these two noware a couple... so what?" From the very first page, Hoshino and Negishi start to learn a lot of things from each other, their friends, and family, while walking the path of a young love. ART Also, I'd like to mention its original artstyle. I've heard many times that Toyoda Minoru's art looks silly or childish, but I actually think it's so refreshing. Even though it may not seem like a "manga style", the designs of literally everything are way distinctive and full of personality... Manga covers and the color pages have beautiful color schemes that fit perfectly with the tone of the story: youth, hope, love, friendship and a bright future. OVERALL The story is simple but worthwhile, with funny and charismatic characters. Since LR only has 5 volumes, please don't expect an incredibly deep character development or something. However it's really ok considering its "few" chapters. This is a story about people, their bonds, love, growing up and life. I really enjoyed it so much. Please read it. I'm sure I will re-read it several times. (If you liked Love Roma as much as I do, then I'd like to recommend "Takeo-chan Bukkairoku" to you, another work of Toyoda-sensei. Bet you'll love it).

At first glance, the art may put you off as it did with me initially. But within the first chapter, I couldn't stop laughing out loud at the interactions between our two MCs and everyone else in their world. This is definitely more of a comedy to me but the comedy stems from the romance that is developing between our two lovely MCs. It's everything I wanted in a romcom! They explore their differences in a healthy way, develop their relationship despite it and have the most enjoyable group of friends to be around. I recommend this series highly to romcom readers. You won't go gagaover Hoshino for his hotness or anything like that nor will you be fanning yourself cause Negishi is such a babe...nah, none of those things. But you'll find yourself immerse in their love story from the start to...their new beginning at the end.