The World's Greatest First Love, Vol. 7 (7) Paperback – July 11, 2017

Ritsu needs to figure out how to fill out a book proposal form but he has no experience with this having only been in literature sales before. Takano isn't much of a help and rejects his work outright. What's a poor newbie editor to do? In this volume, Ritsu continues his struggles with learning to become a shojo manga editor while trying to deal with Takano on both a personal and professional level. Yokozawa is also still present as the antagonist to their relationship.The book is set up very similarly to the first one with two chapters on the current timeline and then a short look back at their high school days. The quality of Nakamura's work holds up from the first volume with the layered romance, shojo satire, exaggerated editor experiences and publishing knowledge.I had more trouble with the translation of this than the previous volume. Ritsu going abroad somehow got translated as being held back a year and Ritsu says sir, a lot. It's not that he doesn't say sir in the first volume but it's definitely more present in this one. For me, that just doesn't quite capture the feel of a Japanese publishing house. The sound effects, as well, still take a bit of getting used to in their shortened form.

…is the overall focus of this volume. The volume further explores Onodera’s and Takano’s past relationship and hints of what triggered their break up, the aftermath and the present day uphill romantic struggles. From Yokozawa, Onodera discovers that his disappearance triggered Takano to enter a depressive aimless state of drinking and sleeping around [it wasn’t helped by the fact that he had little support system, since Onodera in the past functioned as somewhat of a ray of light for him]. Onodera on the other hand develops a cynical point of view of love and never completely grew out of his general insecurities and lack of confidence [both past and present]. In another corner Yokozawa, similar to Onodera, suffers from falling in love with Takano, a man who he knows has been pinning for the same person [Onodera] for almost a decade, who suddenly appears out nowhere and feels that he has claims to Takano for picking up the pieces that he placed blame on Onodera for breaking in the first place. The dynamic of the trio is explored throughout the volume and how it affects both their personal and professional lives.Aside the relationship between Onodera and Takano, the volume also covers the process of manga publications. From how proposals work to how printing and promotions are decided and potential interactions between the departments. The characters are developing at a good pace, where Onodera is still trying to unravel the past and slowly maturing, while Takano is more stable and essentially trying to make up for lost time since they were separated and continues to relentlessly attempt to assure Onodera that he’s the one for him [despite Onodera’s current state of disbelief and denial].The art is still great and consistent throughout the manga. There is slightly more sexual content then the first volume, but like previous, there tends to be a build up to an extent [or coincidental that no one is around when they suddenly have sex in the library or engaged in sexual activities while outside their apartment].Highly suggest continuing and picking up the volume if you’ve already purchased the first volume.

Yet another excellent entry in this franchise featuring some good old literally deeper character interaction. I found the present day scenes with Onodera and Masamune to be just as good as the ones when they were in their school days, though those were pretty sweet because of how lovestruck Onodera was. It was good and well drawn.Extras in the volume was the chapter 4.5 story, an afterward, and a color insert page at the start of the volume. In terms of quality, there was one brief typo in the first chapter of this volume in which it appeared that a word was missing. I would say thats pretty good considering how many pages there are and how much text heavy this is but it is disappointing that we havent reached the age of the flawless book.

I like this manga story so it’s perfect and a good price.

Llegó en exelentes condiciones y con el plastiquito que lo envolvía, en la foto no se ve porque se lo quité antes pero llegó perfecto. Muchas gracias estoy muy feliz 😊💖

I love this so much I’m obsessed

The second installment in the series keeps the flow going and only adds to the excitement. Volume two delves into the past of the two main characters and their history. It's nice to see how it started and watch the both of them as young innocent high school boys experiencing love. You can clearly see the change in character personalities from then until the present. Evening knowing how the story goes (having seen the anime) I can't help but be drawn in and am impatiently and eagerly awaiting the next volume. I already have it preordered and I know I'll be counting down the days until it becomes available.

Product was listed as used but the book arrived in very good condition. There was no visible damage. Great story, characters are well written.