The first receives the damage while the latter attacks. Additionally, fighting is only done by "fighting pairs" or couples, where one is known as the Sacrifice and the other as the Fighter. Because of this, they have come to symbolize virginity and innocence. In the world of Loveless, each person is born with cat ears and a tail, which disappear only if that person engages in a sexual intercourse. Despite Yukina's assurances, Kisa cannot help but doubt whether someone like himself is truly worthy of his younger, "sparkling" boyfriend. Shouta Kisa, yet another editor, is going out with 21-year-old Kou Yukina, an art student. The stoic but caring Hatori will not surrender his love so easily.įalling in love for the first time when you are 30 is certainly troublesome. The carefree Chiaki fails to notice, however, that his high school friend-Yuu Yanase-thinks of him as more than a friend. Unknown to them, another editor in the department, Yoshiyuki Katori, is in a relationship with the popular manga artist Chiaki Yoshino.
However, Masamune is not only Ritsu's first love from middle school but he also suddenly declares that he will make Ritsu fall for him again. Working under the stern and superb Masamune Takano is hard enough as it is. While settling in as a shoujo manga editor at the famous Marukawa Publishing House, Ritsu Onodera is quite troubled. Sekaiichi Hatsukoi follows three couples that are interconnected within the manga industry, with each being subject to the budding of first love.įirst loves are messy. Now with the two reunited after several years of separation, the reestablishment of their relationship is marked by Takano's vow to make Ritsu say that he loves him again.
There, Ritsu is introduced to the infamous editor-in-chief Masamune Takano, a persistent man who strives for results.Īs it turns out, Takano is actually Ritsu's high school love, and it is the aftermath of that heartbreak has caused Ritsu's reluctance to fall in love again. But instead of being placed in their literary division, Ritsu finds himself working as the rookie manga editor for the Emerald editing department, a team that operates under extremely tight schedules in order to meet deadlines. To accomplish this, he quits his job at his father's publishing company and transfers to Marukawa Publishing. There is passion abound as these three couples try to achieve their goals in life while also falling into temptation and anguish with their partners.Īfter having to deal with jealousy from his co-workers for working under his father's name, prideful literary editor Ritsu Onodera is determined to establish himself in the industry.
The third story, "Terrorist," shows just how obsessive love can become when rich eighteen-year-old Shinobu Takatsuki finally discovers something that he cannot have so easily-the literature professor You Miyagi. Junjou Romantica also follows the story of two other couples loosely connected to Masaki and Usami's "Romantica."Įgoist shows the very passionate, but often complicated, relationship between university professor Hiroki Kamijou (whose life has reached an all time low) and paediatrician Nowaki Kusama, who falls for Hiroki at first sight and would do anything to make him happy. However, Masaki is about to find out that Usami's books are of a very naughty genre, and that there may be something naughty waking up inside Masaki as well. In order to reduce the stress of studying, or so he hopes, he accepts the help of his older brother's best friend, and famous author, Akihiko Usami. Misaki Takahashi is a regular high school student who is preparing for his university entrance exams.