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Maddies Manga @[email protected] · 2026-04-15 · 16:34 UTC

Kamisama to Hatsukoi / 神様と初恋, Chapter One Manga Review

It seems like sleeping with a god has its consequences, as after Matsuri met and had a brief relationship with the god Kyousei, he is now losing his powers. To make matters worse, once Matsuri left his village, she also lost all memory of him. Will they be able to reunite and solve the problem before a calamity occurs?

You can check out chapter one of this series for yourself below!

Sample 1 (Comic Days) Sample 2 (Palcy)

Author

This series was written by Wada Koma.

You can check out some other series by them here!

Genre & Tropes

Fantasy, romance, slightly risque but nothing explicit.

Info about this series (ongoing)

There are currently two chapters published in Japanese.

TL;DR rating

I’m still on the fence with this one, but I will be reading on for now. While I find the art to be beautiful, I think the storytelling is a tad confusing at times.

What’s it about?

Matsuri is a young woman with a talent for seeing the supernatural—though she doesn’t know it. To her, she just sees hallucinations sometimes because she didn’t have enough sleep the previous night. She didn’t think much of it until her seeing these “hallucinations” caused her fiance to break up with her, completely disrupting her life.

Leaving her with no other options, she heads to the small village her grandma used to live in, and sets to move into her house. On her way there, she spots a small child running into a tunnel. Worried that the child is lost, she runs after them and ends up in a beautiful shrine. While the child is nowhere to be seen, that doesn’t mean she’s alone—the master of the shrine is also there. Upon seeing his face, a Summer’s worth of memories come flying back into her head.

It turns out, 10 years ago Matsuri came to visit the village, and had a rather brief but intense relationship with the god of the shrine, Kyousei. At the time she didn’t realize he was something other than human, and they slept together. When she left the village she somehow forgot about the time they spent together, and didn’t regain those memories until she happened upon the shrine again.

When they meet again, he chastises her for making him wait 10 whole years, and promises (threatens?) her that this time he won’t be letting her get away from him. On top of that, he insists that they marry and that Matsuri gives him an heir!?

My thoughts on this chapter (Spoilers!)

I have some pretty mixed feelings about this chapter, so I want to start of with what I enjoyed:

I found the setup to be very interesting and well done! Matsuri losing all of memories, but not her physical connection, to the supernatural helped build up anticipation to the reveal of Kyousei being a god. I hope the story will go on to explain exactly how she developed her supernatural awareness—was it gained solely through sleeping with Kyousei, or was it something she was born with?

Her “powers” being used in tandem with Kyousei make me believe that perhaps she did gain them through sleeping with him, as he only appears to be able to use his powers at full force when she’s touching him. After they slept together he lost a good amount of his powers, and he can now only use strong magic when she’s there to support him—that clearly means she took some of his powers, right!?

I also can’t talk about the positives of this chapter without taking a moment to bring up the art—the art for this series is beautiful. While I like both character designs, Kyousei’s design is actually what brought me to pick it up.

Moving on to what I didn’t exactly love about this chapter:

I found Matsuri to be a somewhat confusing character. She seems to have reclaimed all of her memories of Kyousei upon returning to the shrine, but still acts like he’s a stranger at times. While we know that she liked him enough in the past to sleep with him and to promise to return to his side, it seems like those feelings are still lost to the current Matsuri… Or are they? She’ll go from yelling at him that she doesn’t feel anything for him, to affectionately reciting things that she said to him 10 years ago while rubbing on his face.

While she’s clearly flustered that this handsome god is suddenly trying to sleep with her, I really can’t understand her emotions. Does she like him or not? Does she remember him or not? Because of the pacing of the story, it’s a bit difficult to tell. I really would like to see more of their past relationship, as I think that would bring a lot more light upon why Kyousei is acting like this. Maybe he’s expecting her to act how she did in the past, and is flustered when she doesn’t?

Hopefully as the story continues on her thoughts will be made more clear. I just find it rather frustrating that while Kyousei’s thoughts and intents are made crystal clear from the start, I can’t understand what the main character is thinking.

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Maddies Manga @[email protected] · 2026-04-11 · 13:00 UTC

Kuroko and Her Sweet Villain / 黒子と悪役くん, Volume Two Manga Review

After going on a date with Shishima, Kuroda is all up in her feelings. While he was able to help bring her out of her shell, the shyness she now feels when around him has her right back at square one. Will she be able to gain the confidence to meet him and continue their relationship?

You can check out volume two of this series for yourself below!

English Sample (K-Manga) Japanese Sample (Comic Days) Japanese Digital (BookWalker) Japanese Digital (Amazon Kindle)

Author

This series was written by Tina Yamashina. X, Instagram

She also wrote Virgin Love. (English, Japanese)

Genre & Tropes

High school romance, light comedy.

Info about this volume (complete)

There are 2 volumes in this series.

This series is currently only being published digitally in English.

TL;DR rating

I thought this was an all-around cute read, but I’m so sad it was only two volumes! It would have benefitted from being even just one volume longer, IMO.

My thoughts on this volume (Spoilers!)

In volume two, we get to see Kuroda and Shishima’s relationship slowly develop from that awkward stage of “will they, won’t they?” to officially dating! I have to say, when it comes to younger (high school / university) romance series, that “will they, won’t they?” stage is my absolute favourite. The tension and slight drama it tends to bring is just so addictive!

I was very happy to see this stage of their relationship drag on for just about the entirety of this volume, as we were gifted with quite a lot of Shishima lightly teasing Kuroda, and Kuroda struggling with how to react. The two of them are just so cute together! I only wish that we were given a full volume with them officially dating! I would have loved to see them slowly grow together, and how maybe Kuroda could have improved Shishima’s standing within their class.

Just like in volume one, Shishima has a rather bad reputation around their school. I had actually forgotten about that, as I quickly became very invested in their relationship. I felt like I was a member of their little bubble for a little while when reading, I’m a little embarrassed to admit. So, when a new character asks Kuroda is Shishima wasn’t leveraging her and forcing her to hang around him, I was a little confused. I was thinking “Hey! How dare you question my cute almost-couple!?” But then I was brought back down to reality.

Thankfully there was no big misunderstanding plotline, as Kuroda was very quick to defend her man. It was so sweet watching her grow through the two volumes! As while in volume one we has to watch her do everyone else’s work and watch them enjoy the fruits of her labours from the shadows, in this volume we get to see her actively go on dates, and even refuse to do other peoples work for them! While it was initiated by Shishima, I still take it as a win for Kuroda. My girl grew so much!!

The overall tone and art found in this series is something that quickly grew on me, as it’s pretty unique! I think the author had a lot of fun with the villain motif, as she took as many opportunities to give the characters little horns and tails and cute-but-scary expressions. It allowed for the story to be more lighthearted and comedic in tone, but without any overtly comedic gags—something I tend to dislike.

As a whole, I would recommend this series to any shoujo romance lover! While it’s unfortunately a little shorter than I would have liked, it still tells a complete, very cute story.

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