Koi wo Shiranai Bokutachi wa (We Don't Know Love Yet.)

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Japanese: 恋を知らない僕たちは

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 11

Chapters: 45

Status: Finished

Published: Jun 13, 2017 to May 13, 2021

Genres: Romance, Slice of Life

Themes: Love Polygon, School

Demographic: Shoujo

Serialization: Bessatsu Margaret

Authors: Mizuno, Minami (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.44¹ (scored by 1,845 users)

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Ranked: #3375²

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Popularity: #3155

Members: 7,009

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MangaBessatsu MargaretMizuno, Minami (Story & Art)

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High school is a time to find oneself, a period of uncertainty and growth. For most, it's a time to experience love for the first time. For six certain high school students, love is a mystery that threatens to bring them together yet tear them apart at the same time.

Realistic yet outwardly playful Eiji Aihara is close friends with the serious Naohiko Bessho, who is in a long-distance relationship with Izumi Shiosaki, Eiji's childhood friend. Eiji's daily activities put him in contact with Mizuho Ikezawa and Taichi Senami, who has a crush on Ikezawa. Meanwhile, Koharu Fujimura is a girl experiencing her first relationship, yet she is unsure whether this is truly love. After an encounter with Naohiko, her eyes begin to open.

Inexperienced and innocent, the lives of these six students begin to intertwine as they come to terms with themselves and grow to discover the true meaning of "love."

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Nov 22, 2021

duylinhsss

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Shoujo, school, romance, drama are as cookie cutter as they get. These tags dominate the shoujo comic sphere. It has been done over and over again, with almost the same set up, plotline, only deviation is in the quality of the drama and the message of the comic. For Koi wo Shiranai Bokutachi wa, or We don't know love, it started really well.

I didn't quite emphasise how overdone the setup is, of all the shoujo comics on the top list, at least 60% of them have this premise. It can't be helped, it is the target audience, young girls. That being said, Koi wo Shiranai ... Bokutachi wa started out great by breaking off a little from other shoujo comics, but nothing new for the author, by framing the story from the boy perspective. I was pleasantly surprised by the premise and tone initially. It is a little slow and methodical, letting the audience into the melancholy and inner struggle of the character as he experiences his ups and downs. That was pretty well done and interesting. As for the cast, it's unfortunate but other than the 2 so-called main characters, the rest of the cast can be a little bland, even forgotten, or can be considered token. It is the fault of the story for shifting focus from character to character, yet did not provide enough screen time for them, nor elaborate on them enough.

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The childhood friend and the best friend are both nice people archetype. I have little to say about them, even if their narration isn't terrible. Their act was only interesting because of the main character, or characters emotional roller coaster and stake in their relationship. Then, there's the cheerful band guy with his crush. While he's not unlikable, he's also the very embodiment of cookie cutter. I neither hate nor love him, he's almost realistic in that sense. His crush is also the strict quiet inexperience girl archetype. Her dealing with her emotion was interesting, but that's also about it. I can sort of tell she's supposed to be more prominent than other "secondary protagonists", but I don't find her character to be different enough.

The good thing about the cast, is that they are all likeable, but best of all was the 2 leads. I really adore how the main character is simultaneously doesn't seem to care about what he does, yet being depressed about things that happens to him. It's quite real, and relatable, not the part where 3 of the girls are interested in him at some point, of course. The shoujo comics don't usually depict male's insecurity very well, while female insecurity is dramatised a little excessively. I'm not saying women's struggle is overly emphasise. I am saying people's emotion is more subtle and is a process of accumulation. Depicting that might be a little boring, but I don't think the comic did a bad job. It relies on inner dialogues to communicate insecurities, which is apt for people of their age. The main character is such a down-to-earth yet emotionally depressed guy that you feel for him, but you can also see that it is merely a phase. He might feel terrible for his own circumstance, but he can overcome it, because it is merely youthful passion, which is abundant in shoujo comics, but often is quite "dream-like", which I would described as cheesy. That's some decent characterisation.

Then there's the other main character. Her role initially seems like a villainous one, but then as the story progressed, we sort of realised she's exactly the same as the main character, someone tormented by their emotional fickleness. She was the hidden main character until the later half of the story. It keeps the drama under our toes, threatening to bubble up at any moment. That's the kind of fun drama and Korean dramas so expertly and exhaustively harness. By the end, I think a lot of the audience was on her side. We saw her insecurity and weakness, and then the hero came in to save her. But, her hero isn't some sort of popular, random chad out of her fantasy. It's the friendly neighbourhood guy who went through similar struggle, able to sympathise and care for her. That's why the relationship works, and the terrible, cheesy, drawn out ending is earned. Their journey was interesting and full of youthful impulse, which is what makes shoujo manga ticks.

I do think I have to mention the weak and quite abrupt ending. I wonder if the author doesn't want to end there and was forced to, or did she ran out of patience and decided to kill it after pouring out the rest of her story ideas. You would get it if you read through the comic. It's not the worst of ending, but definitely for the ride that the audience went through, as well as the details she dished out in the last 3 chapters, it could have had a longer, more drama filled story, the likes of Seo Kouji stuffs and Korean Drama. Instead, it ended on a rather unsatisfying note. I envisioned the author thought about adding more drama such as the 2 main characters noticing the difficulty in connecting to each other and overcoming the girl's emotional burden. The childhood friends couple having some hot and cold episode. The main character developing some dangerous sympathy for the librarian etc... I do prefer to end things short and sweat, for the genre, it's almost counter-productive. The characters are relatively fun and likeable enough for me to want to see more.

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While I do think there's much left to be desired, I think Koi wo Shiranai Bokutachi wa is worthy of every shoujo comic fans time, boys and girls. It is a rare breed that done shoujo comic some justice rather than milking the genre dry by squeezing the low hanging fruits. It does make me miss high school, being hype by friends relationship and giving them comfort when they have problems. That's pretty high praise for a school comic.

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May 13, 2024

TheJohns

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What's great about this manga isn't the overall story or the premises. Yet, I found this manga great because of how relatable the characters are. Unlike the other shoujo manga with typical and cliche characters, this manga will offer you some characters that you can relate to. I love how all the characters have their own pov's and we can understand the reasoning behind what they did. Their traits are so likable and their action is reasonable. As a reader, I can easily empathize with the characters' feelings.

Humans are imperfect and can make mistakes, Including when dealing with love. They fall in love, make mistakes, ...

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Nov 15, 2021

CyberpunkBoyToy

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (27/45 eps)

While the original premise and execution are borderline flawless, the story eventually suffers.

What this manga does well: great art, an intricately woven web of relationships, ridiculous amounts of pining, and pacing that stays engaging and compelling.

It seemed to have almost everything I could ask from a shoujo. I loved how various narratives all built on each other, and the drama was very well written. But about halfway through the series most of the cast had made themselves unlikable, either through cheating, possessiveness, or otherwise ugly or illogical behavior. I started out rooting for everyone and ended up hating most of them. Eventually I couldn't keep ...

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