Lovely Complex Vol. 7

ラブ★コン [Love Com] #7

by Aya Nakahara

Risa Koizumi is the tallest girl in class, and the last thing she wants is the humiliation of standing next to Atsushi Otoni, the shortest guy. Fate and the whole school have other ideas, and the two find themselves cast as the unwilling stars of a bizarre romantic comedy duo. Rather than bow to the inevitable, Risa and Atsushi join forces to pursue their true objects of affection. But in the quest for love, will their budding friendship become something more complex?

Risa is sick of having her emotions yanked back and forth by her feelings for Ôtani, so she decides once and for all to just be friends. But when she tells Ôtani that she's getting over him, he freaks out and tells her not to! Has the comedy duo turned into a couple?

Genres: Manga, Romance, Shojo, Graphic Novels, Comedy, Comics, Young Adult

192 pages, Paperback

First published February 25, 2004

About the author

Aya Nakahara is an award-winning Japanese comic book author who made her debut in 1995. She is most famous for her Kansai-dialect romantic comedy series Lovely Complex (also known as ラブ★コン or Love★Com) which as well as spawning a feature film and a 24-episode animated television series has been translated into many different languages and has been published across the world.

She primarily writes in the romance and romantic comedy genres. Her most recent work is Dame no Watashi Koishite kudasai R (ダメな私に恋してくださいR).

See also 中原アヤ.

Reviews

[Laura A. Grace · Rating 5 out of 5]

I. AM. SQUEALING!!!

FINALLY!!!!

I mean, maybe that ending was a little open-ended, but it still leads me to say FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY!!

Moments leading up to it were SO cute, and I couldn't help but be over the moon for Risa!! Mighty really did work his magic! Bahahaha!!

Lots of really, really cute and wonderful moments in this, and I cannot wait to see what's going to happen next because EEEEKKKK!!!

Also, though, the way things have sort of turned in that what Ôtani did to Risa is now Risa doing it to him, and I couldn't help but laugh because poor Ôtani! LOL!!

[Emi.acg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Waaa es que amo cuando se ponen a pelear por tonteras y al segundo siguiente hablan de umibouzu el cantante favorito de ambos y se vuelven los mejores amigos amigos del mundo xd

Jajaja la magia de Maity funcionó xd ya se declararon 😍🤣 y vi dos de las escenas que recordaba ❤️

Y Risa que feo después diciendo que es solo su amigo xd pensaba que Otani era lento jajsjs

[Leila ✨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

[13/07/2024]: te amo lovely complex amo todo lo que me haces sentir tenga 20 años o 24 literal cada vez que veo cómo estos dos hijos de mil puta se pelean vuelvo a ser una adolescente de 17 ENAMORADA enamorada completamente del amor <333 este volumen sigue siendo mi favorito de todos, aunque lo recordaba un poquuuuito mejor de lo que terminó siendo (pensé que era un 20 y fue un 19 onda igual fue magnífico). Si no mal recuerdo el siguiente tomo era del flaco que trabajaba con Risa ? la verdad que estoy medio perdida en cuanto a lo que se viene pero se que todo me va a gustar pues es Lovely Complex <33333

4.5 de 5 estrellas.

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[20/10/2021]: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA QUE VOLUMEN DEL BIEN NO PUEDE SER ESTOY GRITANDO

Posta es increíble lo mejor que se ve en el manga, el desarrollo de los sentimientos de Otani hacia Risa. En el anime fue medio "mmm dejá de hablar de MightyHOLA ESTAMOS CHAPANDO". Acá fue todo más lento y tierno. Él estando celoso y no entendiendo sus sentimientos; él comprendiendo lo que sentía y (muy a su manera) diciéndoselo a Risa. El torneo de básquet y el icónico "I guess I'm just no good without you." Y después el cumpleaños de Risa !!!!! No gente, este volumen es una joyita lo mires por donde lo mires. Aya Nakahara te amo con todo lo que soy, reina. Grax x crear esta obra de arte.

5 de 5 estrellas.

[Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

...not to mention, why is a teacher "working his magic" on his students' relationship, anyway? That seems inappropriate, too. Never mind, it seems like "Mighty's" (so cringe-y) role will diminish now that it's obvious that Risa's crush on him was a passing thing.

Either the art and storytelling are a little better now that we're seven volumes in, or I've gotten into the flow of this title a little better. I had expected Ōtani's inevitable pivot to boyfriend material would change his interactions with Risa too much, make them identical to the other "old married"-acting teenagers in the story, but they're still more like ten-year-olds than 17-year-olds when it comes to love, so that's cute.

Are Haruka and Seiko low-key dating? They seem like they're always together in scenes where the characters are being social.

In any case, this is quote close to where I stopped reading last time. It's close enough to a happy ending to not particularly need any more story. We'll see how well the author handles the typical interference that a shoujo manga "dating couple" has to cope with, with her All Hanshin-Kyojin lead characters.

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

That kiss scene. I remember watching this anime in middle school and wanting a relationship like this. Friends to lovers is such a great trope, and if you're not into manga/anime but like romance and good friendships and comedy, you need to try this.

Plus, the anime is one of the only ones to be entirely in Kansai-ben! Meaning the dialect spoken in Osaka, and other parts of Kyoto.

[Deji · Rating 5 out of 5]

Siempre intento que me duren éstos tomos y siempre fallo en ello. Es que simplemente no lo puedo soltar una vez que empiezo a leer.

Incluye muchos detalles hermosos que el anime no tiene, en este punto ya es bastante obvio lo que Otani siente, incluso siento que lo dice un poco más explícitamente que en el anime. Pero ambas versiones son hermosas. Disfruté este tomo enormemente

[Jesus Flores · Rating 4 out of 5]

Usualmente la sub-trama de la alumna enamorada del maestro, no es muy de mi agrado, suele caer en o lo creepy o lo corny.
Pero aqui, al parecer va a resultar en algo bueno gracias a "la magia de Maity"
Evento super importante en la trama a pesar de los dramas de siempre.
Ah y una porra a los poderes curativos del Karaoke

4.3 stars


SPOILERS

SPOILERS

SPOILERS


Y finalmente Otani le da un beso sin estar inconciente

[Pam Odair · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mi mundo sanó con el final de este tomo.
Y ganó mi equipo favorito: el amor. Jajaja
Gran ending, no quiero seguir porque en los dos últimos tomos sufrí demasiado entre rechazo y rechazo, pero en definitiva este es mi favorito hasta ahora.

[tahaslibrary · Rating 4 out of 5]

FINALLY

[Shani · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reread - This volume deserves 100 stars!!! That iconic kiss scene <3 <3 <3

[Claudia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amo este manga más que a nada

[Natalia Hincapié · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ah me encanta, en este tomo ambos ya se declaran y empiezan a salir, y todo es mutuo y yo AMOOOOOOOOOOOO ESTO, ES TAN HERMOSO Y PERFECTO.
amo este manga.

[Honey · Rating 4 out of 5]

DIOS, QUE LINDOOOO AMO AMO AMO AMO

[Nat · Rating 5 out of 5]

yippie!!!

[Museo De Mierda · Rating 5 out of 5]

jijijijijijijiji que timidez

[Jessica-Robyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

The love story of Koizumi and Otani continues!

In this volume, it's Koizumi's birthday, a full year since she first confessed her love and Otani is feeling the pressure. Then, all hell breaks loose and little miss J-R here has a major fangirl-gasm. Aside from that, I have nothing else to really say about this one that wouldn't include spoilers and really the whole book is just full of great, easily spoiled moments.

Happy faces all around!

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume is one of the cutest in the series. I originally skipped it because it was already checked out at my library and I wanted to read on and not have to wait. Now, I wish I had waited (my patience is lacking when it comes to cute romantic comedy manga). The dialogue is perfect, the interactions priceless in these chapters.

[Destiny · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume was perfection. Risa and Otani are hilarious together and you can tell she really loves him. Then they kiss on the roof after her birthday party. Risa is over the moon of course, but she doesn't know if they're a couple or not. So Otani says he doesn't kiss his friends like that. So are they dating? I think they are and I can't wait to find out in volume 8!

[Yue · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume was sooo cute!! Otani was so sweet I could have died!! Risa finally got what she deserves!! The waiting was worth it XD

But seriously, this volume has been the sweetest one in the whole series, and that is saying something cause the entire manga/anime is one of the cutest and funniest I have ever read/watched in a shoujo.

They are finally a couple!! Kyaaaaaaa!!!

[jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh man I love this series so much! This volume is perfect and I loved every bit of it. My favorite so far. I wouldn't want to spoil it for anyone who might be reading these lovely moments for the first time :)

[Verónica · Rating 5 out of 5]

AMO ESTE MANGA <3

[Usagi Tsukino · Rating 5 out of 5]

This review is for the Italian edition.

[ais · Rating 5 out of 5]

ME MADE IT WE DID IT GUYS!!!!! They need to start communicating better now that im assuming they’re in a relationship, rather than being passive aggressive and hoping the other person gets the hint. Especially Otani needs to be more straightforward considering he made Risa wait for a very long time, while giving her hope with his comments in between. How is she supposed to know hes 100% serious about her now? Their kiss was really cute and him giving her a bunny necklace cause he paid attention to stuff she likes, UGH MY HEART…

[So3li · Rating 3 out of 5]

Avis global :
Un manga marrant qui se lit bien.

J'ai bien aimé suivre l'évolution des sentiments des personnages et des réflexions autour.

Par contre pas top l'amitié / amour avec des piques, des critiques, des engueulades et des coups à longueur de journée.
En fait, ça crie un peu trop tout au long du manga.

C'est aussi pas assez féministe à mon goût et ça banalise du sexisme ou des agressions sexuelles... Notamment avec le grand-père insupportable.

Et à la fin ça traîne trop en longueur. Je pense que ça aurait pu s'arrêter avant.

[Michela · Rating 5 out of 5]

Divertente, ironico e leggero. Mi è stata regalata l’intera serie per Natale.
Ho visto l’anime ispirato a questo manga non so quante volte durante il periodo delle superiori. Poterlo finalmente leggere è una vera emozione per me.
Pur trattando tematiche adolescenziali, l’autrice affronta anche argomenti più complessi: emerge, per esempio, il tema transgender, il che lo rende un manga assolutamente adatto alla nostra contemporaneità pur essendo stato realizzato a partire dal 2001.

[Ady Weasley · Rating 5 out of 5]

La relación entre Risa y Otani, me da sentimientos encontrados, los amo porque son tan tiernos y se divierten mucho juntos. Pero por otro lado me desesperan cuando no pueden definir lo que sienten el uno por el otro....en especial Otani.

Este tomo en especial me hizo muy feliz lo que pasa a lo largo de la lectura , sobre todo al final es muy especial para ambos protagonistas

[Elsa · Rating 5 out of 5]

BR00000, MORÍ 20 VECES CON ESTE TOMO.
En verdad no entiendo cómo alguien pudo escribir y dibujar algo como esto, es mucho de comedia y eso, pero el romance simplemente es hermoso y el cómo se mezclan tan bien ambas cosas sólo lo hace aún más genial.

[Aida · Rating 5 out of 5]

¡¡¡Por fin!!!
Espere tanto por esto, leí siete tomos para este momento.
Otani, enojado por que Risa le dijo que era solo su amigo. ¡AHHHH!

[Jeronim Sellés · Rating 5 out of 5]

Currently SCREAMING, that last panel 😭😭, i thought it was never going to happen. I hated miscommunication through all of the volume, c’mon Ōtani, be clear and concise…. But with that last panel ajaheuqiajsihij

[Aria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bellissimo questo volume, i momenti romantici mi hanno commosso. Amo che Risa sia sempre stata determinata e finalmente sia arrivata a questo punto. Otani puccissimo in questo numero, fa innamorare vedere il suo lato più tenero