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恋ヶ窪くんにはじめてを奪われました [Koigakubo-kun ni Hajimete wo Ubawaremashita] #5
Koigakubo-kun Stole My First Time Vol. 5
Eiko is pushing thirty, but has never once had a boyfriend. She's always been fully content with living the single life and immersing herself in her passion for video games…that is, until she met Koigakubo-kun, her extroverted younger coworker who's got a silver tongue. After a night of drunken connection, he ends up becoming her romance guru! But as their lessons progress, they start to fall for each other. Koigakubo-kun professes his feelings for her, and before she knows it, they're a couple. After becoming a “real couple” both in body and soul, their next milestone is celebrating Koigakubo-kun's birthday together! As she goes hunting for a present and frets over what her normie boyfriend might like, Eiko runs into none other than his childhood friend!
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Published August 22, 2023
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August 23, 2023
3.5/4 stars. I really like this manga, but the whiplash I got from the potential other woman story (which turned out fine, but seriously..."don't get the wrong idea about his life long friend" warning from the same person who then is overheard asking if same life long friend is okay because of how life long friend has pined over dude for years just gives me a bit of ick, because what exactly would have been the wrong idea??? It's so frustratingly irritating. Flames. Flames at the side of my face. Like secret baby tropes, whenever this shows up (especially popular in romance manga), I wince and glance around for hope it won't be bad while also managing my expectations. A whole star will be dropped for this trope's appearance, though at rare times, I have been pleasantly surprised enough of how it is handled to give half a star back (even rarer to get the full star if it adds to character or story development in a surprising way). This, while a favorite romantic manga, lost the full star, then another half with the "wrong idea" whiplash drama, only to get maybe a quarter of a star back with the resolution (which, actually felt more like how I expected the series to handle this, and had me side-eyeing the dragged out feeling prior to it). Besides the trope of annoyance, I am not sure if the workaholic/overworking at work will play oit in the next volume or was just there as filler and to remind us of the existence of the coworker who had been crushing on the leading lady (and how he is more similar to her than the dude she is dating). Those scenes felt out of place for the volume, but may make more sense in the series as a whole. That is why it could be 3.5 or 4 stars. The weakest entry for the series so far, but the art is still maintaining its loveliness.
September 4, 2023
It’s Koigakubo’s birthday and Eiko is desperately trying to prove how old she isn’t, at the desiccated age of 29. As her mummified corpse continues to woo her beau, problems arise and that includes the literal and the more metaphysical.
Can you tell I don’t think much of the dumb age stuff in this story? I know you can get around it by Eiko being such a homebody gamer, but it still irritates me how everybody treats her like she’s the Cryptkeeper. Six years between them. SIX. Not exactly Seinfeld territory.
There’s a decent amount of good stuff here - I do like that Eiko has a smidgen more backbone and is determined to ask for help but still do things on her own. Despite a chemistry that is souring on me as we go, I don’t hate the time that the leads spend together. Mostly.
Maybe I’m just out of touch, a possibility I fully cop to, but did hickeys suddenly come back in vogue? I’ve seen this come up in more than one manga lately, so I assume something has to be behind it because I haven’t seen it as much in the last two years combined.
Anyway, seeing a couple twenty-somethings at it like teenagers is pretty weird. I won’t mention that other, sweatier, soapier manga that was way better, but… cough cough. I do think Eiko’s birthday present was a great idea though, so points there.
The snowboarding section again treats Eiko like she’s going to collapse if she climbs a flight of stairs and while her attempts to step out of her comfort zone for Koigakubo are a nice idea, it just leads to her letting her get stuck in her own head. Again.
I especially felt like the ball got fumbled with the whole Mio plotline. Mio is Koigakubo’s childhood friend, gasp of horror goes here, and she gets along with him so much better than Eiko does, allegedly, gasp of drama goes here.
Except she has no interest in Koigakubo, so Eiko’s fine and we’re going to have an actual lesson that men and women can, yes, be friends with one another and not lust after each other at the same time. Yet again, Eiko is wrong.
Except except she’s not and this veers back to Mio actually being romantically interested in Koigakubo and not only does this ridiculously vindicate Eiko’s ongoing neuroses, Mio’s idea of ‘just teasing’ when she talks to Eiko about this is unfathomably cruel in a way I don’t think was intended.
I think that’s my problem with this series - for as much as Eiko comes out on top, the story seems to want to humiliate her at every turn, even when she’s trying so hard to come out of her comfort zone.
Yeah, she seems to be winning over the friend group, who actually kind of suck as a whole, but it keeps feeling like all this is at her expense. It’s a really weird way to treat your heroine and it has not escaped my notice that she’s the only one who ever gets posed provocatively.
Looking back on the previous volumes, the repetition is part of the problem. Eiko appears to have had no personal growth as she keeps falling into the same traps and behaving the same time after time. It’s so ungainly and the writing is not great.
2.5 stars - I think this isn’t doing what it’s doing nearly as well as it should and is, essentially, writing a teenager in an adult’s body, but also treating her like she’s half dead. It’s an awkward mix of the worst of both worlds.
Can you tell I don’t think much of the dumb age stuff in this story? I know you can get around it by Eiko being such a homebody gamer, but it still irritates me how everybody treats her like she’s the Cryptkeeper. Six years between them. SIX. Not exactly Seinfeld territory.
There’s a decent amount of good stuff here - I do like that Eiko has a smidgen more backbone and is determined to ask for help but still do things on her own. Despite a chemistry that is souring on me as we go, I don’t hate the time that the leads spend together. Mostly.
Maybe I’m just out of touch, a possibility I fully cop to, but did hickeys suddenly come back in vogue? I’ve seen this come up in more than one manga lately, so I assume something has to be behind it because I haven’t seen it as much in the last two years combined.
Anyway, seeing a couple twenty-somethings at it like teenagers is pretty weird. I won’t mention that other, sweatier, soapier manga that was way better, but… cough cough. I do think Eiko’s birthday present was a great idea though, so points there.
The snowboarding section again treats Eiko like she’s going to collapse if she climbs a flight of stairs and while her attempts to step out of her comfort zone for Koigakubo are a nice idea, it just leads to her letting her get stuck in her own head. Again.
I especially felt like the ball got fumbled with the whole Mio plotline. Mio is Koigakubo’s childhood friend, gasp of horror goes here, and she gets along with him so much better than Eiko does, allegedly, gasp of drama goes here.
Except she has no interest in Koigakubo, so Eiko’s fine and we’re going to have an actual lesson that men and women can, yes, be friends with one another and not lust after each other at the same time. Yet again, Eiko is wrong.
Except except she’s not and this veers back to Mio actually being romantically interested in Koigakubo and not only does this ridiculously vindicate Eiko’s ongoing neuroses, Mio’s idea of ‘just teasing’ when she talks to Eiko about this is unfathomably cruel in a way I don’t think was intended.
I think that’s my problem with this series - for as much as Eiko comes out on top, the story seems to want to humiliate her at every turn, even when she’s trying so hard to come out of her comfort zone.
Yeah, she seems to be winning over the friend group, who actually kind of suck as a whole, but it keeps feeling like all this is at her expense. It’s a really weird way to treat your heroine and it has not escaped my notice that she’s the only one who ever gets posed provocatively.
Looking back on the previous volumes, the repetition is part of the problem. Eiko appears to have had no personal growth as she keeps falling into the same traps and behaving the same time after time. It’s so ungainly and the writing is not great.
2.5 stars - I think this isn’t doing what it’s doing nearly as well as it should and is, essentially, writing a teenager in an adult’s body, but also treating her like she’s half dead. It’s an awkward mix of the worst of both worlds.
September 20, 2024
I’m actually over Eiko’s timid nature and really want some growth here.
Aren is still darling and an open book and a green flag.
Don’t love how “she’s he’s longest friend” turned to “I know you’ve had a thing for him”??? Way to bait and switch
RECAP: it’s Aren’s bday so Eiko takes him to a French restaurant, they stay at the hotel, and then make plans to go snowboarding with friends. Keito turns a new leaf, Mio is initially an issue, and there’s hickey trading before ending on a Aren’s mom invites her to Christmas.
Aren is still darling and an open book and a green flag.
Don’t love how “she’s he’s longest friend” turned to “I know you’ve had a thing for him”??? Way to bait and switch
RECAP: it’s Aren’s bday so Eiko takes him to a French restaurant, they stay at the hotel, and then make plans to go snowboarding with friends. Keito turns a new leaf, Mio is initially an issue, and there’s hickey trading before ending on a Aren’s mom invites her to Christmas.
November 7, 2023
Super urocza historia i fajne postacie, ogólnie bardzo przyjemnie się czyta.
Wciągająca, trochę spicy, do przeczytania w jeden wieczór. Aren skradł kawełek moje serducha i już chyba go nie odda 🤣 Minus jedna gwiazdka za konflikt z Mio bo w sumie nic nie wniósł do historii.
Ogólnie, przyjemna lekka, romantyczna manga, idealna na wieczór.
Wciągająca, trochę spicy, do przeczytania w jeden wieczór. Aren skradł kawełek moje serducha i już chyba go nie odda 🤣 Minus jedna gwiazdka za konflikt z Mio bo w sumie nic nie wniósł do historii.
Ogólnie, przyjemna lekka, romantyczna manga, idealna na wieczór.
September 11, 2023
I liked parts of this, and didn't like parts. Keita is growing on me as a side character. I don't like how the almost-conflict with Mio was handled, especially since thus far she's been so friendly and supportive. Hoping the whole 'is Mio a threat' thing is over and done with now.
January 22, 2024
For some reason I thought this was the last book in the series? I don't know where I got that idea, because it's clearly untrue. The characters are all so adorable, and so far there hasn't been an backstabbing or petty drama. HOPEFULLY that continues.
June 12, 2024
This manga averted "girl hate." +1 star
I keep being pleasantly surprised. The typical love rival roadblock came up, but the mangaka swerved the car. How it was handled (though unrealistic) was very fun.
I keep being pleasantly surprised. The typical love rival roadblock came up, but the mangaka swerved the car. How it was handled (though unrealistic) was very fun.
May 31, 2025
I'm like, so mad at mio and her friend lol. what a rollercoaster of a volume. eiko did stand up for her herself a bit though so that made this a bit better. and aren was good but like...he could've also been better....
November 28, 2023
Ugh, I loved this volume. My girl really levels up this volume, and Aren is also able to express himself (and his minor jealousies) to Eiko.
January 9, 2024
THE JEALOUSY!! THE POSSESSIVENESS🤭🤭🤭
January 13, 2024
Hiiiiii so cute
May 5, 2024
I love them!
The jealousy stuff sucks but is relatable, the hickey stuff is immature but fits their experience. Doesn’t matter cause they’re adorable.
The jealousy stuff sucks but is relatable, the hickey stuff is immature but fits their experience. Doesn’t matter cause they’re adorable.
May 23, 2025
I don’t like his friends…. But I like that they talk to each other and don’t just let this fester.
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