First Love Limited | |
Cover of volume 1 published by Shueisha, depicting Ayumi Arihara
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初恋限定. (Hatsukoi Rimiteddo.) |
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Genre | Romantic Comedy |
Manga | |
Written by | Mizuki Kawashita |
Published by | Shueisha |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Imprint | Jump Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
Original run | October 1, 2007 – May 26, 2008 |
Volumes | 4 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Yoshiki Yamakawa |
Studio | J.C.Staff |
Licensed by | |
Original network | BS11 Digital, Anime Network |
Original run | April 11, 2009 – June 27, 2009 |
Episodes | 12 |
Light novel | |
Shōsetsu Hatsukoi Limited. Winter Photography | |
Written by | Sawako Hirabayashi |
Illustrated by | Mare Kawagesui |
Published by | Shueisha |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Published | March 23, 2009 |
Volumes | 1 |
First Love Limited (初恋限定. Hatsukoi Rimiteddo.?), also known as Hatsukoi Limited, is a Japanese shōnen romantic comedy manga by Mizuki Kawashita. It was serialized by Shueisha in the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 2007 to May 2008 and collected in four bound volumes. The series depicts vignettes in the love lives of eight girls in middle school and high school.
A drama CD adaptation was released in February 2009, and a light novel in March 2009. An anime adaptation produced by J.C.Staff was broadcast in twelve episodes in Japan from April 11 to June 27, 2009.
The manga features a series of short stories about eight girls in middle school and high school, plus their classmates and relatives. Each chapter focuses on a different main character. These stories are intertwined and eventually lead to a main story involving most of the cast. A series relating the intertwined stories about the "first loves" of several middle-schoolers and high-schoolers. Each episode tends to focus on a different character, however the developments established during previous episodes continue to play smaller roles in those following. As the series progresses, an array of unusual and unexpected love webs begin to blossom.
Hatsukoi Limited was serialized by Shueisha in the Japanese shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1, 2007 to May 26, 2008. The 32 chapters were collected in four bound volumes. Each chapter is a separate story following one or more of the eight main characters. The series is licensed in Hong Kong by CultureCom Comics, in Taiwan by Tong Li Publishing and in Italy by Star Comics.