Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi: The World's Greatest First Love
Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi: The World's Greatest First Love
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Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi: The World's Greatest First Love

6.0 / 10
2011
2 seasons
24 episodes
AnimationDramaComedy

Sekaiichi Hatsukoi follows three couples that are interconnected within the manga industry, with each being subject to the budding of first love.

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Seasons

  • First Impressions Are the Most Lasting.

    1.First Impressions Are the Most Lasting.

    09-04-201124m

    Onodera begins work at his new position at Emerald, and is harshly introduced to their production "cycle" by being thrown into the mess of their burned-out phase, in which everyone...

  • A Man Has Free Choice to Begin Love But Not to End It.

    2.A Man Has Free Choice to Begin Love But Not to End It.

    16-04-201124m

    As Onodera continues learning the ropes of manga editing and publishing, his interactions with Takano become more tense and uncomfortable. Takano eventually realizes who Onodera is...

  • In Love There Is Both Dotage and Discretion.

    3.In Love There Is Both Dotage and Discretion.

    23-04-201124m

    After Takano and another staff member have a heated argument in the Emerald office about an underprinted publication, Onodera sees the two of them later having a seemingly friendly...

  • Adversity Makes a Man Wise.

    4.Adversity Makes a Man Wise.

    30-04-201124m

    The author that Onodera has been overseeing suddenly falls ill along with all of her helpers near the publication deadline. He rushes to the distant Hokkaido to assist her personal...

  • Love Is Lawless.

    5.Love Is Lawless.

    07-05-201124m

    This episode introduces a new set of characters - Chiaki Yoshino, a male author who releases shōjo manga under the female pseudonym Chiharu Yoshikawa; Yoshiyuki Hatori, his manager...

  • Go to the Sea, If You Would Fish Well.

    6.Go to the Sea, If You Would Fish Well.

    14-05-201124m

    After an onsen trip, Chiaki is burned out and can hardly concentrate on work. The emerging love triangle between him, Hatori and Yuu compounds his inability to focus as well. Later...

  • Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before Them.

    7.Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before Them.

    21-05-201124m

    The episode begins with Ritsu having another flashback dream, in which he sees Saga sleeping in the library and tries to find out what book he was reading, but runs away when he th...

  • Ep 8

    8.Looks Breed Love.

    28-05-201124m

    Kisa sees Yukina, the Marimo Books employee he has been attracted to for a long time, selling the latest book he has edited. Tall, handsome and charming; Yukina is extremely popula...

  • Ep 9

    9.The Die Is Cast.

    04-06-201124m

    Kisa freaks out and cannot concentrate on his work because of his constant flashback to the scene with Yukina at the cafe. He soon receives an e-mail from Yukina inviting him to th...

  • Ep 10

    10.Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder.

    11-06-201124m

    After working through the night to finish work, Yoshino and Yuu stays behind together. Yuu saves Yoshino from falling over the trash can, and starts to tease him by tickling him. H...

  • Ep 11

    11.It Never Rains But It Pours.

    18-06-201124m

    Onodera wakes up in the doorway, still holding on to a convenience store-bought dinner, and suddenly remembers a meeting that he was to sit in in the morning. On the subway, he com...

  • Ep 12

    12.After a Storm Comes a Calm.

    25-06-201124m

    Meeting Ryouichi Sumi and the advice from Hasegawa have put doubt into Ritsu Onodera's heart. He remembers the reason he transferred to Marukawa and wonders if he can continue to w...

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