Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi: The Case of Ritsu Onodera (世界一初恋 〜小野寺律の場合〜, Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi ~Onodera Ritsu no Baai~) is the first volume of the Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi manga series. The volume is released as The World's Greatest First Love: The Case of Ritsu Onodera in English by SuBLime.
Chapters[]
Synopsis[]
Tired of accusations that family connections got him his current position, Ritsu Onodera quits his job as an editor at his father's company and transfers to Marukawa Publishing. Once there, he is assigned to the shojo manga editorial department—something he has no interest in and no experience with! Having sworn he'd never fall in love again, the last thing he wants to do is work on love stories. To make matters worse, it turns out that his overbearing boss, Masamune Takano, is actually his first love from high school![1][1]
Plot[]
"The Case of Ritsu Onodera No.1" introduces Ritsu Onodera as he begins his new job at Marukawa Publishing. Ritsu has left his literature editing job at his father's company to work where he won't be accused of receiving favoritism. Although he applied to edit literature at Marukawa, he is instead assigned the shoujo manga department Emerald where he meets his new boss Masamune Takano. After seeing the stress of editing a monthly manga magazine, including being kissed to pose for a mangaka and pulling an all-nighter, he discovers that his new boss is his first love from high-school. Realizing that their breakup was a misunderstanding, Takano becomes determined to get Ritsu back, but Ritsu is determined to focus on his career and rejects him. The chapter ends with Ritsu realizing that the neighbor he's never met is Takano.
In "The Case of Ritsu Onodera No.2," Ritsu begins managing his own author, Yukina Mutou. The chapter begins with Takafumi Yokozawa yelling at Takano for under-printing a book that's sold-out, but Ritsu later sees them chatting and laughing together and becomes jealous. That night, Ritsu goes over Mutou's manuscript but he isn't sure about his edits, so Takano insists he come over and they go over the manuscript together. Afterward, Takano comes onto him, but Ritsu grabs the manuscript and flees, only to run into Yokozawa at the door. Later, Mutou's assistants all fall ill and Ritsu flies to Hokkaido to help finish the manuscript, and he manages to get the manuscript back in time for printing. Ritsu is so exhausted that he falls asleep next to Takano on the train home. He wakes up next to Takano in bed, asks if anything weird happened, and runs out.
"The Case of Ritsu Onodera No.2.5" begins during Ritsu and Takano's (then named Saga) high-school days, when Ritsu first fell in love with him. After Ritsu confesses to him in the library, Saga says they'll go out together and invites him back to his place where they end up having sex. The chapter ends in the present day with Takano yelling at Ritsu to wake up because he's fallen asleep at work. Takano points out that Ritsu looked really happy so he must have been dreaming about something nice, but Ritsu defensively insists it was a terrible dream and gets back to work.
Character debuts[]
- Ritsu Onodera
- Masamune Takano (formerly Masamune Saga)
- Shouta Kisa
- Kanade Mino
- Yoshiyuki Hatori
- Takafumi Yokozawa
- Yukina Mutou
- Iori Satou
- Sasaki
Release information[]
| Imprint / Publisher | Title | Language | Release Date | ISBN |
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| Asuka Comics CL-DX (Kadokawa Shoten) | 世界一初恋 〜小野寺律の場合〜 | Japanese | Jul 1, 2008 | 978-4048541909 |
| Blu (Tokyopop) (not released) | World's Greatest First Love: Ritsu Onodera's Affair, Vol. 1 | English | 2011 (intended) | 978-1427833105[2] |
| SuBLime (Viz Media) | The World's Greatest First Love: The Case of Ritsu Onodera Volume 1 | English | Apr 14, 2015[3] | 978-1-4215-7916-0 |
| Asuka | Sekaiichi hatsukoi - Le Cas de Ritsu Onodera Tome 1 | French | Oct 10, 2014 | 978-2-8203-1797-1 |
| Carlsen | Sekaiichi Hatsukoi Die Story von Ritsu Onodera 1 | German | Mar 18, 2011[4] | 978-3-551-79141-2 |
| Goen | Sekaiichi Hatsukoi. La storia di Ritsu Onodera Vol.1 | Italian | Jun 15, 2017 | 978-88-6712-440-4 |
| Daewon C.I. | 세계 제일의 첫사랑 | Korean | December 15th, 2010 | 978-89-252-6588-9 |
| Waneko | Sekaiichi Hatsukoi 01 | Polish | Feb 2015 | 978-83-64891-16-8 |
| Editorial Ivrea | Sekaiichi Hatsukoi: El Caso de Ritsu Onodera 01 | Spanish | Dec 7, 2018 | 978-84-17699-65-9 978-84-17537-91-3 |
| Luckpim Deluxe | รักนี้แด่เพียงคุณ ฉบับโอโนเดระ ริทสึ 1 | Thai | Apr 20, 2022 | 978-616-574-084-5 |
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Japanese edition[]
English edition[]
![Sample page from SuBLime's English release[5]](/wiki/File:Vol01_SuBLime_sample.png "Vol01 SuBLime sample.png (224 KB)")
International editions[]
![Special message included exclusively in Thai release of Vol 1, asking readers to support the official release due to physical piracy issues in the specific region. [6]](/wiki/File:ThaiVol1SpecialMessage.jpg "ThaiVol1SpecialMessage.jpg (393 KB)")
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References[]
- ↑ https://www.sublimemanga.com/read/manga/worlds-greatest-first-love-1/product/688
- ↑ Blu/Tokyopop version listings: on Amazon, and on WorldCat.
- ↑ https://www.sublimemanga.com/read/manga/worlds-greatest-first-love-1/product/688
- ↑ https://www.carlsen.de/taschenbuch/sekaiichi-hatsukoi-1/978-3-551-79141-2
- ↑ Tweet with sample page from SuBLime's official Twitter @SuBLimeManga. April 24, 2015.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/chibitare/status/1520750740205371393