Takeo Gouda: A Cinnamon Roll Too Pure For This World

A very odd but absolutely charming shojo manga came to my attention recently and once I read up the most recently published volume, I knew I had to tell somebody about it. I picked up volume one of My Love Story!! or as some recognize it’s Japanese name: Ore Monogatari. “Adulthood sucks a lot recently so let’s pick up some shojo manga and not think about my responsibilities,” I thought to myself as I started reading. A few volumes of manga later I was convinced that the misadventures and hilarity that sixteen-year-old Takeo Gouda, who stands over six feet and weighs a little over two hundred and fifty pounds, experiences regarding his first love needed the BNP treatment. Warning: some spoilers ahead, of course.

Reason #5 #YouOkSis (Also this is manga, so remember to read from Right to Left.) [divider type=”space_thin”] Don’t Be THAT guy OR the one right next to him, yeah you know what I’m talking about. INSTEAD be the guy that actively stops things like this and corrects the bad behavior when it’s happening. In volume five, Saijo, a female classmate is playing basketball with the other girls on one side of the gym. Takeo, who is an athlete himself, knows how concentration is key to doing well. When he catches his fellow classmates openly being gross, he nips that in the bud and goes about his day. This is manga and originally I was thinking that this scene was probably meant to be for comic relief, but then I remembered that the writer is, in fact a woman: Kazune Kawahara. W…