14 Sai no Koi

[Wg_gvikh_555]

uk idk y people have a problem with this manga, like it's really beautiful and well written. so wut if there's a few age gaps? the whole concept of the story is to illustrate love that comes in many different ways that expresses "love is love no matter who it is" and that you can't help feeling the way u do for someone. like some of yall need to cool ur pants, as if it's ur first time readin age gap.

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also just wanted to mention that nagixhino is my fav couple (mainly cause i like the whole teasing and tsundere(?) dynamic) also i dont think there is really any bad characters in this story (and yes not even the lesbian one) cause everyone in here has their own feelings and express them in different ways even though it may seem a lil bad(idk any other words to use) that are quite realistic reactions

sorry for my broken grammar, im drowsy and cant think straight since i havent slept for 3 days

 

[djava]

I think if this manga just focus on the story of the main couple there would be less low-star-ranking. I sometime feels the side story is unnecessary.
But still, they are well written and focus about the "love" without sidetracking. So still a plus from me.

 

[hurafloyd]

More bus couple tropes!

 

[Wuiff]

The premise of the story is absolutely nonsense

 

[wangtheone]

main couple best couple, the age gaps in the other couples all seem too weird imo

 

[phrogsley]

There are two groups of ppl in the comments
1- “the age gap is fine, this is fiction, love is love.”
2-“the faculty is gross”
Personally, I think I agree more with 2. Yes, this is fiction, but it is centered around a fairly realistic setting, with realistic characters. Not to mention the children are 14, so the teachers have around a 10 year age advantage, so it is fairly unsettling how the faculty are so open to crushing on the students. The teacher student trend in shoujo mangas is a fad i can’t say I’m too fond of (especially since mangas like these are more marketed towards teens, who might find underage relationships fine). The main reason I read this was for the main couple, whose dynamic I adore.

 

[GlennAvocado]

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why is yoshikawa transferring?

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[helpfulcomrade]

>kiss until tired
yowza

 

[avid_consumer]

@GlennAvocado dude mark spoilers, and

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its because his parents are moving to the US I think

And finally I’ll chime in on the age gap - maybe it’s personal preference kicking in but I’m not opposed to it per se, and so if both people are working for it and they are emotionally mature and socially responsible about it, I’m rooting for them. If not, then no, but I think it’s been okay so far.

 

[Malte]

@phrogsley In my opinion almost everything goes in literature and fiction, but agree with you that the main couple is the reason i started to read this, and the reason i keep reading so imo it’s pretty annoying that so little time is allocated to them compared to the side characters who almost gets more time. And it’s especially bad now that we need to give time to another side character (whom is a character I personally find really annoying), that is directly taking up time from the main couple.

 

[StaticTransit]

I started to read this because of the high rating, but my god. Nearly every character other than the main couple are just unbearable. We got angsty annoying yelling delinquent kid, super creepy pedo teacher lady (let's face it, the only reason anybody defends this relationship is because she's a woman and that's "hot" and not at all super creepy), the token annoying third-wheel lesbian character, weird peeping kid who's obsessed with a teacher like he's an idol otaku or something, and that's just as far as I read. Jesus Christ. It's especially annoying because I feel like the manga focuses way too much on these side characters rather than the relatively likable main couple. And the main couple characters aren't even that particularly interesting, they're just not super unlikable like the others. Yeesh.

I want to keep reading in hopes it gets better, but it's tough. Gonna have to drop this one, and I wanted to write down my thoughts on it as I do.

 

[leusee]

The main couple are alright, I think the wow we have to act mature cus that's what people think of us is kinda dumb for a pair of 14 year olds but wtv I can accept that much. What I don't understand are the

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age gap relationships???? does the author have some ptsd from their highschool days or some regret? The teacher leading on Nagai is weird, the fact that it's not new behaviour as hinted by the nurse is weird, the stalker kid and that woman on the bus is stalkerish, the class pres who likes her teach is understandable but what about that other kid who stalks the music teacher

On the brink of dropping this cus the other relationships are so weird and the main couple's interactions are the only thing keeping me interested.

 

[owlties]

happy new year to the translator!

 

[Magikal_Maggs]

So yeah... Basically, this is a story where we follow the lovey dovey adventures of Yoshikawa and Tanaka, the serious people in appearance(pretty good in my opinion because it's just wholesome) with a bit of unrequited love from shinshi (is that correct?) a lesbian, toward Tanaka.
On the side, we got Nagai the delinquant and the Music Teacher (She's 24 so... Yeah. Age gap. I totally get why people are weirded out and even straight up, hate this couple. But I'm fine with it because... It's a shit reason but I like how they feel together, they kind of are a good match.... If it wasn't for their age and social standing, and even these factors add on to their good chemistry).
Ah, and a 3rd Year peeping Tom (this guy is really creepy. Stalking your sensei because you like her is bad) that is literally OBLIVIOUS to the girl next to him having a crush on him.
There's even more couple but those are the only one we can really talk about when talking about the first volume.

Outside of the main couple, there are also a bunch of interactions, crushes and other friendships.
A lot of simple crush toward adults and unrequited love toward others.

Overall, there is a LOT of stuff that I love. I consider this a pretty good read if you just want 14 years old experiencing love. If you don't like age gap and stuff like that, well you should probably stick to the main couple.

 

[moryson]

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Uh, weird question, what happen to mc moving revealed in chapter 40? Has it been dropped?

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[MrGoatMan]

I feel like if they bumped up the ages on the students this would be less weird. Immoral, yes there are reasons why it is illegal for students to date teachers but less weird. Especially for the music teacher and the student, 14 year old and maybe 20 or something. Like Christ alive, I can only imagine the shit the author would get if the genders were reversed and I refuse to let it slide just because it’s a young boy instead of a young girl.

 

[Yuushiron]

absolutely hate the relationship the
music teacher and that student have. It's disgusting...

 

[Wg_gvikh_555]

If u guys dont like age gaps then this is probably not a book for u since the whole concept of this manga is about how love has no bounds and everyone has feelings and r entitled to their own feelings (even if it's an older women to a younger boy) and sumtimes people just cant help feeling a certain way even though they know it's wrong or abnormal. It's also a manga to show that even though the characters are 14 they can still be able to have mature feelings yet at the same time still being just a kid. Honestly y do so many people have a problem with this manga? Ud think that people would get used to the age gap genre by this point especially since it's a popular in manga. For those who dont understand age gap let me explain, it's the idea of these two people who come from different times still being able to bond and fall in love with each other despite all odds. And also sumtimes the whole "even though i know it's wrong but i cant help but love her/him" kinda exites sum people

 

[Rocketboyz]

How should I say this,
Starting chapter very nice,
The many couples being formed,wonderful,
The behaviour of every single character in this story.......never before have I wanted to massacare an entire society in a lite manga like this.

 

[MensCultureUnion]

pretty good, but I feel like the relationships that I care about get overshadowed by the onslaught of the ones I don't. I don't care about the girl observing kanata, I care about the people she's observing. And some of the relationships like the music teacher just feel scummy. She's basically actively preying on kiddos and the other teacher who knows doesnt care.