One of the best manga I've ever read indeed. It 's much different from the usual romcom, that you usually won't gain any by reading instead of laugh. This manga tries to mix between your usual romcom and serious discussion of some social issues with some different angle to see that matter. And, yeah, it's mixed very well, that I aren't getting bored to even read it twice or thrice.

As for the ending, it's good enough actually, but yeah I kinda hope that this series aren't ended just with that. To be honest, I still want to read it more. So, it's kinda sad that it's ended.

For romcom with loli inside, this sure is one of the best manga ever. I'd be glad if somone will tell me another manga that has deep story inside like this, yet it's wrapped with very good romcom and ecchi.

At first I felt guilty for reading this manga. The anime adaptation didn't help this feeling either, capitalizing on all the fan-service and "loli" theme; didn't help that feeling of guilty, too, that this series got translated by a guy that receives comissions for working on hentai (mainly on lolicon and worse material) and that I had to get out of my way and lurk around dark places to read it. But, against all the odds and feelings of discomfort over those years, I continued to get the scanlations for this tale that screams "truth" and "change" all over the place, like the best novels and dramas that are out there.

This series is taboo, yes - but it isn't as cheesy as, say, Oreimo and isn't, for the most part, played for laughs or manga and anime stereotypes (even if those are, sadly, present); this series has nudity and sexual innuendo but, at the same time, questions the very reasons that make us erase those topics from child upbringing - be it at school or at home - and end up leaving room for the emergence of bigger problems.

"Children are people too, so they also have desire, and end up wanting to know love and to experience carnal feelings". This manga throws this sort of inconvenient truth at our faces at each page, while questioning the processes that end up hurting adults on the long term. No chapter can be taken out of context for that matter, and a careful / open-minded read is necessary to truly grasp the authors intentions.

... and, well: Don't forget that the author is a woman. More than once, to my dismay, girls told me things like "the first time I fell in love I was 9 years old", or "the first time I really liked someone I was 12" with the most straight face, like it is completely normal; this was in real life, and the one shocked was me, not those girls. Those children, now women in their mid twenties, are not sick nor crazy, and there is nothing to be so shocked about children growing up: Sick is a society that doesn't want to discuss those "inconvenient" topics, that doesn't want to see it... and that gives space for those who abuse those children's naive desires and dreams. Series that treat those topics superficially or "for laughs" end up reaching cult status, while reading something like "Kodomo no Jikan" can actually make random people accuse you of being a pedophile.

... Well, I'm glad that there are people with enough disposition to go out of their ways and give us such touching, awe inspiring and mind changing stories - even if this sick industry asks for loli fanservice in order to boost sales.

And about the ending,

... Last updated on July 10th, 2013, 7:50am

It is a wonderfully captivating story that focuses on the psychology of each major character and blends them beautifully ( i know zim zim said this but i feel the exact same way ) !!!!

its more of a seinen drama than it is an ecchi, even if it opens up with a lot of suggestive wording comming from a nine year old ( thought its all pretty shallow )

the sexual stuff is actually important because, well that's real life (first menstruation, sexual interest, etc) and it focuses on the teachers lives , psyche, and , in part, sexual problems just as much as it does the girls ( mostly aoki not being a pedo ) though each one has something of a different issue going on.
all and all its really well written

also the ending is perfect >:0

... Last updated on June 29th, 2013, 10:51pm

Here is a encyclopedia dramatica quote to sum up my feelings: "Kodomo no Jikan (translation: "A Child's Time") is a spank-fest followed religiously by the likes of respectable gentlemen who lurk on 4chan and 2chan, parading itself around as a proper anime and manga series." Their article is beyond good. Banned on tvtropes, rejected for publishing in America and a lolicon porn-group translated it... It made me nauseous while reading and i just looked at it because the scandal around it it. The ending is further just wrong and immoral/illegal so stay away as the manga is just child porn and not a drama/romance at all. Read the reviewed Naisho no Tsubomi (8/10) instead.

And something i wrote in a MU forum: XXX and XXX are right an all counts (Usagi Drop's second half isn't the best but hardly "pedo") and Miman Renai (8/10) is how you do it. Comic High! is secondly infamous for printing out of control borderline-H so look them up if you dare and the (female) author (actually nothing special in the loli/hentai market) drew only fanservice nonsense before/after. Love it, hate it or whatever but can we please bury this now as there is even a competitor i won't name that is making the rounds but this time i learned to run for the hills.
I work with children at my library near daily so if someone forced the manga on me now i would have a total meltdown and it is the 3rd worst long form non-porn publication to me. Read/watch Lolita to see how to do such a story the right way and i never had problem with the sex/rape scenes in Bersek, Suicide Island, Wolfsmund and so on towards sometimes even younger children so i may be all sorts of thing but a prude i am not.

... Last updated on May 15th, 2015, 7:26am

I was really impressed with this manga. Excellent story and char development, kept me entertained with funny jokes and play on words, but also with a much deeper meaning behind it all. Don't let the negative comments dissuade you, you will be missing out on an excellent manga. I can't say it enough, I had a lot of fun with this one.

I liked the manga when it was about a teacher troubled because of a confused girll with serious problems at home, all about sensitivity i said...

The end changed it all, i'm not going to spoil you, but i needed to change my coment to say i'm dissapointed. There's no sensitivity anywhere now

What a letdown.

... Last updated on May 28th, 2013, 3:02pm

Reading the comments of some put off by the theme, It seems that apparently elementary teachers never get tempted, and kids don't experiment with their bodies.

A daring theme in this manga indeed. Somehow I'm getting the vibe that the teacher will turn into a full blown pedo and get jailed after. It would definitely be interesting to see if the apparently 'pure motives' of the teacher get twisted after repeated seduction attempts. Then again, I've read far enough to realize the author is going on a roundabout way of explaining love, not sexual love, but love for a fellow human being/child.

It also deals with the question:
Where is the line of showing affection for a child begin and when does it begin to be considered over the top? Will hugs be considered an act of sexual harrasment? If the kid kisses the teacher innocently, must it be a 'dirty' act? Will dads be barred from hugging their daughters or mothers from hugging their sons because it may invoke feelings of passion? Just because there are a few pedophiles who can't differentiate between mature love and child love, we should henceforth ban all kinds of contact between genders just because they 'may' lead to promiscuity?

In this story, the kids are growing into pubescence, and are having crushes on the teacher/each other, coupled with the fact that they started finding out about sex from various sources, and are still unclear about what's acceptable and what is not.

The adults are trying to set a better example, but are also ridden with the problem of how to explain 'love' to children, and how that it doesn't necessarily involve sex, when it's a love between parent and child, or love between a child and a mentor (in this case, the teacher)

The author being a woman, and most of the readers don't get the point of the story, but lambasts it because it shows sexy kids, which shouldn't necessarily provoke any sort of sexual response or embarassment in the first place, unless they are tempted themselves. What next? Dads can't change diapers for their infant daughter because it involves the dad touching/seeing female genetalia upclose? *facepalm*

... Last updated on August 19th, 2012, 10:41pm

Maybe its cause I'm from North America and in NA everything about this manga screams Taboo. But its interesting to see a situation that could not and should not ever happen. Though it would be nice to not have to see little girls pose nude every other page

people get turned off by the sole idea its love between a 3rd grader and a 23 year old. western society say "loli can influence paedophilia" yet they mass produce movies with sex scenes where we can also argue "sex can influence rapists". be open minded and you might understand from this manga that society has a biased view on some meaningful produce.

Do not listen to the haters, this is a well put together story far from the best but is pretty damn good however the subject matter is not for everyone and its only for those that can keep a mind mind about it, Most of the low raters, do not like the content and are just proving to be arrogant do not follow their flow, like I said this is not for everyone but its still a pretty deceit story even with the loli content and ecchi.