Koibana! - Koiseyo Hanabi

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Meet Hanabi Marui, our heroine who hates boys more than anything in the world!! When she has to decide which high school to apply to, she does it without giving it any thought – it’s going to be an all-girls school! However, life’s not always as easy. Due to a sudden fever she misses the entrance exam and ends up going to a school that consists of mostly boys! How will Hanabi deal with this situation…?

Type

Manga

Related Series

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Associated Names

Koibana - L'amour malgré tout (French)

Koibana! Koiseyo Hanabi

KOIBANA!戀愛吧花火

Love Story! Fall in Love, Hanabi

コイバナ! 恋せよ花火

恋爱吧,花火!

코이바나

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Latest Release(s)

v.10 c.67 (end) by Misty Rain Scans 8 years ago

v.10 c.65-66 by Misty Rain Scans 8 years ago

v.10 c.64 by Misty Rain Scans 8 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

10 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

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Forum

1 topics, 1 posts

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User Rating

Average: 7 / 10.0 (435 votes)

Bayesian Average: 6.95 / 10.0

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Last Updated

June 20th, 2024 1:54pm PDT - 10 months ago

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Genre

Comedy Romance School Life Shoujo
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Author(s)

Nanaji Nagamu

Artist(s)

NANAJI Nagamu

Year

2007

Original Publisher

Shueisha

Serialized In (magazine)

Margaret (Shueisha)

Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #682

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Monthly Pos #1645

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3 Month Pos #3582

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6 Month Pos #5007 (No change)

Year Pos #7176

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Does Chikai fell in love with Hanabi at the beginning?

4 years ago

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Stuck on chapter 11

by Cheribae
13 years ago

Rating: N/A

After chapter 10, it felt like it was missing a couple of chapters.. I don't know if that's a mistake or if it was on purpose, but I didn't want to continue reading it like that. I tried to, but it bothered me too much.

Two things I did not like about the manga:

Their classes are like club activity classes..? I don't know how to explain, but it felt like they don't have any core classes (math, science, etc.) Like their main classes are cooking, construction, business and whatever. It felt like they're already taking college programs. And seriously..what is up with the love class? -_____-"
The cause/reason for her phobia is pretty weak. I can understand why she hates it, but to react so extremely towards their voice, hair, and other things is a bit too much.

It felt so unrealistic. I also don't like how the mangaka developed the relationship between Hanabi and Chikai. Story is alright from what I read so far.

... Last updated 13 years ago

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Good up to a point...

by jeffreymgibson
7 years ago

Rating: N/A

I really enjoyed about the first 40 chapters. The main heroine seemed to work through her issues and even though it was slow, the characters were developing and growing. It seemed like everything was heading in the right direction and going well Then the last 20 or 25 chapters, the heroine finally accomplishes her goals and all of a sudden she can’t deal with her feelings anymore causing all sorts of ridiculous drama. The the Mangaka keeps switch to all the uninteresting side characters. It’s like you get a page of the main couple, then it switches to 3 or 4 pages of the side characters before it returns back to the main characters and goes on right until the last page where we are left with a rushed ending. Not only that, the couples problems are never 100% resolved which leaves us with a very unsatisfying ending. I read the entire thing in one sitting and during the first half I was thinking how this was one of the better shojo comics, but those feeling were quickly destroyed by the 2nd half. The art was nice though. The Main heroine was cute. The side characters were not impressive at all and I didn’t really care a thing about them.

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cute but lacking

by kawaiiairbender
17 years ago

Rating: N/A

Hmm the story seems a bit disjointed, like sometimes your missing a scene or some dialouge. I'm not sure if that is because of scanlators or the mangaka though. The plot is a little thin at this point but it holds potential. On a nicer point the art is quite pretty.

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chapter 11?

by MySwirl
16 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

I read up to chapter 10 until now and I don't know if I like it or nor, because the beginning is very interisting. But I really dislike this teacher "Ami-Hime", shes getting on my nerve and I'm fed up with these typical Shojo-boys like Chikai. They're always Bishounen, cool, hot and kind of.... "aloof". That's why I like Sassa-kun so much. He's different. The charakter of "Hanabi" isn't new, you can find it in many other shojo-mangas: heroine hates boys, but what will happen, when the hot, cool and most famous guy in school appears...? But I think, it's a nice story because the art is so sweet and there are some characters I'm wondering what will happen to them.
Edit: it's getting a little thrilling after chapter 13, please translate more <3

... Last updated 15 years ago

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love this!

by hematitecrow
17 years ago

Rating: N/A

cute!! really cute! i love this manga! please continue reading if you are reading halfway. and please read this if you are considering whether or not to read it! it's dang good!! 1000000 thumbs up!!!!!!!

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boo.

by neine
17 years ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

ok, an update after reading till chapter 22 (the raws though, not the subs)

the storyline is just so frustrating! All it's doing is going in circles, and there doesn't seem to be a point to the story even at chapter 22. Unlike Parfait Tic, I find it impossible to connect with Hanabi and the rest of the characters, and the element of 'mystery' that Nanaji Sensei is trying to incorporate just bogs down the plot.

Bummer Number 1:
Although there are some little hints of something going on with several characters (hints of possible love triangles maybe) and several new characters, Nanaji sensei doesn't seem to know where she's heading with all these loose ends. It's really quite apparant this time that she's making up the story as she goes along.

Like I mentioned, she seems to be injecting 'mystery' to fuel the plot and hook readers. But all it does is alienate the characters from me. Without knowing what their goals and motivations are, I find it a waste of my emotions to cheer the characters on; I don't even know what I should be cheering for! Empathy is zero.

Use of suspense and cliffhangers are always good, but not when said cliffhanger is mentioned once or twice at chapter 10, but is not even addressed all the way up to chapter 20.

Bummer Number 2:
Hanabi turns out to be a boy-snatcher. Yes, Uno-kun is attached to a girl.

Not much has been mentioned about Uno and girlfriend's relationship, (as usual, Nanaji is using the suspense element to keep the story moving which is just plain tiring, really) but boy-snatchers are just a big nono in my book.

Although Nanaji wants to emphasize on the theme of 'courageous (go-for-it-at-all-costs) love', all that is brought across is Hanabi's selfishness and apparant lack of a decent sense of morale.

Initially she feels is a slight remorse towards the girlfriend (which decent girl wouldn't?), but because of her bordering on obsessive love towards Uno, she refuses to back down. I actually cheered for poor girlfriend, when Hanabi received a sound slap, at the end of Chapter 22. What could I say except that she deserved it.

To sum it up, I would carry on reading only because the earlier bits of hinted mysteries are still unsolved and that chews on my brain a little. Other than that, characters are not that likeable, plot is too haphazard. For fans like me who are looking forward to Nanaji's sunshine stories of teenage love, be prepared for a darker and moody undertone peppered with angst, in this edition. Only the art is as always a joy to view. 4/10 this time.

... Last updated 16 years ago

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Misunderstanding

by nahlamarie
4 years ago

Rating: N/A

[spoiler] At the first place when the manga just started to be scan I immediately liked the idea of a high school girl having problems and confidence regarding the opposite sex. So what I understood is more like she was not androphobia but more shy and immature by the thought of having young male growing up into MEN and so looking to date a girl and have the relationship really close which I do understand since I was a bit like that when I was younger, knowing that they thought a lot about sex, having desire and to hug all the time. That's one point of the story and the thing I didn't really like is how long it took for them to get really close and having more feelings showing up from Chikai side. I mean the story could have been really great as well if we could have understand more if Chikai did started to like Hanabi at the beginning already, even though he had a girlfriend? We didn't have enough explanation from Chikai to know when he started to like her, was Hanabi the cause of their breakup as well?
The other thing is the main protagonist Hanabi who doesn't have any proud and esteem by pursuing a guy who is already dated someone....I mean she love is complicated so we can't judge but she should have been straight from the beginning and asking him Is it necessary for me to continue to love you? Because he didn't really reject her, he just said like oh I have a girlfriend as you know so what will you do? when you reject someone after knowing they love you, you should say sorry but that's not gonna work. That's why I am so confused and would have like at least an explanation about that. [spoiler]

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Totally agree with mangalover...

by CL-gurl
16 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I just read the 4th volume and i said the same thing to my sister. Chikai is definitely the combination of Daiya and Ichi, he got this cool side of Ichi sometimes and yet he can be cunning like Daiya at the same time....
So far i like it... And the twist that the mangaka made about Sasa-kun is sooooo GOOD... Nicely done... ^^

... Last updated 16 years ago

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mm..

by dane_mangamanic
17 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

ooh i've just read the first chapter..

it was pretty cool and unique..
though it seems confusing but i think ds s a gud manga..

well we cant say anything yet but try reading ds one.. ^^

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DENSE, ANNOYING, AND ...

by Teabag
8 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

THIS GIRL... I honestly read around 5 or 6 chapters and dropped it right after. This protagonist is almost the "crush" of 2 or more guys, but she has no redeeming characteristics. Seriously, she is pretty dense too... which makes situations much worse. Oh well, I guess it's not my cup of tea. And Uno Chikai plays a model for a "not too great" kind of relationship.

... Last updated 8 years ago

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