Love So Life

I would say this is one of my favourite shoujo mangas by far! The art style is gorgeous, the storyline flows well, and the characters have so much growth that it makes you really proud to see how far they’ve come by the end of the series!

The female lead is incredibly likeable from the start. Her personality reminds me a bit of Tohru from Fruits Basket, where she’s been through so much tragedy and you can't help but admire her for still being kind and resillent. There are many shoujo's that portray the female lead as being more masculine and look at any feminine traits as a sign of weakness, but I like that in Love So Life, it's her feminine aspects that are her strengths.

The age gap in the romance part put me off at first, but somehow the mangaka manages to go about it with innocence, where you still find yourself rooting for the pair throughout everything. The only thing is that the ending could have been paced a bit better and it ended up feeling a bit rushed.

Overall I definitely recommend this! I would consider it one of the classics. Incredibly heart-warming and has a lot of life lessons sprinkled in. The art style is also beautiful, the mangaka really focuses on details. Plus anyone would swoon at how adorable the twins are!

First reason why I love this manga is because of the characters ♥ Akane and Aoi are so adorable and I imagine them talking or crying with those cute voices inside my head! Ahhh! Cuteness overload! Anyways, second reason why i love this is because of the story. Whenever I finish another chapter of a really dramatic / tragic / cliffhanger or whatever it is where you have to wait for a month or two for the next chapter, i read this afterwards because I find the story relaxing ♥ So you guys should try to read it to. ^^,

i've totally falling in love with this manga! It's just amazing!
The art is very good and the story is also sweet. Those little twins're so cute, i want to give him a big hug.. lol
And of course? the main characters - Shiharu and Seiji. Shiharu is a very likable characters - kind, clever, open-hearted (i'm so tired of shy or stupids girl as the main characters of shoujo manga), so I really like Shiharu ( she reminds me a little bit of a Teru from Dengeki Daisy - the top of my favourite mangas). And Seiji...well actually I can't give any opinion of this character yet, but i can say one thing - he's so handsome!! I hope it'll be a very sweet love story between those two, and they'll become a cute family)))))

god! it's so hard to wait the next chapters *cry*

Be sure, you'll enjoy this story, cause it's very very good)))

P.S. sorry for mistakes, my english isn't good, but i feel like i have to write this rewiew for sure.

if you want a feel-good manga that is a slice of life but things/character development still happen, this is most likely for you. it’s adorable!

regarding romance, there is a bit of an age gap but it’s not as bad (or squicky) as say, bunny drop’s was. i think it was only like 5 years or something?

the art is beautiful and the lines are very clean. it's also pretty consistent if you care about that. however it does in some moments fall into that shoujo style stiffness or the hands/fingers look awkward. but it’s good enough that you can tell that akane and aoi are children and babies and old people are old people, unlike some other shoujo manga were everyone looks just young.

this is like the ultimate feel-good "everything’s sweet and nothing hurts" manga.

Love So Life is an original manga after my opinion. There is not usual for a manga to have younger children as a part of the main characters, however this manga succeed in having an interesting story even with younger children as such a huge part of the plot line

What i find very amusing about this manga is the characters. Shiharu is a good feel character with a strong spirit. She has been through a lot but is not depressed and a character which need support from those around her. In one way she is quite mature, but emotional immature. The twins are amazing characters and are really my favorites and the drive in the manga. They are so cute and lovable, I think for myself that if I ever get children I would love them to be acting like Akane and Aoi. They show a lot of compassion and still they are very childish and come into disagreements with others in a way which is very usual for children. I find it that the strongest point of the manga is the characters even though there is a few irritating traits with some of them.

When it comes to the story it is as I said original. It also succeeds in the unusual story. However in my opinion it is still not among the best. We only get the insight in Shiharu's life as a babysitter, I understand that the manga is about this part of her life. But it gets easily annoying watching her problems with liking Seiji, and also feeling that my point of view easily gets affected by this. If I got to know about other part of her life would I then be able to rather cheer for Shiharo and Nao as a couple? I feel that I have to want her to be with Seiji, but on the other hand I don't really feel like they are fit for each other.

The romance between Shiharu and Seiji is probably the part I dislike. I am sad to say that I don't like the age difference of 9 years, I have read other mangas with the same age difference between the characters without blinking. But somehow it annoys me in this one. I believe that Siharu's immature part makes me against it, she doesn't understand love and is close to a person who is already been in the field for several years. There has also been shown that Seiji has the thoughts of an adult and probably is ready for a more adult relationship right away than Shiharu. I do not think things will go too fast, but the vibe between them is not the same, and therefore I don't find them that fit for each other. On the other hand the twins makes me want them to be together as a family.

The slow development is probably another reason why I don't find the story that great. They are not moving forward, and it is a slice of life manga following a life with a repeating daily routine, there is sometimes some progress and some sidetracks from this routine. But in the end it is always back into the circle. These sidetracks often show Shiharu's immature side where she is acting childish, and even though she is shown as a mother figure for many in the manga you are not able to imagine her as an actual mature mother.

The art is so-so, it was quite usual and nothing special. I like the art though, but I don't find it especially good, and I believe it to be quite average.

You should not be scared because of the criticism I have given the manga, I enjoy reading it, and am still reading it. I just don't see it as my favorite manga, and I don't believe it to a masterpiece. But it is enjoyable and cute, and worth reading.

I would like to say that this might be the best shoujo manga I have ever read, Shiharu our mc is very independent, like an adult despite still being a teenager, Sei-tan who is also the mc has a unique off/on mode and the twins which are just absolutely contagiously cute to the point of madness. Starting off with those 4, it seems like a great start than your average "girl mc falls in love with guy mc" shoujo manga, instead it seems to me that it was the guy who fell in love with the girl first.

At the start to maybe around Half? Not sure but it's around there where very thing is calm and normal, your daily life. The romance interaction is not really 'up there' yet but it's very realistic, instead of love at first sight! (I know what sei said at the end, but you know what I'm talking about, those shoujo mangas) their relationship builds up slowly but surely, bonding together, getting to now one another better. It was a very relaxing start to the middle.

There's was a chapter in the manga where Aoi and Akane went on an errand. That chapter is absolutely my favourite, I legit felt chills ALL-OVER-MY-BODY, that moment was very precious, the way that Aoi supported Akane and vice versa was just the cutest and most heartwarming scene I have ever read, this shows that they have been brought up well, even though they are just 3 years of age. It was at that moment where I felt "they grow up so fast*sobs*" even though I'm a teenager myself, the magakas did a great job at showing feelings through pictures.

After reading and reaching the end, it was heart breaking and I wanted to cry with them (first time I got so attached to a manga) it honestly feels as if I've been journeying with them throughout the 2 years they spent with sei and shiharu, watching the small twins growing up chapter by chapter, letting them experience things they had never before, and seeing sei and shiharu as romance sprouts between them. I have to applaud the magakas for such an amazing manga, it's a pity that it ended but this manga will be on the top of my list.

Btw i love aoi and akane equally if you ask me to pick between them, I'd like aoi