:Love Roma

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| image = Love Roma Volume 1.jpg

| caption = Cover of the first volume

| ja_kanji = ラブロマ

| ja_romaji = Rabu Roma

| genre = Romantic comedy{{cite web|script-title=ja:ラブロマ|url=https://mangapedia.com/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%96%E3%83%AD%E3%83%9E-hd4hwjcre|website=Mangapedia|access-date=May 29, 2024|language=ja}}

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Print

| type = manga

| author = {{ill|Minoru Toyoda|ja|とよ田みのる}}

| publisher = {{ubl|Kodansha (former)|Shogakukan}}

| publisher_en = {{English anime licensee|NA=Del Rey Manga}}

| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Seinen}}

| magazine = Monthly Afternoon

| first = 2003

| last = 2005

| volumes = 5

| volume_list =

}}

{{nihongo|Love Roma|ラブロマ|Rabu Roma|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Minoru Toyoda. It was serialized in Kodansha's magazine Monthly Afternoon from 2003 to 2005 and published in five volumes.

Plot

In the middle of class, Hoshino asks Negishi to go out with him. Negishi refuses, so they settle on walking home together, to the amusement of the class. The next day, Negishi asks Hoshino to go out with her.

Characters

; {{Nihongo|Hajime Hoshino|星野一|Hoshino Hajime}}

: An honest guy who always says what he thinks. He has loved Negishi since the first moment he saw her, but he did not have the courage to act upon according to his feelings; from that moment on, he decided he would always be honest.

; {{Nihongo|Yumiko Negishi|根岸由美子|Negishi Yumiko}}

: The girl Hoshino loves; she has more common sense than he does, and thus she often slaps or punches him out of embarrassment. She gets embarrassed when their relationship is put on display to the high school public. Negishi is a horrible cook who can barely make any edible food.

; {{Nihongo|Yoko Meguro|目黒陽子|Meguro Yoko}}

: Negishi's best friend. She often thinks of absurd plans for Hoshino. Despite this, she supports their relationship.

; {{Nihongo|Toshio Tsukahara|塚原敏男|Tsukahara Toshio}}

: Hoshino's best friend. Unlike Hoshino, he tends to be rational in his decision-making. Although he generally sees through Yoko's pranks he stays silent, preferring to be the onlooker.

; {{Nihongo|Wada|和田さん|}}

: A member of the Occult Research Club.

; {{Nihongo|Yoshitsune|水元義経|}}

: A member of Tsukahara's band and Hoshino's classmate.

Publication

Written and illustrated by {{ill|Minoru Toyoda|ja|とよ田みのる}}, the series originated as a one-shot that won the {{ill|Afternoon Shiki Award's|ja|アフタヌーン四季賞}} Grand Prize. The one-shot was turned into a full series, which began serialization in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon in 2003.{{cite web|script-title=ja:「ラブロマ」新装版1巻「タケヲ」新刊、とよ田みのる同発|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/76378|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|date=September 12, 2012|access-date=May 29, 2024|language=ja}} The series completed serialization in 2005. Its individual chapters were collected into five {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes. In 2012, Shogakukan began re-releasing the volumes.

In February 2005, Del Rey Manga announced that they licensed the series for English publication.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-02-25/new-manga-licenses|title=New Manga Licenses|website=Anime News Network|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|date=February 25, 2005|access-date=January 2, 2010}}

=Volumes=

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|Language = Japanese

|Width = 100%

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{{Graphic novel list

|VolumeNumber = 1

|OriginalRelDate = September 18, 2003{{cite web|script-title=ja:ラブロマ（１）|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000030239|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=May 29, 2024|language=ja}}

|OriginalISBN = 978-4-06-314330-0

|LicensedRelDate = August 30, 2005{{cite web|title=Love Roma|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/manga/catalog/results.pperl?authorid=68548|publisher=Del Rey Manga|access-date=May 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080701181251/http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/manga/catalog/results.pperl?authorid=68548|archive-date=July 1, 2008|url-status=usurped}}

|LicensedISBN = 978-0-34-548262-4

}}

{{Graphic novel list

|VolumeNumber = 2

|OriginalRelDate = April 23, 2004{{cite web|script-title=ja:ラブロマ（２）|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000030255|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=May 29, 2024|language=ja}}

|OriginalISBN = 978-4-06-314346-1

|LicensedRelDate = January 2006

|LicensedISBN = 978-0-34-548263-1

}}

{{Graphic novel list

|VolumeNumber = 3

|OriginalRelDate = September 22, 2004{{cite web|script-title=ja:ラブロマ（３）|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000030263|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=May 29, 2024|language=ja}}

|OriginalISBN = 978-4-06-314354-6

|LicensedRelDate = June 2006

|LicensedISBN = 978-0-34-548264-8

}}

{{Graphic novel list

|VolumeNumber = 4

|OriginalRelDate = April 22, 2005{{cite web|script-title=ja:ラブロマ（４）|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000030281|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=May 29, 2024|language=ja}}

|OriginalISBN = 978-4-06-314375-1

|LicensedRelDate = October 2006

|LicensedISBN = 978-0-34-548265-5

}}

{{Graphic novel list

|VolumeNumber = 5

|OriginalRelDate = December 22, 2005{{cite web|script-title=ja:ラブロマ（５）　＜完＞|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000030302|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=May 29, 2024|language=ja}}

|OriginalISBN = 978-4-06-314397-3

|LicensedRelDate = February 2007

|LicensedISBN = 978-0-34-549251-7

}}

Reception

Carl Kimlinger of Anime News Network described it as a "warm, honest adolescent love story", while also stating that it can be repetitive at times.{{cite web|title=Review: Love Roma G.novel 1-3|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/love-roma/g.novel-1|website=Anime News Network|last=Kimlinger|first=Carl|date=December 23, 2006|access-date=May 29, 2024}} A reviewer for Publishers Weekly expressed similar opinions on the story as Kimlinger. They also compared the illustrations to those of John Porcellino and Jeffrey Brown.{{cite web|title=Love Roma Book 1|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780345482624|website=Publishers Weekly|date=September 2005|access-date=May 29, 2024}} In Manga: The Complete Guide, Jason Thompson wrote that the artwork, which he felt was similar to indie comics, complemented the story well.{{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Jason|author-link=Jason Thompson (writer)|title=Manga: The Complete Guide|type=Google Play Books|date=July 3, 2012|publisher=Del Rey Books|isbn=978-0-34-553944-1|page=226}}