LOVE AT FIRST MEMORY, Vol. 1
by Narumi Hasegaki
Available now
There was an era of absolutely unhinged shoujo manga, and I'm sad to say we're largely past it — save perhaps for adaptations of older titles, like this season's Hana-Kimi. As unrealistic and off the wall as they are, and as much as it changes your brain chemistry just to get in the right mode to watch or read, it's kind of delightful in a weird way.
Well, Love at First Memory came out in the last handful of years, and it's bordering on that level of unhinged. In other words, we are so back.
The heroine of the piece is Mia Takanashi, an heiress who had just decided who to marry when she got hit by a car in a freak accident and lost her memory. Now there are four handsome men all claiming that she chose them, and she doesn't know who any of them is! They all have their charms, merits, and flaws. Unfortunately, this is the world of the upper class and big business, so Mia is missing all the context she needed to pick her perfect match.
Oh, and one of these suitors might be a con artist taking advantage of the situation... but he also might be the most interesting of the four.
This first volume of Love at First Memory harkens back to the shoujo manga of the 90s and 00s, with over-the-top circumstances and wild stakes. Hasegaki's art is adorable, with each of Mia's four suitors stylistically different enough to evoke their own brand of charm. If you need grounded, realistic shoujo, this isn't for you. If you like your love stories absolutely unhinged, you must start reading.
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