Jou-san no Hatsukoi! (Jou-san's First Love!)
Part 1: I'm Going To Do It!
A shadowy person was sitting down on a couch, holding a book that seemed to resemble a photo album. The person was sighing, looking through it. The person then jumped, realizing that they weren't alone.
"Oh, hello there," the person said, closing up the photo album. "You all scared me."
The person put the photo album down.
"I guess you all are wondering what I was looking at."
The readers all nodded.
"Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to tell you the story behind the photos in that photo album."
The photos were that of a boy and a girl, who seemed to be a nice, loving couple.
"I bet you all think that they are cute," the person said.
All of the girls of the audience went, "Kawaii!!" (Cute!)
"I expected that," the person said with a small chuckle.
The person realized that the readers were growing restless.
"Okay, I will tell you the story of a boy and how he goes through so
many obstacles and embarassing situations, just to obtain the love of a
certain girl. He has had a crush on this girl for quite some time, but
let us start from the beginning, where we will find out more about this
boy and his very first love..."
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*White Day was right around the corner and everyone was excited and
looking forward to the well awaited holiday. This was the day that the
boys were giving presents and chocolates to the girls that they have received
gifts from on Valentine's Day.
As for our Odaiba boys, they were all wrapped up in the gift giving thing as well as trying to get a gift for the girls they admired most or were interested in romantically.
Not the now, 18-year-old, Kido Jou or his 16-year-old companion, Izumi Koushirou. Neither boy was particularly popular and they were pretty much shy around girls.
Koushirou wasn't too interested in girls period, so he says. "I do not have time for them," he would say. We all know better, though. For Koushirou had, had a crush on a girl once, but accidentally blabbed that he did while with the girl. The girl, however, did not feel the same way back and only thought of him as a friend. That had upset the boy terribly, even though he never showed it.
After that one bad incident, he promised himself that he would never allow himself to fall for another girl again, even though the one girl he had, had the crush on, never went away. He has remained friends with the girl, but it still hurt him that nothing more could come out of that. The only good thing about this is that nobody else knew about his crush on the girl, only the girl knew about it.
Jou, on the other hand, was ready for romance and had been for the past couple of years. The only problem, was the actual person he had been crushing on for the past few years. The outgoing, popular 16-year-old, Tachikawa Mimi. The older boy had finally gotten the nerve to try and ask the younger girl out.
"Aww, who am I kidding," the boy frowned. "There is no way I could ever get her to like me the way I like her. She likes popular guys."
Jou was sitting in the Odaiba Public Library, pondering and trying to figure out what he should do, ignoring his Physics homework. He really needed some advice on what to do and decided to get some advice, even if it meant putting his studies on hold for a while. He then thought about whom he could ask to get advice from.
"I guess I could go and ask Koushirou for some advice..."
Jou shook his head and decided not to. He knew what Koushirou's views of love and romance were and they were all pretty negative. He always wondered why Koushirou had such a negative attitude when it came to romance. He felt sorry for the boy, but he decided not to worry about his redheaded friend and to worry about his pretty, tan-haired one.
"I can't worry about Koushirou right now!" the boy said in a determined voice. "I have to find a way to get Mimi to notice me!"
With that, the boy got out of his chair and exited the library. He knew
the perfect person to get advice from. His good friend, Yamato...
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Note 1: What is White Day you all ask? Well, White Day is like the mirror of St. Valentine's Day in Japan. In Japan, on Valentine's, the girls give boys chocolates and stuff to whomever they admire, or their male friends, etc. White Day is the opposite where the boys give gifts or chocolates to the girls. As you already know, Valentine's is February 14, White Day is excatly a month later, March 14.
Giri Chocolates are given to male friends on Valentine's by the girls. It's given to those they aren't romantically interested in pretty much. You know, like in Elementary School, we all gave everyone in our class a Valentine, that type of thing, so that no one will feel left out. Giri Chocolates are given to guys in the same sense; so that no guy would feel left out. Another name for "Giri Chocolates," is "Obligation Chocolates."
Honmei Chocolates or special gifts are given to a girl's actual romantic interest on St. Valentine's Day. To prove to the guy that they are really special to the girl, Honmei Chocolates are sometimes homemade. Homemade things are much more meaningful in Japanese culture and shows that you really care about the person you made it for since they went through the trouble to do it.
