Hotsukoi Limited (First Love Limited.)

Okay. First of all, this anime is a bit "revealing" if you get what I mean but even so, the storyline and plot of the story is very interesting and I like it very much. It goes as 8 school girls (5 in middle school, 3 in high school) experience their first love.

The 8 girls:
~Ayumi Arihara
~Kei Enomoto
~Koyoi Bessho
~Rika Dobashi
~Nao Chikura
~Misaki Yamamoto (high school student)
~Yuu Enomoto (high school student)
~Meguru Watase (high school student)

The episode starts as all of them walked home together and started talking about first love and love confessions. One girl-Ayumi, was talking about how it would be like having a guy confessed to her and how happy she would be if one did. She didn't know that in the middle on nowhere, Zaitsu Misao (high schooler) appeared out of no where and confessed to her. Zaitsu Misao is no ordinary person. He is huge and gives off a scary aura like a giant. She didn't want to reject him because she was afraid of what would happen if she did. Misoa then started to follow her to school everyday and follow her back to her house too. She felt annoyed by it and told him to stop. She then got into trouble as she was kidnapped by Misao's enemies as they want to use her as bait to lure him into their base and beat him up. Things didn't go as plan but everything turned out well. Ayumi doesn't like Misao but she likes his younger brother, Mamoru, who happens to be in the same class as her. It all started when he carried her to the infirmary as she was not feeling well. Misao still hasn't got his reply from Ayumi whether she agrees to go out with him or not. Even though she told him to stop following her from to school and back home, he still does it in secret to make sure she's safe. The story then continues as other character in the episode start to develop feelings for the girls.

Mamoru

Misao

                                           
The boys:
~Etsu Kusuda
~Haruto Terai
~Hiroyuki Sagobe
~Yuuji Arihara (high school student)
~Yoshihiko Bessho (high school student)
~Mamoru Zaitsu
~Misao Zaitsu (high school student)

These boys started to develop feelings for the girls. I especially liked the fact where one of the girls-Kei Enomoto said that she liked boys based on their looks. She always said that looks were the most important thing. That was before she fell for Etsu Kusuda. She calls him "kappa face" and he calls her an old lady. She's always mean to him and doesn't like him very much but she soon develop feelings for him and so did he for her.

Enomoto and Kusuda

Haruto Terai. He is basically what you call a nerd. He doesn't excel in sports very well but he is trying hard to impress Rika Dobashi- a girl who has a great sport talent. They are in the same club which is the tennis club and Terai was having problems since he couldn't even hit the tennis ball. Rika felt sorry for him and trained him to become a better player. The training paid off and Terai was able to play tennis quite well. He then confessed to her saying that he likes her and he wises that he didn't improve so that she could go on training him, another way of saying spending time with him. Surprisingly, Rika didn't reject him but told him that they should start going out together.

Terai and Rika

To phrase things short, the other boys also found feelings for the girls. Hiroyuki Sagobe fell for Nao Chikura when he bumped into her in front of the class doorway. It was a hard bump. He fell down and his glasses came off. Chikura apologized and helped him put his glasses back on. Sagobe fell in love according to the soft, gentle way she spoke to him. As for Mamoru Zaitsu, he didn't have any feelings for Ayumi but he had feelings for Misaki Yamamoto. Even though she was a high school student and he was only in middle school, he still had a crush for her and wished that she would see him as a man and not as a younger brother as she lives next door. This is when a love triangle breaks in between Yoshihiki Bessho, Yuuji Arihara and Misaki Yamamoto.

The diagram that explains everything

In the beginning, Misaki did not want to be in love as it was troublesome and would only cause pain.But, after Yuuji Arihara gave her a lollipop to make his theory clear that his sister was won over by candy, she fell in love with him. Of course Yuuji didn't have any feelings for her. He just wanted to clarify his theory. The person who like Misaki other than Mamoru is Yoshihiko. If you guys can see the love triangle, it is very complicated (=.=) It's like A love B but B love C but C love D and it goes on and on and on. In the end of the series, things started to work out. Sogabe confessed to Chikura but since she didn't feel the same way towwards him, they did not start dating. Kusuda shouted that he loved Enomoto and in returned she confessed to him that she felt the same way. Everything  worked out and as for those who didn't get to be with the ones they like, she started to consider other possibilities. Yuuji Arihara who didn't like Misaki started to let his sister go after she saw that she had feelings for Mamoru and wanted to get closer to Misaki. Ayumi knew that Mamoru was never going to like her as long as he still liked Miskai so she considered going out with his elder brother-Misao.

There are also other characters in the story who experience the same thing but they are not the main characters. Those characters are Takei and Yukito Renjou. Meguru watase is actually a olympic level swimmer when she was a middle school student. She stopped swimming when she entered high school as she disliked wearing a swimsuit and feels awkward when people stare at her. She likes Takei who happens to also be from her middle school. She tries hard to impress him and wants him to see her as a woman. Not a rival. Yukito Renjou goes to Kaitei High Schol. Chikura Nao admires his painting that is displayed in the art room and wants to create a painting like that. Renjou went to her school and saw her painting in the art room. The became close as he helped her finish her painting.

Renjou and Chikura


This anime is very interesting as it explains how first love can be complicated and unpredictable. It may not be what you think. So ....Are you in love?

Enjoy Hatsukoi Limited~