Hachimitsu ni Hatsukoi (ハチミツにはつこい, lit. "First Love Like Honey") is a Japanese slice of liferomanceshōjo manga series written and illustrated by Ai Minase and serialized on Shogakukan's Shōjo Comic magazine.[1][2] 12 volumes were published.[3] It is published in France by Panini.[4]
Volume 1 reached the 35th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and, as of December 2, 2012, has sold 25,522 copies;[2] volume 2 reached the 41st place and, as of December 30, 2012, has sold 27,923 copies;[5] volume 5 reached the 16th place[6] and, as of October 6, 2013, has sold 71,993 copies;[7] volume 6 reached the 11th place and, as of February 2, 2014, has sold 76,972 copies;[8] volume 7 reached the 12th place[9] and, as of April 6, 2014, has sold 92,459 copies;[10] volume 8 reached the 20th place and, as of August 3, 2014, has sold 76,089 copies;[11] volume 9 reached the 26th place[12] and, as of October 5, 2014, has sold 73,490 copies;[13] volume 11 reached the 17th place[14] and, as of April 5, 2015, had sold 81,481 copies.[15]
The staff at manga-news.com gave the French edition a grade of 16 out of 20.[4] On Manga Sanctuary, one of the staff members gave it a grade of 5 out of 10.[16]
