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Let's Fall in Love
Plot

Let's Fall in Love is a manga written by Sakiko Yumeno and published by Monthly Girls' Romance. It features the characters Saburou Suzuki, Mamiko, Waka, and Oze.

Manga[]

The plot mostly consists of Mamiko, an average girl, trying to win the popular Suzuki's affections, as she is in love with him. It also features the relationship between two of its supporting characters, Oze and Waka.

According to the Monthly Girls' Romance editing staff, the story features no exceptional elements, a flat main character, and is described to be a very "typical shoujo manga". Despite this description, the manga sells fairly well, reaching at least 10 volumes so far. Its most popular demographic is among middle school girls, such as Yumeko Nozaki and Rei Kashima, but it does not sell well among males because of its art style.

Author[]

Umetarou Nozaki, pen name Yumeno Sakiko, is the author of Let's Fall in Love. He got into the shoujo genre via his little sister, Yumeko Nozaki,[1] and eventually fell into the hobby of drawing manga.[2]

Though Umetarou Nozaki is a 6-foot high school male, he tries to preserve the image of Yumeno Sakiko, a cute, female high school student. Yumeno Sakiko is known for her short pigtails, and fans believe that she is in possession of a pink, frilly handkerchief with heart patterns. She receives various fan-mails and fan-art from her readers.

After his debut, Nozaki decided to live alone to focus on his manga career during his high school years. Most of Yumeno's earlier works avoided the usage of backgrounds because he did not have a background artist at the time. Conceptualization for Let's Fall in Love started in his first year of high school.

"Let's Fall in Love" Assistants[]

Mikoto Mikoshiba[]

Mikoshiba was the first assistant that Nozaki recruited for his manga. The two met while Nozaki was looking for a character basis for the main heroine, Mamiko. He is in charge of drawing flowers and special effects.

Masayuki Hori[]

Hori was the second person recruited for the manga. He is in charge of the backgrounds, and often stays at Nozaki's apartment late at night to do work, because of club activities that he must attend after school. In return for drawing the backgrounds, Hori receives play scripts for the Drama Club. Nozaki himself is very incompetent in drawing backgrounds. He and Nozaki work together in gathering pictures for background references.

Chiyo Sakura[]

Sakura was the third person recruited to assist with the manga. She is in charge of doing the beta. After her supposed "confession", Nozaki had brought her to his apartment and asked her to ink in his sketches. Her skills were first acknowledged by him when he saw Art Club posters that she had drawn around campus. Sakura is known to use traditional brushes instead of brush pens because she specializes in watercolor.

Hirotaka Wakamatsu[]

Wakamatsu was the fourth person recruited for the manga. He used to be in charge of erasing sketch lines, but was promoted to screentone work. When Wakamatsu had been speaking to Nozaki about his insomnia, Nozaki asked if he wanted to come over to his house and talk about it. Wakamatsu asked if they'd play games together but Nozaki said that they were going to be working on his manga.

Mitsuya Maeno[]

Maeno was the previous editor-in-chief for Nozaki's manga debut. Maeno's total work incompetence and narcissist attitude made Nozaki's early career a living hell, so Nozaki absolutely detests him. Nozaki reacts grimly towards any chance of working with Maeno again, which in turn makes him eternally grateful for his current editor, Ken Miyamae.

Ken Miyamae[]

Ken is the current editor-in-chief for Nozaki's manga. They started working together after Nozaki made a complaint, saying Maeno was unreliable and took extremely long to reply to his messages. Nozaki was extremely wary of Ken when they had first met until Ken started speaking about his manga, displaying his knowledge of the characters, including the minor ones, which allowed him to earn Nozaki's trust.

"Let's Fall in Love" Characters[]

Saburou Suzuki[]

Suzuki is the main protagonist of the series. He is known as the prince of his school, and initially does not know who Mamiko is, but reciprocates her feelings later in the series. He is Nozaki's original character and the only one that can be drawn without a real-life reference or basis.

Mamiko[]

Mamiko is the main heroine of the series. She is in love with Suzuki, and the series largely revolves around their relationship. Her personality is based off Mikoto Mikoshiba, while her appearance is unconsciously modeled from Chiyo Sakura.

Oze[]

Oze is a supporting character based off Yuzuki Seo. Although he treats Waka callously in-person, he anonymously supports her through phone calls.

Waka[]

Waka is a supporting character based off Hirotaka Wakamatsu. Her storyline revolves around her interaction with Oze.

Tenjouji[]

Utahiko Tenjouji is a rich scion archetype character, intended to be Suzuki's rival. Nozaki believes his position as #1 in the popularity polls is due to him being smart, aggressive, and the mature ore-sama type, when in reality his readers are attracted to the fact that he is kind of dumb.[3]

Yoshino-sensei[]

Yoshino-sensei is a handsome teacher in the series who managed to rank 2nd place ahead of both Mamiko and Suzuki in the popularity poll. It is implied that Nozaki wrote in a "Teacher's Scandal" plotline in order to reduce Yoshino's popularity and help Suzuki rise in the polls.[3]

Others[]

Additional unnamed characters include:

  • A homeroom teacher who is liked by one Art Club member
  • An underclassman who was rejected by Mamiko
  • A background character who was drawn by Yukari Miyako

Character Gallery[]

References[]

  1. Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Fanbook: GSNK Q&A: Nozaki Umetarou
  2. Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun: Episode
  3. 3.0 3.1 Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun: Chapter 113
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