Nezumi's First Love
Japanese manga series
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Nezumi's First Love (ねずみの初恋, Nezumi no Hatsukoi) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Riku Oseto. It began serialization in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine in November 2023.
| Nezumi's First Love | |
First tankōbon volume cover | |
| ねずみの初恋 (Nezumi no Hatsukoi) | |
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| Genre | Romantic thriller[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Riku Oseto |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Young Magazine KC Special |
| Magazine | Weekly Young Magazine |
| Original run | November 6, 2023 – present |
| Volumes | 9 |
Plot
Nezumi, a young girl trained as an assassin by the yakuza, is at an arcade trying out a claw machine when she meets Ao, another boy trying out the machines. They later meet again, where he gives her the plush he won. Nezumi, who due to her difficult upbringing has never experienced love, is surprised when Ao confesses to her. She accepts and the two start living together, with Nezumi dealing with both their relationship and her own work and past life.
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Riku Oseto, Nezumi's First Love began serialization in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine on November 6, 2023.[2] The series will enter its final arc on May 18, 2026.[3] Its chapters have been compiled into nine tankōbon volumes as of March 2026.[4]
During their panel at New York Comic Con 2024, Kodansha USA announced that they had licensed the series for English publication beginning in Q4 2025.[5]
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | North American release date | North American ISBN | ||
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| 1 | March 6, 2024[6] | 978-4-06-534423-1 | October 28, 2025[7] | 978-1-64-729471-7 | ||
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| 2 | June 6, 2024[8] | 978-4-06-535825-2 | January 20, 2026[9] | 978-1-64-729506-6 | ||
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| 3 | September 5, 2024[10] | 978-4-06-536880-0 | March 24, 2026[11] | 978-1-64-729593-6 | ||
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| 4 | December 6, 2024[12] | 978-4-06-537865-6 | June 16, 2026[13] | 978-1-64-729594-3 | ||
| 5 | March 6, 2025[14] | 978-4-06-538914-0 | September 22, 2026[15] | 978-1-64-729602-5 | ||
| 6 | June 6, 2025[16] | 978-4-06-539947-7 | December 15, 2026[17] | 978-1-64-729646-9 | ||
| 7 | September 5, 2025[18] | 978-4-06-540797-4 | — | — | ||
| 8 | December 5, 2025[19] | 978-4-06-541757-7 | — | — | ||
| 9 | March 6, 2026[4] | 978-4-06-542879-5 | — | — | ||
| 10 | June 5, 2026[20] | 978-4-06-543849-7 | — | — | ||
Other
The series had a collaboration with the band Creep Hyp in a music video of their song "Mamagoto" on May 19, 2025.[21]
Reception
The series was recommended by fellow manga artist Katsuhisa Minami.[22] It was also recommended by the Canadian singer-songwriter The Weeknd.[23]
The series was nominated for the tenth Next Manga Awards in the print category, and ranked 12th out of 41 nominees.[24] Along with Cosmos, the series ranked ninth on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga of 2025 for male readers.[25] The series also ranked eighth in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics list of 2025.[26] It was nominated for the 49th Kodansha Manga Award in the general category in 2025.[27] It has also been nominated for the 50th edition in 2026 in the same category.[28]