The World S Greatest First Love Vol 9

A fresh start turns sour after a manga editor's new boss turns out to be his ill-fated first love! When Ritsu Onodera changes jobs, looking for a fresh start, he's not exactly thrilled when his new boss turns out to be his old flame. Ritsu's determined to leave all that in the past—but how can he when his boss is just as determined that they have a future? Manga editor Ritsu Onodera is still working as hard as ever under his relentless editor in chief—and first love—Masamune Takano. And although his skills as an editor continue to improve, his unrealistic goal of being Takano’s equal gets the better of him, causing Ritsu to collapse from overwork. Fed up, Takano declares that, in order to prevent another such collapse, he will now have to manage Ritsu’s private life. Ritsu knows he should be mad, but Takano’s concern for his health touches him in ways he doesn’t care to admit.

A fresh start turns sour after a manga editor's new boss turns out to be his ill-fated first love! When Ritsu Onodera changes jobs, looking for a fresh start, he's not exactly thrilled when his new boss turns out to be his old flame. Ritsu's determined to leave all that in the past—but how can he when his boss is just as determined that they have a future? Emerald manga editor Ritsu Onodera is still putting up with his cantankerous editor in chief—and first love!—Masamune Takano. After much objection, Ritsu’s father finally accepts his decision to break off his engagement with An. On the one hand, Ritsu’s confused about his father’s seeming indifference, while on the other, he wonders if this means he can finally determine his own future…a future with Takano, perhaps?

A fresh start turns sour after a manga editor's new boss turns out to be his ill-fated first love! When Ritsu Onodera changes jobs, looking for a fresh start, he's not exactly thrilled when his new boss turns out to be his old flame. Ritsu's determined to leave all that in the past—but how can he when his boss is just as determined that they have a future? Tired of accusations that family connections got him his current position, Ritsu Onodera quits his job as an editor at his father's company and transfers to Marukawa Publishing. Once there, he is assigned to the shojo manga editorial department—something he has no interest in and no experience with! Having sworn he'd never fall in love again, the last thing he wants to do is work on love stories. To make matters worse, it turns out that his overbearing boss, Masamune Takano, is actually his first love from high school!

A fresh start turns sour after a manga editor's new boss turns out to be his ill-fated first love! When Ritsu Onodera changes jobs, looking for a fresh start, he's not exactly thrilled when his new boss turns out to be his old flame. Ritsu's determined to leave all that in the past—but how can he when his boss is just as determined that they have a future? Manga editor Ritsu Onodera continues working under the guiding hand of his boss and first love, Masamune Takano. After the department’s fun (?) group vacation, Ritsu returns to the familiar hellscape of cycle end at Emerald. On his way to a meeting, he runs into Nao Kiyomiya, an old classmate and the only friend he had after Takano broke his heart. Will Ritsu fess up that the Masamune Saga who emotionally destroyed him in high school and the Masamune Takano he now calls his boss are one and the same?

A fresh start turns sour after a manga editor's new boss turns out to be his ill-fated first love! When Ritsu Onodera changes jobs, looking for a fresh start, he's not exactly thrilled when his new boss turns out to be his old flame. Ritsu's determined to leave all that in the past—but how can he when his boss is just as determined that they have a future? Manga editor Ritsu Onodera still has his nose to the grindstone at Marukawa Publishing’s Emerald shojo magazine under his demanding boss—and first love!—Masamune Takano. But ever since Takano said they should simply have a friends-with-benefits relationship, there’s been a stark line drawn between them. Now reduced to a mere subordinate, Ritsu is left to stew in his own juices. But realizing how he feels has him considering finally telling Takano he loves him. Of course, before he can, he makes himself sick—collapsing right into the arms of Takano himself!

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A fresh start turns sour after a manga editor's new boss turns out to be his ill-fated first love! When Ritsu Onodera changes jobs, looking for a fresh start, he's not exactly thrilled when his new boss turns out to be his old flame. Ritsu's determined to leave all that in the past—but how can he when his boss is just as determined that they have a future? Manga editor Ritsu Onodera is still burning the candle at both ends for Marukawa Publishing’s Emerald shojo magazine and his grueling boss—and first love!—Masamune Takano. After Ritsu’s old high school friend Nao professes his love for him, Ritsu realizes he can no longer deny his feelings for Takano. But when Takano finds out that Ritsu still has hang-ups over their past, he flips, suggesting a way to help him get over them once and for all…a friends-with-benefits relationship?!