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Three couples, three intense romances: a student’s tutor crosses the line, a loner meets a force of nature, and a carefree man faces love he can’t ignore.


Sekaiichi Hatsukoi follows three couples that are interconnected within the manga industry, with each being subject to the budding of first love.

Tomoaki Maeno
Yukina, Kou (voice)

Hiroshi Kamiya
Yanase, Yuu (voice)

Shinnosuke Tachibana
Yoshino, Chiaki (voice)

Yuichi Nakamura
Hatori, Yoshiyuki (voice)

Toshiyuki Morikawa
Isaka, Ryuuichirou (voice)

Koji Yusa
Otoko

Katsuyuki Konishi
Takano, Masamune (voice)

Takashi Kondo
Onodera, Ritsu (voice)

Kenyu Horiuchi
Yokozawa, Takafumi (voice)

Nobuhiko Okamoto
Kisa, Shouta (voice)
Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi: The World's Greatest First Love is a animation, drama, comedy series that first aired in 2011 exploring themes of romance, slice of life, based on manga, art, first love, editor. Created by Rika Nakase, it stars Tomoaki Maeno, Hiroshi Kamiya, Shinnosuke Tachibana. Sekaiichi Hatsukoi follows three couples that are interconnected within the manga industry, with each being subject to the budding of first love.
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