Boku to Kimi no Taisetsu na Hanashi (Our Precious Conversations)

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Synonyms: An Important Talk Between You and Me, The precious talk of me and you, Miracle☆Gift

Japanese: 僕と君の大切な話

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 7

Chapters: 37

Status: Finished

Published: Aug 24, 2015 to Dec 24, 2019

Genres: Award Winning, Romance

Theme: School

Demographic: Shoujo

Serialization: Dessert

Authors: Robico (Story & Art)

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Ranked: #1067²

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After Nozomi Aizawa follows her crush, Shirou Azuma, from school all the way to the train station, she finally musters the courage to confess to him. Instead of being a romantic moment, she receives an unexpected response from the boy, which progresses into a heated debate between the two.

From that point forward, Nozomi and Shirou continue to meet at the train station and often end up arguing about their opinions on romance or the opposite gender. There is tension in their relationship, but as they carry on with these trivial yet precious conversations, the distance between the two awkward teenagers gradually closes.

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Included one-shot:
Volume 3: Miracle☆Gift

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Boku to Kimi no Taisetsu na Hanashi ranked eighth in the 2017 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! for the Female Readers division. In 2019, the series was nominated for the 43rd Kodansha Manga Award in the Shoujo category; it won the 44th Kodansha Manga Award in the same category the following year.

The series was published digitally in English as Our Precious Conversations by Kodansha Comics USA from May 16, 2017, to October 6, 2020. It was also released in Spanish by Norma Editorial from October 31, 2017, to December 10, 2021.

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Aizawa, Nozomi

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Azuma, Shirou

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Hamada, Harumi

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Takahashi, Takuya

Supporting

Kazuomi, Tamaki

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Sep 20, 2020

sushiisawesome

Recommended

Our Precious Conversations is a series about two characters drawing closer to each other as the name would imply, but there's a lot more nuance than one would expect on a closer look. While much of the series is focused on comedy between the various leads on gags, a lot of what makes it work are the two main characters' genuine reactions to each other's blunders - exaggeration is often kept to a minimum, and characters often progress subtly after jokes as to not repeat those blunders again.

The series emphasizes distance as its main motif, with panels often laying out the closeness or separation ... of characters from each other - which cleverly thematically ties into the manga's focus on communications as a means of understanding the other. Much of the manga is beautifully illustrated and drawn, and this focus on both character expressions as well as character writing helps makes this manga a breeze to read. The side cast is similarly extremely well explored, with Nozomin in particular being a standout and my favorite female character in this series

The series' main theme, however, is the breaking of stereotypes and assumptions both characters have about each other - Azuma makes broad, sweeping and often sexist assumptions over what kind of person Aizawa is, but these assumptions add much to the narrative by highlighting both his inexperience as well as his awkwardness with women in general, and get toned down in much of the latter half of the manga as he slowly grows to love her back. In a similar vein, Aizawa is immediately refreshing compared to her shoujo contemporaries by actually confessing to Azuma from chapter 1, yet lacks the confidence to express herself in other ways, being fairly pleasant yet passive as she often refuses to take the lead in conversations with Azuma. These dynamics shift and progress in a positive way as the series goes on, highlighting her gaining confidence in herself as well as taking a more proactive role in their dynamics.

Azuma's character arc is of interest to note, as his blunt and often inappropriate dialogue where he'd stick his foot in his mouth would be the breaking point between one enjoying this manga or completely despising it. Personally, I found his mannerisms entertaining but can somewhat understand why many wouldn't - particularly considering that a lot of his assumptions can easily offend wide portions of this series' audience. Despite that, his apparent straightforwardness by being a man of action that is somehow a stick in the mud won me over, yet this is highlighted as a character flaw the longer the series goes on; he's awfully inconsiderate of other people's feelings, being fairly introverted at the beginning of the story and limiting his interactions with most women to simply tell them off over breaking the rules. This slowly yet surely defrosts, highlighting someone that's afraid of showing any kind of weakness to others, with his character arc emphasizing the need to lean on those he loves in order to not carry burdens alone. He's not as honest as it seems, often disguising his feelings under a layer of embarrassment, yet this changes, tying his character arc about expressing himself rather cleverly with his aspirations to become a writer, making his growth as a character tied to his growth as a writer - his outward personality changing through his interactions with Aizawa, impacting his own talent as a writer. This makes the person he is by the end of the series a separate person from who he was at the beginning, becoming more considerate, empathetic yet honest. His character arc is the best in the series yet unfortunately can easily leave a bad impression due to how his character is introduced - even if thematically relevant and an intentional flaw he outgrows.

In a similar vein, Aizawa starts the series being unable to communicate efficiently with Azuma, being a more introspective person who often keeps her thoughts close to her chest and as mentioned before being rather closed off and hesitant to share her feelings. This conceals a very affectionate young woman who is at a loss at her growing friendship with Azuma, yet continues to grow closer and fall deeper in love with him as he grows as a person, learning more about him compared to the initial rose-colored and naive impressions she had of him. Her role is complimentary to Azuma, wherein she struggles to get closer to him due to his lack of ability to properly interact with her in a way that doesn't in some way verbally hurt her (often to the audience's amusement) and yet - partially perhaps to childishness, maybe due to a curiosity to learn more - acts as the source of inspiration to push Azuma's character forward. Yet, she outgrows this overly naive and romantic understanding of who he is, instead becoming more mature in subtle ways - helping him when sick and correcting him when he's often wrong more often as the series goes on instead of reluctantly letting it slide. Her character arc is about outgrowing her childishness and moving beyond making assumptions on how Azuma'd behave, yet retaining the basic curiosity of wanting to learn about the person she loves all the same, and while isn't as immediately memorable as Azuma stands out as being a character arc that never overstays its welcome and progresses naturally as the series goes on.

This series is an underrated gem that I can't recommend highly enough if you want a refreshing, short yet comfortable shoujo romance manga to read.

Thank you for reading.

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Nov 15, 2022

Abyque

Recommended

Boku to Kimi no Taisetsu na Hanashi is from the same author who created Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun or My little monster, It's a beautiful short story about a couple, starts with when our female lead Nozomi Aizawa confesses her feelings to Shirou Azuma.

Shirou Azuma is the series' male lead; he is a bumbling airhead who is still popular in his class; on the other hand, Nozomi Aizawa is very adorable and is head over heals for him, you'll come to like every character in the end and the story flowed so beautifully.

I loved this series because-

- The romance was not rushed, not dragged.
- Not ...

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Oct 7, 2020

todiefor

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (19/37 eps)

here's my problem with series' like this one. what's ... the point? i'm fairly certain that question was even addressed in one of the early chapters of the manga. "what's the point of shoujo manga? it's all just romance over and over again. how boring." and like... yeah. that's true. it does get boring to read tons of shoujo manga at a certain point. however, i'd take a hundred lovely complexs over this. hell, i'm not sure i could finish this if someone forced me to at gunpoint.

it's... so... BORING. i'm sure it picks up some after the point i decided to drop it ... but i honestly can't bring myself to care. i thought the conceit was interesting. a confession gone wrong divulges into the two mains getting in constant disputes? well... that's SOMETHING at least! but it becomes nothing, really. in the end... isn't that just another trick to entice readers like... violence for men or romance for women (outdated gender stereotyping btw... plenty of women and men enjoy both or the other.) it's called "our precious conversations." obviously, you're enticed to see what those precious conversation are about, right?

turns out... they're not about much. this whole "men and women disagreeing about what is and isn't wrong with their gender" is so overplayed. i understand that the main guy has some weird complex about women because of his weird aunts (don't really get it and not sure if it's ever explained in greater detail because, again, i can't bring myself to care enough to finish it.) but i just think it's funny how... nozomi falls for him simply bc he smiled at her and then got curious, not because of his actual character. in fact, every man around her is utterly self-serving, selifsh, and misogynistic. it's not a surprise that she falls for someone who shows her even a little bit of kindness. i admire how she can put up with his constant misogynistic ramblings (i'd have been done in the first chapter and i almost gave up on the series immediately bc of it) and somehow love him even MORE??? i don't understand the motivation there.

she and him have different points of view so it's ... "interesting" to see them fall in love with each other? but like... it isn't. it's just outlandish. i mean i'm a real person with a nuanced point of view and these are characters in a manga that's meant to show how shallow men and women can be or whatever so... that's that, i guess. i won't be able to understand such a cartoonish view-point. i found myself constantly disagreeing with both of them.

i'm just put off by the main love interest. nozomi is a pretty strong leading lady and her best friend is a great foil. i wish the story had been about nozomi's bff and the caffeine guy instead, that seems much more enticing that whatever we're supposed to get out of the Man vs. Woman Bickering Match of the Week.

another thing i liked was the art style. clearly, the mangaka has grown a lot since they've released tonari no kaibutsu-kun (another series i got bored with half-way through and couldn't bring myself to finish) but i don't think, even with the art as good at it is, that that's justification for finishing the manga.

it really just comes down to this not being ... very good. it's not good social commentary, it's not a very interesting or new way to write a romance and it's just... not a very good shoujo manga. plus, i can't handle when men rant about not being able to understand women. maybe just... ask them to explain? like a human being would? most women aren't gonna bite your cock off just for asking a simple question. and if you're reading this rn and thinking "yeah they would." you're part of the problem. anyways. 5/10.

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