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Our Precious Conversations
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Nozomi Aizawa (right) and Shiro Azuma (left)
僕と君の大切な話
(Boku to Kimi no Taisetsu na Hanashi)
GenreRomantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written byRobico
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineDessert
DemographicShōjo
Original runAugust 24, 2015December 24, 2019
Volumes7 (List of volumes)

Our Precious Conversations (Japanese: 僕と君の大切な話, Hepburn: Boku to Kimi no Taisetsu na Hanashi) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Robico. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Dessert from August 2015 to December 2019, the chapters were published in seven tankōbon volumes.

In 2020, Our Precious Conversations won the 44th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōjo category.

Plot

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Nozomi Aizawa meets and falls in love with Shiro Azuma in their first year at Heiwadai High School. Too shy to talk to him, her feelings are kept secret until their second year, when she suddenly confesses to him at a train station. Shiro takes Nozomi's declaration of love as a joke, but from that day on the two of them start talking on the bench at the station and, eventually, at school as well.

Besides Nozomi and Shiro's ongoing love story the comic also deals with their schoolmates, including literature club president Marin Hamada, popular Kazuomi Tamaki, and Shiro's teen aunt, Suzu.

Publication

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Our Precious Conversations is written and illustrated by Robico. It started serialization in Kodansha's magazine Dessert on August 24, 2015.[1] The first tankōbon volume was released on March 11, 2016.[2] The series went on hiatus in the July 2016 issue of Dessert, but returned in the January 2017 issue.[3] The series concluded on December 24, 2019.[4] The seventh and final volume was released on March 13, 2020, in both a standard and limited edition.[5]

In May 2017, Kodansha USA started publishing the series digitally.[6] They later started publishing the series' chapters simultaneously with the Japanese release on digital sites such as Crunchyroll Manga.[7]

Volume list

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No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 March 11, 2016[8]978-4-06-365856-9May 16, 2017[9]978-1-68-233693-9
2 March 13, 2017[10]978-4-06-365899-6August 8, 2017[11]978-1-68-233787-5
3 November 13, 2017[12]978-4-06-510420-0July 2, 2019[13]978-1-64-212924-3
4 July 13, 2018[14]978-4-06-512229-7September 3, 2019[15]978-1-64-212959-5
5 January 11, 2019[16]978-4-06-514236-3November 5, 2019[17]978-1-64-212993-9
6 August 9, 2019[18]978-4-06-516715-1February 4, 2020[19]978-1-64-659228-9
7 March 13, 2020[20]978-4-06-518969-6October 6, 2020[21]978-1-64-659745-1

Reception

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As of January 2019, the series has 700,000 copies in print.[22]

In the 2017 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook, the series ranked eighth on the top 20 manga for female audiences list.[23] In 2019, the series was nominated for the 43rd Kodansha Manga Award in the shōjo category.[24] However, it lost to Rie Aruga's Perfect World.[25] In 2020, it won the 44th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōjo category.[26]

References

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  1. ^ a b Pineda, Rafael Antonio (August 24, 2015). "My Little Monster's Robico Starts New Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  2. ^ "「となりの怪物くん」のろびこ、男女のトーク描く新作1巻発売!全プレも". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 11, 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  3. ^ "栄羽弥の新連載、デザートで開幕!ろびこ「僕と君の大切な話」は連載再開". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 24, 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  4. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (November 24, 2019). "Robico's Our Precious Conversations Manga Ends in December". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  5. ^ "ろびこの"トーキング"ラブコメ「僕と君の大切な話」最終7巻にミニ画集付き特装版". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 13, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  6. ^ Ressler, Karen (May 9, 2017). "Kodansha USA Lists Digital Releases For George Asakura's Drowning Love, Robico's Our Precious Conversations". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  7. ^ Mateo, Alex (March 1, 2018). "Crunchyroll Manga Adds Grand Blue Dreaming, APOSIMZ, To Your Eternity Simulpubs". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  8. ^ "僕と君の大切な話(1)" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  9. ^ "Our Precious Conversations, Volume 1". Kodansha USA. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  10. ^ "僕と君の大切な話(2)" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  11. ^ "Our Precious Conversations, Volume 2". Kodansha USA. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  12. ^ "僕と君の大切な話(3)" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  13. ^ "Our Precious Conversations, Volume 3". Kodansha USA. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  14. ^ "僕と君の大切な話(4)" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  15. ^ "Our Precious Conversations, Volume 4". Kodansha USA. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  16. ^ "僕と君の大切な話(5)" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  17. ^ "Our Precious Conversations, Volume 5". Kodansha USA. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  18. ^ "僕と君の大切な話(6)" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  19. ^ "Our Precious Conversations, Volume 6". Kodansha USA. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  20. ^ "僕と君の大切な話(7)" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  21. ^ "Our Precious Conversations, Volume 7". Kodansha USA. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  22. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (February 2, 2019). "Roundup of Newly Revealed Print Counts for Manga, Light Novel Series - January 2019". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  23. ^ Ressler, Karen (December 9, 2016). "Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals 2017's Series Ranking for Female Readers". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  24. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (April 3, 2019). "43rd Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Nominees Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  25. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (May 10, 2019). "43rd Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Winners Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  26. ^ Sherman, Jennifer (May 12, 2020). "44th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Winners Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 3, 2021.

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