Lovesick Ellie, Vol. 1 (Lovesick Ellie #1)

aly ☆彡

Rating: really liked it
(Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the review copy)

Saw the summary says if you're a fan of Wotakoi you have to read this and I never pushed the request button so fast. However, I wasn't sure what to feel as I started them since it didn't hit me right off the bat (though it does get better). Both Ichimura Eriko and Akira Ohmi had a secret in which only the both of them accidentally know that leads to them getting closer, and maybe to Ellie’s fantasies becoming a reality.

Honestly, Eriko is a perfect embodiment of myself (minus the twitter account) which I relate to so much! She's likeable and easy to sympathise with, especially given how indifferent her classmates seem to be in her. Unlike Ohmi who is popular, and despite his friendly exterior — is actually cold and despises the attention he's been getting.

I love the both of their interactions even though you can see the mangaka exaggerate their stereotype to a point that it's becoming comical; which may be the intention all along. But it also then lead to lots of awkward and cute moments with few of serious moments in the way. The side characters aren't prominent but I still like them as it is. It helps to make the plot becoming more interesting than the start off.

The reason I rated this three stars is probably because this manga is like any other shoujo manga so it didn't have anything special encircling it. But given that this book is written back then in the days, I think I would enjoy it more if I read it sooner. If you want some light and sweet romance manga, you definitely need to pick this up. Be that as it may, I'm still gonna get that Volume 2!

toointofiction

Rating: really liked it
"If you keep it a secret...I can fulfil all your fantasies.


Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

❗This is a spoiler-free ARC review from NetGalley❗


There are so many other things I should be doing, right now. Like focusing on my studies, or starting my thesis, yet here I am reading a manga for teens and having the time of my life. I regret nothing.


I don't always go for the whole high school setting for my readings. More often than not, I find the stories and the romance a little too cheesy for my taste, and I have a little trouble relating to the teen protagonists, what with being an adult and all (not that I ever identified with them when I actually was a teenager...). BUT on rare occasions, I come across a high school story that is so amazing, takes me completely by surprise. This is one of them. I had so much fun with this one, guys!! It was so incredibly hilarious, it had me chuckling like a lunatic all by myself, and so freaking adorable, I was making unintelligible squealing noises not even animals could understand. Again...much like a lunatic. I feel like I'm gonna have to read it again soon. And then I'm gonna read the next volume, and the one after that a- well, you get the point. It's the sort of feel-good, cute little story that could definitely cheer you up if you're in a bad mood. It doesn't matter how old you are.


I absolutely ADORED the main characters. Two beautiful little weirdos, Eriko Ichimura the pervy hopeless romantic, and her crush the handsome, all-around perfect, and kind-to-all Ohmi with a super-fun little secret that Eriko stumbles upon one day. Literally, every single interaction between them was an absolute delight. Eriko is an excellent representation of a teenage girl with a huge crush on the prettiest boy in school. Her freak-outs were the best!! I definitely behaved in the exact same way as her at some point in my life (it did not go away with adulthood). I really can't wait to read more of those two crazy kids soon.


In case it wasn't already obvious, I highly recommend this manga.

✦ Maica ✦

Rating: really liked it
This was so cute. It had the same vibe as Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji (which I also loveeed fyi). The characters were hilarious. I loved the Ellie and Sara's friendship. They were both total weirdos and every time they interacted, I died laughing. Ohmi is a an adorable tsundere as well. I can't wait to see how this romance will develop!

Lost in Book Land

Rating: really liked it
Hello Again!

I am almost caught up with my backlog of reviews! Which is super exciting! I am still reading at a pretty fast pace so I will still have plenty of reviews coming up but I am happy to finally catch up with all the reviews and reading I have done in the past few months (now to catch up on my reading bullet journal as well)! I have recently picked up a bunch of new manga to try and one of those manga was Lovesick Ellie, I had heard many good things about this series and I know there are already a few volumes out so I picked up volume one!

SPOILERS AHEAD

Eriko is in high school and she goes mostly unnoticed at her high school. She does not have many friends and she kind of spends her days focusing on her side project, a Twitter account that is kind of a like a fan fiction, but it is also kind of about a real person. That real person also happens to be in her class and one day they actually interact at school. From there they spend a little time together and he ends up seeing her fan fiction on Twitter. But does he like her in real life? Or will he be offended by the Twitter? Could they possibly become a couple someday?

I went into this manga kind of blind. I knew that many people liked it and a few of my reader friends even said they enjoyed it but I never read the summary or anything before picking it up. I had an okay time reading it and I may pick up volume two in the future. I think the story might need a little more time to really come to life. There are so many pieces to the story and I think they just have not fully come together yet. I will definitely post a review of volume two when I pick it up and decide from there if I plan to continue this series!

Goodreads Rating: 3 Stars

Elley Murray

Rating: really liked it
I laughed through this entire manga. Eriko has a secret Twitter account (@lovesick__ellie) where she posts her fantasy life with a popular boy at school, Ohmi-kun. Only it turns out this smiling popular boy is really kind of a jerk behind the mask he puts up! And Eriko/Ellie realizes... she likes the REAL Ohmi-kun even more than the front he puts up!

Eriko is so used to being invisible that she doesn't know how to act when Ohmi-kun starts paying attention to her (and it doesn't help that's he's fairly emotionally stunted himself, haha). She's SO WEIRD and I love it. She makes a friend in this volume and the reason the girl reaches out to her sounds EXACTLY like something I'd have done in high school.

The characters in this manga are so outrageous, but at the same super fun and also somehow feel very REAL and authentic. I'd love to be a part of this world and be their friend, and I can't wait to see what's next in Volume 2!

A digital ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley for review. All opinions are unbiased and my own.

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Rod Brown

Rating: really liked it
A corny but amusing high school romance where the girl has fallen for the handsome and popular boy in her class and tweets her fantasies about a make-believe romance with him. He thinks her an oddball when he discovers her Twitter handle, but ~gasp~ she may just be the oddball who can see through the mask of smiles and charm he uses to conceal his grumpy and brooding heart. The creator wastes no time pulling out the yukata at a festival trope .

Toss in a few side characters with potential, and this series has the potential to grow on me. My library has the next couple volumes on order, so I'm placing some holds.

It's Jess✨

Rating: really liked it
Thanks for early access on this manga!!! And boy was it cute!!

I love a quirky rom-com manga! I highly recommend for fans of "Kiss Him, Not Me" or "Kimi Ni Todoke."

The dynamic between Ellie and Omi-kun was so fun to read. Very much and grumpy guy a sunshine girl trope :)

Besides the fun chemistry and fast pace, I also really enjoyed how reading this made me feel. If you like manga's that make you squeal out loud, this is the one for you!

Can't wait for the second manga!

Joyce

Rating: really liked it
Thank you so much to the publishing company, Kodansha Comics and Netgalley for providing me with a copy!!!

I love Kodansha Comics so much! They never fail to deliver the cutest shoujo manga out there.

The illustrations in this are on point. The illustrations were very well done.
However as far as the storyline goes…it wasn’t my favourite. The interactions between the main girl and boy had me CRINGING! To the point where it was hard for me to continue on…

Despite that, I won’t deny this manga had great character development. I enjoyed seeing the main girl grow as an individual. I loved seeing her get out into the real world and make real friends. And as for the boy, I loved how he was always there for her. Yes they are complete opposites, but suffer on inside the same way. It will be interesting seeing a deeper side to them both.

I am happy to add this to my reading manga pile. The ending has me curious for the next instalment. I definitely recommend it if you love shoujo romance with charming characters and great character development. I can tell there is so much more to come and I’m all for it.

The ending just made me want to check out the second!

Rylee Richard

Rating: really liked it
I’ll just post the review up to volume 4 in this one post! I kinda plowed through them, so I don’t remember what happened in what volume.

This is a cutesy shoujo manga. There are some tropes involved. Awkward girl Ellie falls for school heartthrob Ohmi. He’s prince-like around everyone else but tsundere around Ellie since he knows her secret. Ellie tweets her fantasies about Ohmi and Ohmi finds out, and so he’s comfortable showing her his true self. Romance ensues, with tons of misunderstandings between the two, and romantic progress takes awhile since they’re so awkward around each other.

Ellie is frequently called a pervert, but I just don’t see it! In the beginning, with how much the word pervert was thrown around, I almost expected a B Gata H Kei ecchi direction, but it’s firmly in the shoujo category. More than half the things she fantasizes about is totally innocent.

It’s a cute read that draws out the romance perhaps a bit too much but it’s still entertaining.

B. P. Rinehart

Rating: really liked it
Well, this was a new one for me. My first time reading a shojo manga without having seen it in anime form (I don't believe this one has an anime adaptation). This is certainly not what I usually read, but given that growing-up I would try to watch any anime I came across which would include shojo (I was a part of that original Toonami generation that got exposed to Sailor Moon along side Dragon Ball Z. I was not as attracted to the shojo feminine stuff as I was the shonen masculine stuff, but I was always appreciative of a good story. Also, I was immediately a fan of the works of Makoto Shinkai which is technically shojo (the way Hayao Miyazaki is technically shonen). I'll watch shojo anime if it is real funny or funny and cleaver (I'm thinking of Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 1 or Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Vol. 1). Or by Makoto Shinkai. Now-a-days, I prefer my manga and anime seinien more than anything (you non-anime manga people are just going to be lost for this review), but I brought this manga randomly on sale from Comixology so lets read!

This book is a pretty standard rom-com trope of "I'm attracted to the most handsome guy, but I'm a homely, Hollywood-ugly female." The twist in this book is that the guy is cynical about his popularity and the female protagonist writes slightly-erotic fan-fiction about him on Twitter and he finds out. This is the first volume of the series and it is progressing as I thought.

Earlier in the decade, I watched an anime called Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Vol. 1 and this book is basically like that one with more of an edge. This manga is not a game-changer, but a game-player. If you like romantic-comedy or shojo, this will be a fine manga for you. I get impatient with the whole wishy-washy nature of folks deciding whether they like obviously like each other, but I recognize this is not a "bad" manga, I may pick up a later volume in the future.

StrawberryShojo

Rating: really liked it
Eriko aka Ellie runs a Twitter account detailing her romantic fantasies centered around the most popular boy at her school, Ohmi. As she gets to know Ohmi, she learns that he isn’t exactly the prince all the girls at school dream him to be. In reality, Ohmi is arrogant, self-centered, and really doesn’t care at all about the girls fawning over him. In spite of him being a jerk, Ellie is still absolutely smitten and better yet, now she is getting to know “the real Ohmi.”

I understand Ohmi’s frustration with girls throwing themselves at him. That honestly, sounds like it would be exhausting, but he’s just really unlikable for me as the reader, and his dialogue raises a lot of red flags in my book. I'm sure this story is setting up a whole narrative arc for us to learn why he is so mean and try to give us "valid" reasons for his behavior, but I just don't care to find out. I also find Ellie’s ride-or-die mentality annoying. If you are into wish-fulfillment narratives and fantasize about narcissists who let you into their secret inner world, then you might enjoy this one. Overall, it’s decidedly not my cup of tea.

Dana

Rating: really liked it
This review will be for the whole series; read at your own risk!

Read 5 volumes

This is so dang cute!!!!! I really like seeing both Ellie and Ohmi learn how to open up and fall in love. I can’t wait for a kiss! It’s so cute!

Edit 4/26/22: Ohmi even broke my heart a little. Glad it got cleared up and I’m curious about this other boy. I wonder if he’s the account that harassed her?

Edit 6/21/22: This is so cute and I like how Ohmi and Ellie kinda balance one another? And this new boy is strange. He's the mean twitter account, but how will Ellie handle that and is this leading to a love triangle??? Hmmm

Aishah Humaira' (Mermaird ♡)

Rating: really liked it
My review is also on my blog.

I guess I was in need of some fluffy romance, because I devoured this in mere minutes!

Lovesick Ellie follows the story of high school girl, Ichimura Eriko (Ellie), who has a crush on the school's perfect handsome boy, Ohmi Akira (Omi). Instead of pursuing his attention like other girls, she fantasises about him by tweeting under the name "Lovesick Ellie". At the same time she found out Omi's true character, he found out about her tweets of him.

It's sort of a cliche: loner girl, befriending the popular guy, but both characters were so refreshing to read. Ellie was unapologetically a pervert with her fantasies, and it's funny how Omi kept calling her a pervert yet he was unable to stay away from her. Omi's character is a perfection in front of everyone else, but he was snarky and selfish when in front of her. It's not to the point that his words would be harmful to Ellie though. There were parts where it can feel cringey, but I'm a sucker for cute romances anyway so I still had fun!

Both of them end up being comfortable around each other, but also embarrassed about their feelings as well. They're very easy to love and I like that Ellie managed to come out of her shell bit by bit, even befriending a new person all on her own. Compared to Ellie, I think that Omi didn't have much growth in this one—other than showing his true self to Ellie—but I believe that's being saved for future volumes of this manga.

Lovesick Ellie is a sweet and hilarious story, and I hope I can follow the story of Ellie and Omi more soon! Many thanks to Netgalley and Kodansha for the chance to read this book in exchange with my honest review.

Gabby

Rating: really liked it
*Received an arc for a fair and honest review*, To be honest, I haven't read a manga in such a long time. I really had forgotten how they typically flow and how to even read them when I first started reading this manga. However, it felt just like riding a bike :) Once I was able to get into the flow of things, the story really took off for me! I thought this was such a cute little graphic novel mainly focused probably more towards a middle-grade audience rather than a young adult audience, in my opinion. It was a super cute, fun read that flew by in no time! It's only 180 pages and it felt like it went by so quickly. I will say that even though it was only 180 pages and it was such a quick light read, the backstory for this series was really set up and you really got an in-depth background and story of what's to come in the future. I can't wait to read the next one :)

Jay

Rating: really liked it
My second ever shoujo manga, and was quite pleased with the amount of fluff in every chapter (like really, my heart went “doki doki” about every chapter) which was very entertaining. The art style is beautiful and easy on the eyes.

However, I enjoy things with development and dimension and the characters didn’t have much personality or background; the main character’s only personality trait was literally her perversion and ability to fantasise, the relationship was too quick for my liking, and the guy had a really crappy reason to like her.

Overall, it’s great for instant fluff and for a nice late night read.