Ichigenme... The First Class is Civil Law
Ichigenme... The First Class is Civil Law (Japanese: 1限めはやる気の民法, Hepburn: Ichigenme wa Yaruki no Minpou) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fumi Yoshinaga, about a hard-working scholarship student in a law school who falls for a rich and carefree student. The series is licensed and published in English in North America by 801 Media. It was also published in Taiwan by Sharp Point Press.
| Ichigenme... The First Class is Civil Law | |
 Cover of the first Japanese volume | |
| 1限めはやる気の民法 (Ichigenme wa Yaruki no Minpou) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Yaoi |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Fumi Yoshinaga |
| Published by | Biblos |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Magazine Be × Boy |
| Original run | July 1998 – March 2002 |
| Volumes | 2 |
Ichigenme... The First Class is Civil Law (Japanese: 1限めはやる気の民法, Hepburn: Ichigenme wa Yaruki no Minpou) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fumi Yoshinaga, about a hard-working scholarship student in a law school who falls for a rich and carefree student.
The series is licensed and published in English in North America by 801 Media.[1] It was also published in Taiwan by Sharp Point Press.[2][3]
Plot
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Reception
[edit]Casey Brienza at Anime News Network commends Fumi Yoshinaga's use of her "minimalist style and occasionally awkward character designs to their best advantage."[4]
Mania.com's Danielle Van Gorder commends the first volume of the manga's characterization.[5] Mania.com's Danielle Van Gorder commends the second volume of the manga's parallel relationships with the four characters.[6]
Pop Shock Culture's Kasey Chambers comments that Yoshinaga's use of dialogue in her manga is what sets Ichigenme... The First Class is Civil Law apart from other yaoi work.[7]
Library Journal's Krista Hutley commends the manga on its realistic design of the characters with their "long, skinny bodies, large hands, and detailed faces".[8] Holly Ellingwood of Active Anime described it as a "more mature yaoi romance", noting that the story is not "about seduction".[9]
Ginger Mayerson of Sequential Tart was disappointed that the first volume did not share the "wackiness" of Antique Bakery or Flower of Life, describing Ichigenme as "deadly serious". She also notes that Yoshinaga usually has a sympathetic female character in her titles, which is rare for yaoi, but there is no such character in the first volume.[10]
Christopher Butcher of Xtra! notes that the story in the first volume "will draw you in", and the second volume is much more explicit than the first.[11]
In Jason Thompson's online appendix to Manga: The Complete Guide, he describes Yoshinaga as revelling in "the psychological and social associations of homosexuality—and repressed homosexuality".[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "New Digital Manga and 801 Media Yaoi Licenses". Anime News Network. 2006-10-23. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- ^ "尖端出版限制級書單" (txt) (in Chinese). Retrieved 2015-05-04.
- ^ 尖端出版. "火曜e推：日版金枝慾孽，德川幕府後宮鬥爭，大奧(4)【家光篇】正式完結!". spp.com.tw. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ Brienza, Casey (September 25, 2008). "Ichigenme... The First Class is Civil Law GN 1-2". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- ^ Van Gorder, Danielle (March 13, 2007). "Ichigenme: The First Class is Civil Law Vol. #01". Mania.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- ^ Van Gorder, Danielle (July 4, 2007). "Ichigenme: The First Class is Civil Law Vol. #02". Mania.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- ^ Chambers, Kasey (March 14, 2008). "Ichigenme: The First Class is Civil Law (801 Media)". Pop Shock Culture. Archived from the original on December 29, 2010. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- ^ "Xpress Reviews—First Look at New Books". Library Journal. 2007-04-01. Archived from the original on March 28, 2007. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- ^ Ellingwood, Holly (12 February 2007). "Ichigenme... The First Class is Civil Law (Vol. 1)". Active Anime. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- ^ Mayerson, Ginger (1 April 2007). "Ichigenme Volume 1". The Report Card. Sequential Tart. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- ^ Butcher, Christopher (11 December 2007). "Queer love manga style". Xtra!. Archived from the original on January 15, 2008.
- ^ Thompson, Jason (27 September 2009). "365 Days of Manga, Day 12: Ichiganme: The First Class is Civil Law". Unbound Worlds. Penguin Random House.
External links
[edit]- Ichigenme... The First Class is Civil Law (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia