Valentines Day is coming up soon and you know what that means its time for the single people of the world to envy the couples of the world as we indulge in candy and love stories I mean Im mostly fine with staying single but theres nothing wrong with reading a cute little shoujo romance manga right? As if to fulfill my desire for a love story to read this February I happened to notice that someone I follow on AniList had just finished a manga with a cutelooking cover called Hajimete Koibito ga Dekimashita. After reading the synopsis and realizing how short these 22 chapters must be to be contained in a single volume I decided to follow his lead and read the whole thing for myself. I might have diabetes now and Im blaming the guy who read this before me Im kidding Im kidding. Its hard to really describe the premise of Hajimete Koibito ga Dekimashita in an entire paragraph as there isnt really a whole lot of story to describe about it. The first 21 chapters having originally been published on Twitter I refuse to call it X are all around 48 pages long and most of them are small vignettes of the alltoopure relationship between high schooler Ayumi Yoshioka and her upperclassman Sumito Iizuka. Thats all there really is to it. No drama no real conflict just fluffy little sliceoflife bits between two blushing teenagers just trying to make their relationship work. For some the relationship between Ayumi and Sumito wont be the most engaging to read. As far as character growth goes there is a little bit for Ayumi toward the end but thats about it. What the manga does well with their relationship however is capture how giddy and excited one might feel with their first romantic partner. Plus Ayumi and Shinto are nice considerate people even if not terribly interesting characters so its easy to wish for their happiness together. The final chapter made for the published volume and clocking in at around 30 pages showcases how they met and further drives the point of how good they are together home. When the manga isnt focused on these two lovebirds however we get to watch as another romance unfolds between Nao Kisaragi and Shirou Asano. Nao is Ayumis best friend and has a cool calm and collected personality meanwhile Shirou is buddies with Sumito and has an energetic and kind of puppylike personality. Their differing personalities create a dynamic that is nothing less than fun to see especially with how adorably in love Shirou is with Nao. Honestly I wish Nao and Shirou had a spinoff manga to themselves just so I could see their dynamic and overall relationship more. Oh well These two love stories were written and drawn by Yuu Kamena whose artstyle is pretty standard as far as modern shoujo romances go. For some reason the artstyle particularly kind of reminded me of Honey So Sweet another wholesome shoujo romance manga that Ive reviewed in the pasthttps://anilist.co/review/9050. My feelings for Yuu Kamenas artstyle here are similar to how I felt about Amu Meguros art back then its cute and simplistic in the right ways and in the right places. Its good art What else can I say? Overall Hajimete Koibito ga Dekimashita is a cute manga. Youre going to be disappointed if you want some extra spice in your romance manga but if you want something short sugary sweet and wholesome to read on Valentines Day this would be a good choice. Now if youll excuse me Im going to start begging the manga artist for a Nao and Shiroucentric spinoff.