Sekai-Ichi Hatsukoi : Onodera Ritsu no Baai (世界一初恋 〜小野寺律の場合〜, lit. "The World 's Greatest First Love : The Case of Onodera Ritsu") is a Japanese boys - love manga series written and illustrated by Shungiku Nakamura. In 2011, the manga was adapted into an anime television series under the title Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi. Produced by Studio Deen under the direction of Chiaki Kon, the anime series began its broadcast run on April 9, 2011. An original animation DVD was bundled with the fifth and sixth volumes of the manga series, released in March and September 2011. A film adaptation was released on March 15, 2014.On December 13, 2016, Funimation announced they had licensed the series, including the OVA. It was released on home- video March 7, 2017.
Plot
Ritsu Onodera, a literary editor, resigns from his father 's publishing company, due to his coworkers' jealousy toward his success, claiming that he is simply riding his father 's coattails. He applies for a position at Marukawa Publishing in order to move away from his father 's shadow, but instead of his preferred department of literature, he is placed in the infamous shōjo manga department, Emerald. He initially considers resigning, especially because he finds his new boss, Masamune Takano, intolerable and unnerving from the very beginning; however, Takano inadvertently convinces Onodera to stick with the job by calling him "useless," his pride forcing him to stay in order to prove his worth. Later, Onodera learns that Takano's old family name was Saga, and that he was an older schoolmate from high school that Onodera fell in love with and confessed to.
