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NeoSam · 2007-04-01, 01:52

わたしたちの田村くん
Watashitachi no Tamura-kun

Based on a shounen light novel thats published under the shounen light novel label Dengeki Bunko.
For now there are 2 volumes released of this shounen light novel:

Spoiler:

A shounen manga based on the light novel is serialized in the shounen manga magazine Dengeki Comic Gao!
For now there is 1 volume released of this shounen manga:

Spoiler:

Synopsis: (thanks to eggplant for the translation

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Quote:

Tamura Yukisada, a thrird year middle school student, fell in love at first sight with Matsuzawa Komaki. However, Komaki, being the eccentric girl she is, only says that she must return to her homeland star. When Yukisada learns that Komaki meant she wanted to join her parents, who were killed in an accident, he decides to confess to her. After Komaki's grandmother, her only in-law, passes away, she moves out. Yukisada kept in touch with Komaki by exchanging letters, but she stopped sending it around the time of high school entrance exams. Upon entering high school, Yukisada meets Souma Hiroka, an girl who hardly attended middle school, who was tutored by Yukisada's older brother Nao. Yukisada attentively looks after Hiroka, wherein she opens her heart to him and confesses her love. One day, Yukihiro receives a letter from Komaki for the first time in a while. Written in the letter was, "Who is Souma-sam?". The beginning of a love triangle.

Genre: Shounen, Romance

Supah Em · 2008-05-10, 00:25

i just found this light novel and i'm currently reading volume 1.

any one knows who yuki will end up with?

serenade_beta · 2008-05-24, 07:06

This is going to turn into a long post...

Finished reading the novels~ ^o^
and...

Uuuuuuu... UUuuuuu! Excellent! Wonderful! Yuyuko really made a great work!
Originally, I didn't plan or want to completely say Toradora fails compared to this novel, but as I read on, I slowly lost anything I could say good about Toradora that Watashi-tachi no Tamura-kun didn't have. It was really good.

-The drama is better. Immersing.
-Yukisada is a really great protagonist. One of the best I've seen. A lot more colorful than Ryuji.
His thoughts/monologues and actions are hilarious!

People might dislike him for it (not me), but Yukisada is an idiot. Plain and simple, he is one. He gets cocky, act like a maniac, and accidentally hurt the girls, but in the end, that is one part that was likable to me. Idiot in a good way.

He suffers, worries, and overall does a lot of things you don't typically see in protagonists of this genre lately.
And, he is a lot more of a man than Ryuji! Sure, he isn't a feminist or good at housework, but unlike Ryuji, who half-dies around his crush...

Spoiler for volume 1:

-The heroines are very likable and less stereotypical (or annoying) than Toradora's. I admit Hiroka and Komaki are not exactly 100% original, but they are far from a character that you can simply go "Oh, she's going to act like this" or "

".
-All of the characters were likable, except the ones specifically designed to be annoying.

Forget Toradora, hurry up and animate this! It's perfect! 12 episodes long, with 9 or so episodes focusing on the main chapters with the remaining chapters on the bonus stories like Io and Takaura.
Or at least, write a sequal (third volume) of this as an epilogue to the end of volume 2! Please~, Yuyuko-sensei~. Many fans would love it. Assuming you don't make Yukisada do a Makoto...

At the very most, the only minus point of the novel is the very, very end. The author added a little extra with girl that lost, which felt unneeded. In fact, I have suspicions that this was to satisfy fans of the girl who lost, giving them "hope", even though by this point, Yukisada would have to be Makoto-level, in order to dump the girl who won and go back to the loser.
There was a bit after this unneeded part that was useful though, since it allowed the novel to end in a touching way.

Also, I have finished listening to the drama version.
Well, it was decent, but it cut A LOT, making the touching scenes a lot less touching, and overall, it went by too fast. "Exodus Below Freezing Point" was especially cut.
At the same time, the end of the drama took out the unneeded extra attached to the end, perfecting the end. It was moving. Very much so.
Also, voices help. Yukisada's and Komaki's voices were fitting, but Hiroka's felt a bit strange... Unexpected, but I got used to it.
-Yukisada was voiced by Hoshi Souichirou. Thanks to that, Yukisada sounded completely like Keiichi (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni), which fit Yukisada's silliness well.
-Komaki was voiced by Hirohashi Ryou. As expected, Komaki kind of sounded like Tamaki (Bamboo Blade).
-Hiroka... was voiced by Koshimizu Ami. There were several times where she sounded like Nanaka (Myself; Yourself).

Overall, I prefer the manga's way of mixing Komaki and Hiroka's story together, so it blended and Komaki's story was revealed in flashbacks. It flowed a lot better, I felt.

In the end:
+ is good point
- is bad point

Novel:
+Most detailed
-Low amount of pictures

Manga:
+++Pictures for everything
+Way the chapters were mixed in
-Minor cuts

Drama:
++Voices
+Modified Ending
---Lots of cuts

Now for more spoiler talk...
Personally, I didn't mind who ended up Yukisada, because both Hiroka and Komaki were likable.
But, I guess... I was on Komaki's side. I think the manga really helped, since Komaki's cuteness was multiplied ten folds through all of those pictures.

Spoiler for series, ending spoilers meaning BIG spoilers:

Komaki wins.

Yet, the end was a bit bittersweet, because since Komaki lives far away, the two will have to keep a long-distance relationship. But it should be fine after they graduate. Komaki's uncle also felt that High School (1st year) was too quick, so after the graduate, he will have no problem.

The extra part I talked about not liking was where Hiroka was talking to Takaura, where she sees Komaki (a picture) for the first time in the novel and states that she is more beautiful and has won the battle.
I assume this is a way to satsify Hiroka fans by letting them think "Ah, it isn't completely decided. She still has a chance."
For myself, that is what she believes (I have no problem with that), but that doesn't change how Yukisada feels. Although he was a bit extreme when it came to Hiroka (like "saving" her) and those bits, he was unbelievably extreme when it came to Komaki. Running until he was dead tired, asking for money to go to her house, nearly jumping off of the stands to chase after her after she was injured... Those were all very emotional moments. A bit cheesy and "baka-couple"-ish, but it was great. Especially the scene at the bus at the end. Finally, Komaki gets to tell Yukisada that she loves him, in a manner that can remind people of when Yukisada confessed to her. What symbolism.

The very end has a flashback/dream scene of Komaki, where she was talking to her dad where he said he would get her something when she became first place. Then there was a line where she said/thought (it was a dream) that when she became first place, she would say what she wanted. Coupled with the fact that Yukisada had told her that she was first place (to him), it was a meaningful and touching scene. To the level where you can cry.

Both heroines were fleshed out, and both were charming characters.

For a tsundere that might have been Taiga's ancestor, Hiroka was surprisingly weak. Being an ex-hikikomori was a big surprise.
But, haha, she's a cute character. There were many moments (along with illustration) that would make a guy just go "kyuuun~" or something, like when she looked up at Yukisada while laying her head on the desk.

Komaki... I guess it was a bit hard to understand her "moe-ness", since in the novels, she really didn't have many illustrations with that, unlike Hiroka. Is this the illustrator's preferance?

Either way, a likable character all the same. In the end, the reason the letters stopped from each person was more or less a misunderstanding, perhaps you can say. Both thought the other forgot them, despite the fact it was quite the opposite. Yukisada managed to find a last spurt to chase after her, after finally realizing what was written in that charm she sent him. *emotionally moved here*
On a lesser point, she's a good student, in both academics and studies.

And of course, let's not forget Io and Takaura.

Spoiler for their chapters:

Along with this post, I might as well post these:

Spoiler for illustrations of volume 1:

Spoiler for illustrations of volume 2 (Pictures might SPOIL END!!):

Random note: Komaki's hair grew longer by volume 2.

A few wallpapers:

NeoSam · 2008-05-24, 11:09

This is on my "to get list" >.< someday when I have a rare thing called "free time" I'll also be able to read it >.> (lol)

wakataka423 reviewed this light novel back in August 2007:
http://www.lightnovel.org/2007/08/20...-no-tamura-kun

Hopefully someday wakataka423 will return to reviewing light novels >.<

Chaotic_Reign · 2008-05-24, 20:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by serenade_beta

Drama:
++Voices
+Modified Ending
---Lots of cuts

Now for more spoiler talk...
Personally, I didn't mind who ended up Yukisada, because both Hiroka and Komaki were likable.
But, I guess... I was on Komaki's side. I think the manga really helped, since Komaki's cuteness was multiplied ten folds through all of those pictures.

There was a short story called Ohige Girls (roughly translates as Moustached Girls), bundled together with the Drama CD, which tells a tale of events which occurred after the end of Vol 2. Apart from being a nice and touching story in and of itself, it also feels like a definitive end to the whole Tamura-kun series, even more so than what occurred at the end of Vol 2.

Which means, sad to say, that there won't ever be a Vol 3 ToT

serenade_beta · 2008-05-24, 20:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chaotic_Reign

There was a short story called Ohige Girls (roughly translates as Moustached Girls), bundled together with the Drama CD, which tells a tale of events which occurred after the end of Vol 2. Apart from being a nice and touching story in and of itself, it also feels like a definitive end to the whole Tamura-kun series, even more so than what occurred at the end of Vol 2.

Which means, sad to say, that there won't ever be a Vol 3 ToT

What?!

Have you read it? What was it about (the story, what happens)?
I knew about the fact two extra short stories existed, but I didn't know how important Ohige Girls was.

Darknemo2000 · 2008-07-02, 06:42

Boring, boring novels. The ending was clear from the beginning and it didnt change through out the whole series. You will like it only if you are

Spoiler for ending:

Extremely predictable, bunch of unoriginal characters and an idiot male lead. There are so much better stories to be animated than this.

Matt122005 · 2009-02-23, 02:11

The artwork looks really interesting, looks to me to be by the work of Yasu who did Toradora. But darknemo, you say the story is boring? Well, maybe its best nobody wastes a translation then. But then again......<_<

Hmff, well, if someone does do a translation, I wont have any objections. lol ^_^

-Matt

MrTerrorist · 2009-02-23, 07:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt122005

The artwork looks really interesting, looks to me to be by the work of Yasu who did Toradora.

That because this was the first work of both the author and artist of Toradora!

roan · 2009-02-23, 07:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt122005

The artwork looks really interesting, looks to me to be by the work of Yasu who did Toradora. But darknemo, you say the story is boring? Well, maybe its best nobody wastes a translation then. But then again......<_<

Hmff, well, if someone does do a translation, I wont have any objections. lol ^_^

-Matt

If you like Toradora, you'll probably like this. If you don't, you probably won't. It's really as simple as that.

serenade_beta · 2009-02-23, 11:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt122005

But darknemo, you say the story is boring? Well, maybe its best nobody wastes a translation then. But then again......<_<

Iya, it's quite a good read.

Quote:

Originally Posted by roan

If you like Toradora, you'll probably like this. If you don't, you probably won't. It's really as simple as that.

Funny you say that. I hate Kusodora... I mean, Toradora, but I love this. Because... They aren't even similar, besides the genre.

roan · 2009-02-23, 15:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by serenade_beta

Iya, it's quite a good read.

Funny you say that. I hate Kusodora... I mean, Toradora, but I love this. Because... They aren't even similar, besides the genre.

I'm thinking more in terms of writing style (I mean, it is pretty distinct) and general ease of reading.

Kenshinyoh · 2009-04-02, 23:51

I hope a fan group starts translating the Novel!!! T_________T i need to read it...

Shadow5YA · 2010-04-27, 12:47

From the illustrations, it seems that the novel has some differences at the end compared to the manga. Anyone care to elaborate on what those differences are?

MrTerrorist · 2010-04-28, 10:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shadow5YA

From the illustrations, it seems that the novel has some differences at the end compared to the manga. Anyone care to elaborate on what those differences are?

Spoiler for Reply:

Shadow5YA · 2010-04-29, 17:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrTerrorist

Spoiler for Reply:

Care to go more in detail?

Spoiler for manga ending:

Spoiler for novel ending questions:

Dorsai · 2012-08-07, 16:58

I like Toradora but this is just worthless shit... I cant believe how author could destroy what he started in this LN/manga... How Tamura treated Hiroka in the end was one of worst i ever saw in any romance manga and that still end in nice way? I would be happy with nice boat ending here...

2008-05-24, 07:06	Link #3
serenade_beta そのおっぱいで13才 Join Date: Dec 2006	This is going to turn into a long post... Finished reading the novels~ ^o^ and... Uuuuuuu... UUuuuuu! Excellent! Wonderful! Yuyuko really made a great work! Originally, I didn't plan or want to completely say Toradora fails compared to this novel, but as I read on, I slowly lost anything I could say good about Toradora that Watashi-tachi no Tamura-kun didn't have. It was really good. -The drama is better. Immersing. -Yukisada is a really great protagonist. One of the best I've seen. A lot more colorful than Ryuji. His thoughts/monologues and actions are hilarious! People might dislike him for it (not me), but Yukisada is an idiot. Plain and simple, he is one. He gets cocky, act like a maniac, and accidentally hurt the girls, but in the end, that is one part that was likable to me. Idiot in a good way. He suffers, worries, and overall does a lot of things you don't typically see in protagonists of this genre lately. And, he is a lot more of a man than Ryuji! Sure, he isn't a feminist or good at housework, but unlike Ryuji, who half-dies around his crush... Spoiler for volume 1: He shouts he loves her. Outside, loud, no hesitation. In the first 100 pages. Now that, is something. -The heroines are very likable and less stereotypical (or annoying) than Toradora's. I admit Hiroka and Komaki are not exactly 100% original, but they are far from a character that you can simply go "Oh, she's going to act like this" or "". -All of the characters were likable, except the ones specifically designed to be annoying. Forget Toradora, hurry up and animate this! It's perfect! 12 episodes long, with 9 or so episodes focusing on the main chapters with the remaining chapters on the bonus stories like Io and Takaura. Or at least, write a sequal (third volume) of this as an epilogue to the end of volume 2! Please~, Yuyuko-sensei~. Many fans would love it. Assuming you don't make Yukisada do a Makoto... At the very most, the only minus point of the novel is the very, very end. The author added a little extra with girl that lost, which felt unneeded. In fact, I have suspicions that this was to satisfy fans of the girl who lost, giving them "hope", even though by this point, Yukisada would have to be Makoto-level, in order to dump the girl who won and go back to the loser. There was a bit after this unneeded part that was useful though, since it allowed the novel to end in a touching way. Also, I have finished listening to the drama version. Well, it was decent, but it cut A LOT, making the touching scenes a lot less touching, and overall, it went by too fast. "Exodus Below Freezing Point" was especially cut. At the same time, the end of the drama took out the unneeded extra attached to the end, perfecting the end. It was moving. Very much so. Also, voices help. Yukisada's and Komaki's voices were fitting, but Hiroka's felt a bit strange... Unexpected, but I got used to it. -Yukisada was voiced by Hoshi Souichirou. Thanks to that, Yukisada sounded completely like Keiichi (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni), which fit Yukisada's silliness well. -Komaki was voiced by Hirohashi Ryou. As expected, Komaki kind of sounded like Tamaki (Bamboo Blade). -Hiroka... was voiced by Koshimizu Ami. There were several times where she sounded like Nanaka (Myself; Yourself). Overall, I prefer the manga's way of mixing Komaki and Hiroka's story together, so it blended and Komaki's story was revealed in flashbacks. It flowed a lot better, I felt. In the end: + is good point - is bad point Novel: +Most detailed -Low amount of pictures Manga: +++Pictures for everything +Way the chapters were mixed in -Minor cuts Drama: ++Voices +Modified Ending ---Lots of cuts Now for more spoiler talk... Personally, I didn't mind who ended up Yukisada, because both Hiroka and Komaki were likable. But, I guess... I was on Komaki's side. I think the manga really helped, since Komaki's cuteness was multiplied ten folds through all of those pictures. Spoiler for series, ending spoilers meaning BIG spoilers: Komaki wins. Yet, the end was a bit bittersweet, because since Komaki lives far away, the two will have to keep a long-distance relationship. But it should be fine after they graduate. Komaki's uncle also felt that High School (1st year) was too quick, so after the graduate, he will have no problem. The extra part I talked about not liking was where Hiroka was talking to Takaura, where she sees Komaki (a picture) for the first time in the novel and states that she is more beautiful and has won the battle. I assume this is a way to satsify Hiroka fans by letting them think "Ah, it isn't completely decided. She still has a chance." For myself, that is what she believes (I have no problem with that), but that doesn't change how Yukisada feels. Although he was a bit extreme when it came to Hiroka (like "saving" her) and those bits, he was unbelievably extreme when it came to Komaki. Running until he was dead tired, asking for money to go to her house, nearly jumping off of the stands to chase after her after she was injured... Those were all very emotional moments. A bit cheesy and "baka-couple"-ish, but it was great. Especially the scene at the bus at the end. Finally, Komaki gets to tell Yukisada that she loves him, in a manner that can remind people of when Yukisada confessed to her. What symbolism. The very end has a flashback/dream scene of Komaki, where she was talking to her dad where he said he would get her something when she became first place. Then there was a line where she said/thought (it was a dream) that when she became first place, she would say what she wanted. Coupled with the fact that Yukisada had told her that she was first place (to him), it was a meaningful and touching scene. To the level where you can cry. Both heroines were fleshed out, and both were charming characters. For a tsundere that might have been Taiga's ancestor, Hiroka was surprisingly weak. Being an ex-hikikomori was a big surprise. But, haha, she's a cute character. There were many moments (along with illustration) that would make a guy just go "kyuuun~" or something, like when she looked up at Yukisada while laying her head on the desk. Komaki... I guess it was a bit hard to understand her "moe-ness", since in the novels, she really didn't have many illustrations with that, unlike Hiroka. Is this the illustrator's preferance? Either way, a likable character all the same. In the end, the reason the letters stopped from each person was more or less a misunderstanding, perhaps you can say. Both thought the other forgot them, despite the fact it was quite the opposite. Yukisada managed to find a last spurt to chase after her, after finally realizing what was written in that charm she sent him. emotionally moved here On a lesser point, she's a good student, in both academics and studies. And of course, let's not forget Io and Takaura. Spoiler for their chapters: To be honest, it was kind of "Hah......" near the end, since it felt like Io is hating/distancing from Takaura more and more... I guess it can't be helped, since the guy scared off that guy who was a fan of hers... But still, can't help but feel dissatisfied about this... Takaura, good luck! I'm cheering for you! No matter what happens, try to convert your sister back into a normal human! (Though he has already decided to do so.) Perfectly right too. There's no way Io could live a happy/normal/good life, being the way she is now. She's probably not 100% sane, she's basically a hikikomori, she barely goes to school, etc. Anyways, Takaura has the correct mindset. I wish there was more to these two's story, but I'd have to wait for a third volume, that isn't announced, planned, or exists... Besides that, the two mini-chapters were fun (and dissastifying). Funny, like the main chapters, and both Io and Takaura are amusing characters. Takaura was... a bit disturbing in the second chapter, furiously taking pictures of Io, when she wore that goth-loli dress (well, it looked cute on her)... But a good brother, all the same. sheds tear Seriously... Good luck, Takaura. Io... If I don't think too deep, she's a fun character, with her outbursts and everything else, but that's only if I don't think deeply. Along with her rather unfortunately complex past, if she continues the way she is (and she's getting worse...), her future is going to be grimly dark too... sigh And there's the fact that Reiko said that she was like Io when she was small too...... Yeah, these two chapters left me feeling unsatisfied... Along with this post, I might as well post these: Spoiler for illustrations of volume 1: Spoiler for illustrations of volume 2 (Pictures might SPOIL END!!): Random note: Komaki's hair grew longer by volume 2. A few wallpapers: __________________ -Blog --> http://tdnshumi.blogspot.com/ (Mainly about video games) -R.I.P. Hiroshi Yamauchi, Gaming wouldn't have been the same without you (9/19/13)

2008-05-24, 11:09	Link #4
NeoSam Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Age: 43	This is on my "to get list" >.< someday when I have a rare thing called "free time" I'll also be able to read it >.> (lol) wakataka423 reviewed this light novel back in August 2007: http://www.lightnovel.org/2007/08/20...-no-tamura-kun Hopefully someday wakataka423 will return to reviewing light novels >.< __________________

2008-07-02, 06:42	Link #7
Darknemo2000 Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Lithuania Age: 39	Boring, boring novels. The ending was clear from the beginning and it didnt change through out the whole series. You will like it only if you are Spoiler for ending: Komaki fan. Otherwise you won't be very thrilled by it. Extremely predictable, bunch of unoriginal characters and an idiot male lead. There are so much better stories to be animated than this.

2012-08-07, 16:58	Link #17
Dorsai Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Poland Age: 38	I like Toradora but this is just worthless shit... I cant believe how author could destroy what he started in this LN/manga... How Tamura treated Hiroka in the end was one of worst i ever saw in any romance manga and that still end in nice way? I would be happy with nice boat ending here... __________________

2008-05-10, 00:25	Link #2
Supah Em WHO DO YOU THINK WE ARE?! Scanlator Join Date: Dec 2007 Age: 36	i just found this light novel and i'm currently reading volume 1. any one knows who yuki will end up with?

2009-02-23, 02:11	Link #8
Matt122005 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Where I am, what more do you need to know?	The artwork looks really interesting, looks to me to be by the work of Yasu who did Toradora. But darknemo, you say the story is boring? Well, maybe its best nobody wastes a translation then. But then again......<_< Hmff, well, if someone does do a translation, I wont have any objections. lol ^_^ -Matt

2009-04-02, 23:51	Link #13
Kenshinyoh Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006	I hope a fan group starts translating the Novel!!! T_________T i need to read it...

2010-04-27, 12:47	Link #14
Shadow5YA Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010	From the illustrations, it seems that the novel has some differences at the end compared to the manga. Anyone care to elaborate on what those differences are?