After facing envy from colleagues for operating under his father's name, haughty literary editor Ritsu Onodera resolves to prove himself in the field in the competitive publishing world. To achieve this, he leaves his father's press and moves to Marukawa Publishing in search of challenges. Instead of joining their literary office, Ritsu is assigned as a novice manga editor in the Emerald division, which operates under relentless deadlines to meet the publisher's aggressive release schedule while juggling multiple projects simultaneously daily. There he meets the renowned chief editor Masamune Takano, a relentless figure who demands results. It turns out Takano is Ritsu's former high‑school sweetheart, and the heartbreak that followed has made him wary of love for years, leaving him emotionally deeply guarded at all times. After years apart, their reunion is marked by Takano's promise to coax Ritsu into confessing love again while navigating the pressures of their demanding careers and personal insecurities daily. Sekaiichi Hatsukoi chronicles three intertwined couples in the manga world, each experiencing the spark of first love amidst the industry's relentless pace.
Studio DEEN Japan