Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Volume 01

Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi: The Case of Ritsu Onodera (世界一初恋 〜小野寺律の場合〜, Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi ~Onodera Ritsu no Baai~) is the first volume of the Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi manga series. The volume is released as The World's Greatest First Love: The Case of Ritsu Onodera in English by SuBLime.
== Chapters ==
* The Case of Ritsu Onodera No.1
* The Case of Ritsu Onodera No.2
* The Case of Ritsu Onodera No.2.5
== Synopsis ==
Tired of accusations that family connections got him his current position, Ritsu Onodera quits his job as an editor at his father's company and transfers to Marukawa Publishing. Once there, he is assigned to the shojo manga editorial department—something he has no interest in and no experience with! Having sworn he'd never fall in love again, the last thing he wants to do is work on love stories. To make matters worse, it turns out that his overbearing boss, Masamune Takano, is actually his first love from high school!https://www.sublimemanga.com/read/manga/worlds-greatest-first-love-1/product/688
==Plot==
"The Case of Ritsu Onodera No.1" introduces Ritsu Onodera as he begins his new job at Marukawa Publishing. Ritsu has left his literature editing job at his father's company to work where he won't be accused of receiving favoritism. Although he applied to edit literature at Marukawa, he is instead assigned the shoujo manga department Emerald where he meets his new boss Masamune Takano. After seeing the stress of editing a monthly manga magazine, including being kissed to pose for a mangaka and pulling an all-nighter, he discovers that his new boss is his first love from high-school. Realizing that their breakup was a misunderstanding, Takano becomes determined to get Ritsu back, but Ritsu is determined to focus on his career and rejects him. The chapter ends with Ritsu realizing that the neighbor he's never met is Takano.
In "The Case of Ritsu Onodera No.2," Ritsu begins managing his own author, Yukina Mutou. The chapter begins with Takafumi Yokozawa yelling at Takano for under-printing a book that's sold-out, but Ritsu later sees them chatting and laughing together and becomes jealous. That night, Ritsu goes over Mutou's manuscript but he isn't sure about his edits, so Takano insists he come over and they go over the manuscript together. Afterward, Takano comes onto him, but Ritsu grabs the manuscript and flees, only to run into Yokozawa at the door. Later, Mutou's assistants all fall ill and Ritsu flies to Hokkaido to help finish the manuscript, and he manages to get the manuscript back in time for printing. Ritsu is so exhausted that he falls asleep next to Takano on the train home. He wakes up next to Takano in bed, asks if anything weird happened, and runs out.
"The Case of Ritsu Onodera No.2.5" begins during Ritsu and Takano's (then named Saga) high-school days, when Ritsu first fell in love with him. After Ritsu confesses to him in the library, Saga says they'll go out together and invites him back to his place where they end up having sex. The chapter ends in the present day with Takano yelling at Ritsu to wake up because he's fallen asleep at work. Takano points out that Ritsu looked really happy so he must have been dreaming about something nice, but Ritsu defensively insists it was a terrible dream and gets back to work. 
==Character debuts==
* Ritsu Onodera
* Masamune Takano (formerly Masamune Saga)
* Shouta Kisa
* Kanade Mino
* Yoshiyuki Hatori
* Takafumi Yokozawa
* Yukina Mutou
* Iori Satou
* Sasaki
==Release information==
Imprint / Publisher 	Title 	Language	Release Date 	ISBN
Asuka Comics CL-DX (Kadokawa Shoten)	世界一初恋 〜小野寺律の場合〜 	Japanese	Jul 1, 2008 	
Blu (Tokyopop) (not released) 	World's Greatest First Love: Ritsu Onodera's Affair, Vol. 1 	English 	2011 (intended) 	Blu/Tokyopop version listings: on Amazon, and on WorldCat.
SuBLime (Viz Media) 	The World's Greatest First Love: The Case of Ritsu Onodera Volume 1	English 	Apr 14, 2015https://www.sublimemanga.com/read/manga/worlds-greatest-first-love-1/product/688	
Asuka 	Sekaiichi hatsukoi - Le Cas de Ritsu Onodera Tome 1 	French 	Oct 10, 2014 	
Carlsen 	Sekaiichi Hatsukoi Die Story von Ritsu Onodera 1 	German 	Mar 18, 2011https://www.carlsen.de/taschenbuch/sekaiichi-hatsukoi-1/978-3-551-79141-2 	
Goen 	Sekaiichi Hatsukoi. La storia di Ritsu Onodera Vol.1 	Italian 	Jun 15, 2017 	
Daewon C.I. 	세계 제일의 첫사랑 	Korean 	December 15th, 2010 	
Waneko 	Sekaiichi Hatsukoi 01 	Polish 	Feb 2015 	
Editorial Ivrea 	Sekaiichi Hatsukoi: El Caso de Ritsu Onodera 01 	Spanish 	Dec 7, 2018 	
Luckpim Deluxe 	รักนี้แด่เพียงคุณ ฉบับโอโนเดระ ริทสึ 1 	Thai 	Apr 20, 2022 	
==Image gallery==
===Japanese edition===
Volume01cover.jpg |Japanese cover
Volume01cover back.jpg |Japanese back cover
SiH v01 contents.jpg |Contents page
SiH v01 copyright.jpg |Copyright page
===English edition===
Volume01cover eng.jpg|English (SuBLime/Viz) cover of Volume 1, uses Snell Roundhand Black for the title type.
Volume01cover eng back.jpg|English (SuBLime/Viz) back cover
Vol01 SuBLime sample.png|Sample page from SuBLime's English releaseTweet with sample page from SuBLime's official Twitter @SuBLimeManga. April 24, 2015.
Volume01cover Blu.jpg|English (Blu/Tokyopop) cover - not finalized, unreleased
===International editions===
Volume01cover Chinese.jpg|Chinese cover
Volume01cover French.png|French cover
Volume01cover German.jpg|German cover
Volume01cover Italian.jpg|Italian cover
Volume01cover Korean.jpg|Korean cover
Volume01cover Polish.jpg|Polish cover
File:ThaiVol1Cover.jpg|Thai cover
File:ThaiVol1SpecialMessage.jpg|Special message included exclusively in Thai release of Vol 1, asking readers to support the official release due to physical piracy issues in the specific region. https://twitter.com/chibitare/status/1520750740205371393
Volume01cover French back.jpg|French back cover
Volume01cover German back.jpg|German back cover
Volume01cover Italian back.jpg|Italian back cover
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