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Love So Life, also titled Rabu sō raifu(ラブ・ソー・ライフ?) or Rabusora(ラブソラ?) is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Kaede Kochi. The series was serialized in Hana to Yume from 2008 to 2015. It follows the everyday life of high schooler Shiharu Nakamura as she babysits the twin niece and nephew of local TV announcer Seiji Matsunaga.
Shiharu Nakamura was orphaned at a young age. Her father dies before she can even remember him and her mother while she is in elementary school.
Shiharu then begins living in an orphanage and comes to love working with children. During high school she works at a daycare where Aoi and Akane Matsunaga go. The twins are in custody of their uncle, Seiji, because their father abandoned them after his wife suddenly died. One day when Seiji goes to pick up the twins from day care, he notices that they are particularly attached to Shiharu in comparison to the other workers. He then asks Shiharu to personally babysit them as he is very busy with work. She accepts, and so begins the story of their makeshift life.
The story follows Akane and Aoi as they slowly grow up as well as the romance between Seiji and Shiharu.
Characters
Shiharu Nakamura (中村 詩春,Nakamura Shiharu)
Shiharu is a 17-year-old (16 at the beginning of the series) high school student who works at The Sunflower House daycare. She becomes acquainted with Akane and Aoi Matsunaga and begins babysitting them later. She is hired to babysit them by their uncle Seiji Matsunaga, who pays her double of what she makes at the daycare. Shiharu shows aspirations to be self-sufficient and is hard working. She eventually falls in love with Seiji, buts keeps it to herself, as there is a large age gap between them. At the end of the manga, she gets together with Seiji after he kisses her at the park.
Seiji Matsunaga (松永 政二,Matsunaga Seiji)
Seiji is 27-years-old (25 at the beginning of the series) and works at JX Television as a TV announcer, and thus as a busy schedule with unpredictable hours. He becomes the guardian of Akane and Aoi Matsunaga, his young niece and nephew, after they are abandoned by their father, who is Seiji's brother. It is revealed that Seiji's family as a youth was troubling, and he was often by himself. His parents divorce by the time he begins college. Because he comes from a dysfunctional family, he wishes to someday have a family of his own and to not make the same mistakes his family did. He confesses his love to Shiharu but asks to wait to hear her response until she is as old as he is.
Akane and Aoi are 3-year-old fraternal twins. They live with their uncle Seiji, whom they call Sei-tan, after the death of their mother and abandonment of their father. At the end of the series they go to live with their maternal grandparents and their father. It is hinted that Aoi has a crush on Shiharu. Aoi and Akane treat Shiharu as their 'mother '
Rio Yoshi
Shiharu's best friend and classmate. She ends up dating Seiji's neighbor and friend Takeru Miyagawa.
Takeru Miyagawa (宮川健,Miyagawa Takeru)
A childhood friend of Seiji's who is a university student. He is very easygoing and childish, making him get along with the twins well. He dates Shiharu's friend Rio.
Kouichi Matsunaga (松永浩一,Matsunaga Kouichi)
Seiji's older brother and the father of Akane and Aoi. After the sudden death of his wife, Misaki, he is grief stricken and abandons his children. At the end of the series, he has recomposed himself and decides to live with Akane and Aoi again with the help of Misaki's parents.
Misaki Matsunaga (松永美咲,Matsunaga Misaki)
Kouichi's wife who dies in a car accident.
Manga sales
Volumes of the series have ranked in listings of top selling manga in Japan:
