
If you’re not familiar, writing the name of your crush on an eraser is a superstitious practice that is supposed to lead to your crush falling in love with you.

His devastation of realizing he doesn’t have a chance with Hashimoto is quickly overwritten by his embarrassment when he drops the eraser and Ida sees his name. You see, Aoki has a crush on Hashimoto, but when he borrows her eraser from his first crush, he sees Ida’s name written on it. My Love Mix-Up is an adorable and warm story about how miscommunication leads to love blossoming between two high school boys names Aoki and Ida. The Shojo Beat Edition of My Love Mix-Up Volume 1 features an adaptation and translation from Jan Cash, touch-up art & lettering by Inori Fukuda Trant, design by Yukiko Whitley, and is edited by Nancy Thistlewaite. Initially published in Japan in 2019 by Shueisha, the series is published and localized in English by VIZ Media‘s Shojo Beat imprint. Written by Wataru Hinekure, the series also features art by Aruko.

In My Love Mix-Up, a love triangle becomes something new when crushes shift and teen romance blossoms in unexpected ways. Miscommunication is kind of the main dramatic driver of shojo romances – and of course, those feed directly into love triangles.
