Ayumi Arihara and her friends are curious about love, with Ayumi to be the first one to find out the trials love can bring. Misao Zaitsu, a student one year older than her with a terrifying visage, gives her a love letter. She is frightened out of her wits. This is but the start of a LoveDodecahedron that encompasses Ayumi, her friends and classmates.

By Mizuki Kawashita, the creator of ''[=~Ichigo 100%~=]'', the manga was cut short in its run, but it got an anime adaptation in Spring 2009 by J.C. Staff.
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Tropes in ''Hatsukoi Limited'' include:

* AllLoveIsUnrequited
* AllMenArePerverts -- A good amount of the male cast, and the main cause of distress for the (well-endowed) Meguru.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter -- Meguru, to Takei.
* BrotherSisterIncest -- Runs in both directions. Ayumi's brother is a little too into her, while Koyoi is pretty much defined by her brother complex.
* CannotSpitItOut -- Goes for a lot of the couples, but Kei and Kusuda are the ones that display it the most.
* ClassRepresentative -- Meguru.
* CoolBigSis -- Misaki plays this role to Mamoru.
* {{Cosplay}} -- The ending credits are a slideshow of the many girls of the cast in various cosplay outfits.
* CrashIntoHello -- Combined with DroppedGlasses for Sogabe and Nao's MeetCute.
* {{Crossdresser}} -- Kusuda has few qualms about donning a female cheerleader outfit for the sake of class spirit.
* DatePeepers -- Koyoi.
* {{Dojikko}} -- Soako
* DudeShesLikeInAComa -- Done deliberately on the part of Kusuda and his sleep-inducing pun storm. Subverted when, whether she was toying with them or really in some form of sleepwalking, Misaki begins performing wrestling moves on Mamoru when he gets close.
* {{Fanservice}}
* FaceOfAThug -- Misao Zaitsu, though he's really just a shy guy who's fallen in love with Ayumi.
* FreudWasRight -- Apparently you ''can'' make a girl fall in love with you by shoving your lollipop in her mouth and making her suck it.
* GagBoobs -- A major source of distress for Meguru (she quit swimming because her boobs got big quite early, and would draw a lot of stares especially if she was in a swimsuit; she goes as far as to wear bras a few cup sizes smaller to hide them)
* TheGlomp -- Koyoi to her brother, whenever she can.
* HurricaneOfPuns -- To the point it puts Misaki to sleep. That's talent.
* {{Lolicon}} -- the twentysomething man seen proposing to Kei Enomoto in a {{Flashback}}.
* LoveChart -- [[http://www.j-hatsukoi.com/character.html Keeping track so you don't have to]].
* LoveDodecahedron
* LoveLetterLunacy -- What starts the story.
* {{Master of the Mixed Message}} -- Rika Dobashi gives canonical {{love interest}} Haruto Terai the impression that she's leading him on, until she gives him their FirstKiss.
* MeetCute -- Lollipop in the mouth means love as far as Misaki is concerned.
* {{Meganekko}} -- Meguru.
* NameThatTune -- Ayumi and Koyoi's not-very-good duet of the opening theme with karaoke.
* OralFixationFixation -- Misaki Yamamoto and her lollipops.
* {{Pantyshot}} -- no shortage of them.
* ShirtlessScene -- Takei, Meguru's admirer, is a member of the swim club, and goes around in swim trunks and not much else...''all the time''.
* TedBaxter -- Sogabe.
* TearJerker -- Yukito's sudden departure sends Nao running in tears.
* {{Tsundere}} -- Kei Enomoto.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend -- Mamoru in relation to Misaki. She's been his next door neighbor for years, he loves her, but she loves Ayumi's brother.
* VaporWear -- The side story features Soako and her adventures running around the school without panties. Hilarity ensues, of course.
* WaifFu -- Ayumi has the body of a middle school student and some impressive kicking power. She even manages to double-team with Misao in the Valentine's Day episode and intercept Misaki's chocolate with gusto.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs -- Beware of a sleeping Misaki. She's a wrestling fan, and knows the moves.
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