Faster than a Kiss (キスよりも早く Kisu yori mo Hayaku?) is a shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Meca Tanaka. The series is currently serializing in Hakusensha's monthly shōjo manga magazine, LaLa since March 2007. The series concludes on October 2012 with twelve volumes published.


Plot :
Fumino and her 4-year-old brother, Teppei have lived with relatives since their parents died in a car accident. Tired of moving from a relative's house to another, she decides to drop out of school and find work to support her brother on her own. As they sit on a park bench, her English teacher, Kazuma Ojiro appears in front of her and her brother. He tries to convince her to go back to school. She jokingly asks him to marry her in order to support her and Teppei, and he agrees. Now Fumino and Kazuma live together in Kazuma's apartment. In school the two keep their marriage a secret from others. This creates some drama in the storyline. The series is mainly about how Fumino and Kazuma's relationship slowly buds.