Faster than a Kiss

 is a shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Meca Tanaka. The series has been serialized in Hakusensha's monthly shōjo manga magazine, "LaLa" since March 2007. The series concluded 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.
Media.
Manga.
Written and illustrated by Meca Tanaka, the chapters of "Faster than a Kiss" appear as a serial in the Japanese manga magazine "LaLa" and are collected into "tankōbon" by Hakusensha. As of October 2012, the series has twelve volumes. The manga is complete with a total of 57 chapters.
Drama CD.
A drama CD of "Faster than a Kiss" was included in the May 2008 and November 2009 issues of "LaLa".
Reception.
The third volume ranked seventh on the list of best-selling Japanese comics for May 6–12, 2008. For the weeks of December 3–15, 2008, the fourth volume placed tenth on the list with an estimated 56,073 copies sold weekly and 125,759 total copies sold. The fifth volume stayed at the tenth place for the weeks of June 1–14, 2009, selling an estimated 54,048 copies a week for total of 125,166 copies sold. The sixth volume ranked ninth on the list for the week of November 2–8 and 9-15, 2009 before dropping to tenth place with 36,878 copies sold weekly, totaling 121,326 copies sold.
After graduation, Li went to Beijing and he entered North China University of Technology.
When the Korean War broke out in 1950, Li joined the People's Liberation Army, he went to North Korea and served as a writer in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Naval Song and Dance Troupe, after the war, Li returned to Beijing, he worked in China Railway Federation of Trade Union () as an editor.
In July 1957, Li published his short story "Re-election" (《》) in "People's Literature" (《》), then he was divided into right winger, and he was sent to a construction plant to work.
In 1978, Li joined the China Railway Song and Dance Troupe (). Li joined the China Writers Association in 1982 and he joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1983.