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Escape (KYUUGOU)  
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Description
Video store clerk Amamiya Shouta has a unrequited crush on salaryman Shiraishi, but has sex with fellow college student Kuraki. Shouta thinks of them as just sex friends, but Kuraki has a dark and possessive side that Shouta unwittingly brings to the surface...

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Manga

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Associated Names
エスケープ (九號)

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Liquid Passion

Latest Release(s)
c.1 by Liquid Passion (1994d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
Oneshot (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?
Yes

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User Rating
Average: 8.3 / 10.0 (444 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.21 / 10.0
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Last Updated
September 2nd 2012, 7:02pm PST

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Genre
Drama  Psychological  Yaoi 
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Author(s)
Kyuugou

Artist(s)
Kyuugou

Year
2007

Original Publisher
Tokuma Shoten

Serialized In (magazine)
Chara Selection (Tokuma Shoten)

Licensed (in English)
No

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 This is amazing.   
Rating: N/A
by Pebble_
March 26th, 2013, 1:14am
Kyuugou is probably my number one goddess of yaoi, and this oneshot proves her skill once more.
The art is as usual incredible. I spend a huge amount of time just looking at the tiniest gorgeous details, at how right the expressions feel.
The story is both subtle and brutal. The abuser is not painted in a sympathetic light, but the ending is left open. Open endings are the best way to end such short stories imo.
The characters and their psychology feel real and well developed.

Definitely a must-read!
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 BEST YAOI ONE-SHOT EVER   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by yaoi--churros
October 10th, 2012, 12:29am
I disagree with everyone who said that "its too short" or "I wish there was more", because the theme that Kyuugou wanted to portray in the characters are painful expressions with the theme of unrequited love. And I have never seen anything quite as bitter-sweet. The fact that it is short makes it go deeper into our heads, just as reading the first 3 chapters of a good book, we can't help but want more. It is a good thing that there was not more as it would be boring if they ended up together in a one-shot about unrequited love. Also, I would think that 9-go, as good of a mangaka he/she is, won't be able to keep up the painful relationship of the characters: Amamiya Shouta, Kuraki and Shiraishi-san to make it into a volume. If it is so, then the cockiness (and posessive-ness) of Kuraki, the unrequited love of Shouta towards Shiraishi-san, and their relationship would be "solved" and/or dissolve into nothing.

It could be featured in a tankoubon of compiled oneshots from the same author with the same theme.

I read this about a year ago and still loved it till now, although it did not deserve a 100/10, it got a 99/10 from me. Beautifully drawn characters and expressions, clever use of words, and great choice of character personality. Yabai.

... Last updated on October 10th, 2012, 12:30am
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 I love this   
Rating: N/A
by takatori
September 16th, 2012, 11:24am
There's something about this that makes me read it over and over.I can understand why people have said it feels incomplete and rushed, however I think it's perfect the way it is. It has left me wanting to know more and I really want to understand the characters, if it continued or was longer I think it wouldn't have been as interesting. Their relationship is more complicated and much more real then the usual bl and yaoi, it isn't something I'll fangirl over but I cannot express how much I love this. I feel that this isn't as sad or tragic as everyone says it. When Shouta says they're both in love with someone either way, I believe that both Shouta and Kuraki can't help but fall for each other in some form. The way Kuraki looked at Shouta and the way Shouta began to only think of Kuraki. The way it's shown is good, I'm more than satisfied with the ending, great short story.

... Last updated on September 26th, 2012, 4:44pm
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 finally a bl manga which portrays abusers as they should be portrayed   
Rating: 8.6 / 10.0
by infinity9001
February 22nd, 2012, 4:52pm
Kyuugou is definitely one of my favorite bl mangakas, right up there with Ono Natsume and Yoneda Kou. The art is beautiful and the story really makes you think (while your stomach churns). Kuraki is a self-loathing cesspool of violence and anger who beats the crap out of Shouta, the person he apparently "loves". Shouta seems like a sweet guy, and he definitely deserves a much happier ending. To say I felt a lot of anger towards Kuraki would be an understatement, but what Kyuugou has portrayed is a classic relationship which has domestic violence. Shouta can't escape Kuraki because of Kuraki's psychological hold on Shouta and that's what makes it so heartbreaking. You can see that Kuraki feels bad about what he's doing, but that does not in any way redeem him - the man needs major psychological help.

The ending for me was ambiguous. Before reading other comments, I actually thought that Shouta was referring to Shiraishi and Kuraki referring to Shouta, but everyone has their own opinion. It's up to you to decide what's going on there.

I really do wish Kyuugou would write a sequel to this, be it a happy ending or even just a bit more character development and background story as to how Shouta ended up with Kuraki in the first place. Overall, a nice read if you want to see an abusive relationship be portrayed realistically. If you're looking for the ridiculous overused storyline of the uke falling in love with his abusive seem look elsewhere.
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 Umm   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by mlat26
October 12th, 2011, 12:43am
Felt incomplete, like there should be a sequel somewhere. The story is too short to give Kuraki any redeeming qualities, so I dislike him D: abusive @$#@% and Shouta should just get away from that guy >_< and at the end Love? really? "I love you <3 so I'm gonna beat you up and rape you" O_O what? Although that seems to be the theme in most Yaoi mangas, which is quite disappointing since theres so many different subjects that could be used instead. But I guess it was good in general, I though it had a sad ending tho' really uncertain.
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 Good but...   
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by Sasageru
June 24th, 2011, 3:12am
Really hooked me into the story but way way too short and with such an abrupt ending too. Somehow it feels more like the mangaka ran out of space than thats how it was meant to end...
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 Not just the sexy hair.   
Rating: 9.0 / 10.0
by vkoi
November 1st, 2009, 12:02am
"Kuraki has a dark and possessive side that Shouta unwittingly brings to the surface..." It was hidden, ever? Kuraki has great hair but he's a total @$$|-|013 throughout.

As expected from Kyuugo the art is great and the story is engaging, neat, well told, and just the right length. I wouldn't want this dark little domestic violence story to be a page longer, but I would like a bright little sequel. Can Kuraki change? Why is he so torqued? Is there any possibility of Shouta and Shiraishi ever getting together?

I'm always impressed when a mangaka takes character types I don't like and a plot conceit I don't find sexy and wraps them into a great story. Escape is just that. I haven't read it three times just for Kuraki's cute haircut. Really.
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 No more?   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by NEXTLOVER
October 11th, 2009, 8:38am
This really the end? Either way, it was brilliantly written. I actually read this a long time ago, but didn't really give a second notice to it. Not until recently did I re-read it, then I finally "got it," or something in me clicked to make me love it. For those that have already read it but didn't take a liking to it the first round, give it another try. This story really, REALLY sticks with you (throughout the years LOL). The mangaka is truly superb.
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 Not impressed   
Rating: 7.0 / 10.0
by AeeDee
October 11th, 2009, 3:11am
This is the only Kyuugou work I didn't love. I barely like it, to be honest.

It's greatly written, and it's emotional and tense... but the characters have such an imbalanced, cold relationship that I don't identify with either of them. I don't particularly like them - one's too harsh, one's too weak, and they both seem somewhat undeveloped. This is my least favorite kind of BL story: the "super dominant/angry seme" character cliche is disappointing when compared against Kyuugou's later stories.

It's not an awful story by any means, but it can't compare against Kyuugou's other works.

... Last updated on October 11th, 2009, 3:12am
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 Nice!   
Rating: N/A
by dezin19
June 6th, 2009, 1:06am
Lovely art, believable characters and and angsthy plot. Great one-shot, but I always thought there was a continuation? The ending is a little open-ended, but otherwise, I loved it.
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