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Kyuuso wa Cheese no Yume o Miru  
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Description
Kyouichi's indecisive character has led him to repeatedly commit the foolish mistake of adultery. One day, Imagase, a college classmate he hasn't seen since graduation, shows up as the private detective hired by his wife to investigate his infidelity. Imagase, however, proposes a deal. He won't tell Kyouichi's wife about his affairs, but, for compensation, he makes an unbelievable demand: "I want your body in exchange..."

In the second edition, there is an extra chapter.

Type
Manga

Related Series
Sojou no Koi wa Nido Haneru (Sequel)

Associated Names
优柔有情人
爱在末路之境
穷途之鼠的奶酪
窮鼠はチーズの夢を見る
窮鼠夢見起司
Das Spiel von Katz und Maus (German)
Il Gioco del Gatto e del Topo (Italian)
Kyuuso wa Cheese no Yume wo Miru
Le Jeu du chat et de la souris 1 (French)
The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese

Groups Scanlating
Essence of Purity
PresenceDear

Latest Release(s)
v.1 c.Extra by PresenceDear (1326d ago)
v.1 c.5 (end) by PresenceDear (1651d ago)
v.1 c.3-4 by PresenceDear (1844d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
1 Volume (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?
Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter
N/A

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User Rating
Average: 8.7 / 10.0 (741 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.62 / 10.0
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Last Updated
May 16th 2013, 1:05am PST

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Genre
Drama  Josei  Psychological  Romance  Slice of Life  Yaoi 
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Category Recommendations (beta!)
Sojou no Koi wa Nido Haneru (weight: 181.11)
Eien no Shichigatsu (weight: 162.83)
Indigo Blue (weight: 162.48)
Zig Zag Don (weight: 162.22)
Utsukushii Utsukushii Utsukushii (weight: 157.87)

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Author(s)
MIZUSHIRO Setona

Artist(s)
MIZUSHIRO Setona

Year
2006

Original Publisher
Shogakukan (2006; 2009)

Serialized In (magazine)
Judy (Shogakukan)

Licensed (in English)
No

English Publisher
N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #488 increased(+104)
Monthly Pos #754 increased(+77)
3 Month Pos #854 decreased(-56)
6 Month Pos #786 decreased(-16)

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On 236 wish lists
On 1797 completed lists
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 I've never read BL like this. O AO)""   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by Baniita
March 5th, 2013, 11:23am
So flawed, so perfect. Is this a new genre? Oh my goodness, is it jousei-BL? It's so genuine, honest, and unflowery. So unidealized, brutish--hngggg. Why aren't there more twisted titles like this? This kind of quality and rawness, I've only been able to find in rare fanfic and Queer as Folk until now!

The art style isn't the best, but the story and dialogue is amazing. We're not sorry that Kyouichi is not a Gary Stu. Get over it. He's not supposed to be likeable. He's supposed to be human. On the other hand, I found Imagase extremely likeable and interesting.
Spoiler (mouse over to view)
He casually confesses his love while his boyfriend that he's practically living together with is in the background. He gets a vase or something thrown at him and he's all like 'idgaf'. It's a sick dedication, and that's just lovely lovely lovely.


Cliche? What? Are you blind? This goes against so many yaoi cliches I've ever known. You know how ukes magically are never able to shove the offender away and say no?
Spoiler (mouse over to view)
Well, Ryouichi DOES. You know how seme are all more than enthusiastic about doing it with dubious consent? Well, Imagase called his BS and wouldn't let him use the excuse "I was forced", and let Ryouichi come to him instead.
Do you know how amazing that is? Do you?! Huh?! /jabs finger.

So many of you complain about how it's not love, but an obsession. And I'm like--and? Seriously, it's way more interesting like this. You complain about how the characters sleep around--and? Imagase's just using them as replacements. Even if he wasn't, I still wouldn't care. They're guys. What do you expect.

Do you know what line killed me beyond ecstasy?
Spoiler (mouse over to view)
It's not like I'm thinking I'll be with you forever.

/swoon~swoon~~oh my god I love this author so much asdahkdglakdjhgaldg

That was a masterpiece. Onto the sequel!

... Last updated on March 5th, 2013, 12:26pm
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 Moving   
Rating: N/A
by sandyatthebeach1
February 19th, 2013, 3:02pm
Please read this and the sequel- together, they make a truly beautiful story. It's powerful and resounding- the characters aren't likable, but at the same time, they are. You somehow grow to like them, or at the very least, identify and empathize with them. Their flaws are real, and their relationship is far, far from perfect, but you still root for them, and hope for them despite that. I think it takes real skill to spin a story that can make that happen. It's complex and a bit dishearteningly dark, almost, but I would read it anyway. Please give this a chance and read all of it before you judge it- it really is amazing. Honestly one of the best.
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 I really don't see it   
Rating: 2.0 / 10.0
by Justiflake
December 29th, 2012, 12:15pm
I don't understand how anyone can give this more than a 5. Bad art, absurd story, and horrible characters. I'd put it on the same level as Junjou Romantica.
The story is pretty cliche and generic in a bad way, not to mention very predictable. I guess people like this becuase they feel identified with it?
The only genuinly good part was when they showed what the main character's relationship with his wife was like. It felt realistic, and it was the only thing in the whole book that peaked my interest.
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 A MUST-READ!!!!   
Rating: N/A
by xx-Touya-xx
July 11th, 2012, 10:46pm
Like any other of Mizushiro-san's work (Afterschool Nightmare), her stories are always nicely paced, great plot, well developed characters, but best of all her cliff-hangers leave you breathless and always wanting more. I can see this story in other yaoi mangas but the slow/lonely atmosphere of this manga is just heart-wrenching. Only a few mangakas are able to deeply move their readers, so just give it a shot.

When people comment that this story is "BEAUTIFUL, EPIC, PURE, a MASTERPIECE," you better "believe it!" (Naruto pun, hah coudn't resist).
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 Brilliant!   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by natines
April 27th, 2012, 8:20pm
It has a completely different felling of anything I've ever read before! I mean, I could sense reality in it, not such a far-fetched plot that so many other mangas have. It passed me such a warm thing, even though the main character has not the best qualities that makes everybody like the main characters, he is unique and made me like his bad personality (and his has not that kind of common bad personality that everybody likes). Anyway, it really is worth reading and all those fan-girls who say that they can't find a good plot here is it!
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 Damn! So good!   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by mizorekibishi
March 28th, 2012, 10:14am
WTH- what is this... the first manga ever, i'm crying in first 2 or 3 chapter :'( And it's rarely happen to me!
Sensei really great to make a beautifull scene and beautifull words. Great! I love Imagase a lot!
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 MASTER PIECE!   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by mimi639
February 18th, 2012, 12:35pm
it's the first time i give an excellent to a manga... (yeah, i'm that tough)
but this is really an outstanding work!, the art!!.., omg the PLOT!!!!.. freaking amazing!!
it's the reality of couple! it truly is perfect according to me! ,cause normally the yaoi we are used to..it's kind of ..really "the same", u understand they kind of love each-other, n suffer a little cause always the uke it's kidnapped (u know it's true!!, n it doesn't have anything wrong with it!! i'm a sucker 4 Stockholm syndrome) LOL
but it's nothing like this, in this story u really see the suffering a gay couple has to go trough!, and specially one that was a previously straight man in it..
this plot was brilliant!
Spoiler (mouse over to view)
i almost cried when i saw all the suffering my poor imagase had to go trought, and the poor other guy!!,
MAAAN HE'S SO DAMN CONFUSED!!
the poor idiot didn't knew which way was north or which was south!
and i imagine that, IT IS a REALLY new and confusing situation the one he's in!
Spoiler (mouse over to view)
the not sure i'm gay and not sure i even like u-kind of thinking
.... i get it!!! i really do! BUT .. MAN! he really is indecisive right!? LOL,
but i really enjoyed the confusion, the (i dunno if im really gay-kind of plot), the i'll love u until the earth blows apart-kind of seme, and the way they were sooo open with their feelings,doubts and fears! it was really magnificent!
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 really interesting.   
Rating: 9.0 / 10.0
by otakuness
January 28th, 2012, 10:15am
i seldom read yaoi. i only do when it was highly recommended or if it intrigues me. and when it was written by a shoujo author <have you read Sakura Gari by Watase Yuu-sensei? then you now what i mean) . i mean i ve read works done by Mizuno-sensei and they were really dark with complex, dark, imperfect characters, which i happen to like more than your average bishies. and i dont have a problem with the art. so.. yeah the stroytelling of this one is really, omigawd. its like.. flashback pops out from nowhere. insert important moment her and le wild flashbakc suddenly appears. awesome. i dont hate the charcters. though the main protagonist is really, i wont sat weak or loser-ish just relly phlegmatic and easy to get while the other one imagase, i really aggressive and obsessive which is a nice duo for disaster. the opening was cliched, but i can see no better way and it was awesome that the hole story didnt revoolve around that.. i would have never read this if this is some kind of cheap yaoi or something. so yeah..
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 AHHHH   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by gwkimmy
January 17th, 2012, 2:03pm
i still re-read this manga and its sequel every now and then. it's just too powerful a story to just forget and pass over. i'm impressed the mangaka made the characters so complex and relatable WITHOUT making them "likable" characters. in fact, there isn't much to like about either character; kyouichi is spineless and unfaithful while imagase is obsessive, insensitive and insanely stubborn (although he has his super cute moments). the magic in this manga is that you can identify with some of the characters' deeper flaws and relate to some of their feelings during certain circumstances. you want them to be together, but at the same time you realize the reality of the mess of their relationship.

best bl manga i've read, hands down. give it a go even if you aren't into bl (though it is smutty, so expect that XD)
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 WOW! O_O Don't get discuraged in the very beginning...   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by cheburashko
October 9th, 2011, 9:53pm
...by the so-so art an the kinda wierd plot an the not-very-likable charachters - 'cos it gets better... an better an BETTER - till at the end i was holding my breath an blushing an getting embarasingly hot an bothered XD the art doesnt get much better actually - the chrachters profiles and fronts don't match, the faces look just wierd at times and ears stick out at strange angles =P but once you get used to it u start seeing that despite that it conveys all the appropriete emotional niceties at all the appropriete moments, and quite eloquantly - which is a feat - but the STORY gradually becomes SO much more realistic, the charachters vivid, beliavavle, until u start actually liking their flaws; some of the dialogs are just BRILLIANT! like in a well written book!

so - well - what can i say - i loved it - it is actually very rare that i like something enough to comment - but there ^_^
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