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Unbalance na Netsu  
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Description
When Ryuu Kagaya tries to befriend the boy in the next seat to his, honor student Yoshito Naruse, he's shot down. Only after Yoshito visits Ryuu's workplace does he think they might be friends. But Yoshito's brother might have something to say about that...

Type
Manga

Related Series
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Associated Names
アンバランスな熱
迷情錯愛
Unbalanced Heat

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Dangerous Pleasure
Hochuuami

Latest Release(s)
v.1 c.Extra (end) by Dangerous Pleasure (1708d ago)
v.1 c.5(end) by Hochuuami (1800d ago)
v.1 c.4 by Hochuuami (2123d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
1 Volume (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?
Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter
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User Rating
Average: 7.6 / 10.0 (357 votes)
Bayesian Average: 7.56 / 10.0
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Last Updated
July 1st 2012, 9:43am PST

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Genre
Drama  School Life  Yaoi 
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Recommendations
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Author(s)
MINASE Masara

Artist(s)
MINASE Masara

Year
2007

Original Publisher
Tokuma Shoten

Serialized In (magazine)
Chara Selection (Tokuma Shoten)

Licensed (in English)
No

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Monthly Pos #2532 increased(+185)
3 Month Pos #3360 decreased(-53)
6 Month Pos #3666 decreased(-110)

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 It's something to read... after all   
Rating: 6.9 / 10.0
by Lillian
January 21st, 2010, 2:10pm
Short: The art is nice, the plot has many holes and is too short. The characters are ok. Three main characters. Two quite superficial and one with a deeper background. It contains a rape scene - which was weak, seen much worse.

Give it a try. One volume isn't a time waste even when you don't like it afterwards.

Long (WARNING SPOILERS): Don't know what's the fuss about this manga. For a one volume story it's ok. And I kinda expected Ryo to end up with the brat - so maybe that's why I wasn't disappointed about how it ended (and I agree, it was something else for once and not the generic happy end)... actually I even liked the end. The meany brat got tamed... erm I mean, brought back to common sense... and will surely not annoy his brother or step-mother anymore. The other way round it'd need an additional volume to solve the family situation for a pleased ending.

... Last updated on January 21st, 2010, 2:11pm
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 Loved it   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by Sakura_Hikizaki
September 26th, 2009, 6:32am
I have disagree, I personally enjoyed this series so much that I read countless times after. I was personally happy when Ryuu ended up with his friend brother. Ok the rape wasn't all that great but at least he felt remorse, and did fall in love with Ryuu.

As always great art and story from Minase sensei smile
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 IT SUCKED SOO BAD!   
Rating: 1.0 / 10.0
by huggybear1218
July 17th, 2009, 7:24pm
the person our uke picks was the worst possible choice ever! its not even about the rape(cuz if you are a citizen of yaoiland, thats the norm) but his choice is spoiled, annoying, mean, and the reason they "fall in love" is because of pity! while a perfectly great seme is left alone and in the dust! HE COULD HAVE ATLEAST GOTTEN A LOVER TOO!!!!
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 Didn't like it at all   
Rating: 3.0 / 10.0
by kahoko
May 3rd, 2009, 10:04pm
Well, I really like Minase's works, but this one was rather dissapointing..the "fall in love with the rapist" .plot was far more unreal than others of the same kind (which I dislike too). I was seriously hoping for Ryuu to end up with the other brother, and not with the one that raped him just to humiliate him and destroy his brother.

Anyways, this is not a manga that I would recommend.
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 Hmm...   
Rating: 9.0 / 10.0
by despelucada
February 22nd, 2009, 2:08pm
I enjoyed it. Yes, there's one instance of non-consensual sex (which isn't appetizing to some ppl), but I still enjoyed the story-- this isn't real life, after all, but fiction, and something about it appealed to me. The ending? Well, I for one liked who the main character ends up with.
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 Personal taste.   
Rating: 9.0 / 10.0
by yblees
January 29th, 2009, 7:48pm
Reading down the comments, looks like most ppl either love or hate this series. It's one of my personal favorites for the complex relationship, and because the conclusion is so unexpected.
For those felt the outcome made no sense, it helps to read this from a Japanese cultural perspective - the idea that a person who unselfishly sacrifices personal desires in order to do what is Most Needed of him will ultimately be the most contented and happy, because others around them are also contented and happy.
Not to mention, this sort of compassion is one of the most respected and admired traits in a person (think of Kannon, the Goddess of Mercy, or Belldandy for that matter)
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 0_*   
Rating: 7.0 / 10.0
by mica363
January 4th, 2009, 6:27am
So, the fact of the matter is, it isn't her best work, but also it isn't as bad as everyone comments on. I am also not a fan of the rape story line but in all honesty I have read way worse ones that were far more disturbing. Her art style is still one I can admire and that kept me reading. But, despite mine or other comments it probably will just go down as another one to pass the time and nothing to write home about.
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 Wierd & Awkward   
Rating: 1.0 / 10.0
by crans4me
December 15th, 2008, 6:50am
Wish I would read those comments below before downloading this manga. When reading chapter 4 I did have a bad feeling about how bad the ending would be, and it turned out to be true. I just could say "OMG", this manga really really really disappointed me.
I don't hate rape yaoi if the seme truly love the uke, but this yaoi's rapist and the raping motive are unacceptable. I totally agree with "brid" and his (or her) comments about this yaoi, sooooooooo awkward and dissappointing.

... Last updated on December 15th, 2008, 6:53am
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 Amazing!   
Rating: 9.0 / 10.0
by MightyMaeve
November 26th, 2008, 2:52pm
This one is stunning. Yes, it's full of Yaoiland-ness, so beware if that disturbs you. Masara Minase is brilliant at conveying tension, angst and an immediate connect for her characters. I couldn't put this story down, I was that captivated!

An example of the depth of characterization: In one frame, she can make Yoshito's brother so full of manipulative darkness (I shivered with the 'violence and sexual assault' ominously dark frame in an early chapter) and then she can make the same boy heartbreakingly sad. (In the frames where Ryuu shows him a kindness, even after he has only given Ryuu such unforgivable, angry behaviour.) And really, I believe humans ARE that complicated.

Nobody is pure 'evil' or pure 'good.' I like that a lot. Nobody is a write-off.

There was also humour balancing out the disturbing, dark brother-hatred and overall anxiety. It was an excellent balance for yaoiland pleasures.

Her characters are so 'alive.' Ryuu is so utterly adorable! I love it when he's blabbing and blabbing, trying to ease the awkward silence, and then WHAMO! Whoops, he gives away something he didn't want to put out there! Tongue got away with brain.
I found this story to be truly heart-rending for the brothers and the journey of how Ryuu changes them both by his open-hearted, if naieve, possibly unhealthy, possibly unbelievably unselfish, behaviour.

Well worth the intense read.

... Last updated on November 26th, 2008, 2:56pm
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 Wrong on so many levels   
Rating: 1.0 / 10.0
by brid
July 21st, 2008, 1:38am
This manga has the dubious distinction of making me totally give up reading Masara Minase's works. I don't like rape in general and haven't been a fan of this mangaka's increasing use of it, but this manga was literally the straw that broke the camel's back for me. Quite possibly it is among the most egregious Stockholm Syndrome-inspired, fall in love with your rapist stories out there.

In this manga, the uke is savagely brutalized, not by a guy who is secretly in love with him (as is the usual excuse in these cases), but by a guy actively seeking to humiliate him and use that humiliation as revenge against his brother. At the point the rape occurs, the uke and seme have barely met (though the seme has been stalking the uke for the purposes of attacking him). No feelings of any type have developed between them, which makes the seme's actions all the more predatory. During his attack, there isn't an ounce of pity or compassion on his part, rendering the uke utterly hopeless and helpless, and making the scene one of the most brutal rapes between uke and seme I have ever seen in yaoi.

And what is the fall-out from this? Why to turn the rapist into a cute, fluffy bunny of teen angst, of course! (The audience--and the uke--must now be manipulated into forgiving him.) You see, while the seme was tearing open the uke's body, he fell in love with him! So to prove that love, he decides to spend the rest of the manga turning up on the uke's doorstep and pouting over the uke's friendship with his brother. Naturally, he wants the uke to look only at him. The uke responds to everything with all the anger of someone whose friend just dented his bike--which is to say, not all that much in the grand scheme of things. Everything gets nicely resolved over a small case of the sniffles and we get an ending so saccarine-sweet it'll make your teeth rot. Everyone ends up good friends and the uke and seme get universal approval for their love! How perfect is that? It's not everyday a boy can happily skip off into the sunset with his victimizer. But apparently in Masara Minase's neighborhood, it can happen. Which is why I won't be visiting any longer.

... Last updated on July 21st, 2008, 1:49am
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