Sojou no Koi wa Nido Haneru

Description

Kyouichi is now divorced from his wife and carrying on a tenuous, homosexual relationship with Imagase. He has even become accustomed to having sex with Imagase every day. However, when Tamaki, a young coworker with a crush on Kyouichi, appears on the scene, it might be the beginning of the end for Kyouichi and Imagase.

Table of contents (over 300 pgs):

Melancholy Butterfly
The Black Cat Yawns
Owl
The Carp on the Chopping Block Jumps Twice

Note: Hummingbird Rhapsody, an extra chapter involving Imagase's past, was released in the March 2020 issue of Flowers magazine. Revised chapters of the manga began publication in this issue as well.

Type

Manga

Associated Names

Das Spiel von Katz und Maus 2

Hamingubaado Rapusodi

Hummingbird Rhapsody

Il Gioco del Gatto e del Topo 2

Le Jeu du chat et de la souris 2

The Carp on the Chopping Block Jumps Twice

Zabawa w kotka i myszkę 2

ハミングバード・ラプソディ

优柔有情人2

俎上の鯉は二度跳ねる

俎上之鲤尚可再跃

爱在绝境重生

菜板上的鲤鱼会跳两次

Groups Scanlating

PresenceDear

Latest Release(s)

v.1 c.4 (end) by PresenceDear 16 years ago

v.1 c.3 by PresenceDear 16 years ago

v.1 c.1-2 by PresenceDear 16 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

1 Volume (Complete)
1 Volume (Reboot Edition in 2020, Complete)
1 Volume (All-in-one Edition with the prequel, Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

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User Rating

Average: 8.7 / 10.0 (941 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.63 / 10.0

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Last Updated

July 8th, 2025 8:18pm PDT - 6 days ago

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Genre

Adult Drama Josei Romance Slice of Life Yaoi
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Shogakukan (2009; 2020)

Serialized In (magazine)

Mobafura (Shogakukan)

Judy (Shogakukan)

Flowers (Shogakukan)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Seven Seas (1 Vol - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #602

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Monthly Pos #1464

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3 Month Pos #2592

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6 Month Pos #3125

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Year Pos #3511

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List Stats

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On 346 wish lists

On 2290 completed lists

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Phenomenal, upsetting

by zakiue
3 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

The first book is a fun, interesting, kind of messed up story. This is like.......a thorough examination of the essence of love—the ugly, painful, addictive kind of love that makes you want to die. It is very well done. I can't say I feel satisfied, but I'm glad it left me unsettled. It's fitting. I was blown away over and over again at the writing in this....def will reread.

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Far better than prequel

by Fati1367
3 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

This one is far better than prequel but the thing I don't get and so annoyed by is how author so desperate to make Imagase pathetic and insecure...
Anyway this one is a decent read ofc comparing to that garbage prequel.

... Last updated 3 years ago

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Problematic

by IndiesGS
7 years ago

Rating: N/A

Mizushiro has a lot of good stories but this one is horrible. I don't know if she's bi-phobic or clearly clueless of the theme she tries to explore, but she'd better stick with fantasy-ish shounen-ai because her attempt to make story realistic made manga problematic instead.

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Review

by Rinshi7
7 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Now after reading the comments down blow I’ve decided to give this series a chance and boy was I’m glad to read it.

Now from a guys point on view, this was pretty realistic. I don’t know what Kreatur was talk about it why he talks about not every guy being like that because there are guys like that despite whether you like it or not. Or even brother reading it if you know it’s a boy love manga for that matter.

Anyway coming from the first series I gotta say I really enjoy this story. The problems of a gay guy who is in love with straight guy can be pretty relatable I gotta say. This reminds me of the secret of me and my boss by chiaki kashima which I also enjoy, senpai and imagnse characters development changes throughout these two volumes which I’ve enjoy this a lot. They had fun with one another. The fight with one another. There’s actually drama, which maybe it’s too much for some but I’ve enjoy every bit of it. Senpai who is straight actually had a affair. Actually has problem with his friend. Actually sleep with women which is very rare in a lot of stories I’ve read. There’s is not uke or seme is this story which surprise me because they do change place which I’ve never found since reading this story. The end made me cry. But it was realistic enough about love. Imagnse does get more girly in this story which his friend even says what he become since volume one. But he also has his dark side to him as well as his manly side as senpai does. Great series,

... Last updated 7 years ago

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Masterpiece

by Sylvina
8 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

What can i say? It's setona sensei work, which means it's a masterpiece, i just love the way things were developed. How kyouichi started to trust imagase and feel confortable around him, without being paranoic about what imagase could think about him. I think kyouichi couldn't trust in anybody up until he met imagase, that's why his relationships didn't work, because he was used to put a wall between his true feelings and his behaviour. I think it's so well written and well drawn, it' so hard to find something like this nowaday </3

... Last updated 8 years ago

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Awesome

by nelnel-chan
8 years ago

Rating: N/A

Wonderfully the author Wilkins welcomes us back to another sequel to the series that already enjoyed from the first season or first volume I mean. I really liked it how the author really try to tackle the point of being a man or basically falling in love with the same gender as you versus somebody who is not into somebody like you or someone of the same gender. This sequel further goes down the line of they're tough and sad relationship that really I can really relate to in my opinion. It sad but that's what makes this manga series very powerful my opinion and I hope I get to add it to my collection one dayo

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enjoyable read!

by moonmystery
9 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

This was surprisingly good. The whole ride was filled with angst, but it was an angst I could sympathize with. A man who is constantly drifting and another man who is hopelessly in love with someone after experiencing all that was offered. These two combined together makes a rocky relationship that will inevitably explode, but if we look deeper, these two actually complement each other and give one another an anchor. <3

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review of a guy

by kreatur
10 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

I enjoyed this manga, as much a heterosexual guy could enjoy a gay manga.

I see only women in the comment section praising it, and i can understand why they give this high ratings. The author is also a women and either she doesn't know any gay men, or she's just giving her women readers what she thinks they like.

But let me just tell you there's no way a man would act as whiny as Imagase does, it's biologically impossible, he would need to take feminine hormones to reach that level. I doubt there are even many women like that.

Don't get me wrong, men cry, get angry, beg and so forth, but they're practical and eventually take action, make tough decisions, calculated decisions. Watch Modern Family if you want to see realistic gay men.

So yeah, i enjoyed the manga despite the block of text on every page and the gay sex (which i skipped as much as possible) but it's in no way perfect.

... Last updated 10 years ago

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Hmmm

by Ginny
10 years ago

Rating: N/A

First i was annoyed with sempai and his indecisiveness. It wasn't even because he was straight. Then I was annoyed with Ima because he started acting up when sempai was finally getting his act together. Gold star for him because I didn't think he could do it. No he gets a thumbs up, gold stars are for me. But in the end they make it to a somewhat happy ending.

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A good read

by ps92
11 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Gripping. Dramatic. Bittersweet.

The manga is well written and well drawn and the plot is just absolutely wonderful. The characters grow and evolve as the manga progresses and you can't help but relate to their feelings and struggles because they feel so real and believable. It's also philosophical to a certain extent as the characters try to sort out their emotions and feelings and try to understand and find meaning in their life.

It's a story that pulls at your heartstrings and makes you feel.

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