The Crimson Boy

Description

Two lonely souls, who seem to have nothing in common, find each other…
Included in Comic Cue 9
Official English Translation

Type

Manga

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Blushing Boy (Minami Q-ta)

Makka na Otokonoko (Minami Q-ta)

The Blood Red Boy

真っ赤な男の子

Groups Scanlating

Kotonoha

Latest Release(s)

v.1 c. by Kotonoha 21 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

Oneshot (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

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User Rating

Average: 5.1 / 10.0 (70 votes)

Bayesian Average: 5.44 / 10.0

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16%

Last Updated

May 31st, 2025 1:07am PDT - 1 month ago

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Genre

Drama Mature Romance Seinen
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Category Recommendations

Onnaotoko-kun to Danjo-san no Lovecom

The Distance Between Us (Inmi)

Ikemen Otto wa Gorilla Tsuma to Pretty Musume wo Aishisugiteru

Gender Game

Majo no Tomurai Bito

Recommendations

N/A

Author(s)

MINAMI Q-ta

Artist(s)

MINAMI Q-ta

Year

2000

Original Publisher

East Press

Serialized In (magazine)

Comic Cue (East Press)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Azuki (digital)

Star Fruit Books (June 2021)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #770

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Monthly Pos #1735

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3 Month Pos #2298

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6 Month Pos #4763

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Year Pos #5818

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List Stats

On 14 reading lists

On 48 wish lists

On 228 completed lists

On 7 unfinished lists

On 84 custom lists

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User Comments [ Order by time added ]

I'd really like to understand...

by MightyMaeve
16 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

I don't 'get' this one: I know that Midori has two men in her life...one she is suppose to marry who wishes her to dress more feminine, and one she barely knows who likes her 'boyish' regular style, but also request she not wear girly things. So, aren't they both not accepting her for whoever she chooses to be?

But I think I'm missing something in my understanding...

I did like the fact that the pairing was cross-generational and had an atypical character body type for a sexual relationship.

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by takitogr
15 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

quite subtle this was...the art and the story....can't understand what the mangaka wants to say in the end

i agree with the previous poster

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I liked it but I didn't really get it...would have liked a couple more pages.

by flowinmyboat
3 years ago

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I think the point is about gender and sexuality. Midori is a girl, but she presents and prefers to present in a more masculine way. She is engaged to a guy who insist she act in a fundamentally different way than what she's comfortable with (feminine). On the table for Midori is marriage to this guy, who seems to be quite desirable. He's much more handsome than our male MC.

Onto him. Our male MC (I really can't remember his name) is not the classic hero, he's older, overweight, short, and seemingly awkward (saying this to contrast with Midori's fiancé in terms of who Midori should "classically" want) but good-natured and kind. It seems to be gay or inclined toward men until he strikes up a relationship with Midori (he states he hasn't had sex with a woman in 20 yrs but also that he's not gay but also tells Midori to not be feminine and comments of the fact she presents masculine but also is in some financial-support relationship with a flashy younger man who offers to sleep with him, although the guy refuses and says their relationship isn't like that although it's not clear why else this guy is supporting him).

Midori finds someone who accepts her for who she is and the guy maybe gets some clarity on his sexuality. They accept each other as is. Maybe that's the point?

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