Nigai Kajitsu

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Nigai Kajitsu
The first story is of a man who was locked out of his apartment while his wife was together with another man. He fainted as he was sick, and his neighbour who passed by, took him home...

2-3) Tsuki Sae mo Kuruu Yoru
A high school student is submitting to sex with a yakuza in order to repay his father's debts. The father was keeping drugs for the yakuza but ended up using them and became addicted. The only bright light in the student's life is his lover, but one day he makes a horrible discovery.

BLUE PERIOD
Prequel to the first story in Last Kiss Kara Hajimeyou. A mixed Japanese-Black student in a school is attracted to a Chinese, who looks like the Japanese cousin he likes. He heard rumours that the Chinese boy caused a male teacher to quit because they were caught together...

Type

Manga

Related Series

Last Kiss kara Hajimeyou (Sequel)

Associated Names

A Bitter Fruit

苦い果実

苦澀的果實

Groups Scanlating

Obsession

Latest Release(s)

v.1 c.4(end) by Obsession 18 years ago

v.1 c.3 by Obsession 18 years ago

v.1 c.2 by Obsession 18 years 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: 6.9 / 10.0 (128 votes)

Bayesian Average: 6.78 / 10.0

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Last Updated

February 23rd, 2019 1:21pm PST - 6 years ago

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Genre

Drama Romance Tragedy Yaoi
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Category Recommendations

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Retsujou no Kizuna

Wana Wana Kiss

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Tsumasaki ni Kiss

Recommendations

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Author(s)

Kano Shiuko

Artist(s)

KANO Shiuko

Year

2000

Original Publisher

Take Shobou

Serialized In (magazine)

REIJIN (Take Shobou)

Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #771

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Monthly Pos #1736

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3 Month Pos #2289

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6 Month Pos #4692

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Year Pos #5685

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List Stats

On 88 reading lists

On 146 wish lists

On 649 completed lists

On 20 unfinished lists

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User Comments [ Order by time added ]

befitting title

by torride
14 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

the manga really is a 'bitter fruit'...you can't help but take a bite to desire, and just when your need gets satisfied you find a bitter aftertaste in your mouth. I would like to think it's a literary title, well anyways, going back to the manga. the last part was good unlike what the majority felt like, I wasn't confused as to how the real story ended....it was plain and simple, people should read it again if they couldn't understand it. anyways, the 3 stories are equally bitter with the second story as having a bit more of an edge to the rest ( and yes, the uke DID NOT die)...

I recommend this to those who aren't afraid to take a bite to the temptation of a bitter aftertaste 😉

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Not for kids!!!

by LadyAOI
15 years ago

Rating: N/A

some found some stories to be confusing I have to admit I was a little when it came to the last story BLUE PERIOD but IF you read it twice HAHA (like I did)..or at least read it very carefully pay attention to the names and follow the story closely and you will understand what is going on and for those who thought it was a dream it WASN'T not literally but figuratively as for the other stories they where intense yeah but not every yaoi gonna end with sunshine and rainbows it was a awesome read and a "grownup" change of pace. I love this mangaka's work it can go from very dark to comical...this is just not one of her comedy stories. It is very dark and very intense if you don't like stories like these then don't read it but if you're looking for something more grown up and intense and tons of smut..lol.. then this is it!!!

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Almost Memorable

by MightyMaeve
17 years ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

A Bitter Fruit is almost there. I like the story concept but the scenes all seemed under developed and left me thinking, I almost care about there characters, and then blam scene change or story end.

Dark Passion: I was surprised I didn't enjoy this one more. I like tragedies. I like 'force' scenes. I like angst. I went in fully expecting to rate this one high. But I discovered, as I read, that I was annoyed and not enjoying myself. Maybe because it involves drug addictions and maybe i find the raw pain of literal drug addictions too 'ugly.' I know it is inconsistent - i like stories about other addictions but more along the line of emotional addictions, not chemical. Maybe it's because I can relate to chemical addictions and the raw pain of it all. And i read to escape: I don't want my own reality! Also, this one just seemed so hopeless and terrible. Even my most favourite tragedy, Kage no Tori, had a scene of hope.

I didn't understand the ending of Blue Period. Did his friend, Tom, try to ruin their relationship on purpose because he was jealous? The problem is that I didn't care enough about the characters to go back and really try to understand anyway.

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2nd story is a (dirty and immoral) gem~

by Namiya
12 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

Well I have to say I adore how this manga started! The whole situation and him just randomly ending up staying there.... it seemed so promising of a fun story. In the end, the whole "romance" came very sudden, random and just sort of happened. The like comes outta nowhere and then stuff happens that is disconnected and confusing... there's no rhyme or reason to it.
The 2nd story was really good! It's gloomy, disturbing, generally not for the faint of heart. It was a gem for me and moved me so much I felt like my heart was gonna stop at one particular scene.
Thirst story was interesting at the start but the ending is just .... wut?! I don't get it, and if it's what I think it is then it's horribly done! Not satisfying AT ALL!

Well, all in all, I still liked the stories. I love the art! It's beautiful and if it weren't for the hideous censorship, the smut scenes would be perfect! The translation is probably coming from the Chinese cause a few names not correctly translated.

I'd recommend at least the 2nd story (ch 2-3) if you can handle various difficult themes; it's certainly not for the faint of heart and if you are looking for something positive r happy then read something else, but if you look for something a little bit deeper (for a 2 chapter story anyway) and darker then give it a read!

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Tragic?...seems so

by Sasageru
14 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

Second story nearly had me in tears... i enjoyed its bitter quality, but i felt so much pain for the characters involved. Its made an impression on me... but from the start you could tell the ending probably wouldn't have been a happy one. Yet... somehow you keep hoping.
The final story was also interesting. Don't see many manga set in the states after all. But the way the story progressed also made it interesting and again it has that bitter quality.
Quite a good set of stories overall, though not much for happy endings. I expected as much though given 'tragedy' is one of the big genre headliners.

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Err... Okay?

by FYI-ne
16 years ago

Rating: N/A

Dark Passion, like what the past comments have stated, was very raw. It wasn't heart-wrenching, but it did make you feel for the characters and their inevitable demise. It was very consistent with it's 'tragedy' theme, which is a rare occurence in yaoi manga.

Blue Period was, for lack of a better word, confusing. The ending was VERY unsatisfying.

Wait, so the whole oneshot was a DREAM? So no consequences for the characters? Were the characters just mere caricatures of the actual people, or did they symbolise/represent thoughts and feelings in Jack's life? Seeing as it ended on an abrupt note, I was not given any answers to exactly what the hell did I just read.

I feel somewhat disappointed.

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damn i depressed!

by huggybear1218
16 years ago

Rating: 3.0 / 10.0

that second story was too much im bout ready to turn emo! why did it have to end like that. i mean they say there is a silver lining to every cloud....but i didn't see it this time.

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hmm...

by despelucada
16 years ago

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I found the stories (well, perhaps not "A Bitter Fruit") to be pretty depressing, which is fine considering "comedy" isn't one of the genres listed for this collection... instead you get plenty of "drama" and "tragedy"-- there's nothing light-hearted here...but (ahem) I gotta say, Atsushi from "Dark Passion" was damned fine.

... Last updated 16 years ago

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