Katsubou no Manazashi

Description

After his mother deserted them, senior high school student, Reo was living together with his mother's stern ex-lover, the very imposing uncle Shuuji. But 2 months ago, as he dropped by his home on his way with a friend one evening, an event occurred that changed their relationship forever.
Since the day his uncle forcibly embraced him, the man demands his body time and again and Reo who has been suffering ever since seeks his close friend Kenta's advice but...

Contains another short story: Pretty After ~ After

Type

Manga

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Associated Names

Look of Desire

渇望の眼差し

Groups Scanlating

Attractive Fascinante

Latest Release(s)

v.1 c.1-5 (end) by Attractive Fascinante 16 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: 7.9 / 10.0 (433 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.8 / 10.0

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Last Updated

June 22nd, 2024 10:37am PDT - 1 year ago

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Genre

Comedy Drama Mature Romance Smut Tragedy Yaoi
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Original Publisher

Gentosha

Serialized In (magazine)

Comic Magazine LYNX (Gentosha)

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Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #737

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Monthly Pos #1629

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3 Month Pos #3612

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6 Month Pos #4362

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Year Pos #5457

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On 163 wish lists

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love it

by badmoonligh89
12 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

the first story. Is different. it shouldn't of ended the way it did. Any other story the Uncle would of been the bad guy yet somehow this story twists it and everything ends up o.k. 2nd story light fluff

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Awesome...may contain spoilers

by Gabyta07
15 years ago

Rating: N/A

Although I do agree that some sensible ppl might not like it. I thought it was awesome.
I never thought that the boy was being abused sexually like so many other.
As I saw the boy was in love with the uncle, he just felt guilty of the relationship bc his mother abandoned him bc of it.
You can see this, when he gets jealous when seeing other girls, or when he rejects his friend.
The only thing he didnt like was when uncle had sex with him in a rough way.
Well if up to you to make your own opinion.

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Please

by Himeowchama
8 years ago

Rating: N/A

Please tell me that the high rating isnt for the first story. The issue isn't honestly about originality. I mean, it could get cliche for all I care. It's just how the story developed that sucked. His stepfather rapes him → love triangle emerges → past story revealed → victim confesses and poof we have the love story of the century!

... Last updated 8 years ago

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Meh

by MirayAllen
12 years ago

Rating: 3.5 / 10.0

About the first story: not worth the reading.

I liked a twist or two, even though the whole Stockholm's Syndrome was pretty predictable from page 2 or 3, which always ticks me off. Not nearly as much, however, as the mother situation: a woman walks in on her (iffy) boyfriend raping her drunk, vulnerable child and freaks out, cries because she has been cheated on, and walks away. And the fact that the boy was drugged to begin with, justifying the "rape" and making it apparently okay, was detestable. It's ridiculous and I almost didn't read because of it.

The art was just so/so and the story felt so rushed I could hardly care for any character at all. And even when the kid gets gang-raped you just kind of shrug. Who cares, really. Kenta (I think that's his name) was the only one I could really think about during that moment. The sneaky son of a.... smart woman..... ahah..

In the end, the romance felt stilted, boring and cliché, partly due to the fact Reo has little to no character development at all, as does his uncle -- but I guess you can always sympathize with a tough, abusive seme when you come across such tasteless ukes. So 3.5.

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Original

by Sky Cross
13 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

Maybe the first story isn't all that original, but still well developed and enjoyable. What really made me laugh was the second story though. With the Uke's growth spurt which made him look 'not cute anymore', and the seme geting fat of all the bento.^^
I thought it was so funny and original to play around a bit with the stereotype, perfect appearances of our beloved yaoi characters 😛
It was refreshing!

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by Oriolidae
14 years ago

Rating: 8.1 / 10.0

I had mixed feelings about the whole situation in the first story, but if you don't think about the moral aspect, the story is nice.

The second story was cute and funny! Not anything deep, though. As most yaoi stories, the plots are a bit extreme. But we also read manga to experience something that might not occur in our daily life. So... What I am trying to say is... This is a fun read, a bit illogical and not that deep. Oh, and the art is fine!

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Impressive!

by Feliona
15 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

About the first story(main story), at first I thought it will be a boring story and i was thinking I will delete this manga. Judging by the cover, I thought the uke will end up with his uncle instead of his friend and his friend who love him will be pitiful. I thought its gonna be a cliche and boring story.
However, the twist in the end really surprises me and it turns out this manga is quite a good one. The second story also is cute.

Consider this is the first manga of sensei, I give it 10 🙂 ))
Im looking forward to read more of sensei's work!

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[Sexual assault in BL list]

by coffeedrinker2
2 months ago

Rating: N/A

First couple, top repeatedly rapes the bottom, who is a teenager in his care. The bottom falls in love with the top after the top saves him from being gangraped.

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Male version of Lolita

by tmthuy
7 years ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

It's only I reread the manga at an older age do I realize how abhorrent the manga is. It's like the male version of Lolita - there is love on the surface to cover up all that rape and pedophilia underneath. Both stories feature an older man who has sex with the child of his long-term romantic partner. In the manga's case, it was even worse that the sex is not consensual and the kid was not in a romantic relationship with the "uncle".

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Recommend the Second Story

by FeyPhantom
12 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

The first story was pretty much a write-off for me. The only thing I really liked about it was the art, but the overall story was pretty cliche and the relationships between the characters needed some work. Plus, avoid it if you're the type to hate rape=love.

Maybe Shuuji was persuaded the first time by Reo, but he still forced him to have sex from then on to the point that Reo thought of his life like 'hell' (as mentioned in the quote). I usually don't care about the rape=love thing but here it bothered me, probably because the story tries to pass it off as if because Reo wanted it the first time, all subsequent times can't be rape.

The second story, on the other hand, I enjoyed almost completely. It was cute and fluffy.

The only thing that really bothered me was in the second part where Uehara wouldn't just ask Riku to cut back on the food. I understand not wanting to say that you're worried about your body image, but it's not hard to say that a meal's filling and if he could just cut back on the amount of food. Instead, he actually thinks it's better for him to become fat than to just ask Riku to make less food? There are health implications to being overweight and it seems like such a silly reason to choose to be that way.

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