Doushitemo Furetakunai

Description

On his very first day at a brand-new job, shy Shima is trapped in the elevator with a hungover mess of a guy…who turns out to be his boss! Togawa’s prickly exterior definitely puts the rookie recruit on-edge, but it doesn’t take long before Shima’s every waking thought is invaded by his overbearing yet totally thoughtful superior. Will Shima put aside a history of disappointment in order to take a chance on a complicated relationship?

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Manga

Associated Names

Labirynt uczuć

Le Labyrinthe des sentiments

No Touching at All

Non mi farò coinvolgere

Sin querer rozarnos

Не касаясь друг друга

สัมผัสด้วยรัก ปลอบโยนด้วยใจ (Thai)

どうしても触れたくない

无论如何也不想碰触

無法觸碰的愛

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Latest Release(s)

c.Homeward Duo Extra-Craft 100 by Steve Scans Saezuru 2 years ago

c.2007-2017 Extra by Steve Scans Saezuru 7 years ago

c.Booklet by Yaoi is Life 10 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: 8.7 / 10.0 (1480 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.65 / 10.0

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Last Updated

March 22nd, 2025 8:54am PDT - 1 month ago

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Genre

Drama Romance Slice of Life Yaoi
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Taiyoh Tosho

Serialized In (magazine)

CRAFT (Taiyoh Tosho)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Coolmic

Juné (1 Vol - Complete)

Mangaplaza

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cliche isnt always a bad thing. not with Yoneda Kou.

by Derpyherpies
11 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Honestly, the story is pretty cliche. But somehow, YONEDA Kou managed to take such a overused and abused formula of yaoi and turn it into something absolutely spectacular. There were so many moments in the manga where it all seems to be done before, but the characters are so indepth and so likable that I didnt mind at all. It makes you laugh but also cry at the same time. Their dialogue are always so witty and moving even when it is translated. This is one of the only yaoi mangas that I would never tire myself of reading and I would usually read it again when nothing else is updated.

... Last updated 11 years ago

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Perfect

by Miakamiko
14 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Author takes her time to build up the characters and storyline. Although the boxing can be confusing, she makes it up with her down-to-earth speeches. Artwork takes some time to get used to but once you get familiar, she'll take u into her world. Can't get enough of Yoneda Kou's masterpiece!

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Amazing!

by aoiro
16 years ago

Rating: N/A

How much has your past shaped you, and how easily will you throw it away for someone?

I just finished Doushitemo Furetakunai yesterday, and it has easily become my favorite yaoi manga of all time. It had me in tears towards the end. The art is great. It's simple and beautiful in its own way without being overly gorgeous like Yamane Ayano or Nekota Yonezou's art. (Not that I dislike these mangakas, I'm just using them as examples. 😀 )

The plot (plot!!) contains the right amount of complexity; it's beautiful and touches the heart. It contains a moderate (but still good 😛 ) amount of smut. Reading along with the drama CD made this manga especially enjoyable. The voice actors were PERFECT.

... Last updated 16 years ago

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Shima is more than that weak crying uke!

by YouStillDontKnowMe
8 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

Doushitemo Furetakunai is definitely one of my favorite manga, and it's probably because of feels and all quotable quotes I could post on Instagram lol. Probably cliche, but didn't really see because a story is only cliche when repeated and losing its true soul. Not the case for this one. I believe the story went really well especially with Shima, reflecting of how difficult it is for a closeted gay to fully adjust to a new environment when his previous one is such a toxic place.

One complaint I have tho is how it is discredited as a good read because Shima is always crying like a weak uke he seemed to be. Even Deguchi from the spinoff has pointed out the stark difference of their personally and seriously it's weird to devoid Shima of his own personality just because he's been crying when all the cause of it is all justified in the first place! Compared to the typical weak crying uke we all get for most of BL manga, Doushitemo Furetakunai clearly established why Shima is such a crying uke. Put all his insecurities right in his face, one would definitely crumble down especially when to start with you're never confident of existing because the world assumes your kind of being is wrong. What separates Shima to those other weak, crying uke is that his tears are not out of nowhere. He just doesn't burst out crying because mangaka thought it's a nice thing to make him crying but because it's mandatory for the story to make him crying because of his circumstances. I never continued reading the spinoff, but Deguchi is definitely not a crybaby because that's who he is in his own story, but he still did when his circumstances made him so, and so did with Shima.

The sex before love concept here is so believable, compared to the likes of love at first sight or the never a good thing rape=love. Reading the entire manga could justify how Shima and Togawa fall for each other. Just look at the panels, and with their conversations, and you'd get why it happened. Like it's so logical when it seemed not.

All in all, just as I said, it's a cliche but at least with a touch of reality. And that's what matters for me to consider it a good manga.

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blew my mind

by scyth3r
13 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

can't believe i kept putting off reading this for so long. the humor in this story is one of a kind, it's what you'd expect from an indie movie. the characters felt real, it had a fresh take on the whole romance genre i'm used to in most of the manga. my favourite thing definitely has to be the pacing. usually things get dragged out or they're too rushed, but this one took it's time to go where it needed going and it nailed it. needless to say i'm impressed.

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Good romance yaoi

by niteangel
14 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

It was romantic and really hot. Characters are cute. I liked the extra story at the end and wished that was developed more. I'll give it a 10 because it was everything I want in a romance plus a decent ending.

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Overrated

by voraciouszest
15 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

I'm a yaoi fan who doesn't read anything until it's finished and it was the same case with Doushitemo Furetakunai. From beginning to end, a lot of people kept on telling me just how brilliant this series was and how great the mangaka is. Needless to say, I was looking forward to reading it by the time it was finished. However, I was disappointed. Now, I'm not totally giving Doushitemo a negative wrap. I did actually like it, but it's overrated. There were aspects of the series that lived up to my expectations and there were aspects that fell short.

The better parts of this series are the art and the tension. The art is stylish and emotive. Perhaps the strongest of Yoneda's talents, her artistic style is strong and it's by far the best facet of the story. Yoneda Kou is also rather talented at building tension between her characters, which is wonderfully represented in the series up to a certain point in the story.

The main, and most incremental point in Doushitemo's lackluster impression, is the storyline. It's unbelievably melodramatic. It's the kind of melodrama that I'd expect to see in an overachieving shoujo series. The biggest let down to the story is its characters. The uke is too feminine, emotionally, and the seme is too easy-going. The difference between the two, though at first builds a welcome hint of tension, ends up playing out two different stories. The uke is so highly emotionally strung, and the seme so willing to accept anything, that the two seem to pass each other by when they ought to be meeting in the middle.

That being said, I realize that the beauty of Yoneda Kou is her ability to create darker-feeling characters that her readers can and want to relate to. Unfortunately for me, she's missed the mark. I'm over the stage in my life where I want to cry every time I see a movie or read a book. Now, more than anything, it's frustrating to watch her characters struggle to get past unseen emotional barriers.

Doushitemo Furetakunai is good. No doubt about it. Great? Not really. I've read far better, and I hope to see her improve in the future. If she loses the shoujo-esk storylines and characters, I believe Yoneda Kou will be one of my favourites.

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hatched into my heart (finished)

by lylicagalatea
16 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I tend to be repetitive but Yoneda Kou's style is simply heartwrenching: her style depicts emotions in a unique way. She doesn't need loads of dialogues because her character speak through their silence, through their eyes.

This story concerns two persons who are drawn towards eachother even though their personal past experiences push them to run away and they fall in love against all their reasoning.
It is also the story of someone who has to come to terms with the fact that being alone for all his life will not protect him of hurting, but actually will cause him more pain. So true it's scary.

Sweet, complex and deep. Well developed and slow (as opposed to rushed). A good deal of sexual tension as only she can depict and an everyday, realistic feeling to their situations that makes you relate to them and hatches them straight into your heart.

if not my most favourite of all times, definitely in the top 5.

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One of the best stories out there

by Trix_Michiyo
16 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

A subtle telling of their marked past, unspoken feelings and fleeting moments spent together, a progressive and beautiful development of their past and history together, all these are combined to create a gripping story with impressive characters with whom you can't help but fall in love. A beautiful and touching story and a very artistic drawing style that can surely pick anyone's interest. Yoneda Kou's story is impressive through such complex characters that slowly reveal their qualities and flaws, through appealing drawings and a nice flow to the storyline.

The story isn't rushed and some of the climax emotional moments are so beautifully presented.. not imposed but leaving the reader to help out with their own emotion to expand the myriad of feelings and reaction. The story is complex and enthralling to a point where you lose yourself in its mix and are one with the characters.

Best manga I ever had the chance to read!

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I cried

by Lucassio
3 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

It's amazing how much emotion was conveyed in the small little events that occurred. Every chapter ended on an impactful note and these characters are extremely vulnerable. I appreciate seeing all of that. It helps to get attached to these characters and care about what their situation is.

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