Cut (manga)

Cut is a one-shot Japanese manga written and illustrated by Toko Kawai. It was serialized in Biblos' magazine, Magazine Be x Boy, finishing at 5 chapters. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released the manga through its imprint, Juné, on March 25, 2009.^[1] It is licensed in France as Juste au Coin de la Rue by Taifu Comics.^[2][3] Biblos released the manga on March 10, 2003.^[4]

Plot

Sakaguchi is in a sexual relationship with his stepfather that is abusive, but he enjoys the pain because it helps mask darker memories from his past. He then meets another student with a troubled background, who may be the person to help him stop his self-inflicted pain.

Reception

Coolstreak Comics' Leroy Douresseaux comments on the author's "evocative art, in which she emphasizes emotion in body language, facial expressions".^[5] Active Anime's Holly Ellingwood also comments on the manga artist's art saying, "the more serious overtones of this story give the artist a chance to show the more stark and dramatic side to her illustrations and imagination".^[6] Pop Shock Culture's Michelle Smith comments on the scenes "involving incest and masochism" saying, they are "not played for titillation".^[7]

References

1. ↑ "Cut". Digital Manga Publishing. Retrieved June 20, 2009. 
2. ↑ "Cut - un nouveau Yaoi pour Taifu" (in French). Manga News. Retrieved June 21, 2009. 
3. ↑ "Juste au Coin de la Rue" (in French). Taifu Comics. Archived from the original on June 12, 2009. Retrieved June 21, 2009. 
4. ↑ "Cut (ビーボーイコミックス)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-06-21. 
5. ↑ Douresseaux, Leroy (April 7, 2009). "Toko Kawai's Cut (Yaoi)". Coolstreak Comics. Retrieved June 21, 2009. 
6. ↑ Ellingwood, Holly (March 29, 2009). "Cut". Active Anime. Retrieved June 21, 2009. 
7. ↑ Smith, Michelle (May 18, 2009). "Manga Minis, 5/18/09". Pop Culture Shock. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2009.  CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)