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コンプレックス #1
コンプレックス 1 [Complex 1]
200 pages, Paperback
Published December 1, 1996
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July 24, 2020
Story: 5.0 – Engrossing and heart-wrenching.
Artwork: 4.0 – It works.
Translation: 5.0
Editing: 4.5
Re-readablity: 5.0 – OH YES!
Final Score: 4.7
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Complex is a really great story; however, it is not your average lovey dovey yaoi. While most yaoi likes to wrap it up in 2 volumes or less, Complex is a bit longer with 24 chapters split into 4 volumes. It definitely isn't the longest by far, but by the time you reach the end you may feel certain that was much lengthier that you would expect 4 volumes to be. It's a long story for good reason; readers follow the two leads from age 11 to age 83 as they navigate their way through life and love. It is a beautiful story and I don't think there are any wasted pages. Complex is the epitome of great yaoi; it is unabashed in its portrayal of the life of two human beings who really fall in love with each other as well as all of the real complications that come with allowing another person to reign over that vulnerability. There are more downs than ups but they are not the kind you can see coming a mile away. It is a story well worth reading when you have the patience and the inclination for a heartbreaking, tear jerking, wrap yourself in real love kind of story.
N.B. Some reviews of Complex may warn you about the first chapter, and rightfully so, but no matter what your tolerance level is for uncomfortable situations, you MUST NOT skip the first chapter. It is true that you can enjoy the story without it, but I don't think some of the personal transformations the characters go through will be fully grounded in any reader's mind without it. As long as you go in understanding that this manga is not like most where you blink and the characters are in love or where the long-suffering one-sided love from a childhood 18 years back is finally reciprocated, you will be able to fully experience the maturation of the characters and reconcile those infuriating parts of the story as things to expect, endure and overcome in life.
Artwork: 4.0 – It works.
Translation: 5.0
Editing: 4.5
Re-readablity: 5.0 – OH YES!
Final Score: 4.7
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Complex is a really great story; however, it is not your average lovey dovey yaoi. While most yaoi likes to wrap it up in 2 volumes or less, Complex is a bit longer with 24 chapters split into 4 volumes. It definitely isn't the longest by far, but by the time you reach the end you may feel certain that was much lengthier that you would expect 4 volumes to be. It's a long story for good reason; readers follow the two leads from age 11 to age 83 as they navigate their way through life and love. It is a beautiful story and I don't think there are any wasted pages. Complex is the epitome of great yaoi; it is unabashed in its portrayal of the life of two human beings who really fall in love with each other as well as all of the real complications that come with allowing another person to reign over that vulnerability. There are more downs than ups but they are not the kind you can see coming a mile away. It is a story well worth reading when you have the patience and the inclination for a heartbreaking, tear jerking, wrap yourself in real love kind of story.
N.B. Some reviews of Complex may warn you about the first chapter, and rightfully so, but no matter what your tolerance level is for uncomfortable situations, you MUST NOT skip the first chapter. It is true that you can enjoy the story without it, but I don't think some of the personal transformations the characters go through will be fully grounded in any reader's mind without it. As long as you go in understanding that this manga is not like most where you blink and the characters are in love or where the long-suffering one-sided love from a childhood 18 years back is finally reciprocated, you will be able to fully experience the maturation of the characters and reconcile those infuriating parts of the story as things to expect, endure and overcome in life.
February 15, 2022
This is sick showing a teacher making the two MCs have a BJ and kissing a young girl grossed me tf out!! !🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
December 10, 2013
In volume ,Tatsuya and Shinozaki are in 5th grade and they are best friends.
One day the music teacher, a perverted pedo, has a request for Yumi,a girl who uses the teacher to get expensive gifts and with designs on Tatsuya, the teacher wants Yumi to use his best friend Shinozaki (who recently confessed), as bait to lure Tatsuya to the music room...Shinozaki and Tatsuya's future does not look good.This volume was so hard to me. I literally cried so much. You know they are just in 5th grade for God sake! But so many people found this first volume objectionable and they just read first volume. If you could just read four of them you'll understood how beautiful this.
I've never read a yaoi this heartwarming. I cried, I laughed and I cried some more.The end was so sad, but beautiful! It was reading someones life story and it a beautiful one, that's for sure. Tatsuya betrayed Junichi I was sobbing and screaming and so angry and when they met up again I had mixed feelings, but I was so happy! Tatsuya.... he only pissed me off when he betrayed Junichi and seperated for years but if junichi can forgive him enough to stay then I as a reader will too.
Loved how the mangaka closed the story with Junichi and tatsuya together and I can understand why the mangaka made the Gakkun and the son not become a couple otherwise Junichi wouldn't have been surrounded by family and grandiose. I wonder if I'll be able to read this again since my heart is way to weak. Haha, I can't stop writing how amazing this is... well... the author is defiantly amazing and this manga is now my favorite yaoi ever, and I've read a lot of yaoi. Anyways I am in love with this manga and just the whole story itself was great. Really good meaning behind it and I suggest a few tissues by your side if you read .
One day the music teacher, a perverted pedo, has a request for Yumi,a girl who uses the teacher to get expensive gifts and with designs on Tatsuya, the teacher wants Yumi to use his best friend Shinozaki (who recently confessed), as bait to lure Tatsuya to the music room...Shinozaki and Tatsuya's future does not look good.This volume was so hard to me. I literally cried so much. You know they are just in 5th grade for God sake! But so many people found this first volume objectionable and they just read first volume. If you could just read four of them you'll understood how beautiful this.
I've never read a yaoi this heartwarming. I cried, I laughed and I cried some more.The end was so sad, but beautiful! It was reading someones life story and it a beautiful one, that's for sure. Tatsuya betrayed Junichi I was sobbing and screaming and so angry and when they met up again I had mixed feelings, but I was so happy! Tatsuya.... he only pissed me off when he betrayed Junichi and seperated for years but if junichi can forgive him enough to stay then I as a reader will too.
Loved how the mangaka closed the story with Junichi and tatsuya together and I can understand why the mangaka made the Gakkun and the son not become a couple otherwise Junichi wouldn't have been surrounded by family and grandiose. I wonder if I'll be able to read this again since my heart is way to weak. Haha, I can't stop writing how amazing this is... well... the author is defiantly amazing and this manga is now my favorite yaoi ever, and I've read a lot of yaoi. Anyways I am in love with this manga and just the whole story itself was great. Really good meaning behind it and I suggest a few tissues by your side if you read .
April 1, 2012
Warning: This review may contain spoilers.
Tatsuya and Shinozaki are best friends who have known each other ever since they were kids. This manga is the story of both their lives as they grow up, experiencing happiness, grief, confusion, anger and most importantly, love together.
The phrase, "Don't judge a book by its cover!", has never fit so perfectly to anything else before. I'm sure there are people out there who have passed up this manga due to it having shota-con (and even yaoi!) as a genre. To those people, I say: Don't make the wrong decision of not reading possibly one of the most well-written mangas out there.
Haven't you ever wondered what happens after the happy ending? Manda Ringo provides the perfect manga that shows just that. This story is about love that lasts. The fact that it focuses on a gay couple was just an added bonus. :P
The emotional impact in this series was just amazing. The first time I read this, I cried many times. The second and third time were no different. The fact that I have re-read this more than once shows that this really is a good manga. Not that I'm saying I have the perfect taste when it comes to books.. :P Seriously though, give this manga a try! :D This one gets a perfect score, no question there! It's different, yes. But it is a nice kind of different.
Tatsuya and Shinozaki are best friends who have known each other ever since they were kids. This manga is the story of both their lives as they grow up, experiencing happiness, grief, confusion, anger and most importantly, love together.
The phrase, "Don't judge a book by its cover!", has never fit so perfectly to anything else before. I'm sure there are people out there who have passed up this manga due to it having shota-con (and even yaoi!) as a genre. To those people, I say: Don't make the wrong decision of not reading possibly one of the most well-written mangas out there.
Haven't you ever wondered what happens after the happy ending? Manda Ringo provides the perfect manga that shows just that. This story is about love that lasts. The fact that it focuses on a gay couple was just an added bonus. :P
The emotional impact in this series was just amazing. The first time I read this, I cried many times. The second and third time were no different. The fact that I have re-read this more than once shows that this really is a good manga. Not that I'm saying I have the perfect taste when it comes to books.. :P Seriously though, give this manga a try! :D This one gets a perfect score, no question there! It's different, yes. But it is a nice kind of different.
November 21, 2015
it was moving but i could only read it only one time
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