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MODS
白く零れ落ちる、空っぽの愛だけをくれ
男娼と付き人――交わされる、声なき咆哮。
妹の借金を返済するため、ゲイ向けデリヘル「Rain」の人気男娼・シロの付き人として働くことになった信虎。信虎の顔と体が好みだと言い、セクハラを繰り出してくるシロに対して一線を引いて仕事する日々だったが、ある夜、客からの暴行で傷ついたシロの姿とふいの言葉が忘れられなくなってしまい……。
欠けて凍えた心の奥底には、愛への狂おしい呻きがあった。
新鋭・ナツメカズキの新境地が待望のコミックス化！
男娼と付き人――交わされる、声なき咆哮。
妹の借金を返済するため、ゲイ向けデリヘル「Rain」の人気男娼・シロの付き人として働くことになった信虎。信虎の顔と体が好みだと言い、セクハラを繰り出してくるシロに対して一線を引いて仕事する日々だったが、ある夜、客からの暴行で傷ついたシロの姿とふいの言葉が忘れられなくなってしまい……。
欠けて凍えた心の奥底には、愛への狂おしい呻きがあった。
新鋭・ナツメカズキの新境地が待望のコミックス化！
226 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 28, 2016
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January 22, 2018
Ayyy, madre mía, cuánto sufrimiento, es oscuro, oscuro. Me ha encantado
December 28, 2022
swietne,ale za szybko sie dzieje
June 16, 2019
Menuda maravilla de historia. Me ha encantado aunque he sufrido como una condenada. En unos días reseña.
April 14, 2025
Hi, so I absolutely loved this one. The heavy topic for the main plot worked out so well in this one and the angsttt oh the angst. Love it. Give me 10 more.
February 25, 2018
I'm not a fan of mangas where there is prostitution, and here there was a lot of it.... but in this manga there was still a lot of romance, sure the sadness and the pain of losing someone who you love, was probably one of the main point of the story, but the end was happy. I really wish that the uke's boss lover was still alive, that scene almost at the end of him crying and hiding his face with his harm, broke my heart. This author can make you believe in her chars, and is for this that I couldn't rate less than 4 stars, also if there were many scenes that I hated.
November 12, 2016
This was fairly dark, but good. I'd call this "gritty" BL. It's a love story between a gay prostitute and his driver, and it goes pretty much the way you think it would. It could have had a little more depth overall, but it was a good manga.
March 3, 2022
Omg I thought the story seemed vaguely familiar, and realized I read another work that was actually a companion to this one, so now I obviously have to revisit the other one so I can see where they connect.
I don't know why I love stories like this so fucking much. Like twittering birds, jealousy, finder, just these call boy, yakuza x attendant type stories. Neither of the guys were yakuza in this one, but the vibes were there. Plus it had that whole finding a new love after having trouble coping with your old lost love like given does. I'm crying just think about it. Absolutely stunning. Loved it.
I don't know why I love stories like this so fucking much. Like twittering birds, jealousy, finder, just these call boy, yakuza x attendant type stories. Neither of the guys were yakuza in this one, but the vibes were there. Plus it had that whole finding a new love after having trouble coping with your old lost love like given does. I'm crying just think about it. Absolutely stunning. Loved it.
August 23, 2019
Another great read by this mangaka! Love tbe art and intensity of this story. Great translation too! The story is listed as ongoing but felt like a complete and finished ending.
December 25, 2022
⭐ 2,5
Bywało lepiej bywało gorzej
Bywało lepiej bywało gorzej
August 3, 2021
MODS is a story of depravity, but also of recovery through patience and understanding. It tells the story of a working class guy, Tora, whose feelings towards a male prostitute turn from shock and disgust to empathy and love. It has a dark, twisted aesthetic that works on our awareness in uncomfortable ways.
As I tell my university art students, the space used in an artwork creates and sustains the meaning of that artwork. MODS has its own kind of space created by its drawing style. It’s a hard concept; old master landscapes and history paintings create a deep, rational space that is governed by the principles of linear perspective and which epitomize the rationality of a universe created by a (Christian) god, while the cubism of Picasso or the abstractions of Pollock and Rothko undermine such hierarchies - whether these hierarchies be visual, moral, or rational. Artworks can create ambiguous, surreal spaces, or, in the case of MODS, intense psychological spaces.
The space created by this manga’s art outlines a dark, seedy, abject world of abuse, and invites us to fill in the details. The art and narrative work together as the jumping-off point for us to create our own inner version of this story’s misery, and the drawings point to uncomfortable and disturbing emotions we wish we didn’t have access to. MODS sucks us in, but also makes riding this dark story out to the end more rewarding.
Kazuki Natsume uses a rough, frenetic gestural shorthand that gives her drawings a sketchy feeling that matches the sketchiness of the underground world she creates in MODS. It’s a dark story of mobster debt, children forced into prostitution, and sadomasochism. Reframing the terror and trauma of real world sex trafficking frequently inflicted on females, this manga fits into the “revenge fantasy” sub-genre of BL that imagines the experiences men might undergo were they to be similarly subjected to the horrors of addiction and sexual slavery. Alternatively, we could see it as a so-called “rotten girl” mangaka exploring the depredations and abject nature of human compulsion. Either way, it’s a disturbing tale that is compelling and gripping.
The art is distilled to a gestural minimum. It’s as if the artist is trying to capture the quickly changing scenes of urban lives lived on the edge but only has mere seconds to commit them to paper. She uses a visual vocabulary that is a lot like handwriting. When I’m writing fast to capture my thoughts, letters get twisted out of shape and words get strung out as scrawled undulating lines, but despite the chicken-scratch distortion, I can still read what the words mean. So too with Kazuki’s drawings. She knows her anatomy, but seems to draw with so much speed that it leaves hands, bodies and faces out of proportion and sometimes anatomically incorrect - but which nevertheless contain all the information needed to read as bodies feeling intense emotions. It all feels absolutely right. Her jumpy, edgy drawing style, crackling as if it’s driven by its own jittery energy, is the perfect visual analog for this dark story.
This gesturally minimal drawing style has another benefit: it gives us the bare-bones visual schema we need to build much more elaborate inner visions of the seedy offices, unsavory hotel rooms, and twisted personalities that populate MODS. Most scenes are conveyed with only a couple of medium gray tones to compliment the stark black and white page designs. If you really look at the spaces that she creates in this manga, you start to realize most have few details - there’s just enough information so you know where the characters are, and for you to fill in the rest of the details in your head. Her edgy drawing style tells you all you need to imbue each scene with the requisite mood.
I was surprised that I liked this manga; I bought it on a whim along with other work in Japanese and then read it in English on a scanlation site.
As I tell my university art students, the space used in an artwork creates and sustains the meaning of that artwork. MODS has its own kind of space created by its drawing style. It’s a hard concept; old master landscapes and history paintings create a deep, rational space that is governed by the principles of linear perspective and which epitomize the rationality of a universe created by a (Christian) god, while the cubism of Picasso or the abstractions of Pollock and Rothko undermine such hierarchies - whether these hierarchies be visual, moral, or rational. Artworks can create ambiguous, surreal spaces, or, in the case of MODS, intense psychological spaces.
The space created by this manga’s art outlines a dark, seedy, abject world of abuse, and invites us to fill in the details. The art and narrative work together as the jumping-off point for us to create our own inner version of this story’s misery, and the drawings point to uncomfortable and disturbing emotions we wish we didn’t have access to. MODS sucks us in, but also makes riding this dark story out to the end more rewarding.
Kazuki Natsume uses a rough, frenetic gestural shorthand that gives her drawings a sketchy feeling that matches the sketchiness of the underground world she creates in MODS. It’s a dark story of mobster debt, children forced into prostitution, and sadomasochism. Reframing the terror and trauma of real world sex trafficking frequently inflicted on females, this manga fits into the “revenge fantasy” sub-genre of BL that imagines the experiences men might undergo were they to be similarly subjected to the horrors of addiction and sexual slavery. Alternatively, we could see it as a so-called “rotten girl” mangaka exploring the depredations and abject nature of human compulsion. Either way, it’s a disturbing tale that is compelling and gripping.
The art is distilled to a gestural minimum. It’s as if the artist is trying to capture the quickly changing scenes of urban lives lived on the edge but only has mere seconds to commit them to paper. She uses a visual vocabulary that is a lot like handwriting. When I’m writing fast to capture my thoughts, letters get twisted out of shape and words get strung out as scrawled undulating lines, but despite the chicken-scratch distortion, I can still read what the words mean. So too with Kazuki’s drawings. She knows her anatomy, but seems to draw with so much speed that it leaves hands, bodies and faces out of proportion and sometimes anatomically incorrect - but which nevertheless contain all the information needed to read as bodies feeling intense emotions. It all feels absolutely right. Her jumpy, edgy drawing style, crackling as if it’s driven by its own jittery energy, is the perfect visual analog for this dark story.
This gesturally minimal drawing style has another benefit: it gives us the bare-bones visual schema we need to build much more elaborate inner visions of the seedy offices, unsavory hotel rooms, and twisted personalities that populate MODS. Most scenes are conveyed with only a couple of medium gray tones to compliment the stark black and white page designs. If you really look at the spaces that she creates in this manga, you start to realize most have few details - there’s just enough information so you know where the characters are, and for you to fill in the rest of the details in your head. Her edgy drawing style tells you all you need to imbue each scene with the requisite mood.
I was surprised that I liked this manga; I bought it on a whim along with other work in Japanese and then read it in English on a scanlation site.
November 19, 2023
stories like this one are always among my favs. there’s just something so profoundly moving about witnessing someone giving in to such deep loneliness and hopelessness, and then being shown love and hope by the right person at the right moment that I can’t get enough 🙏
shiro is such a wreck from the beginning (I would skin his dad alive if I could and it still wouldn’t be enough for that pig), but the way tora handles him with such gentle firmness and never gives up on making his life better is 🙌🙌
the art seems messy at first glance but damn, I adore those sharp jawlines and the mean eyes, it’s perfect for this story👌 and the cover art for each chapter!! 🔥🔥🔥
also, haru is fine as hell, and those tattoos oh boy 👀👀 the other story from this universe is about him, so I’m hype just thinking about reading it again 😍🙏
4.5 ⭐️ for a great read with a somewhat happy ending
shiro is such a wreck from the beginning (I would skin his dad alive if I could and it still wouldn’t be enough for that pig), but the way tora handles him with such gentle firmness and never gives up on making his life better is 🙌🙌
the art seems messy at first glance but damn, I adore those sharp jawlines and the mean eyes, it’s perfect for this story👌 and the cover art for each chapter!! 🔥🔥🔥
also, haru is fine as hell, and those tattoos oh boy 👀👀 the other story from this universe is about him, so I’m hype just thinking about reading it again 😍🙏
4.5 ⭐️ for a great read with a somewhat happy ending
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August 3, 2023
Un BL dramoncio que tela... El protagonista és un noi orfe de 15 anys que es prostitueix per pagar un deute enorme dels seus pares i que va conèixer un yakuza disposat a salvar-lo, però que va morir en un accident el mateix dia que havien quedat de fugir. Com a conseqüència, el noi es refugia en la seguretat de "l'única feina que sap fer" amb el suport del Haru (amic mig yakuza), passen els anys i contracten un nou xofer: un noi hetero que necessita diners de pressa per pagar un deute de sa germana. La relació entre el noi i el conductor progressa lentament, però amb moltíssima intensitat fins a un final esperançador i emotiu ❤
December 7, 2025
Facet zakochany w prostytutce — historia jak wiele. Tyle że obaj to faceci, a wspomniana prostytutką, chociaż długi spłaciła, nadal nie che zmienić swojej profesji.
Na początku zapowiadało się fajnie, bo agencja i postmafine klimaty, potem tak wpadło w wir tragicznej przeszłości bohatera i dalej poszło, schematem. A finał był jak lukrowany guziczek na słodkim pierniczku, wręcz nie do uwierzenia.
Ale to komiks, wiec można i tak poprowadzić fabułę. Tyle że już po przeczytaniu nie chce mi się wracać do tytułu.
Na początku zapowiadało się fajnie, bo agencja i postmafine klimaty, potem tak wpadło w wir tragicznej przeszłości bohatera i dalej poszło, schematem. A finał był jak lukrowany guziczek na słodkim pierniczku, wręcz nie do uwierzenia.
Ale to komiks, wiec można i tak poprowadzić fabułę. Tyle że już po przeczytaniu nie chce mi się wracać do tytułu.
August 11, 2019
Esta historia llegó a mis manos por el hecho de que iba a leer su secuela sin darme cuenta (o un spin-off?), anyway.
Shiro es un prostituto que piensa que es lo único que puede hacer en su vida.
Tora es un chico que acaba trabajando, como chofer para la "empresa" donde trabaja Shiro, para cubrir las deudas de su hermana.
Los dos acaban enamorándose y todo acaba en desastre.
Dolorosa historia, con un gran final feliz para ambos.
Y después de lagrimear el manga, me voy a leer su siguiente.
Shiro es un prostituto que piensa que es lo único que puede hacer en su vida.
Tora es un chico que acaba trabajando, como chofer para la "empresa" donde trabaja Shiro, para cubrir las deudas de su hermana.
Los dos acaban enamorándose y todo acaba en desastre.
Dolorosa historia, con un gran final feliz para ambos.
Y después de lagrimear el manga, me voy a leer su siguiente.
November 14, 2021
Bref, "Mods" est une bonne découverte. Etant donné le sujet de l'histoire, j'avais peur de tomber dans du sexe et de n'avoir que ça, j'ai donc été agréablement surprise de constater que Natsume Kazki était partie à l'opposé de mes craintes. Elle m'a offert un récit basé sur les sentiments des personnages et où le monde de la prostitution et les scènes de sexe viennent juste habillés et accentués les problématiques de nos protagonistes, sans les masquer. J'ai beaucoup aimé Shiro et Tora et l'évolution de leur relation qui se fait graduellement et avec moultes bouleversements. Tout dans ce mangas est dosé, ajusté et rythmé comme il se doit. J'ai eu un petit bémol pour les dessins au départ mais c'est tout, pour le reste je recommande.
January 28, 2019
Un excellent manga. Certes, certaines scènes sont assez dures mais le tout est très bien traité. J’ai adoré les 2 personnages même si j'ai une préférence pour Shiro. Les dessins sont bien faits, l'histoire cohérente, j'aurais juste aimé une fin sur du plus long terme pour voir ce que deviennent Tora & Shiro après.
April 29, 2022
Tomo duro, cruel, pero con un mensaje de esperanza. Tora debe pagar la deuda de su hermana y decide meterse a chófer del prostituto Shiro, ya que le pagan muy bien. En él descubrirá a un joven con una vida horrible y sin esperanza con un gran dolor dentro.
June 3, 2017
Wish there were more drawings of tats.
February 6, 2018
J'ai passé un très bon moment de lecture avec ce manga. L'histoire était sympathique et les personnages étaient très touchants. J'ai aussi bien aimé les dessins.
August 14, 2021
Beautiful art, Heart breaking character. Enjoyed it a lot.
February 13, 2023
4.5 😫😏😳
February 18, 2023
Shiro to hotówa aaaaaa.
Długo trzeba czekać na sceny, które mają łączyć głównych bohaterów.
Długo trzeba czekać na sceny, które mają łączyć głównych bohaterów.
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April 16, 2023
4/10 i don't understand the hype.
August 19, 2023
RYCZALAM chyba z 5 razy
February 6, 2024
Manga pa lindo casi lloro
February 28, 2024
Warning: it's uncensored
August 10, 2024
Sad af, angst everywhere
Cw child abuse, sa, violence, death
Cw child abuse, sa, violence, death
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January 7, 2025I still don't know how to feel about it, but I wished we had more of happy moment at the end, especially to see the evolution of Shiro
Warning: check the tws before reading!!
Warning: check the tws before reading!!
September 4, 2025
"in the rainy day i lost everything"
December 30, 2025
Ayy, dios mío, cuánto sufrimiento, me ha encantado
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