放課後保健室 5

放課後保健室 [Houkago Hokenshitsu] #5

by Setona Mizushiro

Suite au sacrifice de Shinbashi dans le dernier cours à l'infirmerie, qui le suppliait de prendre soin de Kuréha après son départ, Mashiro est désormais résolu à assumer pleinement son identité d'homme. Il repousse ainsi définitivement les avances de So, précipitant ce dernier dans les bras de sa sœur Aï, bien décidée à s'accaparer l'amour de son cadet et à faire disparaitre Mashiro du lycée afin de préserver son frère. Cependant, alors que Mashiro tente de remettre de l'ordre dans sa vie après avoir rejeté So, ce dernier lui déclare violemment qu'il n'est plus du tout intéressé par lui. Encore fragile en raison de ce qu'il a pu ressentir pour So, Mashiro est bouleversé par cette déclaration. Bien que les deux jeunes hommes déploient de grands efforts pour s'ignorer et se détacher progressivement l'un de l'autre, le nouveau cours de l'infirmerie apporte son lot de révélations, tandis que Kuréha et Aï font tout ce qui est en leur pouvoir pour se rapprocher de celui qu'elles aiment, même s'il leur faut pour cela être cruelles et dévoiler certaines vérités.

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels, Mystery, Shojo, Horror

Comic

First published June 16, 2006

About the author

Mizushiro Setona (水城せとな in Japanese, or 水城雪可奈 in Chinese language) is a popular mangaka who started out in the dōjinshi circles.

Her first real dabble in the world of creating manga was in 1985 when she participated in the publication of a dōjinshi. She remained active in the dōjinshi world until her debut in 1993 with the short single "Fuyu ga Owarou Toshiteita" (Winter Was Ending) that ran in Shōgakukan's Puchi Comic magazine.
Though her current drawing style is high on the aesthetic value, her earlier works had less finesse. Regardless of the lesser emphasis on the visual elements in her earlier works, her popularity grew largely due to her unparalleled grasp for storytelling. Her works are noted for their slightly askew plots and deep exploration of the human psyche. Even her lighthearted Shōjo works usually have darker underlying elements. With an incomparable ability to craft stories that puzzle, sadden, assure, pervert, and move the depths of one's heart, she has gained a cult-like following. Her works include shojo, josei, and yaoi, and have been translated into multiple languages, including English, Italian, French and German.

Reviews

[Kati · Rating 4 out of 5]

Now that's what I'm talking about! We finally found out more about Sou and his family! I still don't like Kureha because I honestly don't get what she actually really wants. She wants Mashiro but not like this, like that, no, no not like that either... Seriously?

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

So the main character, what's his name, Ichijo, which does not mean strawberry, has had an epiphany. Or something. He's going to be a man. For his girlfriend. Which.. I thought was what he was trying to do all along. But I guess he finally manned up and was able to stand up to the guy who was chasing him and be a man. (After the guy nearly raped him.)

So, like, he's a guy now, and can leave the dream and graduate. But he doesn't wanna. Because his girlfriend needs him.

But he's not being man enough for the girlfriend. She wants more passion, more fire. She doesn't want a sweet, chaste prince. So he mans up some more and goes for it.

Meanwhile the guy who was chasing him (stalking him, creeping him out) has backed off. His sister's totally controlling and there's incest going on. And his sister tries to get Ichijo to graduate and leave so he'll stop distracting her brother/lover.

Oh, and there's hints that if Ichijo does graduate and go through the dream door, he'll be a full man. Which, if you ask me, he should totally do, and get rid of those horrible cramps he keeps having.

There's 5 volumes left? Oi. More angst! More indecision! Will Ichijo, instead of picking aggressive dude or whiny girl instead go for the hot kendo sempai?

Don't worry, I'm sure that guy's just as messed up as everyone else.

[K.S. Trenten · Rating 4 out of 5]

Masahiro Ichijo decides he’s going to be faithful to Kureha Fujishima, so he cuts off his relationship Sou Mizuhashi. Sou turns back to the only woman he’s ever loved, his sister Ai, only he can’t stop thinking about Masahiro. Determined to rid herself of her annoying rival, Ai decides to help Masahiro graduate. Only Masahiro doesn’t want to. He tells himself that it’s because of Kureha, only is it? Kureha is wanting to take their relationship to the next level. Masahiro tries to accomodate her, but again is this what he wants?
There was something chilling about the sexual pressure Kureha put on Masahiro after showing such a steadfast revulsion towards it. There was something equally chilling about Masahiro’s urge to please her. They were a subtly creepy couple while Sou and Ai were the overtly creepy couple. At least the latter was being honest about their feelings, even if they were being brutally honest. Masahiro and Kureha are fumbling for honesty, trying not to hurt each other, but leaving a lot unsaid. On one level they’re quite complicated and realistic, yet the way they strive to conform to being what they feel a “girl” and a “boy” should be throws a dishonest wrentch into their attempts. They are trying, though. Some of the most interesting scenes were in the dream when Ai accused Masahiro of being a selfish hero and Masahiro accused Ai of lying about the knight. Their accusations felt like they carried a measure of truth, but the dreamworld appears to be a more honest, if cruel place. All in all, this was a very interesting read, even if it left the characters in a place I wasn’t satisfied with and I get the impression the characters themselves weren’t satisfied either. I look forward to reading what happened next.

[Jessica Walsh · Rating 5 out of 5]

What exactly does it mean to be a girl or a guy? It is as simple as long hair, a cute smile and a frilly skirt? Or does being a woman require something else? Is a man simply a sense of duty, an urge to protect and a stoic attitude that can win any girl? If those images and ideals are stripped away, then what is left?

Read the full review on Well, Are They? A Queer Review blog
https://wellarethey.blogspot.com/2024...

[Bryn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of Sou and Ai in this one!

And Kureha is amazing -- I love her thing about "I'm not a princess, I don't need a prince." Yes, more annoying gender binary stuff here, it is inevitable I suppose because it is how Mizushiro conceived of the entire project, but there keep being moments I really appreciate too.

[Dylan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love how this series is progressing. Kureha in particular is coming into her own and starting to find peace. I love that for her. We continue to learn more about these characters, and the plot thickens. I can't wait to see where the story goes.

CW: Sexual Assault, Past Trauma, Incest, Body Dismorphia

[Rachelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book #169 of the year 2020

We find out more about the relationship between Sou and his sister. Sou almost rapes Ichijo. Ichijo spend the night with Kuhrea. We find out who the Knight is when awake.

[Roxanne · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was Team Sou until this volume, but the threat of sexual violence got a lot stronger in this one. The thing with the sister is also weird. Basically just reading now to know what my 11yo already read so I can talk to them about it.

[. · Rating 3 out of 5]

See my review for Vol 1.

[Katie (Katie's Corner Blog) · Rating 5 out of 5]

see full review @ Katie's Corner

Today I have a manga, which held my interest from the very first page and it had this astonishingly weird but at the same time fantastically amazing written all over it. I remember this manga was always on my goodreads recommendations; believe it or not I was always somehow repulsed to read it with whole undefined sex thing with Mashiro. But then one day, I do not know why I just wanted to read something weird so this story came to my mind. Let’s see, by the end of the first chapter I was sucked full time into it and didn’t get up from the couch until I finished it all. It was amazing. The way author portrays Mashiro is breathtaking.


The way Mashiro tries to be only male and justifies it, always made me wonder, and I believe the author raised this question specifically: what if it was you who was half make half female? What would you have chosen? There are many questions left unanswered, or it was just me who didn’t get the situations. I didn’t really get why Mashiro confessed to Shinbashi! It was kind of out of blue, okay not really out of blue, but it was still a shock to me. Another thing that confused me a lot was how the heck could Mashiro have sex with Kureha. Don’t get me wrong, but wasn’t his bottom part that of females? I mean after they break up and Mashiro really hooks up with Sou, he shouts that it hurts. I had my ideas that at that point with Kureha he became totally male, but as soon as he began wavering again he went to his original body. Though if you ask me it was pretty inevitable that he would choose Sou in the end and become a woman.

Now, let me just clarify some things before I move on to another topic, which I wanted to discuss. If you can’t tolerate Boy and Boy relationships (even if you know that one boy is not really a boy), please, do not start this story, as you will miss other interesting things that the author wanted to show. For me, and I’m quite tolerable to Bl in mangas and animes, it was not a dire situation, as I perceived Mashiro as two people. I though of him as male with Kureha and female with Sou. That made my life much easier. So, if you can do the same thought focusing solely on Sou’s and Mashiro’s kissing scenes, you are up for it! Start reading it; you’ll enjoy the story for other reasons too.

Another thing that I wanted to discuss is, I believe, the whole concept of this story. The intrigue of the whole nightmare world is still present even when I finished reading. I mean it’s not plainly said what it was all about. I believe every reader has his/her own opinions about it. Mine? It’s as complicated as the whole story. Though the ending does leave us hanging. It’s like finally everything worked out between Mashiro and Sou and bam! Mashiro is graduating. But that had to happen, right? The author leaves he ending open to our imagination. Will those two be together in the end? It does imply that they will meet, but will they have the similar feelings as in their “nightmares”?

I hope you’ll find some time to read this great story. If you love complex stories with a lot of mystery and psychological aspects, this story is for you! All the characters are more than complex; they astonish you even in the last chapters when you thought you’ve figured all of them. Hope you enjoy it to its fullest and don’t forget to share your thoughts below! Stay tuned to Katie’s Corner for more reviews as well as promos. Don’t miss your next favouirte book or manga! Happy reading!

XOXO

Katie

[Alicia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Chapter 17 is the first chapter that makes up volume 5 and a lot happens. It starts where 16 left off, with Ichijo's rejection of Sou. Even though the characters frustrate me - because they can't make up their minds, are fatalistic, and lie to themselves and one another in an effort to protect themselves - these same things that frustrate me are the ones that make them realistic and why, at the end of each volume, I like reading this series so much. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense on the surface, but there it is. There is also a scene with Sou and his sister that is disconcerting and very sad.

The second thing that happens in 17 is Ichijo rejoins the Kendo team. I am chagrined to admit this, but I didn't realize the knight is probably the captain of the Kendo club until that point.

Chapter 19 has Ichijo and Kureha consummating their relationship. This seemed forced and creepy to me.

And 20 has Ichijo verbally setting himself up in a way that will make his next shock - finding out who the knight really is - even harder on him than it would have been to this point in the story.

"That self-righteous 'she needs me' attitude is doing her more harm than good." Ai says this regarding Ichijo's relationship with Kureha, which points to a man's protective instinct toward women, but I think it can also be taken ironically since Ai is trying to force Ichijo to graduate because she wants to keep him away from Sou. Both sexes try to protect their partner in a relationship, they just do so in different ways according to their gender, their personality, and the behaviors that have been modeled for them in the past.

[Sophia F · Rating 5 out of 5]

What I am extremely worried about is that Mashiro and Kureha will be in an intense relationship, (such as this volume), and then Mashiro will convince her to graduate, but as soon as she leaves everyone will forget her, including Mashiro. Along with Kureha, he will forget his dedication to her and strike up a relationship with Sou.
And then I'd be very upset.

I find it quite shocking in the way that the Knight's true identity was revealed, because it didn't really have much evidence along with it. I was expecting Mashiro to find out in the dream that Sou is really the knight. You never know, maybe Sou's sister told him to say he was the knight so that Mashiro would have a stronger hatred for him, there is no evidence otherwise.
What's kind of confusing is how Sou and his sister treat one another in the dreams vs. reality. First they're all lovey-dovey incest-ish, and then she's making fun of him and then blowin him up in the dreams. :/
Oh yeah, did I mention there's incest? With incest? And some more INCEST?!?
Gosh, it's just gotten very... Intense, but I'll keep reading just to get it over with and be able to say: "I was able to survive reading all ten volumes of After School Nightmare without gagging."

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sou tries to force Ichiro and gets rejected. He turns to his sister and resumes their incestuous relationship. Gives Ichiro the cold shoulder. Ichiro decides he wants to live as a man, rejoins kendo. Sou doesn't come to school for a few days so Ichiro visits to relay message about kendo. Sou decides to quite upon learning Ichiro has joined. Ichiro feels hurt by Sou's rejection. Ai offers to find Sou a nice girl, he says he already has one in her. Ichiro becomes more intimate with Kureha, spends the night in her dorm, word gets out. Ai tries to get Ichiro to graduate to stop hurting Sou, but he runs away from the key. Kureha decides she doesn't need a protector, Ichiro should stop treating her helpless. sou and ichiro spar with kendo eq unauthorized. Ichiro gets cramps, reminder that not really a guy...sempai from kenso carries him to infirmary. ichiro tells sempai that he looks up to him, wants to be like him. it leaves us with the impression that sempai is in the dream (the arm?)

[Su · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ohhh, DRAMA! We get the fallout here from Mashiro's big rejection of Sou, and at last, we get a true peek behind the curtain at Sou and his damage. In fact, it's rather more than a "peek"--it's all completely laid out (there's a certain graphic spread in the middle of the book I'm thinking of particularly), and it all really lends weight to that one outburst he makes at Mashiro ("what if *I* need you too?"). The one small crack in the stoic exterior Sou projects--and we can really understand a lot better where he's coming from and why he behaves the way he does. Poor Sou. It's a tough volume for him. And logically, it's a great volume for Kureha, who finally takes a huge step toward healing her own issues. I really like her as a character as well (though I'm rooting for Sou to win Mashiro, of course), and I love that while Mashiro and Sou are descending further into the hearts of their issues, Kureha is finding her way back out. So good for her. Really excellent, powerful volume in an incredibly worthy series!

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

As Ichijou Mashiro’s hard kept secret is revealed to his classmates, Mashiro’s dream world is turned upside down. The after-hours class Mashiro signs up for is not at all what he expects it to be. Passing the class is his only chance of graduation and the horrors he finds there are only the beginnings to the mysteries yet to be revealed.

This dark series is filled with controversial and emotional issues that take the reader on a journey through what the characters are feeling and what they experience. There is always some sort of twists throughout causing the reader to re-think about the issues involved.

Interesting concept to say the least! The story itself invokes a creepy mysterious concept taking place throughout the school. I was impressed with the complexities of the students and situations involved throughout the series. Reading this series the author does an amazing job of making the reader feel the characters pain and suffering.

Note: This review was completed after reading volumes 1-10.

[Deb · Rating 2 out of 5]

This series started out with an interesting idea. Mashiro, the main character, is a hermaphrodite trying to live as a male but at war with their female side. He goes to a high school where students keep disappearing; in the first volume, Mashiro is inducted into a dream class that students are required to pass for graduation. Students arrive at class without seeing each other, fall asleep, then awaken in a group mind where they battle their darkest fears and each other in a search for the exit key.

By volume 5, it's apparent that Mashiro isn't keeping himself from graduating just so he can be with his girlfriend longer. He can't always hold up his charade of being male, he balks from considering himself female, and Mashiro in his angst never seems to consider that he can't blend the two sexes in his definition of self.

It seemed like this book was a necessary link in the story's chain, but my interest in the series is starting to flag.

[Gabriela · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm mad at myself for not reading volumes 3 and 4. But, this novel is thrilling and having one of the series that you haven't read yet in front of you is extremely hard to resist, so I read it anyways. [sigh:] Kureha really irritates me. She is so pushy. I mean Ichijo is a nice person and he's insecure about his own problems too yet Kureha treats him like trash. Man! Why can't Ichijo just accept the true feelings SHE has for Sou-Why can't SHE realize that SHES A GIRL! Sou really loves her and now Ichijo lost him [cry:]. Though I think that Sou's love for Ichijo just can't fad away that easily >=].

[Shauna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really don't know what to think of this series. I want to hate it. I want to love it. The idea of a dreamscape/chess style "battle royale" is pretty awesome, and the "true forms" of the characters in the dream scape are really intersting and cool....*sigh*. The characters themselves are terrible. In volume 5, they are all still pathetic, whiny and dull. This series keeps saying that "men are destructive, active and mean" and "women are passive, sweet, gentle and easily broken"-to which I just say--WHAT? Am I in bizzaro world? I'm not sure if it is bad writing, or if Japan is doing awful things to it's young people. But an interesting plot is keeping me hanging on-for now.

[Book Tea 🫖 with Jai · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book a lot. The ending as always is breath taking. I can't wait to read book 6. I'm so glad Sou left Mashiro alone so he can concentrate on Kureha. Which he should have done earlier on. But anywho the book is great and every character is interesting. I love how the author tells about each background. And how they become

[Zac Chase · Rating 5 out of 5]

it was next in series.

china/japan modern time and in a dream state.

who is sou? can mashiro be confident enough to stay the way he wants to be.

mashiro is dynamic. mature, smart, confident. "to stay with you. let me prove it." page 145 to 149

dont just consider your self consider people around you.

dont do reading strategy.

i loved it.

[Hermioneginny · Rating 3 out of 5]

Il rapporto tra Mashiro e Kuresha si rasserena e si approfondisce, quello tra il ragazzo e So si esacerba, fino a un incontro clandestino di kendo. Si scopre la vera natura del rapporto tra So e sua sorella Ai, che vuole a tutti i costi che Mashiro si diplomi. Dentro l'armatura c'è davvero So? E chi è davvero il sempai?

[Nicole · Rating 5 out of 5]

[See review under vol. 1:]

[Tab · Rating 4 out of 5]

B

[Matie *Cat Lady* · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

[Elaine · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm loving this.

[Darkuria · Rating 5 out of 5]

I give like 4.5 so 5 stars, there is more complicated relationship between the characters that's something I like but sometimes frustrated me a bit, that's the idea, great!

[Leira Roscini · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read it in italian.

[JustWorkAlready · Rating 4 out of 5]

luuuuurved it! it was interesting...

[Timothy · Rating 2 out of 5]

More of the status quo. Wonder if there'll be any real story soon.

[Destiny · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting.