Cut

by KAWAI TOKO

Serait-il plus dur de survivre ou d'attendre que tout s'arrête ?

Peut-être devraient-ils seulement affronter leur passé.
Refouler leurs souvenirs.
Laisser ce soleil les éblouir.
Peut-être, uniquement.

Parce que l'un, violent, a peur des relations.
Que l'autre, perdu, préfère s'oublier dans des bras impromptus.
Et ensemble, alors ?

Genres: Manga, Yaoi, Romance, M M Romance, Abuse, Drama, Queer

164 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Christina (A Reader of Fictions) · Rating 3 out of 5]

If m/m romance isn't your thing, then move along. There's nothing for you here.

Okay, awesome people that remain, here's the deal. Cut's a really dark romance between two teens with serious family issues. One's a cutter in a sexual relationship with his stepfather and the other's got a bunch of mysterious scars. The romance contained within is actually quite sweet and healthy, even if the boys have a lot of problems still. That's what I like best, I think: the fact that their issues aren't entirely resolved by the end. They've started to heal, but falling in love didn't automatically fix them.

[Angela · Rating 5 out of 5]

CUT was so beautiful. The characters had so much depth and backround. CUT had such a deep storyline. Disturbing and beautiful. Highly recomended

[Yasamin Seifaei · Rating 3 out of 5]

انقدر گذشته شون دردناک بود که ... :)

[Min Li Li · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yaa siz çok güzeldiniz amaaa. <3 _ <3
Keşke bir kaç bölüm daha fazla olsaydı manga.Çok sevdim!

[Fairymysz · Rating 5 out of 5]

4,5 csillag

Szívfájdító és szívmelengető történet.
Két kamasz, akik a velük történt szörnyűségeket másképp "dolgozzák" fel. Az egyik a bűntudattól hajtva, hagyja, hogy pedofil mostohaapja kihasználja, bántalmazza, sőt saját magát vagdossa.
A másik magába zárkózott, menekül szerető nevelőszülei elől, mert nem akarja bántani őket.
Amikor összeismerkednek, egymásban keresnek és találnak vigaszra.
Toko Kawai tényleg tudja, hogy fájdítsa meg az ember szívét, mindezt úgy, hogy a végén mégis elégedetten tegye le az olvasó a könyvet.

[Kaylee · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this such a long time ago (probably close - if not when - it came back in '09) and loved it.

I just went through and re-read it. Been meaning to for a long time but haven't been reading manga in the last... I don't even know how many years. Sadly.

I still love this series. It's all the feels. It's so... heartbreaking and real. Painful. I love how the two MCs interact. How they deal with each others past pain and current problems because of - Chiaka's cutting and Eiji's PTSD.

It's so great to see them both at the end. And I love Eiji's guardians!

I love Touko Kawai. Been a favorite of mine for a very, very long time. Love her artwork so much.

[Milagros Guevara Bernabé · Rating 1 out of 5]

Rating: ⭐✨️(1.6)

Sinopsis:

Sakaguchi y su padrastro mantienen una relación meramente física que roza el abuso, sin embargo, él disfruta del dolor que recibe ya que le ayuda a olvidar oscuros recuerdos de su pasado. Más adelante, conoce a otro estudiante que también tiene antecedentes problemáticos y que quizás puede ser la persona que lo ayude a detener el dolor autoinfligido que se causa.

Lo bueno:

✅ Conocer el pasado de los protagonistas y las razones por las que terminaron con heridas tanto físicas como emocionales.

Lo malo:

⛔ El estilo de dibujo parecía un poco descuidado y le faltaba dinamismo.

⛔️ La escena en la que el padrastro intenta asesinar al protagonista se vio demasiado acartonada y no logró transmitir la tensión del momento.

⛔️ Los problemas familiares quedaron inconclusos y sin una resolución clara.

[✧desiree✧ · Rating 4 out of 5]

4☆ Review:

“𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔…𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇…𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆, 𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓…𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔.”

This was so good considering how short it was.

I love when characters with trauma aren’t miraculously cured from their trauma’s once they find a significant other. This story was much more realistic.

[Lecori Carbajal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sin más que decir excelente historia. El desarrollo de personajes es excepcional, como nuestros demonios más temidos son creados por nosotros mismos y como nos atamos a una oscuridad innecesaria, la capacidad de perdonar y amar parecen ir de la mano y parece no ser una capacidad sino una bendición.
Los personajes con una profunda historia desarrollada detrás de ellos, un pasado que les cuesta y que no pueden cargar solos, descubren que la vida es más fácil si la vives con alguien dando paso a que se ahoguen en el mar del otro.
Cálido y romántico, frió y rudo, extremos que se complementan y se funden dando paso a un nuevo sentimiento para ellos: el amor.
Con una análisis de lo que somos por amor, de los demonios del mismo y de sus ángeles. De un cielo y de un infierno cortesía del sentimiento, pasamos de un extremo a otro, hasta que comprendemos que el amor es más que eso, y más que nosotros.

[Reader17 Der · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this story. It is a compiling story that pulls me in for a very emotional ride.

This story is about two guys that have some inner demons to live with because of their family lives. They meet and they start being together to help each other forget their problems. This is a story of them growing closer together and trying to get over their emotional scars that are in their lives.

This book deals with some abusive by a stepfather and are not suited for minors. That is why it is rated M for Mature.

[kimberly_rose · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review originally published at mangaupdates.com in March, 2008.

This is pure genius. The mangaka displays such skill in presenting topics and relationships that are powerful and make one pause in thought. The life of these two young men touched me greatly. I like how she didn't judge her characters - she allowed them their feelings, valid, not 'leftover' desires from the experiences that shaped them. The way the two men helped one another was so very beautifully shown. The reader was not hit over the head. Nothing seemed phoney or out-of-place.

[Ririn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just re-read this a few days ago. I think I read it before 5-6 years ago (?!) and then sort of forgot the title and just remembered it the other day when I heard the word Loveholic. O.o
I love Chiaki and Eiji's love story. A lot of angst in their past, I guess I'm a sucker for lovers overcome their troubled past together lol.

[Neko · Rating 5 out of 5]

re-read 6/2/2020
Seriously one of my favorite manga ever. I've read it more than 10x already and this is one I shall always re-read. I wish there was more honestly. ~sigh~
Absolutely one of her best stories.

[Val Beltra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Belle histoire de deux êtres aux histoires tragiques qui apprennent à s'aimer eux mêmes au travers de l'un et de l'autre (pas très claire ma phrase !!!)

[Choupi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Relecture de CUT. J’adore cette mangaka qui a une façon bien à elle pour dessiner ses personnages. Cela peut ne pas plaire à tout le monde mais moi, j’affectionne beaucoup son style, couplé avec son écriture qui me touche à chaque.

J’ai apprécié l’histoire qui met en avant deux lycées avec leur souffrance, leur silence, mais vont se rencontrer et cette rencontre va faire naître d’autres sentiments. Malgré la dureté des thèmes c’est une belle histoire de rédemption qui se chemine avec douleur mais avec la lumière au bout. Des beaux messages et de jolies émotions se dégagent de l’histoire de ces êtres blessés. J’ai adoré le chapitre bonus qui conclut de façon si bien l’histoire.

[Juushika · Rating 3 out of 5]

Two teenage boys catch each other behaving badly, pulling them into one another's self-sabotage. The art is nothing special; the drama of the traumatic backstories and the timing of the climax & resolution are all standard for the BL genre, and as a result tend towards silly and predictable. But the experience itself, of living with trauma and self-loathing, of building relationships despite/within that, is more organic and satisfying. This is nothing amazing, but as dark-BL-lite it's totally adequate.

[TT · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this book but don't remember it. Swapped away my paperback copy years ago on Mangatude.com.

[Hobbitka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ostatni/Pierwszy raz czytałam ją w 2012 r. jako ekstremalna yaoistka, ale najwyraźniej nadal jest dobra.

[Taelyr · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is very dark. Lots of triggers so please look before you read! The way these two help each other is really beautiful to watch, but I just didn't like it all that much.

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Rose :3 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Objectively terrible subjectively a little bit good
Book might have had me in a silly goofy mood 😭🤞🤞

[Levan Shakulashvili · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is so messed up. suicidal. and hot.

[Julie Hayes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Chiaki sees Eiji for the first time when they are both called to task for not having arranged their parental/teacher visits. Each has his reasons for avoiding this onerous duty - Chiaki's "dad' uses him sexually, and abuses him by cutting or hitting. Eiji lives with his aunt and uncle to avoid his abusive crazy mother. In Cut, by Toko Kawai, we watch them as they come together, and make an attempt at healing themselves and each other.
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They run into each other in the park that night. Eiji is resting there, after his job at a restaurant. Chiaki is there with his stepfather, who is after him, as usual, in a sexual way, and Eiji inadvertently sees and overhears them. The next day, they both have parent-teacher interviews, and Eiji realizes who Chiaki's partner is. Chiaki is disturbed, and wants to talk to Eiji, privately, to let him know that that man is not his real dad. He spies a long scar on one of Eiji's arms - and this is how they begin.

Eiji says he doesn't care what they do, and when Chiaki attempts to explain, Eiji unexpectedly turns violent and hurts him. Only the arrival of Eiji's aunt prevents further violence. Chiaki tries to find out who this strange boy is, but he doesn't have much of a description to go on when he enlists the aid of one of his friends. Chiaki is on the roof with a female friend, who wants to fool around with him, completely unaware that he has no sexual interest in her, and they are caught in a compromising position by none other than Eiji! The girl leaves, and the boys end up hanging out together, exchanging names at last.

It seems that they cannot stop meeting, and slowly, they begin to reveal themselves, and their histories. Neither one has had it easy, and they each have the scars to show for it.

You can read my complete review at Yaoi Radius!

[Cassie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reading Yaoi manga is interesting to do from time to time and this was one of those interesting ones to say the least. The book revolves around a young man that sleeps with his step-father and they are basically in an S&M type of relationship, but then he falls for one of his classmates that also has some issues from his own past.

The manga was initially hard to push through at the beginning because of some of the opening scenes and initial character plot points, but once I got about to the half way point it turned into a beautiful story about redemption and love. The story showcased how one is not their past, but that they move on and can develop further.

The drawing was lacking in some places, but I think with this particular genre that this is a place to help teach an artist to draw instead of necessarily being about quality of the picture. I enjoyed the story though overall and would recommend it to people looking for a viewpoint outside of their own. Just be prepared for some of the graphic content that is contained within, hence the parental advisory label on the front of the book.

[Anna Kļaviņa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Story deals with such dark themes as self-harm, sexual, psychological and emotional abuse, guilt, masochism and self punishing. However it is not depressive story but more uplifting one. Main characters Chiaki and Eiji are school mates and after some time they become close friends and lovers. Both boys in their friendship find help to fight their respective inner demons and grow up.
The end is not honeyed happy after ever as both have long way to heal but there is no doubt Eiji and Chiaki will help each other.

[Yuu Sasih · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very emotional, mind-wrecking, heart-tearing story. A beautiful story about two high school students with dark pasts they tried to avoid. A weird loner and a popular "rent" boy met at a rooftop. One was used to be an abuse toy by his mother and another was used to be a sex toy by his stepfather. Both resulted in two different characteristics, yet they met and healed each other through love.

Grab your tissue box and hug it close before you start reading this. You'll cry when read about their journey together.

Definitely five stars.

[Kelsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my favorite yaoi mangas. I go back to read it quite often. The two main characters have dark backgrounds making their present a nightmare they need to escape from. Going through the manga you can really see solid character development. It is really interesting to see the two meeting at the begining of the manga and then looking through the manga's final pages to notice the difference in which they regard each other. Seeing them grow together is truly an enjoyable experience. For only five chapters (plus an epilogue) it is pretty amazing how much is accomplished.

[Nyie Rombeng · Rating 3 out of 5]

kisah tentang pencarian jati diri seorang cowok dibantu dengan seorang temannya mengindikasikan bukan hanya sekedar persahabatan,tapi lebih dari itu.
lambat laun kisah seperti ini menjadi thriller psikologis,thriller erotis dengan love interest didalamnya.
yup!betul sekali,tapi para readers tidak perlu kecewa ketika cerita didalam ini tidak sesuai dengan yang diharapkan.setidaknya masih ada bagian cerita yang menegangkan & misterius walau sedikit;)

[Bree · Rating 5 out of 5]

CUT was one of the first yaoi books that I ever read that actually helped me out with my own life. It portrays a boy who hides his cutting from the world and another who hides scars from his past. It's a lovely book. (:P) I hope it affects others with the same problem positively in the same way it affected me. :]

[Lissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

A darker side to relationships. This one has a lot of depth and realism. Both main characters have a difficult and abusive past that shape who they are. They each have their own coping mechanisms, but somehow support each other far more than anticipated. Only issue I had was the lack of supporting characters to fill it out to be more realistic. Overall, a really good manga.