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Japanese: コンプレックス


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Type: Manga
Volumes: 4
Chapters: 24
Status: Finished
Published: 1996 to 2002
Genres: Boys Love Boys Love, Erotica Erotica
Serialization: None
Authors: Manda, Ringo (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.171 (scored by 16961,696 users)
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Ranked: N/A2
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Popularity: #5127
Members: 3,897
Favorites: 139
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Chapters: /24

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This is a story of boy meets boy—and everything after that.

Complex is about the lives of Junichi and Tatsuya, two childhood friends who just so happen to love each other. We explore each step of their lives, from grade school to the golden years, through the good times and the bad, revealing that a relationship between two men are nothing but complex.

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Characters

Shinozaki, Junichi
Shinozaki, Junichi
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Fujioka, Kenta
Fujioka, Kenta
Main
Fujioka, Tatsuya
Fujioka, Tatsuya
Main
Gakkun, Manabu
Gakkun, Manabu
Supporting
Nakagawa, Takako
Nakagawa, Takako
Supporting

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12 Recommended
1 Mixed Feelings
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Jun 23, 2011
Alipio
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It's complex to grow up in a society that won't accept you. It's complex to be brought up by your own parents who won't accept you. It's complex to raise a child who won't accept you. Something so simple yet beautiful, like love. That, too, is complex.

Complex follows the lives of Junichi and Tatsuya and how their "complex" relationship affects them and everyone around them. How is it complex, you may ask? Well, they are both boys. Society as a whole have not always accepted homosexuality. With this mindset on both sides, several problems and issues must arise from that emotionally and physically. For example, ...
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Aug 1, 2009
Doriinatrix
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Here’s an interesting question: what happens to the boys in BL after they’ve hooked up? In most series, we never know- the story stops right there. In Complex, however, we don’t get to just see the relationship, we follow the couple throughout their lives. It’s an ambitious idea, but it works. We see two boys grow up from being childhood friends to confused young men and to wrinkled old ones, with all of the drama that comes with it. Yes, there is sex, but the emphasis is placed more on the relationship than the fanservice. It starts a ...
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Jan 31, 2023
i-love-a-romance
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this story is not for everyone. For example (though I sincerely doubt such people would even be on this side of myanimelist) if you're uncomfortable about gay people existing as human beings and not inherently deviant, you might not want to read this. However, if you're someone who's made uncomfortable by the depiction of homophobia in general, you might not want to read this either. You also don't want to read this if pedophilia is something you can't stomach, because the author is pedophilic (she draws shotacon in the first chapter and in a bonus chapter), and expresses that in her work. rest of the ...
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