Alternative TitlesEnglish: Pure Romance; Junjo Romantica Synonyms: Junjo Romantica, Pure Romance, Jyunjyou Romantica, Junjou Egoist, Junjo Egoist, Junjou Terrorist, Junjo Terrorist Japanese: 純情ロマンチカ
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Type: Manga
Volumes: Unknown
Chapters: Unknown
Status: Publishing
Published: 2002 to ?
StatisticsScore: 8.611 (scored by 6460 users)
Ranked: #752
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SynopsisThe series Junjou Romantica series actually contain 3 main stories within them, which are loosely interconnected, with different couples as the main characters.
Junjou Romantica:
Misaki, struggling to pass his college entrance exams, is in need of a tutor to help pump up his failing grades. Unfortunately, his only option is the cool and sexy Akihiko Usami. Usami happens to be a famous boys’ love novelist, which doesn’t exactly float Misaki’s boat, especially since his main characters are “Akihiko” and “Takahiro,” the name of Misaki’s older brother and Usami’s childhood friend. Understandably, Misaki is pretty disgusted by the thought of someone using his older brother as his personal fantasy-material, but then after some tender loving from Usami, Misaki is also pretty confused. He may even be developing feelings for the older man...And when Takahiro introduces them to his lovely (female) fiancée, so begins the bumpy relationship of this odd couple, filled with comedy and pure romance. (Source: BLU manga)
Junjou Egoist: Kamijou Hiroki is a broken man, consumed by unrequited love for his childhood friend, Usami Akihiko (the writer character in Junjou Romantica). Along comes Kusama Nowaki, whose name "Nowaki" means "typhoon", an orphan working his way through life since middle school. Like the typhoon he is named for, he whirls into Hiroki's life and heart, blowing all resistance away before him.
Junjou Terrorist: As fate would have it, Professor Miyagi Yoh (whom Hiroki is working with as assistant professor), and Takatsuki Shinobu, a high school student, cross paths. Miyagi, when in high school, loved (and still cannot forget) a female teacher who had a terminal illness, is now faced with Shinobu, who just says whatever is on his mind. The wheel of destiny is beginning to turn once again...
Has another short story called Junjou Minimum in vol. 4, which in turn has a separate volume of its own.
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Related MangaSide story: Junjou Minimum, Junjou Mistake
Spin-off: Junjou Romantica dj - Theater Chika Chika Chikka, Junjou Romantica dj - Chika * Chika Cheap Star, Junjou Romantica dj - Junjou Junai ParaBook
Adaptation: Junjou Romantica 2, Junjou Romantica
Reviews
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10 |
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10 |
Well its slightly confusing switching between the different stories at first but you get used to it. It is clever in the way that it tells three different stories about three different relationships, but they are all interlinked in some way.
Its quite funny to read in some places, rude in another and then fluffy in another! It is enjoyable to see Misaki try and pretend he doesn't want Akihiko, when he has clearly fallen head over heels. As Akihiko is a romance novelist, there are snippets from his novel which describes (in great detail) his fantasy's about Misaki.
It is overall very enjoyable.
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NanashiMoriko
4 of 7 people found this review helpful
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5 of ? chapters read
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9 |
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8 |
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8 |
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9 |
At the time of reading I have read 3 volumes.
NB: Also contains Junjo Egoist
This manga is progressing well. We are starting to find out more about the characters and it's starting to move its focus back to Romantica rather than Egoist, making the manga truer to its name. From a yaoi point of view this manga has everything you need, the right amount of hardcore nekkid scenes with a bit of lovey dovey and coyness mixed in. A yaoi fangirls ideal.
Story/plot wise? Egoist is moving along much better than Romantica, but from the get go Egoist has had more mystery and thus more to be discovered. Romantica is more of watching how the relationship progresses story than one full of twists and turns. In that sense they are different to one another but the author has done well at having them both progress as readable and likable stories.
The characters are good too, well designed for their roles. They are developing well too, most notibly in Romantica with Misaki and Usami changing as their relationship grows.
The let down for me in this manga at the moment is Egoist. As the back story unravels I'm feeling a bit confused. It's almost like everything in it is happening too quickly, before we've been allowed to get to know the characters in the present we are being plunged into their past.
Romantica on the other hand has stolen my heart away. I can't wait to get my hands on volume 4 and I really hope it's filled with lots of chapters of Romantica.
If you like your yaoi graphic with a little bit of shippyness then grab this one, its taken 3 volumes for me to love it but its worth it.
Nanashi Moriko *definitely a Romantica fan girl*
24/08/07
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Tyrant just completely reminds me of the Egoist arc in Junjou. The characters are just so similar; the way they act, the way they look, even. (Morinaga practically IS Nowaki) The only difference really is the fact that Tatsumi is straight while Hiroki is gay.
Interesting characters, humor and characters that refuse to accept that they are in a gay relationship while sort of being in one
Although Junjou Romantica is more shounen-ai, and not as graphic as Koi Suru Boukun, both have to do with a main character that denies his attraction to his male partner.
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From the same author. Publishing company, editors, authors... Both are from the same setting.
they are both written by the same mangaka so similar art styles, three couples (one main couple n 2 side couples in each manga) and were both animated, both are of yaoi genre with romance between couples, not just sex (boylove)
Sekaiichi Hatsukoi is a spin-off of Junjou Romantica.
Same mangaka; Same setting; Same art style; Both take place in the same universe, so crossovers are often.
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