Ranked #374

CUT (Manga)

I love this manga. It's really cute and very sweet. It's a sweet story that tells about how two guys, who have both faced extreme hardships in the past, meet and come together to help each other with getting over their pain. It's very short but I find that though the length was short, the feelings were present and that's what makes this manga a good read.

Indeed it is a yaoi manga but unlike other yaoi, it has quite a deep story. Not too cheesy, and not completely made up of ecchi stuff (i.e. sex).
The characters have their strengths and weaknesses. Both leading males characters depend on one another. Both are (obviously) gay, yet still retain their masculinity thus CUT does not fit the stereotypical character-ing in yaoi where one is a bubbly naive baby, and the other a hard-core beast. ;)

An enjoyable read, that I must say, squeezed my heart for the better. read more

I flat out love this manga! One of the fewer yaoi manga which addresses some serious issues like sexual molestation and abuse, but which gladly have the young person involved more realistic in that, you do what you have to do to get by sometimes, but you don't tell lies to yourself about "loving" this abuser even if the abuser says the disgustedly sickening crap about loving you. This is more of a realistic story of when a youth is sexually abused, yet also a love story, where there is a satisfying ending also. A bittersweet story of two young men who come together, men from different living situations and relationships, but who find the acceptance and love they crave in each other.

I've always thought its important to write stories like this, to give a view into what some people have to endure and sometimes can break free from and have a true love, but not to glamourise bad situations, or make them into a warped "romance" story between abuser and victim, especially when the ages are adult in authority to child/youth or its incestuous.

The artwork was really beautiful I thought, and the faces more expressive than many. I truly enjoyed reading this one. A powerful story, so bittersweet, with facets of what too many of us have gone through and what we want to break free from after making decisions or getting pulled into a way of life that doesn't satisfy our souls. One of the must-read's of yaoi if you want a serious, powerful theme. read more