Utsubora
Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist
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Japanese: ウツボラ
English: Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 2
Chapters: 14
Status: Finished
Published: 2008 to 2012
Genres: Drama Drama, Mystery Mystery
Serialization: Manga Erotics F
Authors: Nakamura, Asumiko (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.541 (scored by 15391,539 users)
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Ranked: #23012
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Popularity: #2439
Members: 6,614
Favorites: 89
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Synopsis

Novelist Shun Mizorogi is content with the mundaneness of his life that came along with his pseudo-celebrity status. However, it all comes crumbling down when it is revealed that a young woman, Aki Fujino, had called him moments before plunging to her death. When Mizorogi is summoned by the police to confirm the identity of the mangled corpse, he is informed of the existence of Sakura Miki—a spitting image of Aki and allegedly her identical twin sister—about whom little is known.

But as the nature of Mizorogi and Aki's relationship comes to light, his latest book "Utsubora" brings about a troublesome public controversy. The unraveling of lies and deceit binds the fate of several people involved in this unsavory affair.

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Utsubora was published in English as Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist by Vertical Inc. in an omnibus on June 18, 2013. It was also published in Spanish by Milky Way Ediciones from February 24, 2015 to April 24, 2015.

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Miki, Sakura
Miki, Sakura
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Mizorogi, Shun
Mizorogi, Shun
Main
Yatabe
Yatabe
Supporting
Nomiya, Ai
Nomiya, Ai
Supporting
Mochizuki, Tsuyoshi
Mochizuki, Tsuyoshi
Supporting
Kaiba, Yoshitsugu
Kaiba, Yoshitsugu
Supporting
Koyomi
Koyomi
Supporting
Tsuji, Makoto
Tsuji, Makoto
Supporting
Fujino, Aki
Fujino, Aki
Supporting

More reviewsReviews

Jul 20, 2013
14 of 14 chapters read
CountMecha (All reviews)
31 people found this review helpful
Utsubora - The Story of a Novelist.

To an author, to write is to live. What happens if you can no longer write? What then, is life?

When I first came across this book, I knew nothing about it nor its author. The cover art alone intrigued me enough to want to pick it up, and I'm glad I did. The art on the inside was off-putting to me at first because because the characters, especially the male ones, looked like typical Yaoi or Shonen Ai character designs. Which means that they may be shown to sometimes have unusual, broad shoulders, be incredibly handsome in read more
Oct 5, 2020
14 of 14 chapters read
iggykimi (All reviews)
11 people found this review helpful
A woman with a dead yet captivating look on the cover of this manga, along with the subtitle - The Story of a Novelist - caught my interest from the very beginning, so yesterday I decided to give Utsubora a try.

With a daring and confusing introduction, Utsubora starts a story full of lies and deception, attraction and sensuality, mystery and confusion that camouflages all its truths and answers to any question you may have. A narrative that challenges the reader to differentiate between the lie and the truth, an intelligent book that deals maturely with many topics that are not seen so much in the read more
Aug 1, 2017
14 of 14 chapters read
Chaldene (All reviews)
7 people found this review helpful
Nakamura Asumiko is known for her dark, dramatic-themed works (and BL too). While Utsubora, even though it is both dark and dramatic, feels different than her other works. It is strange why it was never nominated for any notable awards despite its many praises from Western publishers. Nevertheless, this was Nakamura-sensei's only English-licensed manga.

To describe elaborately about the manga would ruin its ‘thrill’. Utsubora is a story, about the story itself, which blurs in lies and truths. What happens to a creator if creativity is taken out of the equation? This story is just like a plagiarised work, where we often think how trustworthy read more
Mar 1, 2018
14 of 14 chapters read
Moomochi (All reviews)
3 people found this review helpful
Out of 100 Nobles watching...
94 were impressed
6 weren't old men who like their mystery drama's

Utsubora was a very enjoyable read for me. I found it sitting on display at my local library having no knowledge of the authors precedent in writing BL material and was really entranced in this story of an author and his muse.

I don't think I'm much of one for book's about authors/mangaka, but the mystery element and the drama surrounding this particular set of characters kept me interested all the way through... I found the art style very pleasant and the lewd bits help to keep pages turning too hehehe.

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