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Utsubora

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Alternative Titles

English: Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist
Japanese: ウツボラ

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Type: Manga
Volumes: 2
Chapters: 14
Status: Finished
Published: 2008 to 2012
Genres: Mystery, Drama
Authors: Nakamura, Asumiko (Story & Art)
Serialization: Manga Erotics F

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Score: 7.801 (scored by 743 users)
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Ranked: #17242
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Popularity: #2926
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Synopsis

The story begins when Aki Fujino, a beautiful girl who the novelist Mizorogi knew, dies under mysterious circumstances. Then a girl appears before Mizorogi, and although she introduces herself as Aki's twin sister Sakura, her true identity is a complete mystery. As Mizorogi's past ties with Aki come to light, people begin to suspect him of plagiarism. Mizorogi's life spirals deeper into darkness as his editor and the police probe further into Aki's death and Mizorogi's connection with her.

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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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Jul 20, 2013
14 of 14 chapters read
CountMecha (All reviews)
25 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
Aug 1, 2017
14 of 14 chapters read
Chaldene (All reviews)
3 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)
1 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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Sep 24, 2018
14 of 14 chapters read
Thatevafag (All reviews)
0 people found this review helpful
"You write because you're alive.You're alive because you write.Still,does living really require anything to put on a scale against itself?"

The sole reason why I picked up this manga is because I came across this obscure manga review on youtube and the synopsis looked intriguing but what I found was possibly the best manga I've read.I read the manga twice in one day and I don't think I've read any Psychological Thriller that kept me second guessing myself throughout their entire length.This is feels like something right out of Satoshi Kon's mind and it's fitting cause the manga reminded me of Perfect Blue.

The story revolves read more

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