Netsuzou TRap
NTR: Netsuzou Trap

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Let's be straight: this series has "NTR" in the title. How much more straightforward can one get? NTR is the animanga community's most controversial genre for a reason. If you hate NTR, the only thing that might make this worth a chance for you is the fact that the "alternate partner" is a girl: our thickheaded protagonist Yuma is seduced by her childhood best friend and neighbor Hotaru. The catch is that they both have boyfriends. I stumbled upon this and decided to read it exclusively because I was interested in how an NTR series would play out when the partner in adultery is of ... the same sex as the silly degenerate.

Well, unfortunately, Netsuzou Trap has yet to explore the elements unique to such a relationship. Honestly, Hotaru could have been a male instead and the plot development wouldn't have changed much. The only part of the same-sex aspect of Yuma and Hotaru's illicit relationship this series has so far taken advantage of is using the gender excuse for Yuma to be either ignorant, delusional, or both; Yuma convinces herself Hotaru's actions are within the realm of comfort because they're both girls, insisting that Hotaru is being "weird" but there's nothing explicitly corrupt about their relationship. Aside from that, nothing. This could be due to the age of the characters; this is, after all, a high school series, and it is a common attitude within Japanese culture that females having a same-sex attraction is simply a "phase," they'll grow out of it, and it's nothing to think much about.

Netsuzou Trap does narrowly avoid the most glaring pitfall one would associate with a series that has such a premise in that it has thus far steered away from the otaku pandering route. While it could have easily settled into being a basic yuri series with the sole purpose of seeing girls making out, throwing the NTR element in just to make it feel "fresh" (and strangely appease the minority of people who have this fetish), and consequently lacking anything in the form of substance, it has instead played out more like a "daytime soap opera" (as the mangaka herself compares it to) with an emphasis on drama and character relations. That said, there's still plenty dashes of ecchi to satisfy the perverted crowd, while Yuma and Hotaru get "intimate" enough to please the traditional yuri lovers who might check out this series for that reason alone. Okay, maybe this is simple otaku pandering after all, but at the very least it does a fine job of portraying itself as something respectable.

The characters are rudimentary thus far and essentially fill out the mandatory roles for the story. Yuma is a dunce, and Yuma's boyfriend is innocent, gentle, and being played for a fool by Hotaru, who is manipulative, detached, and has a boyfriend as suspicious as she is. Nonetheless, they maintain the potential for growth and developing into a standout cast depending on how they are handled. They all have a number of problems and complicated relationships sure to influence how they develop here on out.

The art is standard for a school series. The backgrounds are mostly of basic school environments, and, in typical fashion, there are numerous panels that feature characters on pure white backgrounds. It is well drawn, clear, and defined, but in this state of the industry it would be much more unusual if the art couldn't be attached with these descriptors. The characters, both male and female, also look like basic school manga characters, but they are quite attractive. Yuma and Hotaru are especially attractive, which is essentially a prerequisite considering the nature of this story and the fact one of its selling points is the intimate interactions between the two girls. On that note, the more amatory scenes are quite... alluring. A couple moments succeeded in exciting even someone like me who is quite apathetic towards yuri. There is most certainly nothing to complain about there.

All in all, Netsuzou Trap is exactly as it promises: a cross between a yuri and an NTR, and it plays to the benefits of both (despite failing to play to the benefits of crossing the two). The drama is gripping, there has already been a couple of intense moments, the sensual scenes are attractive, and girls kiss. So why only a six, then? Mostly because the series is still more-or-less in its introductory phase. The story is barely starting to develop, the characters haven't really developed at all, and, in short, there just isn't yet much to it. The pieces are there for a fantastic psychological drama about depravity and sensuality, but it has a little while to go before it reaches that level. I certainly anticipate seeing how this develops.

Decided to read to the end as this was my first manga review (review is left unchanged the story as i stated this long time ago kept going downhill with each chapter)

unfortunately this is my first review this is more my thoughts than a review so im am going to cut it short and just get into I dont read alot of manga but i can tell good ones from bad ones

But first things first (PLEASE TAKE NOTE NTR GENRE is known to make people hate or fill people with anger read at ur own discretion it means to steal someones lover)

Edit: Please note that ... the manga being NTR has no effect on my score I am scoring this based off the review system NTR can be a good read or watch if done right and this manga plus kuzu no honkai DO NOT get it right

if u just want my overall of what i gotta say about this show then just look at the last paragraph and save yourself the trouble

the story starts off in a karaoke place with the two main characters and their boyfriends while one of the main characters gets touchy touchy while its safe to say the protag. at the start seems straight she gets use to her friend being the way she is thats my summary of the first chapter

Story:
the story is ur typical NTR but with a twist its reverse NTR girl steals girl from boy and their daily lives so far with a little drama thats basically not needed
(so far im in chapter 16 and no progress was ever made thats made me think its been a good story)

Edit: This manga is probably one of thee worst stories I have ever read added more to characters

Art:
one thing i do like from this manga is the art characters look amazing and alot of detail in the yuri-ness

Characters:
this ties up from story I feel nothing for these characters so far nothing has brought me to feel for them sympathy or their persona or i should say character theres nothing special about them we dont know much about them nothing
Edit; so now that I read up on the latest chapter this manga tries to make you feel bad for the male character which in fact does a terrible job and the blackmailer tries to be the sound of reason get outta here

Edit2: I am now on chapter 20 waiting for it to be released
the reasoning for Mizushina, Hotaru to still keep seeing the scum f*** B******* has not been explained yet these characters honestly need
to grow some C**** and B**** and say whats on their mind this so called
NTR does not need to happen because these girls DO NOT like their "boyfriends"

overall:
I gotta say if your a fan of the NTR then this might be for you
but if you dont like cheating girlfriends this is not for you
I took a try at this Manga because I thought that since this is a Yuri NTR i would probably like it but I cant and I couldnt get into this
the NTR genre fills most people with hate and anger and i fall into this cata.

Overall Edit 2 : now that ive caught up with its latest chapter since I had nothing else to read
I can now say this manga is one of the worst I have ever read. The story is going downhill the characters are trying to be something they are not the quality of the art is going down now that I have read more NTR this manga cant even do NTR right

Edit: by all means i see people gave this manga a 10 do yourself a favor if your gonna read reviews of this manga please stick to the 6-8 review score anything above that is probably trying to get the score higher on myann

Edit 3: theres one thing that this manga does it sickens me every chapter by how god awful it is this manga is going nowhere with its story nowhere with its characters but unfortunately this is modern day manga now as long as the art looks great it'll keep coming as long as you have a fetish for whats being drawn

for a more detailed review check out Zadion

Netsuzou Trap is a story which is to some extent heart warming, as Yuma, is like Hotaru’s shield and she is always there for her. It’s quite funny that at first, that’s all there seems to be to their relationship, until you read further into the story, and it’s revealed that in fact there is more to their friendship, than any reader would first assume. I do have to say that I did enjoy the story, as it focused on their relationship. As well as that I enjoyed the art style, but also easy to follow. I’m yet to see the anime adaptation of this ... manga, but as far as just the manga, it’s worth reading if you want a different manga storyline based that focuses on only two main Yuri characters, and really expands into their relationship, and how it progresses further.

I think this anime is riding on the back feet of Kuzu No Honkai. Both series are cuck smut with lesbian/bisexual protagonists. There has been a growing appeal for lesbians in anime since 2009's release of K-On or at the very least 2011's release of Yuru Yuri. For some reason, it's appealing to see cute girls act gay or kinda gay with each other. I think all the faggotry these shows and others like Hibike Euphonium, Sakura Trick, and Fate Kaleid, just to name a few more, are accepted because it feels more realistic for girls to be genuinely romantic with each other than ... with men. There's a lot of harem anime out there that would make anyone think differently, but really there's only a gift bag's worth of genuine hetero-romance anime out there. More recent examples of such include, Koe no Katachi, Tamako Love Story, ReLife, and Kyoukai No Kanata. In these anime, romance is the focus of the show and the love coming from the main characters seems genuine and mature. If the characters is these anime were real people, I'm sure they would be together for a long time. For romance in a text to succeed to the majority of a mass audience, the romance must seem genuine.

Kuzu No Honkai has been criticized for being unrealistic and a smut-driven drama, but I'd disagree. Kuzu No Honkai was about two teens seeking comfort for their loneliness, and they don't care too much of where they got it from because being with someone you can at least tolerate feels so much better. Hanabi in that show wasn't even really gay for her friend Ebato, she was just a horny teenager. That's realistic. All the smut and drama pays off in the end because the characters leave with the moral that they can only find true love when they're not just looking for comfort. The love these characters want feels genuine, but they're not going to get it from the people currently around them. It's sad, but true.

Netsuzou Trap is similar to Kuzu No Honkai because both sets of characters are in cuck-relationships. I refer to them as cucks rather than cheaters because, all the parties seem to not really care who has sex with who. Again, they're all just horny teenagers. Both shows open with the main characters kissing, but only in Kuzu No Honkai does the kissing feel genuine. Hanabi and Mugi kiss each other like they're in love because they want to experience true love. Them embracing each other afterward shows how tightly they cling to that sense of comfort. Both the kiss scenes are lustful, and that's fine, but Netsuzou Trap's kiss scene between Yuma and Hotaru seems to be without purpose. The most one can figure from their kiss is that Yuma is gay as fuck and Hotaru is playing with her friend's emotions. This is realistic, but what's the context? Why does Hotaru toy with Yuma like that? Claiming that she's always been that way is kind of a cop out for good reasoning. There's no other reason for Hotaru to act that way. My guess is that the author just wanted to write a realistic and smutty series with lesbians because that stuff is the 'in' thing these days. Once people realize that a concept in a series is without genuineness, without reason, or without logical explanation, the immersion is quickly broken and people are going to rate it harshly.

WARNING: There's one thing I want to say about the NTR genre, since I've read this without even knowing what it was til the first chapter. It's a shorten abbreviation for Netorare, otherwise known as cuckold.... It's supposedly meant to make you mad as you keep on reading which it did for me or turn some people on who are into that. I'm only saying this because I don't want anyone else who saw the Yuri tag to think they're getting a normal romantic series with two characters, because it's not.

Summary: Two girls cheat behind their boyfriends with each other, can't really say more ... than that but it hits the NTR genre on the nail though.

Story (4): If you don't want to read a story about a girl cheating on her boyfriend with a girl behind his back, then this isn't for you at all. I've seen harems before, so I can push through a story with cheating involve (lol), but the story is all over the place for me to even try to understand. One moment I'm supposed to feel sympathy for Hotaru, the next chapter or page just pushes that out of the window, there's no character to attach any emotion to because the story just doesn't allow it. I'll get more detail with the characters in a bit, but the main point I want to hit down is that it's really cliche as if it gets it materials from a morning drama that you see in Spanish televisions and it gets painful to read sometimes, however I pushed forward to see a happy ending which I know I won't ever get from this manga.

Art (8): This is really hard to rate because the art at times is perfection, then it's just somewhat great, and at other times it feels lazy. It's never too consistent, but this is the best thing the manga has going for it though.

Character (5): Yuma is the 'CUCK' in this story, she's a cliche main protagonist you've seen in every Yuri manga, and I have no sympathy for her whatsoever once the story keeps proceeding...
Hotaru is that one unfaithful girl in the story, and is the reason why I have no sympathy for Yuma. She's sadistic, seems not to care whether she's unfaithful or not, and so on, she can be easily described as slut.
Takeda, is the love or should I say former love interest of Yuma. He doesn't really have any specific qualities about him that can make him stand out from the rest of the cast, you can literally take him out of the story and it wouldn't make a difference.
Fujiwara is the person who everyone supposed to hate since he's not faithful and just plain sadistic to Hotaru, but you'll find out Hotaru (His girlfriend) just the same as he is. He is annoying I'll give you that, and his presence is just there to piss you off basically.

Enjoyment (4): I don't really have the patience to read through another painfully bland volume at this moment, but if the time comes for it and it's near its end, I'll give this another shot.

Overall (5): It's not good, the story is supposed to give me a emotional ride, but all I got was a painfully cliche yuri story where I can guess the ending without having to wait 1-100 years to see the last chapter, with a main cast that's just too bland to give a poo about, and art that's never consistent but is the only saving grace this manga has. I don't know who to recommend this crap to, even people who enjoy this genre won't get a kick out of this.