Cut is a one-shot Japanese manga written and illustrated by Toko Kawai. It was serialized in Biblos's magazine, Magazine Be x Boy, finishing at 5 chapters. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released the manga through its imprint, Juné, on March 25, 2009.[1] It is licensed in France as Juste au Coin de la Rue by Taifu Comics.[2][3] Biblos released the manga on March 10, 2003.[4]

Cut
Cover of Cut as published by Biblos
GenreYaoi
Manga
Written byToko Kawai
Published byBiblos
English publisher
MagazineMagazine Be × Boy
DemographicJosei
PublishedMarch 10, 2003
Volumes1

Plot

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Sakaguchi is in a sexual relationship with his stepfather who is abusive, but he enjoys the pain because it helps mask darker memories from his past. He then meets another student with a troubled background, who may be the person to help him stop his self-inflicted pain.

Reception

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Coolstreak Comics' Leroy Douresseaux comments on the author's "evocative art, in which she emphasizes emotion in body language, facial expressions".[5] Active Anime's Holly Ellingwood also comments on the manga artist's art saying, "the more serious overtones of this story give the artist a chance to show the more stark and dramatic side to her illustrations and imagination".[6] Pop Shock Culture's Michelle Smith comments on the scenes "involving incest and masochism" saying, they are "not played for titillation".[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Cut". Digital Manga Publishing. Archived from the original on May 31, 2009. Retrieved June 20, 2009.
  2. ^ "Cut - un nouveau Yaoi pour Taifu" (in French). Manga News. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
  3. ^ "Juste au Coin de la Rue" (in French). Taifu Comics. Archived from the original on June 12, 2009. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
  4. ^ Cut (ビーボーイコミックス) (in Japanese). ASIN 483521451X.
  5. ^ Douresseaux, Leroy (April 7, 2009). "Toko Kawai's Cut (Yaoi)". Coolstreak Comics. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
  6. ^ Ellingwood, Holly (March 29, 2009). "Cut". Active Anime. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
  7. ^ Smith, Michelle (May 18, 2009). "Manga Minis, 5/18/09". Pop Culture Shock. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)