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“Two childhood friends navigate lifelong love, exploring the complexities of a same-sex relationship from youth to old age.”
Complex
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8.14
4,025 readers · 135 favorites
Boys Love
Erotica
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Synopsis
Two childhood friends navigate lifelong love, exploring the complexities of a same-sex relationship from youth to old age.
This is a story of boy meets boy—and everything after that. Complex is about the lives of Junichi and Tatsuya, two childhood friends who just so happen to love each other. We explore each step of their lives, from grade school to the golden years, through the good times and the bad, revealing that a relationship between two men are nothing but complex. (Source: Alipio)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 13 sampled reviews
9.8
/10
What 13 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 10
mode 10
σ 0.58
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.58 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.23
Running avg · Jul 2009 → Jan 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “One of the most beautiful, realistic, and most underrated yaois out there! I have never cried so much reading a yaoi manga as I did while reading this one. Do not let the art work put you off as...”
- 8 “I was upset. I was captivated. I became emotional. Being able to love means to stand up. Being able to stand is being able to know who you stand for. THAT IS JUNICHI. He was able to recover still...”
- 10 “This is my first review for any manga so excuse me for any mistakes.This is truly one of the best manga I have ever read and now one of my most favorite shouen ai and yaoi.I have to say this is one...”
Verbosity
Short · 46%
Medium · 46%
Long · 8%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 24 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 12m approx
- Published Jan 1996 – Jan 2002
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M5462 catalog