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“Closeted gay Yuudai hides behind a straight act until his crush Kimikazu shows interest after a party.”
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
狼少年とハムの人
7.5
1,714 readers · 13 favorites
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Synopsis
Closeted gay Yuudai hides behind a straight act until his crush Kimikazu shows interest after a party.
Yuudai is a "in the closet" gay. He puts up a straight perverted front for everyone. He is so used to lying he can't confess and come out to his crush, Kimikazu. One night however, after a drinking party, Kimikazu shows his interest... Will Yuudai be able to be his true self? (Source: MU)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
7.7
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 4
σ 2.62
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.62 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.5 pts
Recommenders 9.5 · others 4.0
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Score over time
↓ 1.33
Running avg · Sep 2016 → Mar 2022
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “Much of this remarkable one shot manga is a rolling car crash that you can't look away from as the viewpoint character, deeply closeted Yuudai, and his secret crush Kimikazu have a drunken...”
- 10 “Mentaiko Itto is currently one of the biggest names in "bara" or rather "gei komi" (gay comics) in Japan. Unlike BL, which shows male gay romance by straight women for straight women, this genre is...”
- 4 “Yep, it’s yet another of basic “rape into romance” plotline. Are you getting tired of those? I know I am. But it seems that authors are not, as more and more are being made. So here we have a drunk...”
Verbosity
Short · 67%
Medium · 33%
Long · 0%
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A Doujin Publication
- Format 1 vol ch × vol
- Published Aug 2012 – ongoing
- Source Doujin media type
- Ref. BS-M20130 catalog