Yellow (Manga)
| Yellow | |
|---|---|
| Original title | YELLOW |
| genre | Yaoi , crime thriller |
| Manga | |
| country |
 Japan
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| author | Makoto Tateno |
| publishing company | Biblos |
| magazine | Be × Boy magazine |
| First publication | 2001 - 2004 |
| expenditure | 4th |
| Manga | |
| title | Yellow / R |
| country |
Japan
|
| author | Makoto Tateno |
Yellow is a manga series of Japanese illustrator Makoto Tateno from the years 2002 to 2004. The series in the genre Yaoi is classified, was as yellow / R continued. It has been translated into several languages, including German. The plot revolves around the two thieves Go and Taki, who initially work together as partners and develop feelings for each other over time.
content
The two 22-year-old thieves Go and Taki work as a team for the owner of the "Café Roost" - Shigeyuki Tsunega - on whose behalf they steal drugs before they can be confiscated by the police. Since they also live together, your relationship is fraught with conflict. The blond, strong Taki is a womanizer, while the black-haired Go, who can pick any lock, loves men - Above all, Go is after his roommate. This repeatedly rejects him. Their assignments always put them in danger, but despite their personal conflicts they can rely on each other, even if it doesn't always seem like that to outsiders. Over time, Taki also had to admit that he fell in love with Go. But he doesn't want to get involved in a relationship with him.
On one of their assignments, they meet the young bartender Kanji, whose mother sells drugs through her bar. Go and Taki can do the job, but Kanji's mother is arrested and he loses his job. So from then on he works in Tsunega's café. Soon after, Kei, Go's former partner, shows up. They work together on an assignment, and Kei's advances to his partner make Taki jealous that he almost gives in to Go's desire for sex. But the resolution of the case intervenes, in which she threatens Kei and tries unsuccessfully to trick her.
Some time later a target of the two of them is found murdered and they meet Katsuro and Mizuki. Taki grew up with them as a foster son, but ran away when he learned that they were hit men known as Sandfish . Meanwhile, Kei works for her, who found Taki on her behalf. Go and his friends, Taki wants to keep this past secret, but now they threaten Go and Tsunega. Mizuki in particular is after Go, as he falls in love with Taki and only had surgery to become a wife because of him. Tsunega is after Sandfish herself for personal reasons: They once killed his wife and daughter. To protect both of them, Taki Sandfish wants to bow down and join them. But before that, he sleeps with Go for the first time.
With Katsuro and Mizuki, Taki is initially locked in a room because they don't trust him. Nevertheless, he manages to contact Go and thwart an attack by Sandfish. Thereupon Taki is punished, but with the help of Kanji and Kei, Go manages to track him down. He can free him and Kei also flees from Sandfish. So finally Go's long-awaited relationship with Taki begins. However, their luck is disturbed by Tsunega, who tries to attract Sandfish with Taki in order to get revenge. After Mizuki shows up about Taki, Tsunega learns the reason for his wife's murder. Go saves Taki and turns on the police so that Mizuki has to finally give up on him. But Sandfish can also escape, because Katsuro brings Tsunega's daughter with him, who survived the attack, and hands her over so that they can escape.
publication
The series appeared from 2001 in the manga magazine Magazine Be × Boy published by Biblos in Japan. The last chapter appeared in 2004, and all chapters were published between November 2002 and October 2004 in four anthologies ( Tankōbon ) under the imprint Be × Boy Comics . On February 15, 2007 there was a new edition as Kanzenban in two volumes by Enterbrain .
The series has been translated into English (Digital Manga Publishing), French (Asuka Comics), Spanish (Ediciones La Cúpula) and Chinese (Tankōbon: Ever Glory Publishing, Kanzenban: Ching Win Publishing). A German translation by Claudia Peter was published by Egmont Manga and Anime from September 2005 to June 2006 .
The first sequel appeared in Japan only for mobile phones and was published in 2009-2010 in English by Digital Manga Publishing under the title Yellow 2 in three volumes. The second sequel was Yellow / R on April 1, 2011 in an anthology at the Imprint B's-Lovey Comics by Enterbrain. The first volume of the German version followed in October 2011 at Egmont.
reception
The American critic Jason Thompson calls Yellow the "dumbfounded" version of the older series Fake , but depending on your taste it can also be perceived as the best of the predecessor: Instead of the criminal cases, Yellow focuses on Go's sexual advances. The series delivers a lot of fan service , but only weak character drawings and repetitive stories. Due to the sex scenes and violence, the manga is only recommended for people aged 18 and over. According to MangasZene , the plot of the manga does not offer much new, as it is strongly reminiscent of fake . Nevertheless, Makoto Tateno presented a nice to read story with humor, which was implemented in an appealing way. The AnimaniA writes of a “reading pleasure” with “imaginative cases” and a story that is “not at a loss for unexpected hooks” . The series is characterized by "dynamic, clear and often detailed images" and an overall successful artistic implementation. The plot, in which the occupation of the two protagonists is clearly in the foreground, is reminiscent of Get Backers and is especially recommended to fans of the manga Fake .
Individual evidence
- ↑ BE × BOY MAGAZINE. Retrieved September 15, 2011 (Japanese).
- ↑ Yellow 2 (manga). In: Anime News Network. Retrieved September 15, 2011 .
- ↑ Jason Thompson: Manga. The Complete Guide . Del Rey, New York 2007, ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8 , pp. 443 .
- ↑ MangasZene, No. 31, p. 36
- ↑ AnimaniA 10/2005, p. 40 f.
Web links
- Yellow and Yellow / R in Egmont Manga and Anime
- AnimePro about the manga
- Entry at Anime News Network (English)