Zetsuai

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Zetsuai
Original title 絶 愛
genre Shōnen-ai
Manga
country JapanJapan Japan
author Minami Ozaki
publishing company Shueisha
magazine Margaret
First publication 1989 - 1990
expenditure 5
Original video animation
title Zetsuai 1989
Original title 絶 愛 -1989-
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 1992
Studio Madhouse
length 45 minutes
Episodes 1
Director Takuji Endo
music Kenji Kawai
synchronization
continuation
► Bronze Zetsuai (1992)

Zetsuai ( jap. 絶 愛 , Zetsuai since -1989- ) is a completed Shōnen-ai - Manga series by the Japanese artist Minami Ozaki . The series consists of five volumes and forms the substantive introduction to the subsequent volumes by Bronze Zetsuai .

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Koji Nanjo is a famous singer who fell in love with a soccer player as a child. He meets her again six years later and finds that the person he was in love with all along is a man. Koji cannot turn off his feelings and develops a very deep, painful love for Takuto Izumi. At first he still believes that Koji just wants to be friends with him, but soon realizes his mistake. Takuto also discovers feelings for Koji, but cannot classify them. Only in the fifth volume of Zetsuai does Takuto get involved in Koji's feelings.

Zetsuai is viewed from the point of view of Koji Nanjo, who struggles with his feelings and especially his lust. It is only in the volumes of Bronze Zetsuai that more becomes clear about Takuto Izumi's feelings. This story of two men falling in love is not new, but it penetrates deeply into the psyche of each person. The draftsman depicts the thoughts of the protagonists in many places .

Characters

  • Koji Nanjo is a famous singer and has many female fans with whom he also often has sex . He is a difficult, emotionally unbalanced personality, shaped by his difficult childhood with his father, who has a dojo and taught Koji in the art of sword fighting . He has two brothers and a sister.
  • Takuto Izumi is a very good footballer for whom only his family is more important than the sport. He has a younger sister and a younger brother who are both being fostered since his father was stabbed to death by Takuto's mother. He was also injured by his mother.
  • Katsumi Shibuya is Koji Nanjo's manager and friend. He lost his sister to an illness that the doctors did not recognize in time. He notices very quickly what Koji feels for Takuto and tries to stop him from expressing his feelings.
  • Serika Izumi is the younger sister of Takuto and a big fan of Koji Nanjo. He plays Takuto in love with his sister in order not to have to show his true feelings. Serika soon realizes that Koji's feelings are not for her.

Publications

In Japan, the series was published by Shueisha from 1989 to 1991. It first appeared in Margaret magazine , and later in a total of five edited volumes. The German version, translated by Nina Olligschläger, was published by Carlsen Comics . Editions Tonkam published a French version, Planeta DeAgostini a Spanish one.

Anime adaptation

On July 29, 1992, an original video animation (OVA) for the manga was released in Japan . The 45 minute long film was produced at Studio Madhouse under the direction of Takuji Endo . Shinichi Uehara was the artistic director and Tetsuro Aoki was responsible for character design and animation. The anime has been translated into Spanish and Chinese.

Two animes were produced for the continuation of Bronze Zetsuai .

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū )
Koji Nanjo Sho Hayami
Takuto Izumi Takehito Koyasu
Katsumi Shibuya Kappei Yamaguchi
Serika Izumi Kumiko Nishihara

meaning

The manga is the most famous work by Minami Ozaki, who was very successful with this, the sequel to Bronze and similar works in Margaret magazine . It is named as one of the most important works of the Shōnen-ai genre, as important for this as Romeo and Juliet for the classical romantic tragedy.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Gravett: Manga - Sixty Years of Japanese Comics. Egmont Manga and Anime, 2004, p. 90.
  2. ↑ Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia. Revised & Expanded Edition . Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley 2006, ISBN 1-933330-10-4 , p. 750.

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