Minamoto-kun Monogatari (Minamoto-kun Monogatari, #2)

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Terumi Minamoto is a young man born with a feminine face and is considered pretty enough to make people think he's a girl. Because of this, Terumi's middle school years were beset by bullying, spearheaded by the most popular and beautiful girl at the time, Chuujou Tsukasa, as an act of jealousy. Due to multiple acts of forcing Terumi to cross dress, as well as bathing him in sour milk, Terumi developed a fear of women and a hatred of milk due to the trauma. The long term consequence of this also resulted in Terumi never getting intimate with women during his high school years, finding even the act of talking with a woman awkward and painful. Just as he enters Shiun University and makes a promise to himself to overcome the trauma of his past, his father remarries and asks him to move out of the house. Terumi is arranged to live with his aunt, Kaoruko Fujiwara, for the time being. She is an extremely beautiful and talented young woman, who is also a non-tenured professor at his college. When he arrives at her apartment, she drags him into a special project in which he must seduce fourteen different women in the same fashion of the protagonist of The Tale of Genji.

Japanese Comic Ranking, October 14–20". Anime News Network. October 23, 2013 . Retrieved April 30, 2015. Japanese Comic Ranking, October 13–19". Anime News Network. October 23, 2014 . Retrieved April 30, 2015. Later on in the manga, Terumi's traumatic experiences from middle school are displayed which make his gynophobia a lot more justified. However, it's really difficult to label Terumi as a great protagonist. There isn't anything appealing about his character to begin with (besides his face, I guess), and he doesn't receive much development either. Fortunately, Terumi does get rid of his fear of women and goes through slight change in the end, but most of his actions remain very questionable for most of the manga.

稲葉 みのり（いなば みのり）(Japanese); История Минамото-куна (Russian); قصة ميناموتو- كون (Arabic); 源君物語 (Chinese); 미나모토군 이야기 (Korean); 14 Wege der Versuchung (German); Love Instruction - How to become a seductor; Minamoto-kun's Story (English); Chuyện chàng Minamoto (Vietnamese - Tiếng Việt - TV)

After sleeping and/or meeting with 13 targets of the experiment, Kaoruko reveals to Terumi that she is the final 14th target and conducted the experiment not only to further her own research but primarily to enrich Terumi's life experiences as a tribute to Terumi's mother, Kirino, who Kaoruko was close to. Desiring to increase her status and reputation away from Konoe's influence, Kaoruko tells Terumi that she will be moving away to another university but will gift her apartment to her nephew, encouraging him to grow and develop without her influence. As a final erotic experience, Kaoruko and Terumi cross the line with each other and commit incestuous sexual intercourse with one another. One year later, Terumi and the targets have moved on with their lives, all better people for it, with Terumi desiring to become a researcher of Genji's Works upon graduating, following in his aunt's footsteps. The final scene of the story showcases Terumi drinking milk without any problems, signifying that he has overcome his trauma and fear towards milk, women and Tsukasa at long last. Note ~ For all the people who are concerned about the manga's length, it isn't actually that long. There are indeed more than 350 chapters, but all of the chapters are fairly short. Most of them can be read within only 5 minutes each. At least I did. Labeled as "Targets" by Kaoruko, each one of them share some similarities with one of the women seduced by Hikaru Genji, and she instructs Terumi to get into relationships with them, for the sake of her research.

Volume 3 reached the 48th place on the weekly Oricon manga charts and, as of April 20, 2013, had sold 24,973 copies; [21] volume 4 reached the 27th place [22] and, as of October 27, 2013, had sold 53,436 copies; [23] volume 5 reached the 24th place [24] and, as of April 27, 2014, had sold 61,646 copies; [25] volume 6 reached the 34th place and, as of October 19, 2014, had sold 35,693 copies; [26] volume 7 reached the 25th place [27] and, as of April 26, 2015, had sold 65,645 copies. [28] Life isn't all easy for college student Terumi Minamoto. Imagine being a boy so pretty that strangers usually mistake you for a girl. Being that pretty must benefit Terumi a lot, right? That doesn't seem to be the case with him, though, as he is left severely scarred from his traumatic experiences caused by his middle school female Japanese Comic Ranking, October 21–27". Anime News Network. October 30, 2013 . Retrieved April 30, 2015. classmates. Since then, Terumi has developed an apprehension towards women and tried to avoid any kind of interaction with them. The most prominent character of Minamoto-kun Monogatari is, without a doubt, Terumi's aunt Kaoruko Fujiwara. The "trashiest" parts of the manga usually revolve around her, and I would say those are also the most interesting parts. One may find the incestuous relationship of Terumi and Kaoruko existent throughout the entire manga repulsive and bothersome (understably so), but the fact that Kaoruko plays a really pivotal role in the story is simply undeniable.EditSynopsis In his middle school years, the feminine-looking Terumi Minamoto was bullied by his female classmates after the most popular boy in the class declared Terumi to be the prettiest "girl" of them all. Living with a fear of women ever since, he seeks to change himself as he enters college. However, his father puts a wrench in his plans when he brings a pregnant woman home, announcing her to be Terumi's new mother. To accommodate her in their small apartment, Terumi is sent to live with his aunt, who is coincidentally an associate professor at his new college. Lastly, the ending of Minamoto-kun Monogatari is incredibly rushed. The manga just kind of ends. Terumi's relationship with some of the characters aren't properly established after 350+ chapters, for which a lot of readers, including me, were very dissatisfied with how the manga ended. Even how Terumi and Kaoruko's relationship came to its conclusion is presented very poorly, and when they are the main focus of the story, that's more than just concerning. I'm pretty sure that reading the plot alone is enough to tell you that Minamoto-kun Monogatari isn't something suitable for kids. Almost every chapter of the manga contains at least one sex scene. Well, that's an exaggeration, but it's certainly true that the entire manga consists of lots and lots of sex scenes. However, despite almost being a hentai, I believe Minamoto-kun Monogatari has quite a few things to offer even to the readers who aren't horny on main. Another flawed aspect regarding the characters is that some of them remain severely underdeveloped even after more than 300 chapters. Although developing all the characters equally when there are already more than a dozen of them is difficult, it's an inescapable issue in this case. Characters like Chisato, Noriko, Iyo, etc. are considerably less prioritized, and their stories are poorly resolved. This issue becomes especially apparent in the later stages of the story.

Japanese Comic Ranking, April 20–26". Anime News Network. April 30, 2015 . Retrieved April 30, 2015. Japanese Comic Ranking, April 15–21". Anime News Network. April 24, 2013 . Retrieved April 30, 2015. Japanese Comic Ranking, April 14–20". Anime News Network. April 23, 2014 . Retrieved April 30, 2015.Japanese Comic Ranking, April 13–19". Anime News Network. April 22, 2015 . Retrieved April 30, 2015. Regarding the art, it isn't anything spectacular, but it is fairly decent. All the characters are drawn pretty nicely. And of course, as I mentioned earlier, the manga contains a lot of sex scenes. And I mean A LOT. Obviously, the sex scenes aren't shown entirely. If they were, this manga would've become a hentai, you know? And it's already really close to being one. On his first day, Terumi finds out that his aunt, Kaoruko Fujiwara, is a voluptuous beauty known to hate men. As a professor, her main research is on the classic work The Tale of Genji. After a more personal introduction, Kaoruko works out that Terumi has suffered greatly because of his looks. Sensing an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of her research, she offers to help him—starting with his fear of women. But when her methods include being "raised" into the perfect lover like Genji who had sex with 14 women, will he truly be cured by the end of his very own "Tale of Minamoto"? Real spoilers read no further if you're not wanting it to be reviewed it goes into my real reason to rant)