Forum - View topicREVIEW: NTR Netsuzou Trap GN 1
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Parsifal24
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As a rule, I don't usually read Yuri precisely because most of what has been licensed over here is too sugary sweet. While I wouldn't read this precisely because of the nonconsensual element but I guess it will always be someone's cup of tea it is certainly not mine.
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Punch Drunk Marc
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This is a staple of the genre of story that the manga is trying to tell. NTR (which is shorthand for Netorare) is a story where a persons "lover" (bf/gf, husband/wife, childhood crush, etc.) Is basically "stolen" from them by a known or unknown third party (usually right in front of them). This is usually achieved through non-consensual relations: spoiler[rape],threats, or straight up blackmail. As a result the person the acts are being done to is eventually "corrupted" and breaks up from their significant other for the other person (some cases they dont even do that and just keep cheating). The purpose of these type of stories from my understanding is to make the reader feel some type of anger against the third party and (eventually) the cheater, and make you feel sorry for their significant other. This is usually done by person being cheated on being written as a nice, earnest person the reader can relate to, their significant other is portrayed as a sort of weak-willed person that just goes with the flow and is easily manipulated, and the third party is overly agressive and the complete opposite of the protag being cheated on. Im slightly interested in reading this spoiler[since I've never seen this type of story that WASNT a doujin or straight up hentai] but i may wait a volume or two |
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Lero
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I'm not sure if this story is meant to make me cheer for the main protagonists Yuma and Hotaru because so far it's only make me despise both, Hotaru is the equivalent of the wishy washy run on the mill harem MC who is indecisive and a whimp when it comes to make important decisions.
Hotaru so far comes off as a manipulative double faced bitch who is hiding something we probably won't know past middle of the story or towards its end. Meanwhile the Yuma's "boyfriend" Takeda is just too much of a nice guy and too understanding with her, on the other hand. Hotaru's boyfriend who seems does what couples do with Hotaru has awareness of Hotaru's true self and now got a grasp of what Hotaru is up to. I think the only decent character here is Takeda and he isn't even the protagonist.
I would like to add that NTR has different sub genres among it depending on the PoV or the purpose. -Netorare is when MC gets their love stolen away. This isn't Netsuzou Trap so far. Takeda is NOT the protagonist. -Netori is one the MC is doing the stealing, This might qualify for this series as Hotaru is the one doing the stealing. -Netorase is when a MC asks a third party to take their love as per request so the MC and even their love be aroused by it, The last one is the equivalent of cuckoldry. In Japan Netorase is very niche even among NTR and usually is used as plot device to trigger a netorare story. Only few works actually are about exclusively Netorase and the only solid example comes from a game: Kashidashi Tsuma Marina no Netorase, a VN series of 3 games and maybe the controversial Netoraserare(what a pun), a story about when netorase might go wrong.
What I got is that the purpose in the case of netorare is to feel empathy towards the victim who got their love stolen away.
Yeah I agree on waiting for the next two volumes to see where the story is going towards to. |
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meiam
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Oh-oh, I've seen enough school days to know where this is going. Hope one of them has a nice boat. |
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zensunni
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I'm not sure that I would agree that Yuma has better chemistry with her boyfriend than with Hotaru, actually. My recollection reading the first few chapters back when I first read them was that they had zero chemistry and that it was fairly clear that, other than completely not understanding what was going on, Yuma was far more invested in her relationship with Hotaru than with her boyfriend in general.
The brief section about her reaction to Hotaru getting a boyfriend back in middle school suggested that she might have been harboring feelings for her for a while as well. However, the non-consensual nature of the story is an issue. That has always been one of my biggest problems with Yaoi, so that is why this one isn't very high on my list. |
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darkchibi07
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Funnily enough, the latest chapters of Citrus seemed to toned down the predatory nature of the step-sisters' relationship.
As for Netsuzou Trap, ugh, you know you wrote yourself in the corner if you make the secondary male character more likable than the lead female couple in a yuri manga. And like watching a train crash, I am very curious how this story will play out and how they handle Takeda. Because in the end Hotaru and Yuma has to get together or else why the heck is this title is on Yuri Hime in the first place!? I can imagine the idea of having 2 girls cheat on their boyfriends (or in this case one girl coercing another girl) and making out behind their backs must have been one hell of a thrill ride yet an uncomfortable one. 
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Polycell
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jenny10-11
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As much as I want a new yuri to read, the "cheating on boyfriends" angle made me wait on this one until I read a review. Giving it yaoi-style consent issues just turns me off it more.
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bronia
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On one hand I always advocate for supporting official english yuri releases so that we continue to get more. On the other hand Everything that I have read by Kodama Naoko has been really... Yucky, this series included. When 7S first announced it I was really excited because "YURI!!!" (note, this was announced a fair amount earlier than works like Bloom Into You, and the GREAT batch of licenses we got recently including Kase-San, etc...). I gave it a bit more thought, though, and while I'm happy that 7S is having success with smutty yuri like Citrus and NTR (7S was one of the trailblazers of English yuri licenses and I like them for that), those stories really aren't my cup of tea.
I'm probably going to pass on this one just because of my feelings about the story (the previous issues brought up with consent and all that gross stuff) and Kodama Naoko's storytelling in general. |
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SpartanSlayer64
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I've browsed ahead, and I'm not even sure it's really going to remain a yuri story. Without spoiling anything, it's an NTR for sure, but not quite the way this volume makes you think. |
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