Hot Limit (manga)

Hot Limit

Cover of English edition.
Genre Yaoi
Manga
Written by Minori Shima
Illustrated by Akira Kanbe
Published by Nihon Bungeisha
English publisher Digital Manga Publishing
Demographic Josei
Magazine Nichibun Comics
Published August 28, 2006
Volumes 1
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Hot Limit is a one-shot Japanese manga written by Minori Shima and illustrated by Akira Kanbe. It was serialised in Nihon Bungeisha's manga magazine, Nichibun Comics. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing,[1] which released the manga through its imprint, Juné, on August 12, 2008.[2] Nihon Bungeisha released the manga on August 28, 2006.[3]

Reception

ActiveAnime's Rachel Bentham commends that the manga's art as "racy, sexy and hot".[4] Coolstreak Comics' Leroy Douresseaux comments that the manga "offers the best of BL and yaoi – intense romantic love between two men and hot sex!"[5] Mania.com's Nadia Oxford comments that the manga "remains completely entrenched in yaoi stereotypes. To begin with, Kazuma doesn't begin the story gay, but as soon as he meets Maya, he can't help himself. There's certainly a lot of mystery behind human sexuality, but it seems like Kazuma's love for Shinya/Maya blossoms out of nowhere".[6]

References

  1. ^ "Blu, Boysenberry, Deux, DMP, Yen Announce Boys-Love Titles". Anime News Network. 2007-10-29. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-10-29/blu-boysenberry-deux-dmp-yen-announce-boys-love-titles. Retrieved 2009-07-04. 
  2. ^ "Hot Limit". Digital Manga Publishing. http://www.junemanga.com/books/209/. Retrieved 2009-07-04. 
  3. ^ "Hot Limit (ニチブンコミックス)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4537105291/. Retrieved 2009-07-04. 
  4. ^ Bentham, Rachel (August 28, 2008). "Hot Limit". ActiveAnime. http://www.activeanime.com/html/content/view/3759/57/. Retrieved 2009-07-04. 
  5. ^ Douresseaux, Leroy (October 28, 2008). "Akira Kanbe & Minori Shima's Hot Limit (Yaoi)". Coolstreak Comics. http://www.comicbookbin.com/hotlimit001.html. Retrieved 2009-07-04. 
  6. ^ Oxford, Nadia (October 16, 2008). "Hot Limit". Mania.com. http://www.mania.com/hot-limit_article_86792.html. Retrieved 2009-07-04. 

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