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Bronze: Zetsuai since 1989
Original summaries from Sadomina's
Zetsuai page, since I suck at summarizing. I tried to shorten them a
bit, anyway.
Note: I'm following the story with scanlations, so I didn't provide any sort
of (to me) spoiler.
Volume #1
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After raping Izumi, Koji avoids
any contact to him trying to not hurting him anymore. But after receiving
another love confession, Izumi asks Koji if he still wants to sleep with
him, and they end out sharing a sweet night together.
When Koji wakes up the next morning Izumi has left behind him a note telling
he's going to Italy for a week. Koji, fearing about losing him, follows
him on his motorbike, but has an heavy accident. He lays on a deep coma
and only a miracle could wake him up.
Takuto is informed about Koji's accident a week after at the airport returns:
he stays at his bed praying he'd come back to him with no success.
His soccer managar reminds him to live is own life and, as he doesn't need
Koji but only soccer, leaves his's bed. |
Volume #2
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Izumi is now concentrated only
on soccer, and become friend with the new goalkeeper, Kunihide.
During his last visit to Koji's room, Koji awakes only to find he lost is
voice. His brother Hirose takes the chance to take him back to home, to
make him follow their father' last order: become Nandjo dojo's master. Koji
agreeds, wanting to leave Izumi's side to not hurt him anymore.
Izumi, ends up beating up some guys who are about to publish a dirty story
about how Koji's lost his voice: is just suffering for Koji's disappereance
from his life. |
Volume #3
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Koji finds Izumi crying, and, since
can't get back to the dojo because of the media, starts living at Izumi's
place: slowly Izumi accepts Kojis love.
Hirose and Akihito do everything to destroy Koji's life: Hirose drives the
company of Izumis foster-father into bankruptcy and kidnaps Izumi:
Koji begs his brother to take back his actions kneeling down in humility
and driving Izumi mad because of this degradation. He just reminds him he
always promised he would do everything for him and now he doesnt even
speak to him: this reaction helps Koji to get his voice back. He confesses
his love and tells Hirose he leaves the family. Since he doesn't want to
sing anymore, he will make the last album and final concert. At this one
announces his leaving, and Eri (Kunihide's girlfriend) attacks him with
a knife. The wounds aren't serious but Koji shall be looked after: Izumi
decides this is his job, and he'll never let him go again. |
Volume #4
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After attacking Koji, hated by
fans and surrounded by press, Eri's mental condition gets worse day by day.
Kunihide, loving her so much, looks for revenge on Koji, who he blames for
all. Hirose'll help Eri if he'll rape Izumi.
In the meanwhile Koji tries to do everything to make his lover happy.
In the meantime Izumi is now aware of his feelings towards Koji. On Christmas
Eve he's going home to celebrate, but Kunihide invites him to his appartament
-Koji's former own.
He drugs Izumi but, after talking about love, he let's him go. But it's
too late. |
Volume #5
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We understand why Hirose hates
Koji so much: he fought all his life to gain acknowledgment of their father,
who however always preferred Koji.
He rapes Izumi for revenge and during so he tells him the truth about his
parents: his father ad an affair with another woman.
Koji, worried about Izumi, calls Katsumi who tries to calm him down Koji
uselessly. Immediately he starts look for him, and he found him sitting
in front of his orphanage. Izumi tells him he has found another lover, but
Koji finds the marks of the violence and understands. After being provoked,
he proves Izumi his love through violence. He then drugs him to make him
sleep to leave: Izumi, sleeping, reaches Koji's hair firmly, and Koji cuts
them off. |
Volume #6
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Koji visits Hirose to put an end to their link. After hurting him, he
cuts off his left arm: by doing so he seriously leaves the Nanjo traditions
behind.
In the meantime Izumi notices Kojis disappearance and lies to Katsumi
when he calls him, telling that everything is fine and Koji still sleeps.
Katsumi doesn't believe him and shows up at their home, just to find out
Koji isn't there. At the same moment Koji appeares, apparently fine, and
Katsumi leaves.
Izumi then sees what happened: at the first moment he's very furious but
then understands: he also wants to cut every bond with the past and cuts
his old hip's scat with a large knife.
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Volume #7
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Koji and Izumi's love is strong
than before, and Koji's arm has been replaced with a prosthesis. Izumi gets
seriously wounded at his knee during a game. He suffers from depressions
fearing he will never be able to play again, but he has Koji near him.
Izumi goes back to Hirose and demands the return of Kojis ring, which
he carried at his lost hand, because his his. When Takuto gets it,
he notices the engraved initial letters of the names of Koji and him.
Half of the volume contains bonus stories
about Kunihide and Eri, as well as Kojis comeback with his new band
"Kreuz". |
Volume #8
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After one month rehabilitation
Izumi is able to play again under supervision. He now ever more on soccer
like as is the most important thing to him: Koji even gets almost broken
and jealous about this, he just fears Izumi is concentrating so much on
his carrer to escape him.
After speding a day at the beach and a night in a hotel, Izumi becomes aware
of his intensive feelings for Koji and becomes is really frightened.
Izumi is now popular with both fans and media, anche keeping their relationship
secret it's indeed hard. |
Volume #9
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Although Izumi is happy, Koji is
now almost crazy of jealousy because of soccer, even if Izumi told him he
would never compare soccer to him., he still is jealous.
Izumi, now fully conscious of his feelings, tries to show Koji how much
he cares him with small hints (like kisses, wearng his ring) but doesn't
say it loud.
While he's at the training camp, Koji betrays him with some women again,
and Izumi reacts extremely jealously.
Back at Nanjo's, Akihito is jealous of Hiroses passion towards Takuto:
he wants his brother for himself only.
At Christmas eve, when Izumi goes out to Tiffanys to fetch his valuable
gift for Koji (an expensive crucifix pendant), Akihito rides over him with
his Porsche. |
Volume #10
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Coming when volume' scans will
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Volume #11
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Volume #12
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Coming when volume' scans will
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Volume #13
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Coming when volume' scans will
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Volume #14
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Coming when volume' scans will
be completely released! |
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