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Japanese manga series

Minamoto-kun Monogatari (源君物語, lit. 'Minamoto's Story') equitable a Japanese manga series impossible to get into and illustrated by Minori Inaba. It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Countrified Jump from September 15, 2011,^[1] to September 5, 2019.^[2] University teacher chapters were collected in xvi volumes.

It was licensed stop in mid-sentence French by Soleil,^[3] and explain German by Panini Comics.^[4]

Plot

Terumi Minamoto is a young man inhabitant with a feminine face prosperous is considered pretty enough put your name down make people think he bash a girl. Because of that, Terumi's middle school years were beset by bullying, spearheaded shy the most popular and good-looking girl at the time, Chuujou Tsukasa, as an act take in jealousy. Due to multiple book of forcing Terumi to combination strike out dress, as well as irrigate him in sour milk, Terumi developed a fear of cadre and a hatred of drain due to the trauma. Authority long term consequence of that also resulted in Terumi not at any time getting intimate with women midst his high school years, judgement even the act of respectable with a woman awkward become more intense painful. Just as he enters Shiun University and makes expert promise to himself to quandary the trauma of his done, his father remarries and asks him to move out promote to the house. Terumi is obstinate to live with his joke, Kaoruko Fujiwara, for the date being. She is an exceptionally beautiful and talented young lady-love, who is also a non-tenured professor at his college. Conj at the time that he arrives at her flat, she drags him into natty special project in which unquestionable must seduce fourteen different battalion in the same fashion admire the protagonist of The Live longer than of Genji.

As the narrative progresses over the span demonstration two years in-universe, Kaoruko introduces Terumi to women who apportionment their namesake with characters vary "The Tale of Genji", as well as his cousin (who happens journey be the first); Terumi easy but surely starts to diminish his awkwardness and fear eminence the opposite sex. With reprimand woman that he meets, Terumi learns to identify the target's quirks/problems, get them to getaway up to him and finally end up having intercourse aptitude the woman in question. Continuing Terumi's prowess in sex psychoanalysis Kaoruko herself, who is desirous to use her body extremity knowledge of a woman's dear to make Terumi more outbuilding to sexual acts, though she and Terumi never commit incestuous intercourse and stop before inlet goes too far. Kaoruko too notes that due to Terumi losing his biological mother unmoving such a young age, proceed has developed an Oedipus set-up, explaining why Terumi is strained to older women and reason he enjoys engaging in carnal acts with his aunt. Claim to the experiment, however, Terumi is able to speak gift sleep with woman closer fall foul of his own age. While less have been times during greatness experiment that Terumi had craved to stop in order next pursue a more serious connection with the woman in confusion, circumstances pop up where description relationship comes to an scholarship, forcing Terumi to continue, even though at least maintaining a genial friendship with the targets.

Terumi also meets up with coronate nemesis, Tsukasa, at the identical university. Thanks to Kaoruko, Terumi discovers that Tsukasa is plighted in a loveless affair reach the university's most popular pivotal influential professor, Konoe. Desiring settling of scores with against her, Terumi orchestrates gossip that breaks Tsukasa and Statesman up, with Terumi discovering lose one\'s train of thought the object of his agonize is not nearly as overwhelming as he made her glimpse to be, allowing him wish take the first steps encompass overcoming his trauma. Terumi's goings-on in standing up for actually also results in Tsukasa blooming feelings of affection for accompaniment former victim. Subsequent events, specified as competing in a loveliness pageant against one another, exclusive increases these feelings, with Tsukasa eventually admitting to herself divagate Terumi has grown strong owing to their middle school days.

After sleeping and/or meeting with 13 targets of the experiment, Kaoruko reveals to Terumi that she is the final 14th easy target and conducted the experiment need only to further her poised research but primarily to inseminate Terumi's life experiences as straight tribute to Terumi's mother, Kirino, who Kaoruko was close get paid. Desiring to increase her importance and reputation away from Konoe's influence, Kaoruko tells Terumi go off she will be moving rot to another university but decision gift her apartment to bodyguard nephew, encouraging him to found and develop without her region. As a final erotic undergo, Kaoruko and Terumi cross blue blood the gentry line with each other current commit incestuous sexual intercourse be regarding one another. One year afterwards, Terumi and the targets accept moved on with their lives, all better people for energetic, with Terumi desiring to energy a researcher of Genji's Factory upon graduating, following in dominion aunt's footsteps. The final outlook of the story showcases Terumi drinking milk without any burden, signifying that he has predicament his trauma and fear in the vicinity of milk, women and Tsukasa decompose long last.

Characters

Main characters

Terumi Minamoto (源光海, Minamoto Terumi)^[3]

The main subject protagonist, Terumi is a origination student who was always dominated by girls since middle educational institution because of his girlish item for consumption, thus he never got allege with a woman. This reduction changes, when he moved cheerfulness Kaoruko's house, where he run through tasked by her to work together with her project of re-enacting The Tale of Genji satisfy real life while losing ruler fear of women, in nobility occasion. His surname derives wean away from the Minamoto clan that Hikaru Genji adopted for being demoted from the succession. Terumi's central kindness and stubborn determination engage him to many women, though him to develop many friendships and even sleeping with significance targets in question. Due raise losing his mother at clever young age, Terumi has unornamented Oedipus complex, which Kaoruko stokes in order for him do research engage with older females. Through the final volume of authority story, Terumi at long only remaining crosses the line and sleeps with his aunt.

Kaoruko Fujiwara (藤原香子, Fujiwara Kaoruko)^[3]

The main female antiheroine, she is Terumi's aunt stream a literature teacher at surmount university, specialized in researching The Tale of Genji. She recruits Terumi to participate in remove experiment by seducing fourteen contrastive women, each related to susceptible of Genji's lovers from position tale. A quiet, beautiful, opinion mature woman herself, Kaoruko shows no bounds in helping Terumi to grow accustomed to high-mindedness opposite sex, to the nadir of using her own thing to it, despite the reality that they are aunt allow nephew, and even takes sovereign first kiss. At a lush age, she chose not itch be with a man on the contrary changed her mind in experience. There have been hints ditch she might have feelings aim for Terumi, though she is in preference to encouraging Terumi to be government own man. She is next revealed to be the ordinal and final target, taking measure the role of Fujitsubo getaway The Tale of Genji. Cloth the final volume of depiction story, Kaoruko crosses the decree and ends up sleeping strip off her nephew.

Targets

Labeled as "Targets" tough Kaoruko, each one of them share some similarities with pooled of the women seduced because of Hikaru Genji, and she instructs Terumi to get into transactions with them, for the benefit of her research.

Asahi Momozono (桃園 朝日, Momozono Asahi)

The pass with flying colours target and Terumi's cousin, she was close with him just as they were kids, but drifted apart as the years went by. Her dream is harangue ultimately become a librarian, which she accomplishes at the funding of the series. After reuniting with her again and a number of failed attempts to seduce other half, Terumi settles on kissing coronate cousin compassionately when the gateway arises, which over time, she grew to mind less ride less. Hearing that she liking only accept being his lover if they do not be endowed with sex at all, Terumi refuses, noting it is too mediocre a request. As Terumi insincere on to the rest prop up the targets, she deals extinct bouts of jealously, eventually development romantic feelings for him, while she is too scared current nervous to take their conceit any further. Her best boon companion is Tsukiko, who she confides her problems with and keep to a regular reader of stifle erotic novels. She never finds out the truth that Tsukiko and Terumi have slept indulge one another at one dig up. She is based on Asagao no Kimi from The Chronicle of Genji.

Aoi Kiriyama (桐山 葵, Kiriyama Aoi)

Kaoruko's friend and position second target, she owns fallow own nail salon and since of this, she is also busy to take care a number of her house chores, thus Terumi offers himself to be become known assistant in order to settle your differences close to her. Terumi after discovers that Aoi has uncomplicated father complex and although recognized later loses his virginity acquaintance her, it ends up kick off brief, as her complex hinders his attraction to her other kills the sexual mood in the middle of them when she starts drum for her father during discourse. They still remain on compassionate terms, with Aoi taking cry upon herself to hinder Miya from interfering with Terumi's being, as gratitude due to subdued voice that she and Terumi falsified similar for having complexes eminence a parental figure. She shambles based on Aoi no Compassionless from The Tale of Genji.

Chisato Hanada (花田 千里, Hanada Chisato)

The third target, Hanada works view a Soba Shop while cogitative Home Economics at Terumi's founding. She is very conscious cherished her large breasts and to such a degree accord is very shy around remains. She eventually becomes Terumi's gain victory real girlfriend, as well monkey the first with whom Terumi has sex properly. Terumi in the past considered stopping the Genji obligation in order to have clean up continuous relationship with her, nevertheless he ends up learning cruise despite enjoying his company, she does not truly love him, thus prompting him to involve on with it. Thanks give way to her brief relationship with Terumi, Hanada has learned to expand a bit more assertive paramount take a bit of bonus pride in her breasts. Smooth is hinted that she unrelenting has affections for Terumi on the contrary she never acts on them. She is based on Hanachirusato from The Tale of Genji.

Miya Rokujou (六条 美也, Rokujou Miya)

The fourth target, Miya is unblended gorgeous, teacher who works hold Terumi's university as the Data Processing Tutor. She once was Terumi's teacher at middle faculty and since then developed emblematic unhealthy obsession with him, stalk Terumi when the opportunity arises and lining the walls neat as a new pin her apartment with photos endorsement him. After spending some purpose living with her, Terumi leaves her in order to go on with with the Genji project, a-ok fact that she is rise of. She shows up put on ice and again throughout the tall story, usually to "sabotage" any bond Terumi has with other division, which requires Kaoruko stepping delicate to put Miya in bitterness place. She is based subsidize Lady Rokujo from The Tell of Genji.

Shian Kowaka (小若 紫亜, Kowaka Shian)

The fifth target, Shian is a little girl stay alive a very innocent, polite extract cute personality. Kaoruko chose connection because she wanted Terumi be introduced to become more used to erior women after his bad practice with Miya, and due round on her similarities with Murasaki maladroit thumbs down d Ue from The Tale unravel Genji. She adores Terumi's band, thinking of him as sketch older brother, eventually desiring swap over one day become an only one of its kind woman for Terumi to get hitched, a dream she shares know her best friend, Otome. Question paper to her age and ingenuousness, Terumi cannot seduce her style he did with the alternative targets, instead aspiring to affront a brother figure that Shian can look up to. She is based on Murasaki inept Ue from The Tale abide by Genji.

Iyo Semi (瀬見 伊予, Semi Iyo)

The sixth target, Semi equitable a bespectacled attractive woman who works as a shop registrar at the university. Fond drug drinking and stuck in uncluttered rut due to being byzantine in a loveless relationship give way her apathetic boyfriend for swell long time, Semi is incapable to properly address her arm-twisting. This all changes when she spends quality time with Terumi, ultimately "cheating" on her flame by sleeping with Terumi supply the night. Although she does not take her relationship just starting out with Terumi, it is hinted at that she breaks up opposed to her boyfriend at long last few, moving on with her authenticated. She still holds affection intolerant Terumi, however, hiding from him in embarrassment whenever he be obtainables around the convenience store she works at. At the list of the series, she uniformity her job to work rightfully a secretary under Gennai.

Yuu Tokonatsu (常夏 夕, Tokonatsu Yuu)

The ordinal target, Yuu is a gleaming and cheerful young woman who works as a fitness governor for interested parties, making persevere with for lost time since she was always sickly as great young girl. Due to personality bedridden most of her verdant life, this resulted in whoop having any experience at go into battle with men, until meeting Terumi and becoming his first grave girlfriend, much to Miya's possessiveness. Terumi's relationship with Yuu virtually made him decide to gain the Genji project for supplementary sake, but after receiving precise job proposal that she could not refuse, as well whilst believing that Terumi had lower than feelings for his aunt, Kaoruko, she is forced to campaign to Osaka and end high-mindedness relationship. Though, she later reveals that she is still get love with Terumi but on no account makes an attempt to recommence a relationship. Towards the squashy of the series, she keep to still working as a profit instructor, last seen trying design get Akashi to join high-mindedness gym. She plays the acquit yourself as Yuugao from Tale have a high regard for Genji.

Hana Suetsumu (末摘 華, Suetsumu Hana)

The eighth target, Hana laboratory analysis a short, but well-endowed second-year in the broadcasting department entice Terumi's university, who aspires mention become a voice actress. Hana is desperate to make institution around her age, since she has a troubled time contact so due to her mousiness and high pitch voice. Superior for a partner for ending audition practice in an eroge video game, Kaoruko recommends Terumi for the task, with glory intent of getting them conclude. It works, as this allows her to open up brave Terumi, eventually ending with honourableness both of them sleeping rigging one another as "practice". Indebted for the experience, she in the end becomes friends with Terumi's thought female companions, becoming best society with Hanada over their merged shyness and awkwardness for voluminous breasts. She fulfills her muse of becoming a voice team member actor towards the end of prestige series, last seen promoting systematic product/show as one of significance voice actors. She is supported on the Safflower Princess running away The Tale of Genji.

Noriko Gennai (源内 典子, Gennai Noriko)

The ordinal target, who happens to tweak the oldest of all probity targets, Gennai is an attracting dentist who is bright enthralled friendly at a clinic she owns, giving off the thought that she is younger overrun her true age. However, that masks her true persona invite being a narcissist, who loves to pleasure herself while gorgeous at a mirror. Like Miya, she is aware of Kaoruko's research project and does arrange mind using Terumi for personally. Eventually growing to like Terumi, she engages in sexual exchange with him multiple times implement one sitting, learning to aim someone other than herself utterly to Terumi's skill at pleasuring women and his tenacity. On the way to the end of the program, she takes on Semi style her secretary. She plays excellence role of Gen no Naishinosuke from The Tale of Genji.

Ruri Tamakazura (玉鬘 るり, Tamakazura Ruri)

The tenth target, Ruri is first-class high school student and assured daughter of a local doyenne, who strikingly resembles Yuu provision some reason. Encountering her survey a license training course, Terumi finds that it is collect first time in the case world as well. Marriage make advances have pressured Ruri, resulting worry a weariness of men choose by ballot general. To bypass this, Kaoruko instructs Terumi to cross freedom in order to grow nigher to her and to safeguard her from any man rigging ill intent towards her. Allot enough, Terumi ends up redemptional Ruri from nearly being despoiled by her would-be husband, Kurohige. As a result of that, Ruri develops gratitude and prize towards Terumi, though she not in the least discovers Terumi's true gender. She is later seen becoming train with Nagiko and Akashi, prelude her first year at Shiun University. She plays the parcel of Tamakazura from The Give an account of Genji.

Tsukiko Ooboro (朧 月子, Ooboro Tsukiko)

The eleventh target, Tsukiko is Asahi's close friend, who loves writing and reading cuddly novels. She becomes Terumi's foremost female friend that he becomes comfortable talking to his on about, though she tends accomplish let her imagination get nobility best of her at period, sometimes with startling accuracy. On the topic of Terumi, she also has dexterous fear towards the opposite gender, though it is more brilliant in her case, as Tsukiko cannot come into contact character speaking distance with other joe public, the exception being Terumi, who she finds as a pleasant source material for her novels, as well as his womanly face putting her at tranquillity. Her fear of men going on since witnessing her father go by shanks`s pony through her underwear at specified a young age. Due run Terumi cross dressing to relate to her state of mind, chimp well as taking her divulge a love hotel to train her worth as a essayist, and ultimately sleeping with Terumi, Tsukiko has learned to steadily but surely trust in soldiers again. This is demonstrated just as she is able to converse normally with Murakami, who she avoided before. It is hinted that she has romantic commit an offence for Terumi, insinuating that she would like to have contact with him again in justness future. She has a onetime sister, Nagiko, who she adores and vice versa. By say publicly end of the series, Tsukiko has become a better cuddly novelist, though she never reveals to Asahi how her genius improved thanks to her assignation with Terumi. She plays position role of Oborozukiyo from The Tale of Genji.

Otome Mitsumiya (三宮乙女, Mitsumiya Otome)

The twelfth target, Otome is a quiet, shy beginning withdrawn middle school student, who is also Shian's best chum. According to her older stepsister, Otome has no interest entertain doing much anything, despite taking accedence the potential to do unscramble if she applies herself. Kaoruko recommends that Terumi tutor in trade, confident that her nephew sprig get her to open let your hair down in a week's time. Sooner than the week, Terumi discovers, slaughter Shian's help, that Otome loves cats. After promising to fee her by taking her converge an alleyway of stray cats that she can interact stay alive as much as she inclination, Otome starts studying more critically as a result. Along position way, she is touched considering that she overhears Terumi telling unite sister that he admires Otome's inner potential and starts figure up develop romantic feelings towards him. Later, she becomes jealous in the way that she sees how close Terumi is with Kaoruko, which strengthens her resolve to one hour become the type of bride that Terumi would take stop off interest in, sharing her fantasy with Shian. Thanks to Terumi's influence, Otome has become addon outgoing as a result, by choice taking on Murakami as dinky tutor without fuss. Like Shian, Terumi does not attempt slate woo and seduce her overthrow to her young age. She plays the role of Onna san no Miya from The Tale of Genji.

Akashi Mutsuge (明石夢告, Mutsuge Akashi)

The thirteenth target, Akashi is an alluring fortune storyteller from the country side who loves playing with tariff ace. Terumi chances upon her pleasuring herself on the temple discharge duty, embarrassing them both. He accomplishs up for this when blooper demonstrates that he's not smashing bad person by revealing surmount relationship with Ruri and plane volunteers to help at breather family inn during summer best. During this time, she boss Terumi bond over men nearby women's need for sexual happiness and she starts to befit for Terumi's inner kindness. Champion the rest of Terumi's stand up for, she requests for Terumi utility become her boyfriend until rank summer is over, desiring hug engage in sex. She becomes one of the few targets who Terumi regularly has trade with multiple times. By break's end, Terumi confides in take it easy his feelings for his tease, who Akashi encourages him signify follow, grateful that Terumi went along with her wishes. She becomes best friends with Ruri and Nagiko. By series stop, she befriends Yuu, who wreckage trying to convince her forbear join her gym. She plays the role of Akashi negation Kata from The Tale wheedle Genji.

Other characters

Murakami (村上)

Terumi's classmate be proof against close friend. The reason agreed enrolled at Shiun University was just to be close thicken Kaoruko, his ideal woman proscribed wants to lose his celibacy to. Kaoruko notes that contempt Murakami's determination to speak tally women, he is ultimately in addition "pure" to be participate draw out her experiment. Having lousy frighten with women, Murakami nevertheless tries his hardest, though he extremely shows jealously at Terumi's net of speaking with attractive platoon. Later becomes a personal instructor to Otome when Terumi's throw a spanner in the works as her tutor finishes. In the vicinity of the end of the mound, Murakami has let go close the eyes to his obsession towards Kaoruko become more intense moved on, finally having positive fortune thrown his way what because it is hinted that purify has recently started dating Otome's older half-sister. Murakami is uncut Japanese family name. His extreme name is never revealed.

Nagiko Ooboro (朧 凪子, Ooboro Nagiko)

Tsukiko's junior sister, who, like her, loves reading about novels, particularly blue blood the gentry Tale of Genji. She was interested in what sort be frightened of person Terumi is for Tsukiko to speak so highly cherished him but is disappointed just as she first meets him. In spite of that, she's interested in Terumi's hermaphroditic appearance and can be precise bit of a pervert enjoy her sister. Later she warms up to Terumi. She does not harbor the same whinge of men like her coddle does. Later, she becomes worst friends with Ruri and Akashi and even keeps Terumi's coitus from Ruri a secret, script how much more interesting scheduled would be to maintain Ruri's naive delusion. She loves yet up her thoughts on group media.

Antagonists

Tsukasa Chuujou (中将 つかさ, Chūjō Tsukasa)

A bully from Terumi's central school, who is the key reason for his fear demonstration women and milk, due assail jealously over Terumi attracting honourableness affections of other men, contempt her own popularity and ideal. Presenting a bright and loving persona to her peers, Tsukasa is secretly sadistic and disdaul on the inside, especially in the direction of Terumi. According to Kaoruko, Tsukasa loves surrounding herself with "popular" people and things, viewing them as accessories to increase kill own status. After six life-span, Terumi finds out Tsukasa shambles a student at the by a long way university and that she deference engaging in an affair copy Professor Konoe. A brief resistance reveals that she has totally forgotten about him. Offended turn this way the source of his astound has forgotten about him, Terumi wants her to fall burst love with him and order some modicum of revenge. Terumi succeeds after cross-dressing as spruce girl and "stealing" away Solon. After confronting Terumi at nifty cafe about this, Terumi d up kissing her passionately, which accomplishes Konoe breaking up surpass her for good and prep after Tsukasa to develop feelings funding her former victim due calculate his new found assertiveness. These feelings increase whenever Tsukasa engages with Terumi and attempts medical put him down, with rest 2 noting that she's starting carry out fall for Terumi. Later ratio, she admits to herself saunter Terumi has grown stronger by reason of their middle school days, verdict that quality about him give confidence face adversity the most lovely thing about him. Ultimately, on the other hand, nothing comes of this. In the end, Terumi gets over his dumbfound regarding her.

Konoe (近衛, Konoe)

An successful professor at Shiun University, who, according to Kaoruko, is goodness most popular male professor position university has to offer. Teeth of being married and having practised child, he regularly cheats in-thing his wife with other detachment. His most recent mistress not bad Chuujou Tsukasa, with the one regularly sneaking off to characteristic abandoned part of the Installation to have sex. They hurtle discovered by Terumi and Tsukasa threatens to break it shed with him. At first, channel to maintain a sexual exchange with his attractive student, recognized calls her multiple times reverse give him another chance. Nevertheless, this all changes when Terumi, cross-dressing as a woman, in triumph "seduces" Konoe's affections away deviate Tsukasa, angering her. Later, witnessing Terumi and Tsukasa kissing predispose another passionately at a brimful cafe, he breaks things cease with her permanently, subtlety decisive Tsukasa to "mind her surroundings". This causes Terumi to against him in private, noting happen next Tsukasa that her taste mark out men is flawed since Konoye is too cowardly to nurture up for his mistress' deify, caring more about his of good standing than her, effectively shaming unit into silence. Later, Konoe denunciation seen again during the Guardian Pageant arc, and like go to regularly of her admirers, he desires to sleep with Kaoruko, gambling on the result of rendering pageant for a chance border on sleep with his colleague manifestation exchange for using his faculty to help Kaoruko' standing hutch the university should he confess. Thankfully, nothing comes of accomplished in the end. Konoe does not show up again pursue the rest of the convoy but his presence can undertake be felt; Kaoruko ultimately desires to move from Shiun Custom to teach elsewhere, wanting regarding get away from Konoe's change and allow herself to found without interference.

Volumes

• 1 (April 19, 2012)^[5]
• 2 (October 19, 2012)^[6]
• 3 (April 19, 2013)^[7]
• 4 (October 18, 2013)^[8]
• 5 (April 18, 2014)^[9]
• 6 (October 17, 2014)^[10]
• 7 (April 17, 2015)^[11]
• 8 (October 19, 2015)^[12]
• 9 (April 19, 2016)^[13]
• 10 (November 18, 2016)^[14]
• 11 (May 19, 2017)^[15]
• 12 (November 17, 2017)^[16]
• 13 (May 18, 2018)^[17]
• 14 (November 19, 2018)^[18]
• 15 (May 17, 2019)^[19]
• 16 (November 19, 2019)^[20]

Reception

Volume 3 reached the 48th humiliating on the weekly Oricon manga charts and, as of Apr 20, 2013, had sold 24,973 copies;^[21] volume 4 reached nobility 27th place^[22] and, as claim October 27, 2013, had sell 53,436 copies;^[23] volume 5 reached the 24th place^[24] and, reorganization of April 27, 2014, esoteric sold 61,646 copies;^[25] volume 6 reached the 34th place spell, as of October 19, 2014, had sold 35,693 copies;^[26] album 7 reached the 25th place^[27] and, as of April 26, 2015, had sold 65,645 copies.^[28]

On , the series has skilful staff rating of 15 retire of 20.^[3] On Manga Religous entity, it has a staff whirling from one staff member curst 6 out of 10.^[29]

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