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. Japanese Comic Ranking, April 15–21". Anime News Network. April 24, 2013 . Retrieved April 30, 2015. 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"? 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.

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. will say but I find it pretty close to the art used in Clannad and other early 2000s manga and anime. Especially the women they are drawn with great details each quite a bit different from one another. 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. 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. Minamoto Monogatari: 14 Wege der Versuchung". paninicomics.de (in German) . Retrieved 23 June 2015.Japanese Comic Ranking, October 21–27". Anime News Network. October 30, 2013 . Retrieved April 30, 2015. 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] 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 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. Japanese Comic Ranking, April 21–27". Anime News Network. April 30, 2014 . Retrieved April 30, 2015. 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.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. Minamoto-kun Monogatari ( 源君物語, "Minamoto -kun's Story") is a Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by Minori Inaba. It was published by Shueisha, with serialization in Weekly Young Jump magazine from September 15, 2011, [1] until its conclusion on September 5, 2019. [2] It is compiled into a total of sixteen volumes.