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I recognized the name of the author of Immoral Darkness (Fudoutoku na yami from zehivat_lamasu's review as the author of another book I rather like. That set me off on a reread and a desire to summarize it...

Akai Jubaku by Matsuda Miyu and illustrated by Nara Chiharu is about brothers doing the incest thing. I did try to summarize it in detail but gave up after a while because the author has a very chatty style that tired me out. The funny thing is that I disliked this novel the first time I read it. I reread it because I had bought it and I wanted to give it another chance, and I ended up liking it.

This incest feels slightly different from the usual in BL. This family is working class. The mother is working part time at a store, the older brother is a salaryman but the second brother works in construction. The youngest is in school and is pretty normal if spoiled and bratty. He hangs out in the park with friends when not seducing inappropriate older women. The brothers fight and actually hurt each other sometimes. The violence is just part of their normal interactions, rather than some anomaly brought upon by the unnatural situation.

The art is pretty, typical for Nara-sensei. The seme looks a bit icky, which appeals to me greatly. I didn't realize how many sex scenes had been illustrated until I posted them, though!

( pics with a sort-of summary )