History Manga / GameXRush

* AdultFear: The psychotic break/s, the abuse, the abuse of children, the killing people, [[spoiler: the making-your-kid-kill people, the emotional damage Yuuki must have had going on]]...

* AntiVillain: Arguably, Yuuki.

* BerserkButton: That whole stabbing thing in Volume One.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Yuuki's "mask."

* {{Bishounen}}: Memori and Yuuki. Duh.

* BrokenBird: [[spoiler: Miyuki]], who'd also be TheWoobie if... Well, you know.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Yuuki. Miyuki. Arguably Memori.
* DiedHappilyEverAfter: [[spoiler: Miyuki's end.]]

A two-volume humor/action/drama {{shoujo}} series, ''Game X Rush'' is the work of Mizuho Kusanagi, the mangaka responsible for ''Mugen Spiral'' and ''Manga/NGLife''. It ran in ''Magazine/HanaToYume'' from January to August in 2005. Despite being shoujo, ''Game X Rush'' has no traditional female lead or love-interest: The plot can best be described as [[HoYay tracking the bromance between a bodyguard and the assassin who decides to stalk him]]. Despite that description it's not {{Yaoi|Guys}} or Shounen-Ai, though it often [[StealthParody plays with the hallmarks of the genre]]. Volume One is heavy on the comedy; the end of Volume One and most of Volume Two are tarred with the brush of drama.

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A two-volume humor/action/drama {{shoujo}} series, ''Game X Rush'' is the work of Mizuho Kusanagi, the mangaka responsible for ''Mugen Spiral'' and ''Manga/NGLife''. Despite being shoujo, ''Game X Rush'' has no traditional female lead or love-interest: The plot can best be described as [[HoYay tracking the bromance between a bodyguard and the assassin who decides to stalk him]]. Despite that description it's not {{Yaoi|Guys}} or Shounen-Ai, though it often [[StealthParody plays with the hallmarks of the genre]]. Volume One is heavy on the comedy; the end of Volume One and most of Volume Two are tarred with the brush of drama.

* CryForTheDevil: [[spoiler: Miyuki, when she dies clear-minded for the first time in a long time.]]

* JerkassFacade: Yuuki.

* DramaticDangling: The main guys have a tendency to wear jackets in the impractical "half falling off" style.

''Game X Rush'' is published in English by {{TOKYOPOP}}, and both volumes have been released as of November 2009.

A two-volume humor/action/drama {{shoujo}} series, ''Game X Rush'' is the work of Mizuho Kusanagi, the mangaka responsible for ''Mugen Spiral'' and ''NGLife''. Despite being shoujo, ''Game X Rush'' has no traditional female lead or love-interest: The plot can best be described as [[HoYay tracking the bromance between a bodyguard and the assassin who decides to stalk him]]. Despite that description it's not {{Yaoi|Guys}} or Shounen-Ai, though it often [[StealthParody plays with the hallmarks of the genre]]. Volume One is heavy on the comedy; the end of Volume One and most of Volume Two are tarred with the brush of drama.

A two-volume humor/action/drama {{shoujo}} series, ''Game X Rush'' is the work of Mizuho Kusanagi, the mangaka responsible for ''Mugen Spiral'' and ''NGLife''. Despite being shoujo, ''Game X Rush'' has no traditional female lead or love-interest: The plot can best be described as [[HoYay tracking the bromance between a bodyguard and the assassin who decides to stalk him]]. Despite that description it's not [[YaoiGuys Yaoi]] or Shounen-Ai, though it often [[StealthParody plays with the hallmarks of the genre]]. Volume One is heavy on the comedy; the end of Volume One and most of Volume Two are tarred with the brush of drama.

'''This manga provides examples of:'''

* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: [[spoiler: Miyuki, as noted in the omake.]]

* JapaneseHonorifics: Or, why Memori gets so riled up when Yuuki calls him "Memori-chan." First Name + Intimate or Diminutive.

* FreudianExcuse: Yuuki. But given that his Excuse runs on ''severe'' ParentalAbandonment, [[AbusiveParents Abusive Foster-parents]], and MommyIssues, it's pretty justified.

* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Well, it ''is'' a bishounen series.

* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: [[spoiler: Miyuki, as noted in the omake.]] Also an example of HotMom.

* {{Tsurime Eyes}}: Yuuki, particularly noticeable in close-ups. Young Yuuki has eyes that could give [[LuckyStar Kagami]] a run for her money.

* LoveMakesYouCrazy: But not romantic love. [[YourMileageMayVary Probably.]]

* PaleSkinnedBrunette: What Miyuki and Memori apparently are.

* CuteShotaroBoy: Memori and Yuuki in the flashback.

* AbortedArc: The creator notes in the second volume's margins that she had to finish up the series much more quickly than she'd planned, which probably accounts for the dramatic shift in gears and somewhat abrupt conclusion.
* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: [[spoiler: Miyuki, and it's called in the omake strips after the end.]] Also an example of HotMom.

* AloofBigBrother: Ken. Sort of. Well, he's less aloof and more bossy, but still.

* BerserkButton: That whole stabby thing in Volume One.

* ChainedToABed: Well, tied to a bed, but still; Memori comes up with a way to keep Yuuki from leaving the hospital.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: True for the kids Memori and Yuuki have to watch; apparently true for their child versions (but not really); subverted in Sayako, who's technically still a child but has the maturity of an adult.
* ConflictingLoyalty: Yuuki [[spoiler: can't kill Memori, but can't abandon Miyuki, so]]...
* CryForTheDevil: [[spoiler: Miyuki, when she dies-- Clear-minded, it seems, for the first time in a long time.]]

* DistantFinale: Three years later, Memori's still a bodyguard and in college, Sayako's a {{Tsundere}} 16-year-old in a school blazer, and [[spoiler: a familiar guy passes them at a crosswalk; after a beat, Memori turns back and sprints after him--]]

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Yuuki. Subverted when [[spoiler: we discover that he's not actually a bad guy, and that his mom isn't actually his mother]].

* FemaleGaze: Sayoko to Memori, but this happens even when the gazer is male. To wit: Yuuki does this to Memori because [[spoiler: Memori looks exactly like Miyuki]], and Memori does this repeatedly while wondering if someone like Yuuki could ''really'' be an assassin-- The latter is lampshaded when Yuuki complains to Sayako that Memori's been giving him "come-hither looks" all night.

* ForgottenChildhoodFriend: Or at least, they would've been, if... well. Still, it's odd that [[spoiler: Memori doesn't seem to remember meeting Yuuki]].

* GenderFlip: The hypothetical 4-koma with "What if X was female?" plots.

* HappilyAdopted: Memori, largely because his old family was... not fun.
* HatesBeingTouched: At least, Memori has this reputation when he's not bodyguarding; he judo-throws a female classmate who attempted to glomp him. Which seems kind of interesting considering all the physical contact in the later half of the manga.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: At least, it seems Memori and Yuuki are heading for this, [[spoiler: particularly after the three-year timeskip]].

* HitmanWithAHeart: Yuuki appears to be this at first, until we find that [[spoiler: he's not actually a hitman at all]].
* HotBlooded: Although he affects a cool personality while working, Memori's really Hot Blooded under it all.

* LoveMakesYouCrazy: But not romantic love (probably)...

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Yuuki doesn't seem to care about the fact that he got stabbed in the stomach, was rushed to the emergency room, and really shouldn't be moving around much or his stitches will snap.

* {{Meido}}: Sayako's mansion has at least one, and Himeko dresses up in one of the maids' uniforms.
* MistakenForGay: A couple of times, although you can't really blame anyone for thinking that.
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Or, why no-one ever seems to call our leads on the fact that their jackets are falling off.

* PrecociousCrush: Sayoko crushes on Memori, despite her being 13 when they first met and him being 19. (After the timeskip, she's 16 and he's 22.)
* RaceForYourLove: Well, Friendship anyway, except instead of a train-station or bus-depot Memori merely realized [[spoiler: that in all likelihood Yuuki wasn't just going down to his room]]. He was right.

* TheReveal: Well... It's [[TheUnreveal kind of obvious]]. [[spoiler: Memori's mom, Yuuki's past, the fire, the killing.]]
* RevealingHug: Although perhaps less 'revealing' and more 'dramatic.'

* StalkerWithACrush: At one point, Memori accuses Yuuki of being this to him; later, Yuuki unintentionally wanders back to the Fujieda building and wonders if he really ''is'' a stalker. There's a certifiable stalker-with-a-crush in Ochi, the stalker from the second story-arc.
* StepfordSmiler: Yuuki, and it's fairly obvious post-introduction-arc.

* TroubledButCute: Yuuki, although at times he's more like a male BrokenBird.
* {{Tsundere}}: Non-romantic version, Memori re: Yuuki.

* WholesomeCrossdresser: Well, Memori ''does'' wear a nurse's outfit, and is dressed like Cinderella when he wonders if Yuuki is a celebrity/prince...

* HoYay: At times it seems to run on this, without ever crossing the line to ''actual'' [[{{Yaoi}} Boys' Love]].

A two-volume humor/action/drama {{shoujo}} series, ''Game X Rush'' is the work of Mizuho Kusanagi, the mangaka responsible for ''Mugen Spiral'' and ''NGLife''. Despite being shoujo, ''Game X Rush'' has no traditional female lead or love-interest: The plot can best be described as [[HoYay tracking the bromance between a bodyguard and the assassin who decides to stalk him]]. Despite that description it's not [[YaoiGuys Yaoi]] or Shounen-Ai, though it often [[StealthParody plays with the hallmarks of the genre]]. Volume One is heavy on the comedy; the end of Volume One and most of Volume Two are tarred with the brush of drama, so YourMileageMayVary on which portion you prefer.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming:
--> "I want you to stay. With me."
--> ... "Thanks, Memori-chan."

* FetishFuel: Yuuki licking the slash on his hand, at least for This Troper... and possibly the mangaka. It gets a close-up, man. Yuuki's 'dark side' in general probably counts too.

* RelationshipWritingFumble: If you think they wrote Memori and Yuuki [[HoYay a little too intense with each other]].

''Game X Rush'' is the story of a bodyguard named Memori, a mysterious boy named Yuuki, and their respective mysterious pasts. The manga manages a good blend of comedy and action/drama as stalkers, babysitting and more require their combined talents, but the drama kicks in once the story begins to focus on their complicated backstories.

''Game X Rush'' is a two-volume humor/action/drama {{shoujo}} series by Mizuho Kusanagi, the mangaka also responsible for the series ''Mugen Spiral'' and ''NGLife''. Despite being shoujo, ''Game X Rush'' has no traditional female lead or love-interest; the plot can best be described as [[HoYay tracking the bromance between a bodyguard and the assassin who decides to stalk him]]. Regardless of how that sounds it isn't a [[YaoiGuys Yaoi]] or Shounen-Ai manga, although it [[StealthParody plays with the hallmarks of the genre]]. Volume One is heavy on the comedy; the end of Volume One and most of Volume Two are tarred with the brush of drama, so YourMileageMayVary on which portion you prefer.

''Game X Rush'' is published in English by {{TOKYOPOP}}, and as of November 2009 both volumes have been released.

Character Sheet can be found [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/GameXRush here]].

''Game X Rush'' is the story of a bodyguard named Memori, a mysterious boy named Yuuki, Memori's bizarre family-unit, and Yuuki's mysterious past. The manga manages a good blend of comedy and action/drama, as Yuuki comes up with new ways to get a reaction out of Memori. Stalkers, babysitting, and more wind up requiring their combined talents, but the drama kicks into high gear once the story begins to focus on their complicated pasts.

''Game X Rush'' is a two-volume humor/action/drama shoujo series by Mizuho Kusanagi, the mangaka also responsible for the series ''Mugen Spiral'' and ''NGLife''. Despite being a shoujo story, ''Game X Rush'' has no traditional female lead or love-interest; the plot can best be described as [[HoYay tracking the bromance between a bodyguard and the assassin who decides to stalk him]]. Regardless of how that sounds it isn't a [[YaoiGuys Yaoi]] or Shounen-Ai manga, although it [[StealthParody plays with the hallmarks of the genre]].

Volume One is heavy on the comedy; the end of Volume One and most of Volume Two are tarred with the brush of drama, so YourMileageMayVary on which portion you prefer. Also, as hinted at above, people who are uncomfortable about ''completely platonic'' physical contact may want to skip Volume Two.

''Game X Rush'' is a two-volume humor/action/drama shoujo series by Mizuho Kusanagi, the mangaka also responsible for the series ''Mugen Spiral'' and ''NGLife''.

Despite being a shoujo story, ''Game X Rush'' has no traditional female lead or love-interest; the plot can best be described as [[HoYay tracking the bromance between a bodyguard and the assassin who decides to stalk him]].

Despite the way that sounds, it isn't a [[YaoiGuys Yaoi]] or Shounen-Ai manga, although it [[StealthParody plays with the hallmarks of the genre]].

''Game X Rush'' is the story of Memori, Yuuki, Memori's bizarre family-unit, and Yuuki's mysterious past. The manga manages a good blend of comedy and action/drama, as Yuuki comes up with new ways to get a reaction out of Memori. Stalkers, babysitting, and more wind up requiring their combined talents, but the drama kicks into high gear once the story begins to focus on their complicated pasts...

Pretty-boy Memori Fujieda is the ideal bodyguard for the female clients who hire him: Dashing, skilled, and gallant, he spares no risk in order to protect those under his guard. None would guess that he's really an arrogant, easily-riled, penny-pinching lone-wolf type, who refuses to hang out or even work with anyone who can't meet his own high standards.

One day, a boy who introduces himself as Yuuki Shin shows up outside the Fujieda HQ, and casually asks if he could apply for that bodyguard gig. Memori gives him a trial-run because... otherwise, the series would end right there.

Despite being polar opposites, Memori and Yuuki work well together, and Memori begins to consider that maybe having Yuuki as a partner wouldn't be so bad. Just about then, Yuuki is revealed as the assassin that Memori's defending against, and... Things get crazy from there.