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Betrayal Knows My Name (Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru, AKA Uraboku) is a Shoujo manga by Odagiri Hotaru, which was serialized in Monthly Asuka from 2005 to 2017 and distributed in English by Yen Press. An 24-episode anime adaptation by J.C. Staff aired in 2010 and can be watched on Crunchyroll for free.

Abandoned at birth, Sakurai Yuki grew up in an orphanage where he led a relatively normal life for fifteen years, despite strange recurring dreams and a mysterious ability to sense others' emotions when touching them. However, he soon finds himself unable to control this ability as it grows stronger over time, and it ends up causing several problems with the people around him.

One day, the head of the Giou clan arrives at the orphanage and claims to be his older brother. Yuki suddenly finds himself the target of monstrous beings called Duras when he is saved by a hauntingly beautiful stranger named Zess. Swept into a battle between powers he doesn't understand, Yuki must learn the truth about his past and his destiny in order to survive.


This manga contains examples of:

  • Big "SHUT UP!":
    • In episode one, Uzuki does a big shut up to Yuki.
    • In episode five, a little girl remembers her mom screaming, "Shut up!" before hitting her.
  • Bishōnen Line: Low level Duras are lumbering CG beasts, Mid-villains are humanoid, while Opast, the highest level of the Duras, are inhumanly beautiful.
  • Bloodsplattered Innocents: In episode 4, Yuki gets some of Zess's blood on his face after Zess is stabbed by Uzuki, who is being controlled by a Duras.
  • Broken Pedestal: Kanata is Yuki's childhood friend who grew up with him in the orphanage. Yuki considers him to be like an older brother figure and looks up to him. However, as it turns out, Kanata is actually the Big Bad Reiga who tried to kill Yuki's friends numerous times.
  • Clothing Damage: Shuusei gets a good deal of the front of his shirt ripped up as a result of being subjected to torture by Ashley. And while fighting, Ashley leaves a few tears in Hotsuma's clothing with her metal claw-like weapon.
  • Cold-Blooded Torture: Ashley does this to Shuusei in episode 10, via sticking long thin needles into a Shusei voodoo doll, making Shusei bleed and scream in agony.
  • Compressed Adaptation: Several important scenes were reduced with some important dialogues eliminated.
    • The discussion between Hotsuma and Shuusei in episode 14 was shortened. In the manga, they really explain to each other how they feel about the incident that produced Shuusei's scars, but in the anime they talk about the issue for about 20 seconds.
    • Shiori is the girl who is in love with Hotsuma at school. In the manga she has a big important part in the plot for more than one chapter. She barely appeared in the anime.
  • Fainting: Yuki faints in episode 11 due to exhausting himself from healing Tsukumo.
  • I Love the Dead: Ashley plays with this trope in episode 10 when she puts Shuusei in a permanent sleep and whispers in his ear, "I knew you'd make a beautiful corpse. You're part of my collection now. You'll never wake up again...," while caressing his face and chest.
  • Incest Subtext: Touko and Tsukumo are rather... close:
    • One moment that stands out is when the two of them switch neckties (which at least one other work has this being a sign of dating), and Tsukumo holds Touko's tie to his lips. Also, the female members of Tsukumo's fanclub view Touko as a rival, despite knowing they are siblings. Make of that what you will.
    • In chapter 36 they are shown sleeping in the same bed together... with Tsukumo's arms around Touko... and with Touko in very skimpy clothing.
    • Not to mention Tsukumo's disappointment in not having been married to Touko in any of their past lives. Add that to Shuusei asking why Touko and Tsukumo were always siblings after they were discussing the possibility of a marriage between the two of them (Shuusei and Touko) and the sad look on Touko's face. Yeah, even the others know something's going on between the siblings. Or should be.
  • Major Injury Underreaction: In episode 4, Zess's response to getting stabbed in the chest with a BFS and bleeding all over the ground is to smile softly at Yuki and say, "I'm fine."
  • Motif: The entire series has a thing for roses and crosses.
  • Trauma-Induced Amnesia: Everybody remembers their past lives except for Yuki, who, apparently, chose to forget everything due something that happened, with the anime implying that it was bad enough for him to have taken his own life. This makes him oblivious to Luka's real feelings. Poor Luka, he suffers in silence, because it was Yuki's choice.
  • Sleep Cute: In episode 5, Yuki wakes up to find Luka sleeping on his shoulder.
  • Taking the Bullet: Takashiro does this in episode 13, taking some ice spears that Reiga had thrown at Yuki.
  • Tears of Fear: Yuki, during episode 13, when his best friend Kanata reveals himself as Big Bad Reiga and Takashiro sacrifices himself when Reiga tries to kill Yuki with ice spears.
  • Technicolor Eyes: Luka and Elegy have silver eyes, Cadenza has red/amber eyes. Luze, Luka's younger twin brother, has purple eyes.
  • Wham Episode: Chapter 61 has Reiga reveal the truth about his betrayal: Yomi was pregnant with Takashiro's child but the elders feared a child of the Half-Human Hybrid so they killed Yomi and her unborn child. Reiga in turn destroyed the village. The surviving elders then surpressed Takashiro's memories, and are hinted to have done so for centuries, in order to have Reiga and Takashiro kill each other.
  • "What Now?" Ending: The manga ends with Takashiro performing a Heel–Face Turn and joining Suzaku, Kanata and Luze performing a Face–Heel Turn and joining with the Giou, Sairi goes missing, and the war against the Duras is still raging.

Alternative Title(s): Uragiri Wa Boku No Namae Wo Shitteiru

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