Don't Be Cruel | |
![]() Cover of the Japanese first edition of vol. 1, first published on January 10, 2007 | |
酷くしないで (Hidoku Shinaide) | |
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Genre | Yaoi[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Yonezou Nekota |
Published by | Libre |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Be × Boy Comics |
Magazine | Magazine Be × Boy |
Demographic | Josei |
Original run | 2006 – present |
Volumes | 11 (+1 side story) |
Manga | |
Don't Be Cruel: Plus+ | |
Published by | Libre |
English publisher |
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Imprint | Be × Boy Comics |
Magazine | B-Boy Cube |
Demographic | Josei |
Published | 2015 |
Volumes | 2 |
Don't Be Cruel (Japanese: 酷くしないで, Hepburn: Hidoku Shinaide, Treat Me Gently, Please in Japan[2][3]) is a Japanese yaoi manga series written and illustrated by Yonezou Nekota. It is serialized in the monthly manga magazine Magazine Be × Boy since 2006.
Don't Be Cruel originally had a limited run as a series of short stories in 2006. After publishing several dōjinshi and Don't Be Cruel: Plus+ in the magazine B-Boy Cube, Nekota decided to resume the series in 2010. Over the run of the series, several drama CD adaptations have been released, and by 2018, 1.4 million physical copies of the series have been sold.