The Betrayal Knows My Name



Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru (AKA Uraboku) is a Shoujo manga by Odagiri Hotaru, serialized in Monthly Asuka. It is available in English as Betrayal Knows My Name, distributed by Yen Press. An Anime adaptation by JC 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.

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 * All-Star Cast: Like woah. Check out the trivia section for more info.
 * Back-to-Back Badasses: Hotsuma and Shuusei briefly in episode 13.
 * Badass: Luka again. Sometimes he's also a Badass Longcoat depending on what he's wearing that day.
 * The Beautiful Elite
 * Big "Shut Up!": In episode one, Uzuki does a big shut up to Yuki.
 * Bishonen: Basically everyone is a bishonen in this series, but most notable are Shuusei and Kuroto, who are outright stated to be such by other characters. Of course, Luka is a given.
 * Bishonen Line: Low level Duras are lumbering CG beasts, Mid-villains are humanoid, while Opast, the highest level of the Duras, are inhumanly beautiful.
 * Blood-Splattered Innocents: In episode 4, Yuki gets some of Zess's blood on his face after Zess is stabbed by Uzuki,.
 * Broken Pedestal:
 * Cast Full of Pretty Boys: As stated above.
 * Catapult Nightmare: Kuroto, episode 19.
 * Caught the Heart on His Sleeve: Yuki does this to Zess in episode 3.
 * The Clan: The Giou Family.
 * Clothing Damage: Shuusei gets a good deal of the front of his shirt ripped up 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.
 * 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 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.
 * Conspicuous CG: The animal version of the Duras, mostly.
 * Creepy Doll: In Episode 9,
 * Custom Uniform: The General Classes Duras and Reiga.
 * Dark and Troubled Past
 * Dramatic Shattering: does this deliberately with a wine glass in episode 7.
 * Dysfunction Junction: Just about everyone has some sort of Dark and Troubled Past, or major personal issues stemming from their Dark and Troubled Past.
 * Evil Tastes Good: Elegy keep licking her lips while talking to Luka during a fight.
 * Fangs Are Evil: Ashley, Elegy and Cadenza.
 * Fainting: Yuki faints in episode 11
 * Actually it had become a common thing. Yuki faints after every single battle.
 * Fetish Fuel Station Attendant: Luka, of course. Badass Longcoat, fangs, Tall Pale And Bishonen, has silver eyes with Hellish Pupils, lots of Ho Yay with Yuki, normally wears a Hell-Bent for Leather outfit which reveals his bare arms, chest, and midriff, tends to wear bandages that frequently come loose and fall off his arms, prone to getting scratches and bloodied during battle, prone to Clothing Damage, is naked and wrapped in vines and wrapped in chains in the opening sequence of the anime, has an ear piercing and necklace, is prone to taking his coat off, has a mark-like tattoo on his arm, and has somewhat long fingernails.
 * Sodom, the team's Ridiculously Cute Critter, looks like a winged black hamster/guinea pig who can also transform into a wolf and a powerful dragon when needed. He also seems to like the taste of tears as shown when he licks them from Yuki's face. And when he grows up he turns into a girly Cute Shotaro Boy, who's also a blushing dark-skinned dark-haired Keet, and loves showing affection towards Yuki via climbing in his bed and snuggling with him. In his human form he also wears hot pants, has a devils tail, cat ears, wears Opera Gloves, wears a collar around his neck, has Cute Little Fangs and wears boots.
 * Foe Yay: Both Yuki and Takashiro with
 * Furo Scene: With males only and lots of Fan Service, in episode 8.
 * After episode 15, Takashiro, who was always dressed in discreet dark suits, spent most of his time dressed in a light yukata or naked in his big pool.
 * Get Out!: In episode 6, Yuki screams this
 * The Glomp: Touko is fond of doing this to Yuki.
 * Guys Smash, Girls Shoot: Inverted - Tsukumo does the shooting, and Touko has the BFS.
 * Hannibal Lecture: Ashley gives one
 * And
 * Hellish Pupils: Luka, Elegy and Cadenza. It seems to be an Opast feature.
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: Every Zweilt Guardian and their partner. Although the heterosexual part is debatable.
 * Inaction Sequence: Oh, so many. Everybody in this show just talks too much.
 * I Love the Dead: Ashley plays with this trope in episode 10
 * Incest Subtext: Touko and Tsukumo are rather... close. One moment that stands out is when the two of them switch neckties, 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.
 * Tsukumo and Touko switch neck ties at one point. At least one other work has this being a sign of dating.
 * Little No: Yuki gives one upon finding out
 * Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Takashiro Giou, Kanata Wakamiya, and Isuzu Fujiwara. Also.
 * Lucky Translation: The Japanese word for "betrayal" is "uragiri" (literally, "a cut in the back"), making "backstab" the perfect equivalent.
 * Mark of Shame: "Brand Zess".
 * Major Injury Underreaction: In episode 4,
 * Mind Control Eyes: In episode 5,
 * Pinky Swear: Tsukumo and Touko do this in episode 10.
 * Reincarnation: Played with, somewhat. Yuki's past self was actually female. He also does not have any memory of his past life unlike the others, apart from snippets viewed in dreams.
 * Doubles as
 * Religious and Mythological Theme Naming: They have a Spell Book called the Key of Solomon and the Tome of Eldritch Lore called the Key of Raziel. Summoned creatures have names like Fenrir and Nidhogg and Luka's Familiar is named Sodom.
 * Say My Name: Hotsuma does this when
 * Takashiro does this with  in episode 17.
 * Practically everyone in the Giou household/stronghold does this with Yuki's name, with varying levels of intensity, but Luka especially. Yuki himself is prone to calling Luka, Kanata, and Sodom.
 * The Scream: Shuusei does this in episode 10 as
 * Trauma-Induced Amnesia: Everybody remembers their past lives except for Yuki,
 * Sleep Cute: In episode 5,
 * Taking the Bullet: does this in episode 13,
 * Tall, Dark and Handsome: Luka.
 * Kanata  counts, too. So does.
 * Tears of Fear: Yuki, during episode 13,.
 * Technicolor Eyes: Luka and Elegy have silver eyes, Cadenza has red/amber eyes..
 * "The Reason You Suck" Speech: to Yuki in episode 2.
 * The Thing That Goes Doink: Giou's second mansion have one (in the middle of a HUGE bamboo forest that works as their "private garden").
 * This Is Unforgivable!: Ashley yells this in episode 12
 * Troubled Fetal Position: Yuki does this in episode 2
 * Uzuki does this in episode 4
 * Hotsuma in episode 10
 * The Reveal: . Or not.
 * Unfortunate Names: Sodom is an... interesting name for a character in a series full of Ho Yay. You know, biblical references and all.
 * Hotsuma's sword being named "Master Stroke" may also result in inappropriate giggling.
 * Hotsuma in episode 10
 * The Reveal: . Or not.
 * Unfortunate Names: Sodom is an... interesting name for a character in a series full of Ho Yay. You know, biblical references and all.
 * Hotsuma's sword being named "Master Stroke" may also result in inappropriate giggling.