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Youka Nitta is one of the most acclaimed yaoi manga artists of our time.-ActiveAnime.com Magira Yuri is a gambler with an international reputation for success. His frosty blonde hair and piercing amber eyes have earned him the nickname Casino Lily by his legion of fans. The world is his oyster until he travels to a famous Las Vegas casino, where he meets the handsome owner, Anthony Monte Carlo. Now Magira must master a new game, one of cat and mouse, where the winner takes all: including the body and heart of his opponent!

216 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 1, 1999

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Youka Nitta

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Youka Nitta (新田祐克 correct pronunciation: Yuuka Nitta) is a Japanese manga artist.

Her illustration debut was in 1994, in 小説Charade.
She is one of the few Boys' Love manga-ka whose works are enjoyed by both straight women (the main target audience) and gay men.
Her manga debut was Be-Boy's 1995 release of "Groupie."
Recently she temporarily quit writing manga after a scandal involving her plagiarism of many magazine photographs.
According to The Yaoi Review (2009-12-31), she is back with a continuation of an ongoing manga to be released in English in February.
Her moe point is older ukes.

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December 17, 2013


I got curious about Magira and Carlos in Casino Lily when I was reading Haru wo Daiteita - Embracing Love Vol. 6. They both made a cameo when Iwaki and Katou of Haru Wo Daiteita was vacationing in LA.

In Casino Lily, Magira was gambling another suitor's money in Carlos' Las Vegas casino. Carlos was smitten by Magira's charm and his amazing wining streak at the bet table. He was also curious about this lovely Japanese man who was nicknamed Casino Lily.

Yuki Magira was actually trying his best to break a gambling curse whereby he could not win as long as he is gambling with his own money. But when it comes to gambling with other people's money, it was zero losses. He had made a promised with someone he loved back at Japan that he would give up on gambling if he is not able to break this curse of his.

Overall, the story was engaging but it wasn't on par with Nitta sensei's other work especially her groundbreaking work, Haru Wo Daiteita. I didn't feel as deeply connected with the characters in Casino Lily. I do like them though. They are lovely to look at and as usual, Nitta Sensei's sex scenes are always sensual and beautiful to ogle look at.

I did enjoyed Carlos' suaveness and his confidence air. He is such a lovely presence. Thing is, I didn't understand his attraction towards Magira. His fixation was unnatural for a man of his standing - he could have anything or anyone. Did he fall for Magira's willfulness? Magira wasn't exactly known to be faithful. In fact, he was promiscuous. Carlos certainly have odd taste.

Meet Carlos (on the left) and Magira (on the right)

Charming and suave Carlos blinded by his lust love for beautiful Magira.


BOOK DETAILS:

Title: Casino Lily
Author: Youka Nitta
Publisher: Biblos (Original Publisher)
Publication Date: 1999
Type: Yaoi Manga (One volume, standalone)
Genre: Yaoi, M/M, Gay, Erotica, Contemporary Romance
Tags/Keywords: Yaoi, gay, erotica, consensual, gambling, gamble, gambler, curse, casino, bishonen, pretty boy, filthy rich guy, rich suitor, passionate lover, promiscuity, one-night-stand, oral-sex, blow-job, anal-sex, two love interest, interracial, manga, Adapted to Drama CD

Description:
Las Vegas Casino owner Carlo and genius gambler "Casino Lily" Yuri Magira gambled on Carlo's cruiser.
Although Yuri won, he did not want Carlo's fortune, but asked for his body...?

Carlo and Magira make guest appearances in volume 6 of Haru Wo Daiteita.



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January 30, 2024
3.5 stars. I’m a big fan of Nitta Youka’s works. The artwork is just lovely. Magira Yuri aka Casino Lily is a gambling gigolo. Sleeps with other men to gamble with their money, and he wins big. But if he gambles with his own he looses big time. He’s obsessed with breaking this jinx. But along the way he he meets casino owner Anthony Monte Carlo, who falls for Casino Lily. The big hang up is Magira thinks he’s in love with someone else back in Japan.
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January 26, 2024
Hey there, it's time for some of that good old fashioned yaoi. We have here a single volume story penned by the famous Youka Nitta, known for her longer running series Embracing Love (which I'll review as soon as I get to that point on my manga shelf). As usual this is a world of fantasy gay characters who are more interested in being beautiful then realistic and honestly, sometimes, it's exactly what a reader wants...

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January 7, 2026
me gustó la idea de la especie de "poder" que tiene el prota, pero como que sentí toda la historia muy poco fluida y después cache que es como la 7ma parte de una historia KDHDKD
si hubiera leído los anteriores probablemente me habría interesado mas la historia
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May 1, 2018
Pues no digo que no me haya gustado volver a ver a Carlos y a Magira, pero creo que esta historia necesitaba más paginas, y que el dibujo no es de lo mejor de Nitta.
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February 27, 2008
He is called Casino Lily and gamble trough the LA only to crush on the Mr. Big. He is troubled like proper heroine and went trough very explicit sex scenes, which are very hotly drawn, with various patrons to the right bed and realize the merits of monogamy or monoandry.It is porn, face it, now plot or rather little of it, but it is not distracting. The making out on the dollar bills was the best of the book. Characters from Casino Lily appeared also in Enberancing love manga.
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April 26, 2019
No fue un manga que haya disfrutado demasiado realmente (más que las escenas hot haha). Me perdí un poco en la historia principal pero se salva un poco gracias a la mini historia extra que viene al final del libro, la que si me gustó porque es más sombría.
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"Çünkü sadece kazanarak tecrübe edemezsin."
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