Under Grand Hotel

Under Grand Hotel (Japanese: アンダーグラウンドホテル, Hepburn: Andāguraundo Hoteru) is a yaoi manga by Mika Sadahiro about two prisoners, Sen and Swordfish, who try to survive the notorious prison "Under Grand Hotel".^[6] It is published by 801 Media in English, although at one point, Tokyopop offered a license.^[7]

Under Grand Hotel
Cover of the first volume of Under Grand Hotel published by Sanwa
アンダーグラウンドホテル (Andāguraundo Hoteru)
Manga
Written by	Mika Sadahiro
Published by	Sanwa Publishing,[1] Futabasha[2][3]
English publisher	801 Media[4][5]
Original run	April 25, 2003 – October 25, 2005
Volumes	3 (first edition), 2 (reprint)

Reception

Briana Lawrence was shocked by the manga, appreciating the brutality of the setting, highlighting that the rape scenes are not an unrealistic rape fantasy.^[8] She found that the series was extremely condensed and hard-hitting all the time.^[9] Melinda Beasi describes the manga as being intense, melodramatic and deeply unbelievable, and appreciates the masculine character designs.^[10] Sandra Scholes feels that it is gritty and dark.^[11]